Crail's Local Rugs Ad Parcels Out In Store
Local retailer Crail's runs a basic rug sale offering a selection of floor coverings at discount prices. A small storefront display invites shoppers to browse a variety of sizes and patterns.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1918
Page
8
Free dirt at new school site and local ads splashed
Advertisements list free dirt at a new school site, tailored cloth suits at half price, felt banners at Cuddy's, fresh buttermilk at Hartman & Conger, and summer dresses at H I Ward. Local residents travel to Keota and Eldon while several families visit relatives. Mentioned products include rheumatism remedy and ready to wear apparel with subscriptions to magazines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Ward & Co
Local Newspaper Items from Graham Area
Local notes from Graham include shop ads and social updates. Hartman & Conger advertise fresh buttermilk at 10 cents a gallon and new service banners at Cuddy's. Residents Keck and Miss Katheryn Smith are mentioned with travel and guest plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartman & Conger
Local Red Cross and club meetings span Tuesday afternoon
Social clubs and young women's groups held multiple gatherings. Seventeen members sewed hospital shirts and 8x4 bandages for front line packets. music by Oneila Palmer enlivened the Red Cross session. Other clubs met for quilting, sewing buttons, and reports, with leadership changes and planned fundraisers. The Lincoln and Taylor Red Cross unit adopted Le Foch Societie as its name and planned pajama making and ambulance pillow work. Next gatherings set for Mrs. Will Crozier and Mrs. Thos Whelan’s homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton O'Loughlin
Red Cross
Oneila Palmer
Will Crozier
the Baptist Church
M. R. Regan
Besse Jones
Geneva Westermark
Miss Jones
A. L. Young
Mesdames
G. L. Duke
W. M. Montgomery
Will Mayhew
Jake Lemley
M. R. Wilcox
Lee Foster
Glenn Beal
A.c.miller
A.L. Young
WN. W. Thompson
Jas, Swift
Boyd Stephens
Ralph Lyt
Lincoln and
Taylor District Red Cross
le Foch Societie
Join in Others Joy Rally of Community Art
The New York Evening Telegraph notes that vague ideas repel people but clear communal rituals foster joy. Dancers and singers report a new hearty quality of happiness from participating in the ritual, sharing the human data skeptics lack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Evening Telegraph
Penname remark sparks household quip in Judge excerpt
A narrator recalls remarks by a lady of the house and a cook about their husbands’ pens. The cook jokes that her husband is called Glycerin George in the pen, while the lady notes the pen is her husband's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radley Jones
George
Bright on Township Knitters Meeting Delays July Session
Mrs. Frank Smith hosted yesterday's Bright on Township Knitters meeting as they sewed for French children and finished a quilt and garments. The group decided to move the next meeting to Friday the Sth, July 5, at Miss Verna Guy's home, with several officers and members listed among the attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mothers’ Club
A. KB. Schmodller
E. P. Dusenberry
Frank Smith
Brighton Township
Verna Guy
Mesdames
Lewis Duke
Joe Simerman
Clay Humston
J. H. Frazier
W. A. Cherry
Josephine Johnson
Ruth Carlson
Tlassie
Margaret
Edith Thompson
Flossie
Bessie Frasier
Hazel Humston
Mildred Smith
Jessie Ballard
Saw First And Last Shows
West Chester resident L P Jackson recalls Brinton’s film show career. He notes Brinton’s first public entertainment with pictures in West Chester and his last show after thirty years. Jackson thanks Brinton and wishes the couple rest and happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Brinton
L. P. Jackson
West Chester
Mr. Brinton
Mrs. B
Sign lore and Fourth of July film in Washington
A reader reports a Good Omen sign about Kaiser after a yellow cat tale. Also announced for July 4 in Washington is Pershing's Crusaders, a government authorized film shown at the Graham Theatre in day and evening showings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pershing
Graham Theatre
Merchant hears it ad about Flying Dutchman hay loaders
A merchant notes an advertisement for Flying Dutchman hay loaders seen by A. J. Fields. The fragment mentions a hearing or recognition of the ad and hints at a contact point with the seller. The text is partial and lacks full context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Fields
Local residents plan visits across Iowa and Missouri
Miss Wilma Paul returned from Davenport for a brief visit. Mrs M J Bidding of Wellman will return tonight via West Chester. Mrs B F Thompson of Oska loosa arrived for a visit with her sister Mrs Lloyd Copeland. Mrs Chal Ford and daughter Miss Rhea came back from Muscatine after a short stay. The Ward family went to Cedar Rapids to see Mrs Ward’s mother. Maude Stone returned to Ainsworth after visiting her sister Mrs T C Davin. Grant Beryl Davis will visit grandparents. Williams of Moline and Miss May Crone returned from Monticello Missouri. Mrs Williams spent last night with her parents and returned to Moline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora Henderson
Creston
Iowa
W. F. Strain
M. J. Bidding of
Wellman
West Chester
Gladys Warner Williame
Moline
May Crone
Monticello
Grant Merrill
Williams
Expert claims forty four muscles produce human voice
A Providence Bulletin note states the human voice uses forty four muscles. It adds that when coordination fails the sound can affect at least forty four nerves in the listener, if present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence Bulletin
Solomon's Tarshish Peacocks Noted In Ancient Trade
The passage references peacocks among Tarshish exports reportedly carried by Solomon's fleet to Jerusalem as listed in Kings and Chronicles, highlighting a rare animal trade in ancient commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarshish
Jerusalem
Marine Colonel W. Catlin Wounded in France
Col. Albertus W. Catlin commanding officer of the Sixth Regiment U S Marines is seriously wounded in France. He has over 25 years in active service and previously commanded the marine guard aboard the Maine when it exploded in Havana harbor. He has served worldwide and has been abroad since October after organizing the Quantico marine training camp in Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albertus W. Catlin
U. 3S
Marine Corps
France
Marine Guard
Maine
Havana Harbor
Haes
Marine Training
Quantico
Sweet Are the Uses of Perversity
Quote by Robert M. Gay from the Atlantic about paradoxes in habits and choices. The speaker notes liking both fishing and smoking despite views against them, and observes that pessimists still live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Gay
The
Atlantic
Some Men Keep Bad Company Says Uncle Eben
Uncle Eben declares that some men keep bad company to feel a sense of superiority, a remark reflecting social judgments and moral stance in the passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Eben
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Jane and
Katherine Lee
Tad Fox
Caine
the Manxman
Brindley’s Sanitary Cash
Mme. Petrova
Nazimova
Graham
Crail's
Are
Henkel & Brown
Cuddy
Peter Berdo
Camp Dodge
Tom Berdo
H. I. Ward & Co
Ida Entaminger
Middleport
Ohio
Keota
R. L. Seitsiihger
Fred Turner
Irene
Chas
Hemma
Marsh
Eldon
Lemmon
Jas. Reardon
Viola
Emily
Will Dooley
H. J, Ward & Co
Chas. Shaffer
Helen
Clarence
Wendell
Deep River
Frances
Ella Kelly
Nauvoo
Ella
Iowa Novelty Company
Col. Maine
Constance
Minneapolis
Frank Gue
Delineator
Pverybodys
Nita Bette Mekoon
Pictorial Review
Ladies Home Journal
Cuddy's
Billy Burke
Keck
Dubuque
State Bankers’ Convention
Katheryn Smith
Mame
Dade Shearer
N. J. Wilson
Doig
Goldie
Robi
Carlin
Kittie
Verdi
Ike Wilson
Florence Newton
Walter Leet
Perlee
Shubert Orchestra
Just
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Lemmon’'s
Patton & MecElhinney
Adda Rickey
D. W. Rickey
Florence Dinning
West
Chester
Rene
Mrs. Messersmith
Brock
Viola Rathmel
de Luxe
Paris
McNamara
First’ Store
Brinkerhoff
C. E. Plumly
East Washington St
John Shields & Sons
Colin
City Feed Yard
I, Cohn
Mutual
Congress Hotel
Grizette
Link
Cottolient
Me&e
Jno
Wilma Paul
Davenport
B. F. Thompson
Oskaloosa
Lloyd Copeland
Chal Ford
Miss Rhea
Muscatine
J.E. Lemmon
Marines
N. Y
Hall Caine’s “the
Manx-Man
Ray Man
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