Local Notes Highlight Visits and Sales in City
Miss Pauline Fortune and three nursery children visited Chicago after a week here at various homes. Mildred Kafka headed to Pleasant Plain to visit relatives. Emmaline Williams planned a Buffalo visit before Rock Island trip. Mrs C D Moore and brother Homer toured Titus at Paul Harvey's home. Pledges to YMCA due June 1, settlement at Farmers and Merchants State Bank by July 1. Porch swings and furniture arrived. stove clearance sale announced. Grace McKenzie visited Fairfield and McNamaras' promoted Q R S Player Rolls and phonographs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Fortune
Anna Suhank
Anna Lisak
Lillian Sukup
Chicago
Mannhardt Bros Sing Baritone Solo At Morning Church
George B Dolliver of Battle Creek Michigan will sing a baritone selection from Haydns Creation at the morning service in the local Methodist church Sunday. The notice also mentions local business ads for Kelly-Springfield and Federal Tires and Bergins Motor Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Dolliver
Battle Creek
Mich
Haydn
Kelly-Springfield
Federal Tires
Bergins Motor Company
Bevins Motor Company
Farmer's Team Loses Control Spilling Coal
A team belonging to Ross Galloway from northeast town broke from a square hitching rack and pulled a coal wagon south for a block and a half before colliding with a motor truck. The wagon and harness were damaged but the team and driver were unhurt. The incident caused a thrilling street scene along the east square and South Iowa avenue past Stewart grocery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Avenue
Ross Galloway
Stewart Grocery
Fine Endorsement For Wolary's Chair
Wilbur Wolary, who recently patented a theater chair with a foldable feature for space saving, received a letter from A. H. Andrews Co. noting the chair's good style for small venues and strong hygienic features but declining further discussion due to current factory conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Wolary
A. H. Andrews Co
Land Fever Grips Corn Belt as Farm for Sale Offered
A local real estate pitch highlights a farm for sale amid a widespread interest in land. The note frames land as a core business in the Corn Belt and positions the property as a strong opportunity for buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corn Belt
Local notices and sales prompts from Washington area ad pages
A collage of short notices on taxi and baggage service, tire and tire sales, shoe ads, and real estate pitches. Mentions J. S. Skipton taxi, Fox & Dewey shoes, Fisk tires, Overland Washington Co promotions, McNamaras, Bevins Motor Co, Miss Alice Meek returning from Detroit, and Chas E Cameron urging land purchases as farm prices rise. Includes travel and family notes plus farm land outlook.
Tire and textile sales plus social visits flood local notices
Local notices reveal a mix of tire sales and fabric promotions at Overland-Washington Company with 20 percent savings on Fisk fabrics and cards. Social calls appear as Margaret Simons visits Gladys Shultz in West Chester and Mrs. Jacobs visits Pleasant Plain. Relatives travel between Muscatine Burlington and Crawfordsville, with visits to George York and Edwin Griffith noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overland-Washington Company
Anna Lindbloom
Crawfordsville
George York
Muscatine
Fisk
Overland- Washington Company
Local travelers resume journey after visit to Pacific coast
Dealers with Mrs M Hollinger and sister Mrs Fordyce of Emmetsburg and Alice Brock visited relatives in Decatur and J A Freshwaters home then drove by auto toward the Pacific coast. D J Bevins of Bevins Motor Co in Rochester hospital for stomach operation. Carlton Wilson covers Bevins interests in his absence. Mrs Jack Butler and children homeward to Burlington after visit with Lloyd Humston. J B Eckerman back from hospital and at Goode hotel.
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Alice Meek
Detroit
W. J. M. Scott
Walter Meek
Harvard Law School
Miss Meek
M. Hollinger
Frank Fordyce
Emmetsburg
Alice Brock
Ainsworth
Daugher
Will Dea
W. J. Hays
Decatur, I
J. A. Freshwaters
Pacific Coast
D. J. Bevins
The
Bevins Motor Co
Rochester
Minn
Carlton Wilson
Mr. Bevins
Jack Butler
Burlington
Lloyd Humston
Weather Forecast Patched With Hog Market Headline
The report notes hog prices topping sixteen dollars and fifteen cents as a weather forecast predicts unsettled conditions tonight and tomorrow with a determined forecast of rain by the weather man.
Robert Shields Receives Severe Head Wound at Coal Yard
Robert Shields, son of Milan Shields, was struck on the forehead by a heavy grain-door lumber thrown from a bar car at the Shields coal yard yesterday afternoon. The long irregular gash required sewing, and he was taken to a physician for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Shields
Milan Shields
Shields
Robert
Major Lambert to Return Here Monday
Major E. E. Lambert left for Des Moines and will return next Monday to complete recruiting Troop D in Washington. About forty enlistments are done with more in prospect. He’ll base at the armory, and those interested may see him there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Lambert
Washington
Des Moines
Lambert
Armory
Mystic Shrine 1921 Convention Scheduled for Atlantic City
The Mystic Shrine imperial council decides the 1921 convention will be held in Atlantic City New Jersey. Pueblo Colorado Wichita Falls Texas and Topeka are awarded temples. thirteen other temple applications are rejected.
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Masonic Order
Atlantic City
Portland
Ore
N. J
Imperial Council
Pueblo
Colo
Wichita Falls
Tex
Topeka
Keota Man’s Car Fire Dodged Disaster in Washington
George A. Lyle traveled to Washington Saturday to assess his car after a fire outbreak. Local spectators had been in Washington the previous day when the vehicle caught fire while circling the square. Chal Ford acted quickly with a fire extinguisher, preventing a possible disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota Hale
George A. Lyle
Washington
Chal Ford
Rock Island Coal Chute Afire Again
The Rock Island coal chute caught fire yesterday but caused no damage as it was extinguished before firefighters arrived. A parade-like procession followed the fire truck to the scene, and onlookers enjoyed the ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
District Judges Honor Judge Dewey in Cedar Rapids
Judges of the Iowa District Judges Association met in Cedar Rapids to attend the Twenty-Sixth Annual meeting of the Iowa State Bar association. They elected officers for the coming year with J. W. Kintzinger of Dubuque as president, George Jepson of Sioux City as vice president, and Charles A. Dewey of Washington as secretary-treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa District Judges Association
Chamber of Commerce
Lowa State Bar Association
J. W. Kintzinger
Dubuque
George Jepson
Sioux City
Chat. A. Dewey
Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Snub Pollard
Fox
Yours Truly
Brown Auto Ae
Top Works
Paul
EXIDE
Harry D. Smith
Washington, Iowa
Mildred Kafka
Pleasant Plain
England
Kelly Springfields
Emmaline Williams
Buffalo
E. P. Foss
C. D. Moore
Homer
Titus
Paul Harvey
Farmers and Merchants State Bank
A. E. Atchison
McNamara
McNamaras
Grace McKenzie
Fairfield
Q R. S
Mannhardt
Earl Bickford
Davenport
Mrs. Bickford
Myrtle Lohman
B. M. Jarvis
Mr. Jarvis
Cuba
Philippines
Mrs. Jarvis
Little Frances Bickford
Frank Pearson
Ottumwa
Ellis Titterington
Ethel
Helen
Marjorie Titterington
Garter
Wes
CHAD
Féne Clothing Company
Wolary
Washington County
Dempsey Land CO
North Side Square
Reynolds & Gibson, Tf
J. S. Skipton
Anna Jarvis
E. F. Virgin
L. L. Lemley
Ralph Lemley
Fox & Dewey
R. M. Teets
Keota
Jim Diemerly
Sigourney
Ann Houdek
Chas. E. Cameron
Iowa State Board of Agriculture
Dempsey Land Company
Margaret Simons
West Chester
Gladys Shultz
W. F. Jacobs
Willis Beatty
Federal Tire
Hettie Griffith of
Cotter
Catherine Morris
Edwin Griffith
MecNamaras
Raymond
Streigel
G. L. White
Harper
McCall Bros
Bevina Motor Co
J. B. Eckerman
Goode Hotel
Tink
Shana Felt
John Tucker
Studebaker
McElhinney
Mee
Major Lambert
Alice Brady
Mary Horton
Arbuckle
Mack Sennett and
Wm. Collier
Fatty
John Shields
McWmamara Undertaking Co
Lytle Bros
Graham Theatre
Dewey
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