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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1919
Page
6
A caucus will be held at the armory Friday evening March 14 at ? o'clock by the Citizens' Improvement Party to nominate candidates for city offices to be voted on at the by election March 31. By order of Committee.
Local items recount daily movements and plans. Miss Theresa Burk and Miss Angeline Burk head home to East Pleasant Plain. Irene Davis travels from Cedar Falls toward Keota. Joe Simerman returns from Cedar Rapids to Verdi area. Miss Dorothy Peiffer heads home to Harper after Red Cross service in Fort Riley. Public notices urge Minute Men at the Methodist church and advertise services, shop offers, and investments, including the Lyons cookie ad and a mine stock pitch from the Silver-Lead Mine.
A sequence of brief city items notes Mrs Al Augustine of West Chester shopping in town, Mrs C E Walton visiting her daughter Mrs Albert Fellendora, T M Williamson arriving in Washington for housecleaning in April, and various family visits to Keota Crawfordsville Brighton Jacreson and other locales. Edison Diamond Disc Records are promoted by Stephen local agent inviting readers to listen.
Morning passenger J. R. Busby travels from Muscatine as various residents visit relatives and travel to Davenport Crawfordsville Havre Wellman and Chicago. Oscar Carlson reports cattle and hog shipments to Chicago with a strong market as Bernard Walker recovers after a navy hospital mastoid operation. Attorney Michels plans to reopen his Muscatine practice.
Last Saturday the C B and Q train between here and Burlington carried 607 passengers with daily averages reported between 300 and 400. Washington contributes much to the load while Darlington station remains closed for economy. The old Rock Island depot serves as a busy interim stop as patrons endure unpleasant conditions.
Virgie and Lois Griffith visited Crawfordsville this morning. Tr. Jr. Phillips of West Side Drug Store left last night for Rochester New York to spend a week at the Eastman Kodak factory for instruction work.
The Mvervanember Canvass Committee will be in the church office from 9 A M to 4 P M Sunday March 9. Please call and sign your pledge card Wiveod.
Anderson & Winkle advertise auto repair services inviting customers to bring their car for work now so it will be ready when roads improve.
Lace curtains receive special attention with promised work and guarantee. Laundry line service notes prompt pickup and delivery, emphasizing timely completion and reliable results.
Alla B Eckles of Washington Iowa requests Royal Cleaners in Washington Iowa to clean press and return a blue pleated skirt. She notes prior service and asks for estimates with payment on receipt and asks for prompt handling.
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