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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1920
Page
8
T. C. Ryle returns to his garage after weeks with pneumonia though not fully recovered he relies on improving spring weather. Local items mention shopping ads for Cream butter eggs and shoes and brief social visits including Miss Ida Shulty visiting Miss Rose Bohr and Miss Dorothy Mills with companions.
A collage of notices lists a public sale on March 25 for livestock and farm goods, local ads for rugs and sewing machines, social visits by residents to Cedar Rapids and Sigourney, and a declamatory contest at the high school with admission. The column also notes art exhibits, travel to Washington, and health visits.
A montage of small items includes visits of Mr and Mrs Ray Atchison and a daughter to A B Atchison in Richmond Kansas. sever al local ads for Vexaco products Gio Gias Service Station and school art exhibit admission. a shopper letter from Fred Moore at Ainsworth. and reports of ongoing Want Ads drawing readers to classified services.
Mr and Mrs George Fetters traveled to East Pleasant Plain to visit their daughter Mr Otto Walton. The best picture show in town Barkleys cartoons at Methodis church tomorrow night at 8 30 Adinggion 25c. Mens Pharmacy guarantees Mi O Na Stomach Tablets to promptly relieve after dinner distress or money back.
Mrs. P. H. Austin traveled to Muscating to spend the day. Mrs. Ray Page and her son Morice returned from Sigourney after visiting relatives. The Chandler Six uses based magneto standard equipment. J. R. Barkley entertained the boys in France and will entertain you tomorrow night at the Methodist church for 25 cents admission.
W. E. Hender and Robert Eckles will open a Ford repair shop on South Iowa Avenue April 1 in the former J. E. Cowger building. Remodeling will prepare the space for repair equipment. Both men have worked at White Way Garage and are Ford specialists. They will run the South Iowa branch as their main service focus.
Rumor spread that a Special Agent from the state department of justice visited Washington to inspect cigarette sellers. Sheriff McCarty denied knowledge of any officer’s presence. No arrests were reported as of now as cigarettes remain scarce in Washington.
The morning whistle sounded a fire alarm but no fire followed. The bell rang accidentally, and firemen stayed at the station. A smudge at the new hotel site preceded the event, with smoky debris from roofing at the Brammar school building causing a dense black cloud blown toward East Main street by city marshal order.
Washington March 23 Bainbridge Colly was confirmed by the Senate as secretary of state after secret hearings by the foreign relations committee and no record objections to the nomination.
For sale 140 000 acres in Snipe Lake district Saskatchewan priced at 35 to 45 dollars per acre. Ten percent cash and balance thirty years terms. Information on excursions with private car from Minneapolis to Snipe Lake and return. John Carris Keota Iowa Local Representative. C Hl Bower Kowloan Sask Sit tu fi tt
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