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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1928
Page
6
Community notices urge civic participation at city hall Thursday evening to improve fishing and hunting in Washington county. Local business references mention Schmoeller Bros. Tailors and cleaning services, a K K K store employee in Fairfield, Andrés taxi service, and a piano tuner available by phone.
Mr and Mrs Wm Townsley return from Lincoln Nebraska where they visited relatives during their trip.
A playful note compares CEN OL MOTH DESTROYER to Chicago in terms of danger to a private citizen while prompting thoughts on summer wardrobe storage. The fragment hints at a humorous or editorial voice about moths and fashion.
The first dinner of a series at the Washington Golf and Country Club is set for Thursday evening May 3. Members should bring their own silver and napkins. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the M E Church meets at Mrs. T. L. Brookhart’s home at 936 So Iowa Ave Friday at 2:30 p.m. E. E. Stutsman to lead and report from the district convention. A large attendance is desired. Rebekah regular meeting is Friday evening at o'clock.
Nellie Manners reports on the Crawfordsville Senior Junior banquet held April 28 in the school house with a garden like setup. The reception and menu featured fruit cocktail tenderloin apricot ice pineapple salad and cake. Students and faculty prepared the decor and toast program while the Civics class toured Mt Pleasant insane hospital and Oakland Mills. Graduation calendar lists baccalaureate May 6 and commencement May 9 with graduates named.
Mr and Mrs Earl Simpson and son Everette and Harlan Mc Creedy and daughter Esther spent Sunday in Monmouth visiting Ear nest Simpson and Dave McCreedy. Ruth Knowles of Ottumwa visited her mother in nursing care and traveled to Mount Pleasant to see her sister. Harriett Conklin of Fairfield visited Keota. Whit Davis of Crawfordsville shopped in town. Mr and Mrs W E Bostwick and Chicago relatives visited Washington. The latest magazines advertised at a rummage sale May 5 near Graham Theatre. Seed corn treatment Bayer Dust offered by Shermans Brothers Drug Store. Apr 28 27 May 1 4. Lloyd Hill and son visiting from Scotts Bluff Nebraska. Dr O F Boller attended Iowa state dental convention in Des Moines. D F Macon auctioneer in Washington Iowa. Donald and Charles Davis spent Sunday in Muscatine. Enna Jettick Health Shoes ad. Mr and Mrs John Bullers and children visited Des Moines to see ill father. C R Gallagher of Washington spent Sabbath with Sarah Davidson.
Miss Elsie Bratten presents a Saturday afternoon recital at her studio featuring performances by three of her pupils. The program includes works by Kimball Behr Sartor and others with accompaniments by Marjory Means and Lucile Rhodes followed by light refreshments.
The Women’s Missionary Society of the U P Church meets at 2 30 Friday afternoon with Mrs Darbyshire led by Mrs Milton Guthrie. The Havre Social club meets with Mrs Will Stafford Thursday afternoon for a flower exchange. Mrs John McConaughy hosts the Poinsettia club at her mother Mrs F M Smith’s home Thursday afternoon. Knights of Columbus hold a regular meeting with a pot luck supper for new members Thursday evening May ord led by J M Kelly G C.
Classified notice seeking garden and related labor work over town. Mention of John Brannen at Congress Hotel. Contact details incomplete. brief local recruitment snippet with uncertainties.
Mrs Joe Dougall and Mrs Hugh Dougall plan a trip to Canada to visit relatives and friends. The note mentions lunches like sandwiches and salads at the Green Mi'l Tea Room opposite Western Union with short orders available.
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