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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1921
Page
8
Local residents visit relatives and attend events in Keota Fairfield Nichols Moline and Davenport. People travel for visits from Mrs Flave Hagist to Mrs J E Clark and others. Local businesses promote tires coats radiators and summer wear with sales at Rothschilds White Way Garage and Dean’s.
Notices detail the Patton family funeral with relatives from Albany Bidwell and Iowa City. Local ads promote clothing Hosiery corsets and garage services. Ainsworth visitors and graduates posed for portraits at Graves Studio as spring sales and events advertised nearby.
Mrs. Leper returns from Columbus Junction with her ill mother improving. Miss Hazel Whetstine travels via Haskins. Havre Farmer's Store and Rothschild's promote Early Ohio and Gray Lace Hosiery with prices and sales. Dean's offerings include meals and roasted peanuts. Local photographer Henderson Wallace showcases retouched color photos of Washington scenes.
Miss Elizabeth Bell and a group of women including Alice Gib son Maude Miller and Muriel Miller plus Junie Chalmers Harriet Daugherty Jen nette Smith Bertha Hay Mildred Shields Zella Shields and Miss Mable Buckley visited Box Springs for a picnic. A passerby noted the Parker fountain pen brand as proof of long standing popularity.
The Journal publishes a note about a young friend with a savings account of almost $400. Each month she deposits money, the bank records her balance, and interest is added semi annually, highlighting financial discipline in a child.
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