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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1920
Page
8
Local items list purchases and services from Bevins Motor Co and Smith's Jewelry Co while noting residents Clara Hayes and Mrs. Meyer visiting relatives. Ads promote pumpkins as hog feed, Parisian Sage hair product, tire sales at Bevins and Cox Auto Show, and call for cellar excavation by Thompson & Scott.
Ray Willett 23, employed at McNamara furniture since last Thanksgiving, is held on a charge of stealing a $30 leather coat from Gerald Cress near Riverside. He also allegedly appropriated McNamara’s property and cashed two worthless checks, though those charges aren’t pressed. A former war veteran with an excellent record, he has surprised friends and victims who wish leniency.
C. M. Keck returned home yesterday from Des Moines where he served on the federal jury. Arthur Mace, also drawn on the federal jury, remains in Des Moines.
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