Custard Cup Tenants and the Dollar Gift
In a barn converted to a dwelling known as The Custard Cup Mrs Penfield, called Penzie, shelters adopted boys Drink and Thad while facing a strange visitor and treacherous charity. Lettie, a small girl, earns a dollar from Mr Abbott through a toy contraption, enabling a Christmas plan and deeper life questions at The Custard Cup.
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Gunsie Bosley
Pengie
Lettie
Penzie
Shaw
Mr. Abbott
Wister
Tettie
Jimmy
Mrs. Penfield
Mit
Lettie Penfield Purchases Christmas Cheer on Tight Budget
In the Penfield chapter Lettie guides a country outing from The Custard Cup aiming to buy a tree and trimmings on sixty-six cents. They improvise a shared card to pool nickels for a candy haul and candle holders, amid rain-washed hills and bustling streets, as Lettie plans a thrifty holiday.
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Thad
Chatterbox
Penfields
Activit
Lettie
Lette
Washington County Board Minutes 1923 Proceedings Apr 2
Proceedings document the Washington County Iowa Board of Supervisors meeting on April 2 1923 with attendance A J Morgan J W Parrow and Sam YT Donahey. It lists regular claims approved warrants issued notices served and various town and county expenditures.
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the Board of Supervisors
A.J. Morgan
J. W. Parrow
Sam YT. Donahey
U. C. Kyle
A. J. Morgan
A. J. Griffith
Board of Supervisors
Srd
Cedar
J. W. Spevacek
Morgan
Sesson & mi
Lee McAvoy
Elisabeth Finlay
Edna Morgan
Edith Anderson
Anna Dythoff
C. A. Hetee
Nell Hebner
MD. Squire
Fda Schroeder
Elsie Alter
Emily Hays
Anne Wolfe
Ixadtie McConnell
Doris McNeill
Marguerite Springman
Allowca Tdaab
Marcella Zdarsky
Lois Griffith
Jessie Rice
Bessie Love
Leona Allen
Baker Vawter Co
Frank Bandy
T. F. Barker
Frank Bureh
Imma Carpenter
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Brinemaid & Co
iCook’s Cafe
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Eym. Kuhn
Nicola
Weler-Morgan Co
Will Corporation
Jwash. Telephone Co
Frank Bruggemeyer
Iowa Bridge Company
Standard Bridge Company
Central Calvert Company
Belle Rice
Recorder
A. L. Griffith
Institute Fund
AS. Bull
S. Aiest
Washington County
Iowa
General County
Said County
County OF
Washington
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Quick Local Relief
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine has been used for over four decades to treat catarrh. It touts an ointment for local relief and an internal medicine tonic that acts through the blood to reduce inflammation in mucous membranes. Contains testimonials and doctor endorsements.
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