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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1930
Page
8
Mrs. Lizzie Stumpf of Katona spent yesterday in town shopping Gelt Here for boys and girls at 250 Ward Store on the corner. Walter Swartzendruber of Katona came this morning on business and to shop.
The notice urges customers to bring in their Eagle Stamp books when filled to redeem stamps for paint and wallpaper, advertising daily cashing of stamp books for wallpaper purchases.
Mr and Mrs x J Peters returned home after a day of shopping at Ward Store on the corner. Leo Kier of Keota advertised spring coats on sale. Mr and Mrs Roy Funston of Keota shopped here Monday. Ward Store offered Munsing pure thread hosiery at 1 50 value. Mr and Mrs FLV Kerr of Caldwell Kansas plan a visit to relatives. Ward Store advertises luggage priced from 8 to 3. Mrs Thomas Anderson from Chicago to spend two weeks with Dr C F Boire's family.
An adish snippet touts Oh Roy root beer as a lasting pleasure with a question about truth. It also notes weather advice, saying mostly fair tonight and Wednesday with warmer conditions on Wednesday.
Tomorrow Guthrie Miller will visit her mother, Mr Midred G senior class plans to sell “Happiness” Ackey at Phillips Hebner drug store at 8 am Wednesday. Mrs Roger Birdsall of Water attends at the home of her parents, Dr and Mrs T Wiekhat.
In Sherman Texas on May 20 86 indictments were returned by Uparaygon county district judge RM Garter after a one day session against 32 defendants connected with a riot during the lynching of George Hughes a Negro on May 20. Some defendants are in jail while others are being sought. Names of those charged were not released.
Leavenworth reports Coney Slaughter, son of Texas cattle king W. B. Slaughter, released from Federal pen after six years for embezzlement of $352 from Pueblo Mercantile National Bank. Once penniless, he lived on gambling winnings and fugitive years. rumors of $100,000 hidden near Denver remain unsolved.
Cohen, a busy delicatessen dealer, faced a nervous bandit who demanded 107 dollars and drew a revolver. Cohen questioned the demand, noting good guns are scarce, and the assailant hesitated with an embarrassed moment before taking no action.
A bandit orders silence and demands cheese as payment. He then throws down a quarter and Cohen hands over the cheese, watching the customer depart.
Mr and Mrs John Mackenzie of Montreal while angling near Sooke B C were startled when a large cougar leaped from a rock onto their fox terrier. Mrs Mackenzie fainted as both animals fell into the sea. The dog escaped while under water and later recovered though badly ripped. The cougar swam ashore and fled into the brush.
A bidder in Billings Iwm.-nerve perrymian started with embarrassment bidding $80 for two barrels of household articles from an auction block. He soon found the barrels contained coined silver plates and fragile china valued at least $500, turning shame into pride and joy.
A farmer near Chenango Digging into a lower haymow layer unearthed a hen that had apparently lived for more than eight months. Neighbors speculate the bird fed on hay seeds while buried, but its water source remains unknown.
In Ventura California F Johnsons big cat Tiger got stuck in a chimney while roaming the roof of a residence near the Ventura substation of Southern California Edison. Fire Captain Leslie Ley drilled a hole in the chimney base and freed Tiger who walked out to a breakfast of cream and liver.
A reader reflects that listening to ordinary men offers deeper insight than books. The author notes the tiresome crowd yet acknowledges rare pearls formed by lived experience, credited to W Howe.
Readers are urged to mail or deliver letters to Eagle Stamp Merchant before midnight Wednesday May 21. First prize is 2000 Eagle Stamps or two full stamp books, with many other prizes announced after the draw on Saturday May Bath. Winners will be publicized and letters should reference Why Travel Bugle Stamps. Local shoppers and residents are noted in brief items throughout.
Mr and Mrs Howard Anderson and family move to Danville Illinois for a visit and return the same day Mrs Chadwick stays to visit. Mrs Henry Bailey of Pittsburgh Pa expected Wednesday for time with Mrs H M Bicher. Auctioneer D F Macon Washington Iowa. Loretta Bartosky of Iowa weekend guest of Mrs Mame Burieh. Charles Barclay, student at Iowa University, weekend at G N Barclay home. Eagle Stamp contest letters due May 21 with prizes including 2000 Eagle Stamps. Democratic caucus Franklin Center schoolhouse Thursday evening. Earl Schneeblen John Koen and Ty motor to Cedar Rapids. Mrs J Lee Hanna visited Columbus Junction Saturday shopper. John Deere mower featured. Elizabeth Campbell returns Winsworth after shopping. Sample suits discounted at Schoeller Bros Tailors.
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