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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1928
Page
6
Orville Hardin departs this evening to begin work as a salesman at the Hei furniture store in Clinton Iowa. He previously worked at the Scott and Hardin furniture store locally.
Public auctions will be held at the freight house Washington Iowa on June 9 1928 at 9 A M for a shipment of 1 box Engine cooling Radiator consigned to S O Keifer s Garage. Also marriage licenses issued to Clarence K Sackett and Grace Viola Hesseltine , Willard D Robbins and Catherin C Cour Way , Claude Alvin Pfeifer and Ethel Jane Lechner. Car of Moor Main s Mineral at Burlington depot. Please call and get yours.
Dr and Mrs Fred Reid joined others in motor excursion to Riverside on a Sunday to view the high water, ten years ago today.
A floor coating named Jewel Floor Paint dries to a smooth tough elastic washable surface. It is designed for foot traffic and promises real service. The text notes the price as very reasonable.
Promote Amity leather bill folds and purses with guarantee of real leather. Items advertised with satisfaction promise. Includes hogs top item at 9.95. Weather note forecasts generally fair tonight and Tuesday with warmer conditions.
Irma Moore reports a May 11 community dinner at Franklin Center school with attendees missing due to work. Mrs. W P Moore traveled to Washington for her mother’s illness. Art Dawson is recovering from pneumonia. The Thelma Benson visited her brother Clarence Fulton. A Republican caucus met at the school Friday evening. Mrs Clement Griffith and family visited Harry Kleese. Residents attended the senior class play Opie Cat and Canary at Washington High School.
Robert W. Stewart, chairman of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, lost his bid to nullify a senate contempt indictment and must stand trial in Washington on a date to be set.
Des Moines Ford plant ends year of inactivity and re opens with 100 workers. First car to be assembled mid week and full capacity expected by July 1 as production ramps up.
By mistake three names were omitted in the list of committee members. Mrs Work and Mrs Coulter led the luncheon committee for the aid society. Miss Mary Welch and Miss Carol Forgey contributed to the decoration committee.
The Ohio State Journal describes how sponge farmers cut and recut sponges and bed them out like potatoes. A minced sponge pushed through a strainer can reform into a small sponge under proper conditions. The piece notes the sponge is an animal and seems capable of some thinking.
The article claims a cold cure lies in extreme cold with references to Antarctic expeditions and cold-storage chambers. It envisions influenza patients flying to Spitzbergen or Greenland for treatment under iceberg shelter as a future option. The piece mocks traditional folk cures and suggests chilling as a remedy.
Iggeia Magazine recounts Columbus landing at Mole St Nicholas on December 6 1492 where cacique Guarkanagarik offered a cigar. The moment unnerved him briefly though he recovered to take possession as Ferdinand and Isabella.
The earth’s tilt causes polar day and polar night. At the Arctic circle the sun is below the horizon for most of winter, with brief touch of daylight, and the opposite in summer. From September to March darkness lasts six months, and from March 21 to September 23 daylight lasts six months.
A Scribner's Magazine writer argues creeds influence personal conduct and public behavior. He notes individuals act by wits while society operates on general creeds, leading to conflicts between general propositions and personal conscience.
Local automotive style brief promotes Moor Man’s Mineral offering a car call and purchase option. Includes a numeric contact or code 8212 as a reference for ordering.
Keota residents welcome Clara Branderson home after a four month stay with son Eugene Henderson in Kansas. Mrs. D. P. Martin and daughter Mary Elizabeth of Oklahoma City visit Keota for business. Clara Faulkner of Kalona shops in town. Mr and Mrs John Green and daughter Marjorie visit Merle Green family in Wayland. Merle returns home for a day or two. Enna Jettick Health Shoes promotes local ad. L R Tripp family from Sioux City and Clarence Tripp of Portland depart after visiting Mrs George Tripp. American Legion Auxiliary urged to meet with Mrs Cloyce Kerr May 22 to assemble poppies. Mrs G W Tom of Chicago visits her parents C H Pickens. George Stewart and baby Henrietta of Monmouth Illinois spend weekend with Fred Stewart.
J H Abbott and wife of Boone visited at Will Mitchell's. C J Nash of Waterloo and I B Nash of Clinton came to spend the day with their parents, the Pickens. Velva Carter visited Brighton for a week. Edgar Whetstine and daughter from near Haskins shopped here Saturday. Elizabeth Atchison and Ray Atchison of Richmond Kansas visited A E Atchison. Harry Bennett of Fairfield works at Klein clothing this week. Marjorie Schulty from Chicago vacationing with her mother W H Schulty. Clara Bow in Red Hair and Ralph Morris from Chicago with Mrs Morris. Shelly Eberling moving to Muscatine. Tom Carson left for Grinnell to join the Mississippi Serenaders orchestra. Shoppers included C R Davis, Prudence Johns, W L Shippy, and W E Erwin. Hugh Douglas and wife went to Iowa City for two weeks. C E Sackett moves to Tama to manage a lumber yard.
Mr and Mrs Otto Walton and their two children from Brighton visited town and stayed with the Howard McBride family. Clara Bow in Red Hair in natural color plays at Fox. Mrs W H Mohr returned to Fairfield after visits with Deweys. Margaret Moore and daughter returned to Oskaloosa from here. Eileen Saunders of Keola spent the weekend with friends. Carolyn Hamilton offers a six week two lesson singing course at 221 E Main St. Mrs C J Roberts went to Davenport for a few days. Taxi Anderson’s Taxi. Phone 245tt.
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