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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1923
Page
8
Ls aa tires for less money. Get prices on Standard Fours at Brown's Tire Shop. Miae. L. G. Sherwood of Crawfordsville spent yesterday in Washington and returned home last evening.
A string of common local items lists residents visiting Crawfordsville Des Moines Keota Ottumwa Hedrick and other nearby towns. Also noted are shop ads and promotions including Lemmon's Pharmacy hair product Parisian Sage and a furniture shop window display. The piece catalogs routine movements and commercial notices from area residents.
Reports from Brighton on the B H S alumni banquet at the M E church dining room with about a hundred attendees. News of residents visiting, travels to Ames Chicago Des Moines and western cities, resignations and job changes, and the Brighton Community Club May meeting.
Three confessed members of a distillery raiding gang were captured at Waukegan, Illinois, after a man summoned a doctor to treat gunshot wounds. Two bandits were severely wounded. the leader said they had robbed Kentucky distilleries and supplied Chicago since prohibition.
Lois Holland of Wyman visits Mrs. T L Holland. J E Wright travels to KReota. Mrs A B Schulty of West Chester shops in town. Mrs J R George spends day in Davenport. Margaret Hull of Crawfordsville on business. Laura Chilcote visits West Chester. Victor Freding returns from Des Moines for home visit. Pro-Lac buttermilk feed advertised by Bruns Feed Store. Mrs W A Mitchell of Toronto to Columbus Junction then Morning Sun.
Funeral services for IT L Burnett who died at the soldiers' home in Marshalltown will be held Wednesday at two o'clock at the Goodin funeral chapel. Rev. 8S. K. Coats will conduct the service. Interment will be in Woodlawn cemetery beside his wife.
A terse, archaic verse fragment notes the danger of idleness and sleep for those in poverty and want. The lines warn that neglecting labor leads to hardship and a feeble defense against need. The source preserves a moral meditation on diligence.
A Jefferson quotation on government rooted in the will of all, emphasizing life and liberty for every officer and the citizenry’s stake in governance.
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