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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1924
Page
8
Eddyville residents attend funeral and visit friends in Washington and Crawfordsville. Local battery and automotive ads from Washington Motor Co. highlight 75 cent charges and Ford 13 plate battery deals. Social notes mention May Basket Dance and a S t Mary’s High senior class photo.
Frank Appleby arrives from Des Moines while Lucille Mohland from Havre stays overnight with Helen Carson. Ethel Stevens comes from Salem to visit Dorothy and Ruth Anderson. Phillips Drug Store advertises a 98c sale with Ivory Mirrors and accessories. Will Rush attends commencement and his niece Martha Jennings graduates. Various locals offer building and repair services and beauty treatments at Rothschild's and The White Yard. Charles Munson and Alta Estella Blumenstein secure a marriage license.
Mra Art Sanders traveled to Keota for a day with relatives. Mre Lole Kleor visited Pleasant Plain to see her daughter, Dr. Raymond Pickard.
D F Macon auctioneer Washington Iowa lists phone 251 Red 289. Mrs Fred Martin and sister Mrs M Y Long of New York City visited O L Rogers home Katona. Mrs M V Long returned to New York after visiting sister Mrs Fred J Martin. Your battery gets free inspection at Washington Motor Co. Mrs Richard Donaldson of Kansas City visited her mother Mrs KE Edgington. Edgington left for Davenport to visit mother in law Mrs E M Donaldson. The date was Tuesday's Journal.
Wayland residents Lizzie Kaufman Barbara Arnold Barbara Wyse and Ben Eicher shopped in Washington yesterday. Dan Wenger of Winfield and his wife visited town greeting old acquaintances. Wenger, formerly Rothschild store staff, is now Col Wenger and an active auctioneer. Elizabeth Chapman of Wellman also visited. Roland Bond and daughter Betty drove from Des Moines to attend after the death of Bond's father Tobias Minick.
The notice invites take what you wish from the Johnson store free plant distribution, with no exchange required. Minnie Wolfe has returned from Holdridge Nebraska after her aunt Julia King’s death. Nate and Mrs. Bovee of Crawfordsville welcome a baby boy weighing eight pounds. Mrs. L. S. Patterson attends the convention in Mason City.
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