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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1911

Page

5

Painting and decorating services and sales at local fair

Louis Baird promotes painting with guaranteed satisfaction and offers adjustable window screens and hammocks from McNamara. The Fair features exclusive agents for Vador hammocks and there are banana specials at Model Grocery. Mrs A J Peterson and daughter Edith return home from a day in town, while Mr and Mrs Joe Melinsky visit Pleasant Plain.

A. J. Peterson Edith Ainsworth Town Joe Melinsky Pleasant Plain

Local notices and social mix in Ainsworth area

Various brief items note visits and travels of residents including Reverend H. T. Jackson from Ainsworth returning from Quincy for a state Sunday school convention, Miss Allie Rownd's Kansas City trip, Mrs. J. F. Buxbaum's Crawfordsville visit, and Mrs. G. H. Barbour's travel from New Sharon with niece Pearl Gardner. Also advertised are Model Grocery sales, Vienna bakery offerings, The Fair pianos and appliances, and upcoming local theater in St. Marys hall with Captain Racket performances on May 30.

H. T. Jackson Ainsworth City Quincy Ilinois G. H. Barbour New Sharon Iowa Howe Pearl Gardner Ainworth

Bedtime Tale of Tim Dorney and the Pooka

Evelyn questions a bedtime story as a father recounts a tale from County Kilkenny about Tim Dorney chased by a pooka. The pooka haunts bogs and the marshy path, dragging Tim through ditches and briars before dawn.

Evelyn Daddy Jack County K ‘Oy Tim Dorney Tito Tim

Local Shoppers and Visitors Headed About Town

A flurry of morning activity as residents and guests visited Cedar Rapids, Keota, Wyman, Hinchton, and Brighton. Notables include Mrs Mary Crabb of New London visiting in town, J T Matthews on brief Cedar Rapids business, and Miss Grace Ingham en route to Hincheton for Urigaton high school commencement.

J.T. Matthews Cedar Rapids Mary Crabb New London J. Kunath Grace Ingham Hincheton Urigaton High School Bert Arnold Wue Me.Clean Brighton

Man in mood hangs self after wedding dance at Landeshut

A German workman at a Landeshut wedding danced until 3 am then hanged himself in the garden. He was found unconscious, revived, and returned to the party where he resumed dancing before collapsing again.

Landeshut

Charley's Aunt cast hosted by Chilcotes at luncheon

Mrs. W. J. Chilcote entertained the cast of Charley's Aunt at a luncheon after the show, then Vera Cole received a surprise visit at the Rev. PD I. Uoon home. Delta Alpha plant at Sunset Park featured in the evening gatherings with music and readings. The Tort Nightly Club held its annual meeting on East Washington Street with officers elected and a luncheon. Mr and Mrs Segfried Johnson near the city hosted a berry making event with a large gathering. a toastmaster announced the couple and presented a purse of money.

Vera Cole Uoon Delta Alpha Sunset Park Coon Chas Lays Nellie Bowman Will Sickles John Dodd Besse Jones C.J. Wilson Washington Street iKva Livingston Maude Stewart Etna White Nellie Tripp Anna Dawson Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs Sioux City Segfried Johnson al Anderson Washington Harry Montgomery Christ

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