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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1923

Page

8

Rock Island freight arrival and local notices

Local items include the Rock Island freight house receiving on Tuesday May 29. Notices mention Cravt. Nelswancer off duty with tomatiitiz and several residents traveling or returning home. Knights of Columbus Fourth degree session in Mason City requires members to wear formal dress.

Rock Island Freight House Mertin Whittaker Harry Whittaker Geo. Wheelin Mason City Knights of Columbus Rock Island

Local social notes and departures from Crawfordsville area

Social items list residents visiting and leaving for summer homes and vacations. Highlights include Mr. and Mrs. Ray Minick and children from Brighton visiting Henry Minick. Miss Gladys Hawthorne returning home to West Liberty. Alma Boyd leaving for Gladwin. Bertha Clender and Elba Styatt returning to Dallas City. Mrs. J. F. Farthing returning to Dallas City. Miss Isabelle Hoyman en route to Cedar Rapids. W. C. Holmes visiting his brother Mame Holmes in Crawfordsville. bake sale at Maxwell's store in Crawfordsville by Ladies Aid of United Presbyterian. Doris Robinson and Florence Bodman returning to West Liberty.

Ray Minick Brighton Henry Minick Bertha Clender Elba Styatt Dallas City Iinois T. Kk. Maxwell's Crawfordsville Ladies Aid of the United Presbyterian Church Doris Robinson Florence Bodman West Liberty

Notice of Union Barbers Shop Hours and Closure

The Union Barber Shops of the city will be open May 29th until 10 p.m and closed all day May 30th.

Local Notes from Washington and Surrounding Towns

A miscellany of brief items from Washington and nearby areas. J D Girn of Columbus Junction visited, farm sales planned at Washington Friday June 1, and a May to June schedule for sales. Locals make shopping trips, visitors travel to Muscatine Pleasant Plain Keota and North English, and a woodwork shop advertises doors screens and mower sharpening. Woodlawn Cemetery lot care plans offered via the Washington Improvement League for an annual fee.

Woodlawn Cemetery J. B. Crail Washington Improvement l League

New Staff at Cook's Bakery and Town News

Local notices report Mabel Reisner starting as helper at Cook's bakery. Several residents from Kalona and Wellman visit town on business and social calls. New oil stations beautify towns and a Hereford cattle sale is planned for June 2.

Mabel Reisner Cook's Bakery

To Tame a Husband Lecturer Sees Lettuce Prunes Diet

A Tacowa Ledger item reports a lecturer claiming wives tame husbands by feeding them lettuce and prunes. The bizarre diet is dismissed by readers as nonsensical and impractical.

Tacowa Ledger

Biase Chap Definition Confused Social Commentary

Text fragment presents a mangled quote about dinner as a social dinner concept. It references a misattributed speaker and a Boston newspaper mention, but overall content is unclear and lacks full context or coherent events.

Rooming guest turns thief in a storm tale

Matilda Bennett, a kindly landlady, feeds and cares for Dunlap a troubled violinist renting her top floor. A city-wide bond theft accusation surfaces after a note reveals Dunlap hid 50 000 in a violin case and plans to flee, seeking redemption.

Matilda Bennett Miss Bennett Matilda Dunlap John Philip Puriap Stabu Avenue Boston Bennett John Tuon Thurlowd Trust United States Dann Donlap Madaim Pellce

Dia de los Muertos Portrays a Lover's Fatal Mine Mystery

The narrator recalls a Mexico City Dia de los Muertos visit where Dolores, beloved by Henri, watches as a hidden mine tale unfolds. Henri seeks wealth via a mine promised by a friend, but tragedy strikes when a rival murders him near the mine as Dolores mourns.

Lucia Mexico City Mexico Henri Dolores Don Rafine Mandela Tlenri Henels Henri Toll Delores Theulowe Athedral Hor Pulque

Old Man Eloquent and Its Presidential Tie

A note on the expression Old Man Eloquent first used by Milton in sonnets referencing Isocrates, the Athenian orator who died from grief at Chaeronea, and later applied as a sobriquet to John Quincy Adams in his later years.

Dolores Lucia Merida Henri Heri Milton Isocrates Chaeronea John Quincey Adams United States

Glycerin Clears Tea and Coffee Stains

A stall bottle of glycerin is an excellent item to have for removing tea and coffee stains from fabric. Brush glycerin onto the stain while wet and it will lift in the wash with no trouble.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Pop Tuttle Don Mason Colleen Moore Antonio Moreno Cravt Nelswancer Tomatiitiz R. Mr. Noonan Mt. Reese Mina McCleary Keota Grace Healey Mescatine Gladys Hawthorne Alma Boyd Gladwin J. F. Farthing Howard McCreedy Isabelle Hoyman Cedar Rapids Miss Hoyman Washington W. C. Holmes Milwaukee Fulton Manufacturing Company Mame Holmes Lupton Monuments Ciea Haga Ralph Dougherty Texas Frank Wells Minominee, Mich Oh Boy Root Beer Sol McElhinney Drug Co Washington Cleaners J. D. Girnn Columbus Junction A. Canning Lyons Town John Buxbaum J. S. Seymour of C. J. Eagle Florence Miller Muscatine Frank Miller Eva Mosinski Pleasant Plain J. F. Romine Walter Stewart Jack Reid Iowa State College Ames Asa Reid Flora Stevens W. W. Wolary J. O. Beatty Lee Ebner Haskins Don Olds Seymour Martin Seymour Second Street W. D. Loftiss Blythe Parker Fayette Waterloo Ross Johnstone Cora Johnstone B. H. Givans West Chester Richland Verle Gallagher Monmouth College Monmouth, AL Harold Malone Lake Douglan Elsie McBride Washington High School Nootion Arch Rest Oxfords Wilson's Gatt Albert Novy, Jr Kalona T Lee Thompson Joe Striner Osceola Bruce Robison Jane Hoke Tablegrove, Ill Frank Barnes Mr. Rothschild Nes Harry Margolin Hawarden J. A. Work Insurance Agen Graham’s Green Rodger Sherman Monmouth, qUi Peter Hluber Waters Waldweils Sigourney Mrs. Wells Mrs. Alberson Amos Rankin Rubio Skunk River Wesley Fulton Marion Township Mt. Pleasant John Brinton Ben Brinton Homer Brinton Orville Harkin Titus Shirley, Brown & Oldfield Crowell A. W. Crow Charles Schmoeler Bloomfield Ruth Clow Clow J. Rothschild Iowa City Jeanette Edna Maurie Mayhew Wallace School Ted Eggers Ruth New York City Biase Chap M. Th Margaret A. Sweeney Preeti O Dy McClure Newspaper Syndicate Hallowtide McClure Newspaper Syndicate Lucila Schulty Motton Co Exide Bat'eries Washington Exide Siestiou O. F. Haight Ajax Pennsylvania Stove Coal John Shiells & Sons
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