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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1920
Page
3
An advertisement urges readers to try Champerlain's Liniment for rheumatism and muscular rheumatism, claiming quick relief without internal treatment. Lemmon's Drug Store promotes the plain printed directions and recommends visiting the store for the product.
Memorial service to honor fallen soldiers and Leon Martin Deatty held at Lexington Methodist Church on Sunday May 20 at 2 20 p m. The program ends with a march to the cemetery to lay decorations for the graves.
Lieutenant FF. A. Donaldson and Lieutenant N. C. Teorstenson from Milford Iowa flew into Washington this morning in a new airplane for a brief visit with local friends. They gave a pretty flight over the city and landed at Mclaughlin field north of town on their way from Neck Ford Illinois after a fight.
Howard Messer and Mrs. Harry Payne learned their uncle Lineggin Meany was killed in an automobile accident at Rome Iowa. Funeral services set for tomorrow at ten with burial in Green Mound cemetery near Merriam Iowa. Relatives in Washington await fuller details as connections face further affliction.
Local fraternal notes from Damascus Shrine and Washington Lodge No 26 announce a regular meeting Thursday May 27 at 8 pm Moose Hall and a called meeting Friday May 28 at 7 50 pm for second degree work. Also listed are a picnic at Liot Neiswanger's, a Home Missionary Society birthday party, a sermon by Dr Parsons, a Lexington Ladies Aid donation social, and other church and community events with dates and locations.
Members are asked to meet at the G A R rooms in the courthouse on Saturday at 2 p m to make over 200 wreaths for Decoration Day exercises. Also bring flowers to decorate soldiers' graves to the same place Monday at 8:00 a m by order of the President Mrs George Brown.
Mrs. J C Swift and her daughter Misa Catharine are visiting Jennings Kansas at the home of Mrs Swiftson, J Fo Swift.
The Monmouth College Conservatory hosted Miss Maurine McLaughlin and Glenn Shaver in a piano recital, the first in a series by undergraduates, praised for high artistry with pieces by Mendelssohn Chopin MacDowell and Debussy among others. Out-of-town guests included Mrs. C. F. Stierwalt and Mrs. J. R. Ryan.
Local items note the Bosch magneto Chandler feature for seven years and standard Six line. Y M C A pledges due June 1 to A E Atchison at Farmers and Merchants Bank. Town gossip mentions Chas Barrows in town, Lois Bronson and Marie Jacoby visits, and a Mother Goose party.
In Muscatine yesterday the Shriners and band promoted Our Clean City while treading hot sand. The outing featured music and a playful verse about Pollock Wallace and Brother Hal who lost clothes and horns, with Pollock remarking the tuba wasn’t worth a dime.
Des Moines woman Eya Braden aged 41 faced ruin after a rooming house fire. Kindness from relatives and community support enabled her to plan a stable home for her three children. An ailing uncle in Illinois left a legacy of $10,000 after his death aiding the family in Waterloo where Mrs. Braden had cared for him.
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