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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1900
Page
3
A compact advertisement urges customers to buy Cream of the West and Jersey Cream flour along with Elwood Fencing from the same agents. It promotes shelf hardware, nails, screen wire, lawn mowers, and rubber hose as must have items offered by the store.
Large crowds joined Decoration Day programs led by G A R and W R C, with processions to Elm Grove and the old cemetery. Graves were decorated by schoolchildren, and salutes fired. Capt Kellogg and Rev Schreckengast gave addresses at the graves and later at the Granam Opera House, echoed by a Glee Club and closing prayers.
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