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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1909
Page
2
A cryptic verse fragment recalls Uncle Walt and a figure named A Took a Shoe wandering an Arctic waste. The speaker seeks the truth behind why he declined a pair, pleading for clarity and examining honor and folly in a playful, enigmatic mood.
Several brief items report window glass installations at Lemmon's Pharmacy and Kemmic's Pharmacy. Visitors include E. G. Mason at West Chester and C. R. Wells in the city. Bert Dixon and Leona Bell are mentioned with minor health and travel notes. A Fair store advertises china and amateur supplies and promotes Parker's Lucky Curve fountain pens.
Neighbor inquiries about ARISTOL Flour from McCALL BROS. The item lists window glass services at Lemmon's Pharmacy and invites readers to bring frames to install glass. Several brief society notes touch Miss Mabel Henderson, Miss Geneva Pratt, and other locals visiting, plus holiday sales and upcoming events at The Fair and local millinery and studios.
Names and movements of residents are reported including John Skipton Gib Bailey at Ottumwa on business. Others visit or travel from Havre Crawfordsville Sigourney Davenport Oskaloosa Keota Milan Shields Lester Baird Ainsworth Iowa City Sigourney Newton Hedrick Chicago and nearby locales.
O K Clapper and a party of land seekers head to Spring Hill Kansas. Mrs Frank Noble leaves Ogden for Pleasant Plain. Mrs Marion Neal visits Crawfordsville. Mr and Mrs A Davidson return from Crawfordsville after a visit. Misses Bather Abbey and Blanche Merchant travel to Muscatine to visit Mrs Archie Hamilton. Mr and Mrs Ira Vincent of Al gona Iowa visit the area. Dankwardt & Kurtz install a new cash register. John Anwyl returns from Crawfordsville after a day in the city. Mrs R A Dawson returns to Havre after a city visit. Mrs Walter McRoberts and the Misses attend a football game in Columbus City. Tom McClean finishes well drilling for A B Carr west of Havre providing flowing wells and abundant water.
The clipping notes Bowman's ad mentioning money and several local residents returning home from visits. It lists Lemmon's Pharmacy offering window glass, and Cohn & Share seeking hides furs and scrap iron at top market prices. Also mentions 25 percent off Wings Fancies and Flowers at Helen Kobisk's Millinery.
Mrs J G Sutherland returns to Burlingon after visiting her father M Sessler. She is joined by sister Miss Mary Sessler who will stay briefly. Mrs S J Elder departs tonight for extended southern stay visiting Wichita then Carlsbad NM to spend winter with her daughters Mrs John Lewis and Mrs C C Lewis.
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