Weather and Gift Tip Mentioned in Irregular Memo
The note contrasts fountain pens with Parker pens promising lifetime guarantees as a gift idea. It briefly cites weather: unsettled, rain turning to snow tonight and Sunday, with colder on Sunday.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1930
Page
8
The note contrasts fountain pens with Parker pens promising lifetime guarantees as a gift idea. It briefly cites weather: unsettled, rain turning to snow tonight and Sunday, with colder on Sunday.
Una Smith and Alyce Fisb urn attend Cedar School and plan to spend Thanksgiving vacation at their homes returning Sunday evening. Miss Margaret Alice Stewart, a Home Economics student at Town State Agricultural College At fs Ishore, spends her vacation away. The text also mentions the poet Richard Lovelace and a Latin name meaning chaste. The piece cites various sources and notes a discussion about celibacy and priesthood.
Glenn Martin of West Chester traveled to Washington with wife Mrs. Martin Casey and daughter Neva. Wilbur of Des Moines joined the visit as weekend guest of Mrs Casey sister Mrs Kleese Aartman.
The article describes waste placed around the square and parks by the Ladies Improve nt League to promote shopping. It highlights new strap style Storm Hoots for ladies in colors, praised for being light yet very convenient to wear, with a price of 1.49 per pair.
Doris Grahm returns to a cliffside summer retreat hoping for peace but longs for Archie Olmstead. A post office letter reveals his latest note, rekindling memories from five years ago as she contemplates the truth behind her summer idyll and looming emotion. A neighborly past romance resurfaces amid June village life.
A brief reflection praising good breeding as a considerate and delicate regard for others, urging restraint and kindness in social behavior. The piece frames polite conduct as essential to civil life and personal harmony.
Two young lovers Sunny and Jim Knapp explore a sunlit Sound Summer resort. They swap flirtations and dare each other to visit a haunted island house where a family once vanished, hearing ghostly footsteps and a distant gasp before escaping with help from Pop Jackson.
The Eastern Star sponsors a benefit card party at the Masonic temple on Tuesday December 9 at eight o'clock. Proceeds fund temple dish purchases. A beautifully appliqued quilt will be awarded. Tickets available at Nicola and Harmon’s Scott’s furniture store McDaniel’s Drug store Bridges’ and Rothschild’s.
A gas blast at Halida Coal Company near Latif Oklahoma entombed at least 15 miners. Rescue crews descended into the wrecked slope entrance within an hour to reach those inside as workers faced dangerous conditions after the explosion.
Many residents gathered for Thanksgiving at Holy Trinity Church in Richmond with a long list of attendees including the Jones, Timore, Williams, Lattimore, Tatti more, Tite chey families, and others. Visitors from Richland, Oscoda, Bloomfield, and Chicago joined local families for meals and fellowship. notes mention Christmas card shopping and local shopkeeper arrangements. several residents were noted for travel and work updates.
Auctioneers list Washington Iowa contacts as Thanksgiving visits occur. W E Bostwick and family plus Miss Catherine Bostwick came from Chicago to spend the holiday with B F Bostwick senior, Catherine returning to Chicago Thursday eve. Town residents share stories of visiting relatives and university students visiting home for Thanksgiving.
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