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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1928
Page
8
David Warfel Shirley Clark and Leland Carris travel to Iowa City to enroll this year. The trio joins S A T C and notes demand shifts in consumer goods with Velvet Rose Cream marketed as a healer for sore hands.
Miss Mary Allen visits Havre to see her daughter Mrs. Fred Spangler. Marjory Smith takes a week off from Stephen jewelry store. Mrs. W. T. White and Mrs. W. B. Wilde of Peoria arrive to visit sister Mrs. A. Anderson. William Carr from Muscatine spends day with family. Polk and his bard from St. Louis perform at Berdo's Thursday. Mack Wilson from Ainsworth visits his mother. Otis Dean of Chicago on business. Winfield Smouse travels to Toway for presbytery meeting. banquets and education conference planned. Dr. Edgar McWilliams of Columbus Junction to speak. Mr. and Mrs. R. Knapp expected home from Sioux City visit. Debtors to Metcall Bros. settle at Bush feed store. Al W. McCall, 19614. Mrs John Putnam and children return from Big Stone Dakota after eight weeks on business. Mr. and Mrs. A. kb. Warner move into Gust Bramer home. Ben Miller and daughter Marjorie return to Des Moines after week with J. A. Jones family.
Weather note points to fair conditions tonight with increasing cloudiness by Wednesday. Mentions hog prices topping at 11.30 dollars and advises recalling the window glass reminder after the next break.
Mrs. William F. Herr traveled from Kinross to Washington for shopping and to hear Polk and his orchestra Thursday at Berdo's. Mrs. O F Laubach from West Chester visited Mrs. T F Barker in Washington. Saturday special new alarm clocks 4 colors 97 cents. Dr F W Eastwood to Des Moines for Iowa Red Cross convention then Iowa City for Presbytery meeting.
Elizabeth Sullivan returns from Trenton Missouri where she visited her brother J A Sullivan and will stay with Ed Sullivan in Washington before returning to Bloomington Illinois. The office closes until October 18. Elmer Swickard couple visit Centerville to see Mrs Bennett in St Josephs hospital. Enna Jettick Health Shoes ads. Mrs L M Lowry travels to Muscatine to visit cousin Aura Hoffman. The Eu reka church hosts The Little Clodhopper October 4 and 5 at 8 pm.
Warren Parrow of Ainsworth arrived in Washington today on business.
George H Hartford founder of a hide and leather business expanded to tea retail. By 1850 he started a side line that grew to 25 shops in New York and Brooklyn. By 1917 the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company ran 4 232 stores.
Mrs. J W Williamson of Ringstead Town visits Washington with her daughter, Mrs. Lewis Leeper, then returns from Oskaloosa after a brief stay with relatives. Also notices: mule buyer at city feed yard on Thursday, bed display at Dick's Furniture, colonial quilt and Our Flag poison crochet at Bridges hat shop, and slab bacon sale at Thompson's Sanitary Market.
The general election of Oregon township will be held in the Legion hall. Bessie Busby spent a few days on business in Pleasant Plain. Mr and Mrs Ivan ummer and daughter Evelyn visited Miss Ida Cavender. Mr and Mrs Swickard returned from a weekend in Oskaloosa with Will and Mrs Ott.
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