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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1921
Page
8
Mr and Mrs J R George left today for Dallas Texas to visit two or three months with relatives They will also spend time with relatives in Kansas and Oklahoma
Miss Alphonsa Redlinger spends Sunday in Fairfield. Presbyterian rummage sale to be held in former Orr grocery building on Saturday Oct 8. T C Deal Spotted Poland China sale listed for Oct 8 in Southwest Washington. D F Macon Washington 261 Red. Peonies for sale nine varieties now ready to set out. A J Waldschmidt phone 129 Blue net. Miss Alice Goodspeed of West Chester shopping in Washington. For pump repair call E P Foss phone 805 Red. For red taxi call H Worley 5096 Blue. Mrs S M Rhodes visits relatives in Ainsworth. Lemmon's Pharmacy offers cough remedy refund if Hycmel fails. Misses Margaret and Alta Morse called home at Lone Tree due to mother Matilda Morse illness. Rheumatism weather boosts Lemmon drug sale of Rheuma with money-back guarantee. Mrs Wim Fitewilliam visits Sigourney. Yale Tires ad prom ps preparedness. Granite monuments only at B F Campbell's Granite Works. Mrs Nick Smith and Mrs Lyman Hinsdale from Keota en route to Centerville.
Mr and Mrs Harry Dickerson return from Des Moines and Valley Junction while Mrs Hubert Nicola visits Cedar Rapids relatives. John Stewart family arrives home after a 7000 mile auto trip visiting the Dakotas Yellowstone Seattle Portland Los Angeles and more. The note also mentions Zeal for Solvax kidney tablets and local business updates including merchants and an auctioneer.
Daily notices report residents visiting relatives and neighbors in Wayland Cambridge and nearby towns. Activities include shopping trips and family visits. firms advertise Priscilla Dean tam sales and monument offerings. rummage sale set for October first. travel plans mention Minneapolis Fairfield Lovell and Ft Madison. Local names include Roth Brown Atkinson McGee Rushing Baker Johnson Lupton Malin Essley O Loughlin Wilson Mount Telford and O’Brien.
A London Weekly quip has Percy Vere recalling a playful reversal in a dating game. He reels off a string of names and the responses reveal punchlines about common phrases and puns. The piece ends with the narrator fleeing, maintaining his gentlemanly pose.
French physicians report sodium silicate given by mouth or intravenously restored bedridden patients to activity and relieved headaches dizziness and insomnia in arteriosclerosis cases.
The term Tron derives from old French meaning weighing incline. The Tron church in Edinburgh gave its name to Tron near its location. Glasgow’s Trongate echoes the historic Tronweight then used as a standard weight in Scotland for cheese butter wool and other produce.
A humorist child brings delight to Mr. and Mrs. Bron Son, as the Boston Transcript notes the birth and the family’s cheerful reaction.
The Sheets family reunion drew about 150 relatives to Keota park last Sunday despite cold weather. Officers were elected to run the yearly event, with next gathering slated for the third Sunday in August. Chapter CM P E O hosted a tree themed meeting with stories on camphor and various trees. Mrs Mollie Carris arrived from Orlando for a surprise visit while Mrs Nora Williams traveled to Kansas City for a PEO sisterhood meeting.
Crawfordsville reports a local high school game where the Wyman ball team defeated the high school team with a 15 to 4 score. Several residents visited Washington yesterday as others traveled between Burlington and Ocean Park California.
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