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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1926
Page
3
Local notes report a near fire at David Thompson's home after a gasoline stove explosion injuring Mrs Thompson and killing a pet canary. Several residents travel for family visits and fall festivals while others attend church events and reunions.
Mrs. J. W. Stickley hosts. Mrs. T. H. Will returns from a weeks visit in Pennsylvania and Maryland. Miss Genevieve Peterson visits Washington with her brother A J Peterson. Mrs. E. K. Annas plans Eldon trip to see daughter Mrs. Ward Moore. Laura Chambers visits Washington Saturday. Charles Mullin returns home from Cedar Falls. Mrs. Minnie Jennings of Colfax visits Mrs. Etta Tush with daughter Martha Wellman. Junior Missionary Society hosts mothers with twelve members and one visitor. Nathan Burris and daughter Arline Francis visit Masca tine family.
Preparations are underway for Grandma Timmons one hundredth birthday on Oct 15 1926 Harvest Home annual dinner set for Oct 12 at Lexington church Prairie Flower Missionary circle meets in October at the church Baptist congregation heard two sermons by Rev Hamilton Family news includes Emma Mapel Gene Sterling Lillian Harvey in Fall Festival contest local items note road work cemetery fences and visits among residents including Amlong Mapel Comstock Tipton Gardner Ross and others with trips to Washington Wellman Cedar Rapids Mt. Vernon and California
A study notes that half an hour of vigorous morning singing proves healthful and also tends to reduce local rents. The finding is reported by the Boston Transcript.
The Khyber pass, the main northern route from India into Afghanistan, lies ten miles west of Peshawar and extends about thirty three miles toward Jalalabad. It features cliffs 600 to 1 000 feet tall and was seized by British troops led by Colonel Wade on July 26 1880 and previously by Gen St George Pollock in 1842.
The Boston Transcript notes from a New Zealand paper state timber for Mr. George Cowland is arriving, promising his horse will soon rise sphins like from the ashes of the old one.
A recruitment ad by Geo L Lane of Mansfield Ohio claims a salesman can earn over one hundred dollars weekly. The notice outlines profits of one dollar for the salesman and a one point five dollar return on a two dollar investment, inviting readers to join as salesmen or be introduced to a better income.
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