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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1929
Page
8
The journal announces a payment of 5 cents for each of three specified issues: August 21, September 4, and September 19. The offer is limited to those exact copies and amounts.
Mr and Mrs J Eagle and son Jimmie of Woodland Illinois left for home after a week at C C Brewer residence. Mrs Thusa Eagle will spend winter with them. Mrs D C Kilgore visits Brigh ton at daughter Mrs Wilbur Day. Dorothy Dowell departs for Hudson Iowa for practice teaching and stays with her parents Mr and Mrs George Dowell. Mrs George Thoma of Chicago leaves after visiting her mother Mrs C H Pickens. Sara McCreedy visits Ainsworth for weekend with Mr and Mrs W R McCreedy. Mrs George Dowell travels to Davenport for the day. Claude Holmes of Keota in Washington today shopping and visiting.
Miss Agnes Beard identified as a morning passenger for Monmouth. An ad touts Dir Hess Panacea feed for winter eggs. Local paint store promotes fall painting with claims of good returns. Hog prices report top at $10.10 and a weather outlook calls for fair conditions tonight and Sunday with cooler temps.
Carl Wynn aged 45 fell about 50 feet from a scaffold while dismantling a tower at the International Harvester plant in Fort Dodge Iowa. He died almost instantly. Mrs S S E Taylor of Stafford Kansas and Mrs A J Dawson visited in town.
Tonight at 9 oclock a Majestic Radio is given away by Homer Stephen. Mrs H F Taylor of Crawfordsville visits Washington. Marguerite Auld and Katherine Bruty of West Chester shopped in town yesterday. Mr and Mrs Don Holroid of near Marshalltown visited Miss Alice Rownd. Mrs Fred Taylor joined them for a visit. Mrs Holroid and Mrs Taylor are remembered as Edna and Edith Rownd.
Sadie McClaine traveling from Keota to Libertyville with a stopover in town this morning. Mrs. H Redeker arrives for a week with her son Paul Redeker before returning to Emporia Kansas. Madeline Starr en route to Fairfield for Parsons homecoming while teaching in Crawfords ville. Levi Hochstetter of Kalona is in town on business.
For sale a Jersey cow fresh soon from E B Young. Two yearlong Shorthorn steers listed by E L Nicola. Pair of straight coon hounds aged 2 and 4 offered by Gene Stephens Ainsworth Iowa with price 100 dollars this month. Chandler coupe can be turned into a truck call 65.
Notices list multiple residents and visitors: Homer Stephen in North Side, Mrs. Redding and Elaine Tomlassen heading to Des Moines for two weeks, Mrs. Benz and Lucy visiting Oskaloosa and Rex Benz, Mrs. Rittenhouse visiting Keota, Dig Thompson family to Nashville via Minneapolis, Mrs. Fishburn from Des Moines after a funeral, Mrs. John Dick returning to Lincoln after three weeks with relatives, Betty Jacobs visiting from Fairfield for a weekend with grandparents in town, and Glen Jacobs to pick her up.
Ramsay MacDonald marked his 63rd birthday in a New York hotel suite away from his Scottish birthplace. He appeared weary after a week of dinners receptions speeches and conferences as Isabel his daughter planned a private surprise.
Mrs Olive DeWitt and Pearl visited Columbus Junction to spend the weekend with Mrs G M Holland. Mrs Henry Shields and her son arrived from Mount Pleasant to stay with relatives in Washington. Dainty sandwiches and homemade pie were served at the Green Mill Cafe. Mrs Austin Sutherland returned to Washington after three weeks with relatives at Carney Missouri. Enna Jettick Neartastes.
In Orange City Iowa county supervisors voted to arm the sheriff’s force with a Thompson machine gun after a year marked by several robberies. The weapon purchase was announced today confirming use of machine guns by local lawmen against bandits.
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