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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 13, 1920

Page

8

Local notices and ads highlight area trades and moves

Busy community notes list visits by Shelly Eberling and others, arrivals of Masson family, and moving to Des Moines. Local business promos promote Twin City tractor plow, Firestone tires, and auto services. Real estate sales by Dempsey Land Co. include 80 and 160 acre farms, residences, and a seven room house for sale.

Dempsey Land Company West Chester Robt. A. Ross Lee Craig Crawfordsville Town Elm Hurst Clay David E. Miller A. Pearl Bitting Richland Iowa W. A. Harper East Washington Street Chal Ford Lorenz V. Hazen Ainsworth Oliver Leppert Clay Township A. P. Bitting D. B. Miller iWayland

Local notices and ads mix in Washington page

Mixed items report visits to Washington city, real estate bargains, a marriage license for Bart Payne and Alice May Chamberlain, store relocations, and various ads from Lemmon’s Drug Store and Bevins. Names include Lily Thompson, Georgia Beatty, Claud Rhodebeck, Lemley Root, and W. P. Littlefield.

Bart Payne Alice May Chamberlain Washington

Moriarity Party Visits Ottumwa After Des Moines Trip

Daniel Moriarity of Des Moines arrived for a short visit with his son W. P. Moriarity and brother J. G. Moriarity, joining friends. The Moriarity party toured Ottumwa to visit Mr and Mrs Moriarity’s daughter Mable after a Des Moines weekend.

Mark Quinn Davenport Will Black Geo. Evans Urbana Bloomington 111 James Powell Richmond Daniel Moriarity Des Moines City W. P. Moriarity J. G M. G. Moriarityyg Doc J. G. Moriarity Ottumwa

Overland Washington Co Debtors Urged to Call at HQ

All those indebted to the Overland Washington Co. are urged to call at the temporary headquarters just south of the Democrat office to settle accounts.

Overland-Washington Co Democrat

Wild woman driver sought after string of wrecks in Marshalltown

Oct 13 reports say police near end of inquiry to identify the driver who struck three Ford cars on North Third avenue and sent them into ditches. A Citizens' Lumber Co driver reported obtaining the car number 222948, registered to J H Kinzie, who is not known locally. Police suspect a Tama resident, previously in county court records, as the operator. she was seen driving a sedan and may have been intoxicated.

Marshalltown North Third Avenue Citizens’ Lumber Company J. H. Kinzie Tama

Woman in double near miss tied to unregistered car

A woman matching a description traveling at forty mph nearly collided with Charles Buchwald on Center street north of the city. The car, registered to Kinvie and driven by a Tama woman, may indicate a recent sale without transfer or improper licensing.

Charles Buchwald Center Street Kinvie Tama

Bowery Hotels Raise Prices Stir in New York Bowery

Patrons of Bowery lodging houses known as Knights of the Road face higher rates as Bowery hotels increase charges from 15 and 20 cents to roughly double in many cases. The rise affects hoboes and panhandlers frequenting the notorious district.

New York Bowery Knights of the Road

Peruvian Railways Y Network Described Near Lima

The central Peru rail lines form a Y with Huanecayo at the right end about 200 miles from Lima. At every station women crowd the cars selling Inca nectar, all drink from the same cup, while travelers carry their own stronger native beverage.

Peru Huanecayo Lima

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Skipton di Aero Fox & Dewey Shelly Eberling Letts Dougherty Bros F. Henderson T. J. Farrier Young C. W. Leghorn Kent Wash H. C. Druse Chester W. W. Wilson L. L. Lemley J. H. Lewis Titus Ralph Lemley Twin City Davis Bros. Farm BK. Wright Moline, TH Mrs Earle Corbin Gust Bramer L. C. Moore Reynolds, Til R. 5. White See Hender White Way Garage H. F. Masson Ahs Ae Masson Cora Louis Masson Iowa City Victor Masson Capt Earl Limerman G. E. Manatt Marsh W. Bailey W. H. Butterfield White Way Marion Dorothy Pursell Newton Lowlett Kephart Rucksam Telford Kracaw Lyda Hellam St. Paul Bath Square Lemley, Root & Littlefield Hender Ats Jarvis Walter Lohman Liverly Pastorous Laura Longwell BE. V. Simons Burlington Crape Park Beving Ben Weidner Brighton Geo. Teas Weidner North Marion Ave Miss Mae Marr Keota Lily Thompson Eldora Smouse Crail Red C. B. Kerr Okeh Georgia Beatty Claud, Rhodebeck Helen W. P. Littlefield F. & M. Bank Bldg Lemley Root & Littlefield F. & M. Bank Lemmen Lemmon’s Drug Store Advt Solvax Lemmon’s Bevins Alma Beenblossom Kealg Frank Klein Renter Kelly Genevieve Fisher Kinross H. Frazier FOX Ind Marvy Calanchester Sillions Wight METRO May Yallison Laury George Kibbe Turner RED Book Sarah Y.mason John E May Allison Buster Keaton Chambers Clothes Shop Ee Undertaking C Harry D. Smith Washington, Iowa John Shields Cone Mele Graham Irma Daredevil Jack Featuring Jack Dempsey Mae Murry Kodak T. R. Phillips Kodak Store Bowery Hotels Matt White Perry Dewey Oscar Lane Farm Oscar Lane Fred Stewart Christian Science Chapel
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