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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1923
Page
8
Mrs. F. P. Randall returns home from a visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Max Kurtz in Moline. Children’s shoes advertised at Wilson's feature acrobats in the note.
Local notes report residents shopping in Washington with several weekend visits and social events. entries mention Leona Dumont Hattie Frey Effie Van Sickle Mildred Craig Dorothy Allen O M Swisher and Dorothy Ralston as Washington attendees plus bake sale and chicken dinner notices and farm goods for sale from C and R Produce Co and 100 immune shoots for sale with contact details.
Herman Berg of Fairfield visits M. J. Redlinger home while Methodist church women plan a 50 cent chicken dinner at 11 AM on Tuesday October 16 20612. Ralph G Springer and wife welcome a daughter Ruth Eloise born Saturday afternoon. Hat sale offers 50 pieces at 5 dollars each from EK M Bridges & Co with some hats marked 12 dollars. J Martin White cites a Boulder Colorado article about a mountain home being built by his brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Frank Madden west of Canon Park pavilion using mossy granite. Mrs Madden is Mr White’s youngest sister. Madden is the construction supervisor.
A string of short items lists residents visiting Ottumwa Fairfield and Columbus Junction and others heading to Cedar Rapids Kansas City and Des Moines. Hats go on sale at E M Bridges Co while ads promote fall flowers and a play at Graham Opera House.
Jackie Coogan drew a hero’s reception in New York after his Fox film Daddy. At the Biltmore Hotel he hosted a press party and charmed reporters with his natural, unspoiled charm. The precocious youngster spoke and performed with adult timing, proving a rare, gifted child star.
The note urges readers to start saving now by opening a Liberty Bell Bank savings account. It claims the habit formed from small deposits leads to success and promises a Liberty Bell Bank with every new savings of $1.00 or more.
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