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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 17, 1921

Page

8

Local youth and residents return from weekend visits

Lucy Casey and Lillian Sing master returned to Ottumwa after visiting the Casey and Sing master homes. Henrietta Whittaker returns to St. Joseph Academy to resume studies. Rev and Mrs J B Taylor welcome a daughter Enid Ermina born while they live in Nebraska. J R Coulter returns to St Louis after business in Ottumwa. Pump repairman E P Foss offers service by telephone.

Lucy Casey Lillian Singmaster Ottumwa Casey and Singmaster St. Joseph Select School J. B. Taylor Nebraska Enid Ermina Henrietta Whittaker St. Joseph Academy Harry Whittaker

Homecoming visitors and local notices from Washington Iowa

Mr and Mrs J L Brookhart returned home after homecoming in Iowa City. Dr KR W Gregg dentist office phone 254. Mrs Otis Telford returned to Moline after visiting Mrs J W Houghtaling. Hoyt Young of Arlington and Buck of Brighton visited Harvey Young after the Iowa City game. Seed potatoes advertised for order from Farmers Store. Mr and Mrs J C Little of Des Moines and Art McMillan of Columbus Junction visited friends yesterday. Dr Ray H Dean closes his office for two weeks. Riding Yale Tires advertised by Mannhardt Bros. Mrs Fred Byers and daughter Evelyn returned to Columbus Junction after visiting John Minick. A Maltese rat with white breast and bob tail missing from a wreck on the White Way. journal notification requested. Mrs John Campbell of Montclair NJ arrived to visit John Warnock. Miss Virginia Amsden of Manchester and Miss Thelma Deibner of Spirit Lake visited with Miss Jessie Kerr’s family over the weekend. Leslie Pauls from University of Iowa visited for the weekend. D F Macon auctioneer Washington Iowa phone 251 Red. Huggins Brothers report arrival in Los Angeles by car from Kansas City in twelve days. met Harper and Gardner in Hollywood and other Washington friends in the west.

Huggins Brothers Los Angeles Kansas City Harper and Gardner Hollywood Washington Far West

Fur sale event at A. E. Putnam Co attracts women buyers

The A. E. Putnam Co announced a Friday October 21 fur sale featuring a line from T. Rich ter and Sons of Davenport Iowa. Women of Washington and vicinity will see the latest fur designs with an estimated 25 percent savings. Local shoppers also note travel to Davenport and daily errands including Mrs C H Dittmers and Flora visiting for the day.

A. E. Putnam Co Carl Richter T. Richter and Sons Davenport Iowa Washington

Famous quotes and lessons from American figures

A collection of admonitions from Beecher Garrison Lincoln and others. The page pairs maxims on debt truth humility knowledge and civic duty with names including Edison Roosevelt Whitman Spurgeon and Choate. It blends sentiments on integrity perseverance and faith in public life.

Henry Ward Beecher William Lloyd Garrison Abraham Lincoln William H. Taft Benjamin Franklin Theodore Roosevelt Thomas A. Edison Rutherford B. Hayes Walt Whitman George William Curtis E. P. Whipple C. H. Spurgeon H.W. Longfellow

Quotations on Work Virtue and Public Trust

A collage of famous maxims on quality and quantity in work responsibility honesty public duty and mercy. Notable lines from Marshall Field Wen dell Phillips Oliver Wendell Holmes Ralph Waldo Emerson John Wanamaker and Thomas Jefferson express energy virtue vanity secrecy and trust in public life.

Marshall Field Wendell Phillips Oliver Wendell Holmes Ralph Waldo Emerson John Wanamaker Washington Irving Thomas Jefferson Xenophone Charles Didley Warner Joel Chandler Harris William Croswell Doane

Illinois pushes paving of highways across state

Illinois reports rapid progress in road paving with over 290 miles completed this year. Total paved highway mileage reaches 1 405 miles and 1 678 miles awarded for paving since the program began.

Springfield Ill Illinois B. H. Piepmeter Small

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