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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 20, 1923

Page

8

Harvest Festival notice and local shopping chatter

Local notes report Harvest Home Festival set for October 24 at Prairie Flower and list shoppers, visits, and small ads. Items include car loads of Red River Ohips priced at 5 per bushel, early Ohio potatoes 75 cents per bushel, and various town residents visiting or traveling to Iowa City and Washington.

Prairie Flower Ohio H. L. Whittaker City Ed Wenger Wayland Washington Rock Island Richard Johnson

Acrobats Shoes For Children At Wilsons Store

Mrs. Clara Sweet of Crawfords ville spent yesterday in Washington and visited with Mrs. Scott Jarrard, while noting new petter shoes for children advertised at Wilsons.

Will Cochran Coppock Washington Wilson's Clara Sweet Crawfordsville Scott Jarrard

Wedding Tangle On A Train Leads To Garden Reveal

Jim Townsend, who sought to forget a dream girl, discovers destiny when a locket on a train links him to his friend Dick Danvers. Jane Townsend, Dick’s fiancée, and Gloria Greenville unfold the truth. Jim agrees to be maid of honor at the wedding, amid romantic confusion and a resolved decision.

IM Townsend Miles Townsend Fate Richard Danvers Canada Jim Dalton Jane Jim Townsend Ick Glory James Townsend Gloria Greenville Jin Miss Greenville Dickie Richard

Large Yorkshire Swine Prices at Riverside Sale

The notice lists fall and spring bred or open prices for large Yorkshire boars and sows at Wm. Zachs Jr in Riverside Iowa. Also mentions Miss Minnie Conner and Mins Walker visiting from West Chester, Mr. and Mrs. L H Wallace attending Homecoming in Iowa City, and Cecil Lavderman of Havre visiting for weekend. includes school pupil attending in Washington.

David Warfel Iowa City Howard McCleery W. G. Stewart Hollingsworth L. B. Lupton Gladys Mace Town City Wm. Zachs Riverside Iowa Minnie Conner Mins Walker West Chester L. H. Wallace Ben Wm. Zaha, Jr Cecil Lavderman Havre Washington

Correct Measure of Man in Carlyle Quote

A brief note presents Carlyle’s assertion that the degree of vision dwelling in a man is the recorrect measure of the man, framing a reflective view on human insight and character.

Grace Cunningham Crawfordsville Carlyle

I Saw Your Ad in the Journal, Merchants

A brief visitor tells merchants she saw their advertisement in the Journal. The remark captures a shopper noting the paper as a source for local business notices.

The Same With the Churches

A Duluth Herald note humorously suggests critics of films rarely verify their own conclusions by attending. The quotation underscores divergence between opinion and firsthand viewing.

Duluth

Some Job Is Right in Moral Uplift Effort

A brief note argues against coercion and urges leading by example. The writer promotes kindness to shape others moral character and improve behavior through personal conduct.

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