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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1911
Page
5
Visitors from Maxwell and nearby towns pass through with greetings while ads highlight The Fair stock bargains. Notes mention Mrs George Matlock son Ron Ald Maxwell Iowa, visits to Brighton and Crawfordsville, and various locals traveling to Des Moines Keota Sigourney Winfield.
The W A Cherry stock sale planned for the 26th has been indefinitely postponed. In other city notes 1312 E L Edmundson of Brighton visited, and Carl Deeds of Brighton was sentenced to sixty days in jail. Plus items mention a county jail boarder, window shades deals, fair week promotions, and local travels.
Saturday marked Charley Blair's birthday as two store clerks gave him a Mesina lemon wrapped in fine paper and ribbon. He expressed heartfelt gratitude and joy, singing an old ballad to celebrate the thoughtful gesture from his employees.
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