This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1919
Page
3
The store touts the best trained sales women and the largest stock of millinery in Washington. It operates several outlets with an enormous selection offered at the lowest prices. They claim superiority by size and value and invite customers to compare before purchasing.
Loyal Order of Moose lodge in Washington begins a sixty day membership campaign led by district supervisor Hert J. Sneed who arrived to establish headquarters. Sneed and assistant Dan T. Huff plan drives across ten counties to recruit 500 new members for Washington Lodge No 1295 as they promote the order and its charitable work.
Petitions filed in the district court seek damages for injuries to person and property from an automobile accident near Wellman last month. Lawrence J. Fountain and Mary J. Fountain sue Irvin Hastie for 1625 dollars, alleging a wreck and medical costs. Mary J. Fountain seeks 1000 dollars for injuries including permanent back and hip damage. Separate action names A. Harbinson suing H F Griffin and G R Workman for 2050 dollars plus full accounting of farm proceeds. Attorneys Messer Clearman Olson of Jazz City represent Harbinson.
Washington relatives learn of the death of Miss Lottie Guthrie at her brother Denzmore Guthrie's home in Moline at six after an operation. A former Washington resident aged about 34 had lived in Colorado nine years and recently returned to Moline. Her mother Mrs. C M Guthrie came from Washington as illness worsened. funeral services will be held here after the body arrives. The mother, two brothers and one sister expect to accompany the casket.
Despite no fixed meeting place the Hi Y Club progresses, as Secretary Huxford notes. H. E. Case gave an excellent talk. next Wednesday is fathers night with all boys bringing their fathers. A fathers and sons social is planned for the near future.
Mrs Walter Oram of Frankfort New York extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best medicine for coughs and colds. She recalls its quick relief for her nine year old son Carl during a croup attack and notes it is kept in her home. Lemmon's Drug Store advertises the product.
Scenery for the new high school building stage has arrived and is being installed under direction from the manufacturer. The setup follows intensive planning and will be used for the home talent production The Fortune Hunter. The presentation date will be announced soon.
An early 20th century ad advises Chamberlain's Liniment for muscular rheumatism with no internal treatment needed. It claims quick relief and notes its value for chronic rheumatism sprains and bruises, recommending application four times daily from Lemmon's Drug Store.
Local football circles rally behind Winfield as they brace for a Saturday matchup with Washington. Coach Whitford warns against over confidence while noting a possible new backfield combo of Ralph Jones at half and Hall at full back with McCreedy at center. Several regulars may be missing, elevating the rest of the squad for the Denison park game.
City schools will be closed November 6 and 7 as teachers join the state Rathears convention in Des Moines. Teachers from all principal towns will attend, with many schools dismissed for the event.
The sister of Rev. D. J. Masson, Mrs. Frank Schultz of Grove City Pennsylvania, died suddenly at home. She was Miss Margaret Masson before marriage and left her husband and daughter Ellen, plus two brothers and a sister. Her death was reported by telegram received this morning.
The Keokuk presbytery Women s Missionary society met Tuesday in the United Presbyterian church Ainsworth with strong attendance Sessions opened with devotion and forenoon business dominated The afternoon featured brief talks by three returning missionaries Miss Rase Wilson Mrs Lease and Miss Ella Montgomery and a witness by Miss Kase Hill on furlough visiting Presbyterial meetings to plan better work for the coming year
New York claims the largest custom house in the world with a construction cost of 4,500,000 dollars.
Officers elected include Mrs Eva Livingston as president and Mrs I K Beal as vice president. Recording secretary is Miss Winona Wilson of Morning Sun and other posts go to Mrs W A Cook of Washington and Mrs 8 Jones of West Chester. Jennie Marshall of Winfield is temperance secretary and Leslie Mountford of Washington leads young women's work. Howard Crozier of Washington is secretary of junior work.
Mrs Lillian Trotter departs for Kansas City Thursday morning. The funeral of Dr G B Wilkins, brought from Brighton, was held at the home of his uncle T J Whitlock at 3 o clock Tuesday, then interred at Ainworth cemetery.
Estimates suggest 16,000,000 deceased are interred within the Roe man catacombs, highlighting a vast burial complex and its implied historical footprint.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.