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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1920

Page

6

Hallowe'en Party Highlights Rural Women Club Visit

The Rural Women’s Club and families enjoyed a Halloween gathering at the C. W. Jackson home with ghostly tours, fortunes from pumpkins and topsy turvy refreshments. A Sunday wedding followed at Rev. Regan’s home uniting Louis Gatch Speidel and Florence Iola Lute.

Rural Women's Club C. W. Jackson Wilson Frank Pringle Pearl Dittmer Lloyd Humston Jackson M. R. Regan Louis Gatch Speidel Florence Iola Lute Winfield Regan Mattie Lute Victor Olson

Nomination of Iowa Rebekahs Officers for June Election

The Iowa Rebekahs at Keokuk closed their sessions electing nominees for next June. President candidates include Nannie Buckley and Maude Bunker. a slate lists wardens, secretaries, treasurers and other officers from multiple towns.

Keokuk Rebekahs Iowa Nannie Buckley

Household Sale 1 Private Sale At Residence

Household Sale 1 will sell at private sale at my residence 602 N Sla Ave on Thursday and Friday Oct 28 and 29. Items include library table 2 stands 2 bedroom suites with frame 1 new mattress two 9x12 rugs 8x10 rug 20 yards of Brittain velvet hall carpet 4 small rugs curtains secretary 2 kitchen chairs One Minute washing machine and wringer and other articles. 216:2 Mrs T J Berd0

N. Sla. Ave

Cotton Blossom Singers to Perform in Presbyterian Church

A quintette from Piney Woods Country Life School in Braxton Mississippi will give a concert at the Presbyterian church Friday night. Lawrence C. Jones the founder will attend and possibly speak about the school which educates seven year olds in vocational training for girls and boys. Admission is free and the program includes plantation melodies and regro spirituals starting at eight o clock.

Piney Woods Industrial School Braxton Miss Presbyterian Church Lawrence C. Jones Iowa South Lawrence Jones Marshalltown University of Iowa Piney Woods Black Belt Mississippi Jaxton

Evening reading surpasses morning in U S says Madrid journalist

Louis Araquistain, a Madrid journalist, notes that Americans read twice as much newspaper and magazine material at night as in the morning, contrasting with European patterns.

United States Madrid Louis Araquistain Europe

We Had Forgotten Spark Plug Cleaning Task

A Dallas News reflection recalls the old labor of cleaning a spark plug and brushing a horse with a curry comb, contrasting rough chores with modern ease. The note emphasizes the effort and memory of such tasks from past days.

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