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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1911
Page
7
Miss Ferne Palmer acquires a new piano and many neighbors visit, visitants include Mr and Mrs Challenge Kincaid of Kansas, and a Hallowe en party hosted by Mr and Mrs Floyd Timmons. Readers report programs, church services, health visits, sales, and travel among Wellman residents and guests.
The column skewers petty rudeness in everyday service from a clerks to a telegraph girl. It notes pursed lips and overbearing sales staff harming trade. Regional notes from Champaign Fairfield and New Haven mention visitors and local changes, with brief social tidbits.
Residents and visitors tally weekly movements from Brighton to Kalona and Ottumwa. Names including Mrs. Linnie Savage and family travel to Cuba for health reasons. Community groups meet as Hustlers club and church activities unfold with local social calls and medical errands noted for several residents.
Crawfordsville residents and visitors including Mr and Mrs Will Duncan, D N Anwyl, John Hamill and families, Rev J C Currie, Frank Rice, and others attended evangelistic services in Columbus City last evening. Local teachers Miss Florence McCleary and Miss Jennie Stevenson closed schools for fall vacation. Several locals traveled to Washington and other cities for visits and health travel, including S R Harper who heads to Colorado for the winter.
Mrs. Hugh Hall returned home from Dubuque Iowa after attending an Eastern Star convention. Mrs. B A Chambers left for Burlington to visit her son C C Chambers. Charles Ehlers left for Pittsburgh Pa after visiting his sister Mrs Hazlett at the Hazlett home.
Shortly after Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema was knighted he and Lady Alma Tadema held an at home gathering at St. John's Wood. Guests congratulated the couple, with one lady remarking she hoped he would quit painting and live like a gentleman.
Washington expert Dr. Harvey W. Wiley outlines a steadfast policy to enforce the law in the interest of the American people. He says the consumer needs protection between buyers and producers and vows to give the public the benefit of the doubt while pursuing misbranded or prohibited ingredients through the courts.
Rug maker offers to save money by turning old carpets into new rugs for all sizes and colors. All work guaranteed and freight paid. Also buys old woolen in grain carpet. Agent for Fairfield Rug Works. Write or phone $25 Black.
Advertisement extols Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as unmatched for cuts, burns, bruises, sores, and many conditions. It claims superiority for sore eyes and cold sores and urges purchase at Lemmon’s Pharmacy for 25e.
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