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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1919
Page
8
Residents and visitors traverse Washington as many heads travel to Des Moines Moline and Keota for family occasions business and health. Funeral mourners and drivers relocate to Muscatine Davenport Cedar Rapids and California while local groups report a $220 charity sale success and announce the Fortunes Hunter play at the high school auditorium.
Fragmented OCR text shows a trade notice referencing Salt, sacks of 100 pounds, and firms McCall Brothers and Bagby & Co. with unclear plan or offer. The readable items suggest a merchant advertisement or price note for salt delivery in bulk. No clear date or location is given.
Bagby & Co. promotes a seating plan for the new high school auditorium with 616 seats. The opening program features The Fortune Hunter, with tickets at $1.25 and $1.50, some seats at 75c and $1.00. Phillips Drug Store sells advance tickets tomorrow morning.
Household goods to be sold at auction next Saturday November first at 2:30 PM at the Klein Kilo Ko corner southeast square. Items include beds tables chairs a leather couch rug carpet kitchenware jars and more. Auctioneer Charles Brown with L. E. Maplethorpe listed.
Petroleum Service Syndicate promotes oil leases in New Mexico with deep tests planned at moderate prices. They claim choicest acreage and contracted wells on strong structures, urging immediate letters to Des Moines office for advance opportunity.
A fall tramp travels around the barn and house to rap at the back door. The hired girl answers, but the visitor is a hitchhiker rather than a beau, making for an awkward moment and a poor day for polite thanks.
Property owner L. Underwood, 21713 cents, warns that hunting trapping and trespassing are forbidden on the premises.
The Virginia wild ginger ranks as an interesting Atlantic plant found from the Virginias to Georgia with other species from Liog ida to Connecticut. It grows in hilly wooded areas and is identified by kidney shaped leaves and purplish brown flowers that rise on a single stem. The leaves are bitter and generally avoided by living creatures, and the plant tends to hide itself when possible.
In a furniture shop dialogue a prospective groom laments prices, joking that marriage costs are so steep he might be sued for breach of promise instead. The remark suggests financial strain influencing wedding plans and humor about consumer costs.
Moving out of town we sell on Friday October 31 at Sherman's corner southwest corner of square in Washington. Household goods include a flat top desk, dining set, chairs, bedframes, mattresses, sewing machine, rugs, dressers, mirror, stove, heater, lamp, ironing board, wringer, tub, irons and more.
A historical clipping shows an auction notice with Macon referenced, listing the auctioneer as HK and the clerk as DougHerty. The fragment indicates a sale event overseen by the local clerk in Macon.
A humorous courtroom exchange features a wife seeking a divorce arguing she married for money and he has now lost all his wealth, prompting the lawyer to press for grounds. The quip reflects a lighthearted take on financial ruin and marital motives.
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