Local Notes From Washington Area Community
Local brief items list visits and travels of residents including Mrs. Will Wilson to Davenport Miss Claudia Evang home from Wy man and Wilbur Long returning from Grinnell Leona Dumont and Alvina Greiner visiting in Harper McAvoy’s store offering hot dogs cigarettes and acrobats shoes Special orchard apple sale 50 cents to 1.00 a bushel through Nov 1 by Harry Anderson.
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Leona Dumont
Harper
Alvina Greiner
Harry Ander
Home Made Chili At McAvoy's Prompts Visit Notes
John B. Quinn of Haskins and Ray Funston of Keota spent Saturday in Washington. Ollie L. Blake of Crawfordsville visited Washington Saturday. Whit Davis of Crawfordsville also spent Saturday in Washington, while trying homemade chili at McAvoy's.
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McAvoy’s
John B. Quinn
Haskins
Washington
Ray Funston
Keota
Ollie L. Blake of
Crawfordsville
Whit Davis
Ralph Boyd
H. A. Bower
T. M. Holmes
Thomas Burgess of
Weekend visits and births listed in Washington News
A long list of local weekend visits includes Mrs Minnie Jennings and families in Washington, hospital and travel notes feature Delbert Jennings, Bert Lowe injury, and a birth announced for a Dougherty Bros. family. Shoppers and social calls describe visits from Ames to Kalona, Brighton, Wellman, and Keota with multiple residents noted.
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Ella Patterson
Ames
Etta Rush
Ainsworth
Minnie Jennings
Delia Farrier
Brighton
Bert Lowe
Thrift and Saving Advice From a Steady Worker
A cautious saver, who earns a salary, lives frugally and pays obligations promptly. He accumulates a surplus, places it in a savings account, and urges others to practice thrift daily to get ahead. Open an account and save consistently.
Washington National The Only National Bank in Washington County
The Washington National Bank positions itself as the sole national banking institution serving Washington County, highlighting its charter status and local financial services. Bank executives emphasize community focus, stable leadership, and service options for individuals and businesses.
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Washington County
Transpose Sentences Correcting a Duluth Herald Quote
The phrase would read better as a corrected quotation from the Duluth Herald noting a mother saying Harry could be well behaved except for the Jones children next door.
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Harry
Jones
Duluth Herald
No one can have more light because they have involved others
A reflective line notes that one cannot gain greater illumination without dragging others into the same gloom and darkness as oneself. It emphasizes shared fate and responsibility within collective hardship. The sentiment critiques isolation and promotes communal accountability.
Over Blouses and Local Social Notes Highlight Ward’s Sales
Ward's touts new over blouses and wool dresses at low prices while local residents travel, visit, or return home. Paul Kurtz heads to Davenport with American Bond and Mortgage. L. H. Richardson dies. Jesse Richardson leaves Irwin for family illness. Miss Elsie Braunhausen and Miss Stella Frey visit Muscatine. Kenneth Bailey to recital in Davenport then New York University. Mrs. H M Elcher returns from California. Heinrich at Stanford. Mrs. Anna Wells Truesdale visiting Washington connections. Manton Hebner returns to Keokuk in improved health. plans to work again.
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Elsie Braunhausen
Stella Frey
Muscatine
Bernard Walker
J. J. Bailey
Davienport
Wilcox
Kenneth Bailey
Kenneth
Davenport
New York City
Manton Hebner
Keokuk
Danger in Poisoning Rats and Easy Bird Photography
The article notes poisoning rats to curb plague is risky since fleas remain on living rats and spread later when the rat dies. It also says nature photographers find birds easiest to photograph near nests and that wasps can be attracted by proper houses, similar to birds.
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Nature
Nature Magazine
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Thomas Meighany Vo
Meward Ound
Ricks
Lila Lee
Leeward
Jack Cunningham
Paul Sloane
Ralph Ince
Virgil Irwin
Moline, Mi
G. W. White
Mt. Pleasant Stuart Hotel
Anderson
Prop
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
John Shields & Sons
Temple
Oxfords
Wilson's
Will Wilson
McAvoy's
Herman Pehler
John Birney
Petter Shoes
Wilbur Long
Grinnell
Claudia Evang
Wyman
J. A. Work Insurance Agency
F. & M. Bank
A. W. Armstrong
Deep River
L. C
of Hs
McAvoye
H. F. Sampson
Ralph and Kuyler Livingston
Bone Yard Broadcasting
Jones Auto Co
Delbert Jennings
Iowa University
Iowa City
Minnnie Jennings
N. A. Buck
Gretchen of Prichton
H. 8S
Dougherty Bros
Jake Schumont
Milwaukee
Wis
Schumont
Ben Share
John *Flading of
Wellman
RA. F. Tracy
Bell Dunlap
Kalona
Thomas Stacy
Fred Wyse of
Wayland
M. FB. Romine of
R. A. Adams
C. W. Roth
Mis
Ethel Grecian
Andy Augustine
West Chester
M. A. Bowen
Virginia
Oskaloosa
O. L. Lyon
Harry Rice
University of Iowa
Belle Gray Rice
William Bolce
Aerchat
Frank L. Wilson & Co
O. E. Helmick
Helen and
Lioyrd
Henry Parkinson
Lewis Owens
Galesburg
Charles Reisman
George Story
Henry Ludwig
Ortonville, Mich
Ludwig
Hazel Crull
Ethel Grimer of
Sigourney
Ward's
John Larimer
Streator
Louis Jones
Mr. Larimer
Jerome
Texaco
J. Max Kurtz
Daryl
Moline
F. P. Randall
E. W. Spessard
Boice Kurtz
Kenton
Littl
J. F. Duffy
Mr. Duffy
Ford
McElhinney Drug Co
Low
Mee
Ward
Clinton, Ill
Paul Kurtz
American Bond and Mortgage Company
Jesse Richardson
Irwin
L. H. Richardson
H. M. Elcher
California
Palo Alto
Los Angeles
Heinrich
Stanford University
Anna Wells Truesdale
Franklin, Ind
Tila Shields
North Second Avenue
Truesdale
Curtis & Ross
Madras
C. M. & F. Clothing Co
Wisie Long
Gust Bramer
East Side Square
Fords
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