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 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1931
Page
8
All Washington banks will close for Labor Day on September 7. Mr and Mrs Ralph Shannon and family visited J Maines to attend the state fair today.
Special for Saturday Misses and Ladies enjoy Extra Heavy Silk Bloomers two pair for 1.99 from Wells and Crafi. Miss June Godfrey travels to Davenport to attend the Scott county teachers institute then to Long Grove to teach for the year. Dr and Mrs C W Stewart Eva Denny depart for Chicago to meet Frances Stewart and visit Vincent Keesey and family in Philadelphia. Kenneth Cline and Henry Little head for Burlington for the Tri-State tennis tournament over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Harry Pearson of Ainsworth shop locally. H Metcalf of Anamosa attends to business here.
Mrs. Robert McCart reports her son George and several youths left Des Moines for San Diego to take an electrical engineering course for months in preparation for Navy service.
The inspection ship Fridtjof Nansen departed Hardstedt today to search for the polar submarine Nautilus missing in the Arctic. The bold mission aims to cover the northern wastes as a potentially wide search for the stranded crew unfolds, with harsh conditions and a daring rescue expected.
Wilson Putman and George McAvoy hitchhiked to Des Moines for a weekend with friends. Mrs. J. K. Ream returned from Monmouth Illinois after visiting since Sunday with friends. Mayor John W. Applegate had an operation yesterday morning at the Washington county hospital and is recovering. John Applegate Jr. returned home from the state fair after a two and a half day stay. Mrs. Theodore Dykstra and sons Phillip and Theodore of Corvallis Oregon left Iowa City after a month with Myrtle Rouse. All banks in Washington will close on Labor Day September 7. Mr. and Mrs Newell Williams return from a southern and eastern honeymoon trip visiting Rev. and Mrs. C. S. Williams. they will travel to Alton Kansas next week where he coaches at Western Military Academy. Also here on business were Mrs. Will McClintie of Brighton, Mrs. David Johns, Rosina White of Crawfordsville, Roy Turnipseed of Wellman, J. A. Huber of West Chester, Aleph Hites of West Chester, and H. M. McQuire of Cotter.
Mrs E G Davis and daughters Mrs Joe Johnson and Mrs Clair Holmes of Crawfordsville visited today. Washington band members traveled to Muscatine this afternoon for a band contest tonight. Geraldine Greiner, granddaughter of John Greiner, expected home from a three week Keota vacation and will enter an academy in Davenport Tuesday.
A stream of visitors including Sam Oldfield Wellman H Merrifield Ainsworth C G Keiper Ainsworth and R J Thompson Ainsworth and Rev E A Wimmer Crawfordsville were noted yesterday in Washington. Others from Wayland Farmington Davenport Des Moines and Muscatine shopped and attended events as the state fair drew crowds.
Miriam Palmer returned yesterday from Wellman where she had visited since Sunday with her grandparents Mr and Mrs Joe McClelland and Mr and Mrs J B Palmer. The Baptist Ladies will hold a bake sale at the Washington Cleaners on Saturday September 4 1693.
Changes are taking place inside Kurtz Market as new shelving is installed and stock enlarged. The layout of tables and racks is being rearranged to give the interior a different appearance.
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.