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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1919
Page
8
Coach Whitford of Washington High School calls a Tuesday 2:30 gathering for all boys who plan to play football this fall. The session in the old high school will arrange season details and include a talk on training. Denison Park will be used again with the gridiron in fine shape for practices.
A list of travelers heading to Columbus Ohio for the National G A R and W A C En camps includes Mrs George Kerr Mrs Tom Carris Mrs J D Dayton Mrs Walter Boyer Mrs Dittmer Mrs Hollinger Mr and Mrs George Brown John W Donaldson J M Thompson Charles Stinson J C F Wead Col D J Palmer J H Youngs of Pasagena Cal M Scott Mitch Arthur Mrs Perry Mre Ellen Wallace and Dr J C Boice A few members left earlier this week to visit elsewhere on Olite.
A terse want column notice hints at a local opportunity or sale. The brief item suggests readers should check the column for details on a listing, price, or eligibility, with no further descriptive context available in the fragment.
Local column lists prices for cream butter and eggs and names residents traveling to Washington Monmouth Chicago and Portland. Mentions several relatives visiting, returning home, and a nineteen year reunion among siblings in Ainsworth with plans to visit friends in Cedar Rapids and Denver.
Daily reads mention Fox and Dewey shoe shop and Crail's rugs with taxi services and city phone numbers. Local moves include Mrs. W. T. McGuire to Davenport and Mr. and Mrs. Foster visiting Udell, while the Fern Leaf chocolates sale at Deans signals weekend shopping. Everett Peck arrives home from France with Iowa cavalry, awaiting discharge for the Davenport homecoming.
War workers knitters garment makers and surgical dressers urged to march in uniform in a county home coming parade on September 11th. Township delegations bannered units and clubs to join with 235 Red Cross flags to be carried. Meetings at the old M E church one half hour before the parade flag distribution at church.
The September garden exhibit for Washington Garden League opens next Tuesday at 1 p m in the old Methodist church. Youth entrants compete in 12 categories for thrift stamps prizes while rules require exact counts, proper labeling, and timely removal of exhibits.
Sheriff R H McCarty learned Rev W Klein's Ford was found on a Keota street after being stolen from in front of the Graham theatre Thursday evening. The car will be returned to its owner, and detectives seek the thief, with possible ties to a dance crowd. Further developments are expected.
Washington High announces a strong two year agricultural program with federal aid covering half the instructor’s salary. Students spend half their time in farm work and receive weekly supervision from Mr. Ray Overmeyer, a Iowa State College graduate, ensuring hands on experience and exposure to state wide agricultural practices. Parents must consent to entry and cooperation is emphasized.
A brief notice offers special club price lists with invitations to call 59 Red or write to Journal care of Nita Belle McKoon the Authorized Representative for details and availability.
Miss Dade B Shearer departs for Greencastle Indiana to start a year as an instructor at DePauw University. The parade aide list for Sept 11 mistakenly omitted Frank Casey but his name was added after the initial roster.
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