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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1922
Page
6
Local items cover Dean's salted peanuts and Meadow Brook chocolates, A B E Putnam Co fall silks and woolens, visits by Mildred Kafka to Pleasant Plain, Charles Barker off to Mt. Vernon for Cornell, Lyons heading to Chicago for Bakers' Convention, Mrs Augustine a Washington visitor, and Rotary officers in Mason City. Gust Bramer promotes tailored suits as affordable as hand-me-downs.
Local column lists residents in Washington and area visiting in Grinnell Mason City Muscatine and Council Bluffs. Mentions students leaving for colleges Monmouth Grinnell Cornell Muskingum Fort Dodge and Westminster. Community events include sales at Putnam's and an appeal to fill empty cans for orphans.
Crawfordsville residents visit Washington for hot sandwiches and soup. Sophia Jackson heads to Mt Vernon to resume Cornell studies. Ruth Busby and Gladys Knapp depart for Cornell. William Livingston to Monmouth College. Local group visits Muscatine. Velma Twinam and Grace Hesseltine set course for Muskingum College in New Concord Ohio. Mr and Mrs Marr depart for Denver to visit. Tomorrow is the last day to pay.
A busy society page details Mrs. C A Pratt hosting in honor of Gladys Clark before her wedding to Ward Gilliland, plus Mr. and Mrs. J M Wilson entertaining friends including Herbert and George Formes. It also reports a September music recital by Theresa Quinn pupils and a golden wedding anniversary for Rachel Romine and A L Dusenberry with a large family gathering and gifts.
Dr A W Clow returns from Cedar Rapids where he studied osteopathic clinics with Dr Howard A Post of San Francisco He arranges a free foot clinic in Washington tomorrow afternoon and evening Mrs Margaret Finley of Chicago visits Mrs James Wilson and will take Herbert Formes for treatment later this week
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