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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1939
Page
8
Leading motion picture stars Ann Sheridan Gary Cooper and Fred Astaire headline Chesterfield Cigarettes advertising released coast to coast this week by Liggett. The campaign leverages star power to promote smoking during national circulation.
Gett and Myers Tobacco Company features stars from various fields to illustrate the exclusive Chesterfield blend for mildness aroma and flavor. The campaign includes point-of-sale displays and ad placements. Chesterfield broadcasts Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians nationally on NBC weeknights at 7 P M E D T and Paul Whiteman's orchestra on CBS Wednesdays at 8 30 P M E D T.
Floyd Edmondson sent three loads of cattle to Chicago last week while Dewey Stephens shipped five rail carloads for Thursday’s market. The cattle averaged 1175 pounds and brought about 11.50 a hundredweight. Eugene Stephens sold hogs in Chicago for 9.15 a hundredweight. Carol Stephens has gone to market.
Davenport to take a secretarial course at the American Institute of commerce in that city. Jesse Pearson is building large double corn crib. Richard Edmondson has gone to Quincy Ill to enter the Gern Business college where his two brothers Clair and Preston attend school. Mr and Mrs Roy Wood attended the Wood reunion at Weed Park Muscatine last Saturday About fifty were present. Mrs Nancy Wood Roys mother was the oldest member of the family present She is eighty two years old. Guests at the John Jeffrey home Sunday were Edna Jeffrey of Mt. Pleasant Elizabeth Terrill of Chicago Billy Terrill of Ft Dodee The bic maintainer is putting our roads in fine shape for fall.
James Walsh 80 of Riverside died at 7 a m at his Riverside home after extended ill health. Funeral at St Marys church Wednesday at 9 a m with interment in Riverside. He born Sept 24 1865 on a southeast Riverside farm and lived in the area all his life. He married Odella Ambruster in 1893 and they raised twelve children. Survived by wife eleven children, siblings and two daughters in religious orders. A son and daughter predeceased him.
Residents complain about persistent mud holes in the upcoming spring season. They urge city crews to address road restoration and drainage to prevent worsening travel and safety hazards.
Mr and Mrs Delbert Evans along with Billy Acheson finish a stop in Ainsworth and head to Dawn Wisconsin for a brief visit before returning to Montgomery Alabama. Billy plans to visit for a short time after the trip.
WEST CHESTER Sept 9 Elmer Nevin works on a new corn crib at Chester to receive an elevator Ben Holt drove to Bloomington Ill for an elevator purchase for Nevin F M Lindenmeyer is building a new detached garage at the same site Home Arts club meets with Mrs Homer Porter three members attend with social hour and garden viewing Refreshments follow the gathering Dorothy Dowell and Dorothy Ellison visit Sigourney to see Ellison kin Mrs Lafe Stout hosts Methodist class meeting in town with guests served refreshments
The article states about 10 billion pounds of soap are used annually to maintain current global cleanliness, with the United States accounting for nearly one third of that amount.
Funeral services were held at two o'clock in the Presbyterian church for Fred W. Williams 81 who died Saturday. Dr H C Whiting of Fairfield led the service and burial followed in Hillcrest cemetery. He was born March 10 1858 in Jefferson county and survived by his wife three daughters two brothers two sisters seven grandchildren and one great grandchild.
A coastal town on the Black Sea near Romania stands out as more Turkish than modern Turkey with minarets fezes veils and other traditional Turkish city signs.
American versions of Chippendale furniture in mahogany derive from designs in The Gentleman and the Cabinetmaker's Director. Variations by Hepplewhite and Sheraton and their American contemporaries are often termed Federal American designs.
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