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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1929

Page

7

Hat in a hatter’s hat trick changes Pressingham town

In Flossingham a rival drug store opens under Halsey a dapper owner who never removes his gray fedora. Millicent Starbright wins his name contest with Hats and a slogan. He confesses love and buys out Asa Vefferle, promising happiness and a unique advertising scheme built on the hat idea.

Pressingham Dickson Flossingham Butler Asa Jefferie Asf Fis Asa Millicent H. Walsey Valsey L'Efferle Flessingham Flossingham Hotel Halsey Cameo Sole Millicent Starbright Asa Vefferle Neice Talsey Hattie Hatton Hat

Great Stew Who Toiled at Shoemaker's Bench

The shoemaker's trade is linked to many famed figures across history. Roger Sherman, Whittier, Henry Wilson, and others started at the bench and rose to high public and literary prominence. German and English shoemakers also produced notable editors, poets, and writers as the craft shaped their later achievements.

Roger Sherman Sherman Whittier Tenry Wilson United States Germany Hlaus Sachs Nuremburg Johann Joachim Wineckelmann England William Gilford Robert Bloomfield Thomas Fildcroft John Prand New York Limes

Muskrats Ravage Bohemia and Surrounding Areas

Muskrats have overrun Bohemia near Prague since twenty years ago when a few were released. Millions now live in Bohemia and neighboring counties causing damage to gardens, native frogs and fish, plus destruction of roads dykes and railway embankments from their burrowing.

Bohemia Prague

The Laundry List and a Railway Romance

Light frost notes and corn progress in West Chester are followed by a serialized romance tale about Kitty and Will Farnsworth aboard a train. A laundress meets a potential suitor, retrieves her laundry list, and reunites with him at the Dupont laundry, hinting at a budding friendship.

West Chester Washington Keokuk Keokuk County J. B. Carter Lindy Tent Helen Saunders Will Farnsworth Helen Will Kitty Dupont Will Parnsworth

Train Schedules and Stops for Knoxville Route

Railroad timetable lists No. 4 Golden State Leather and No. 12 Express with arrival at Knoxville at 11 30 a m and departures at 7 05 a m and 12 58 a m. No. 49 and No. 3 Lo. Pass services shown with various stops and freight connections on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday noted.

Golden State Lether Express Nis Tog Pees Westbou Golden State Knoxville L. Goodlander

Treasure of Drake Hidden on Mainland Panama

A rumoured treasure hidden by Sir Francis Drake on the Panama mainland after sacking the city remains unrecovered and its location unknown, offering romantics food for dreams of lost gold.

Panama Francis Drake

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