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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 20, 1911

Page

5

Local and Personal Notices at Rothschilds and The Fair

Morning visits to Fairfield Brighton Keota and West Chester note residents including L.Cherry H.E.McCollum Mrs Peter McColl Ruth Simerman Maude Guthrie I.P.Faris J.A.Porter Bessie Swift and many others. Advertisements promote ready to wear curtains lamps coats sweaters fruit cans and a new Dr. Cooks Arctic lecture at Graham with Weary Willie Walker show and September 31 sequence.

Ruth Simerman West Chester Maude

Darbyshire Drug Co and Rothschilds Advertise Sales and Visits

Local notices report Darbyshire Drug Co busy with paint and drug line needs. Mrs N H Jones returns from Michigan visit with son. Rothschilds advertises silk dresses 15 to 25 dollars and silk shopping bags new in stock. Various residents and visits noted including A J Dawson going to Canada and Mabel Badham visiting Cedar Rapids.

Darbyshire Drug Co N. H. Jones Points Michigan

Miss Lewis Displays New Millinery This Friday and Saturday

Miss Lewis will display new and nobby millinery creations this Friday and Saturday inviting customers to view the latest styles. Also noted is Dr. Cook’s Graham lecture tomorrow night with vivid scenes of man and nature, contrasting with Arctic explorer tales. John H. Shary, president of International Land & Investment Co., visited the city Monday and Tuesday seeking George H. Paul Co. interests and departed for Kansas City for a Gulf Coast excursion.

Cook The Graham John H. Shary International Land & Investment Co George H. Paul Co Shary Kansas City Gulf Coast

Stork Dinner Lesson Ends Fox's Dinner Joke

A tale told by Daddy recounts Mr Fox trying a polite dinner with Mr Stork. The fox serves a shallow soup that the long billed guest cannot drink, then the stork returns the favor with a jar of meat that the fox cannot reach. The forest laughs at the fox and cheers the lesson of impoliteness.

Mr. Fox Storks Mr. Stork

Price your paint with Darbyshire Drug Co

Mrs C H Dutcher and Mrs G Winters of Chicago visited at the home of Mrs Al Horsey and then traveled to Keota to visit the Hitchcock home this morning, as part of a local social note.

John Kinney Solon Iowa Sam Havens George Winters Jennie Selma, Iowa al Horsey Home C. H. Dutcher G. Winters Chicago al Horsey Keota Hitch‘cock Home

Thirtieth reunion party travels to Fairfield for gathering

Col. D. J. Palmer Capt. J. J. Kellogg and local residents attend the Thirtieth town reunion in Fairfield today and tomorrow. Three survivors from Washington are Joe Reiner James Bailey and G. Mapel. Programs feature music addresses camp fire songs and a Jolly Four camp story session.

Washington Joe Reiner James Bailey G. Mapel Fairfield Martial Band Starr Fairfield R. D. Cramer Palmer Kellogg Captain Kellogg Jolly Four Abraham Willeford

Local notices and personnel moves in brief

Havana Spikes 5 cents left last night for Hiawatha Kansas to start a union station position. Mrs M W Lewis of Eckerman Colorado arrived for a visit with her father D L Amspoker. Chas Weaklen resigned from Cook and Sherman Drug store after a year and will join Darbyshire Drug Co tomorrow.

Richard Miller Hiawatha Kan Union Station M. W. Lewis Eckerman, Colo D. L. Amspoker Chas. Weaklen Cook & Sherman Darbyshire Drug Co

Railroad collision injury case in district court

Mike Russel sues C. R. I. & P. Ry Co and Iowa Central Ry Co for 2000 damages after an engine backed into a Rock Island car he was beneath. Brookhart Brothers represent the plaintiff and Richer & Livingston defend for the railroad. Trial jurors listed include M. F. King and Herman Schulty among others.

Mike Russel Iowa Central Ry. Co Rock Island Iowa Central

Foley's Honey and Tar and Kidney Pills Endorsements

Advertises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and chest ailments with claims of quick decisive results. Includes testimonial from J A Maple Steubenville Ohio praising Foley Kidney Pills for backache relief and improved kidney function. Available at all druggists.

Foley J. A. Maple 7Th St Steubenville, O Expressman

State Christian Endeavor Convention Set for Oskaloosa

The state Christian Endeavor convention will meet in Oskaloosa September 21 to 24 with delegates Sylvia Shenefelt Alan Mildred Martin Margaret Cowsden and Wehen attending from the Presbyterian set. The program includes speeches and a devotional address by leaders in Christian work. It is expected to draw a large number of young attendees.

Véntion Oskaloosa Sylvia . Shenefelt Alan Mildred Martin Margaret Cows Den Miss Wehen

Ice Wagons Schedule Limited to Town End Districts

Ice wagons will run on Wednesday and Friday in the month to serve the south end of town and the east end and the heights. The notice lists ante Wa We Wilson as the contact.

Heights

Pie Social for Court of Honor in Priday Hall

The Court of Honor hosts a pie social in Priday Hall on September 22 to raise funds for finishing their hospital room. Guests pay 25 cents admission, with a pie provided by attendees.

Court of Honor A. O. US

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Cook & Sherman's H.e.mccollum Srs Carson Anderson Brighton Peter McColl C. M. Guthrie George Stevenson Rothschild’s Rothschild's New York and Ohio Lewis Mrs. I. P. Faris H. B. Gardner Lexington J. A. Porter Wyman A. Ferguson Crawfordsville Bessie Swift Havre Nora Eckles F. H. Bradford Willie Walker Ae At Dr. Cook Miss Lewis Herman Otto Henry A. Otto Wapello Mrs. T. Y. Wickham Ainsworth E. T. Wickham Ake T. S. Thompson City Bert Dixon Iowa City al Fields Delta Thos. Wheelan Thomas Jean Huysmans Post Office the Fair Frida D. C. Griffith A. J. Dawson Loughey Canada W. R. Jeffrey Colorado Havana Kol William Sutherland Mabel Badham Cedar Rapids Maggie Foster Haskins Foster Story Jor Frankie Green Daddy Jackie Steck’s Jewelry Store J. A. Harwood & Son the Royal R. Stuart & Son Mutual Thurttethowa Col. Palmer Capt. Kellogg D. J. Palmer J. J. Kel Riverside C. RB Christian Endeavor Queen Esther Sanday School M. BE. Church GW. Marr North No Eye
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