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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1949
Page
6
A terse OCR fragment references an event or notice titled By Mai and mentions Towa Months Year and outside Iowa. The text is incomplete with few identifiable names or dates.
Community sales every Friday at Whittaker sale barn and weekly livestock sales at Midway Sales Columbus Junction Kalona Yalona Ollie. September 22 23 24 and October 1 8 list closing out sales of household goods and breed sales near Washington West Liberty and Wayland with times and contacts.
Crawfordsville residents fire up stoves and furnaces as a cold snap hits town. Heating workers report busy days changing pipes and filling orders while customers note delayed supply. Mrs. J. A. Raymond notes the idle heat from summer and the rush to prepare homes for winter.
Allen Conrad and Mrs Charles Wells hosted an evening where all members wrote letters to Mrs Carleton White in Des Moines. Mrs Wayne Davis won a prize for writing the longest letter. The hostess served refreshments.
The Hagestown city hall bears the famed Little Heiskell weather vane once perched since 1769, toppled by a Civil War bullet. A replica now sits atop the new city hall while the original rests in the city hall museum.
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