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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1920
Page
8
Local notices describe discounts at The New York Store on cotton goods and a newsy mix of bids, sales, travel, and social visits. Names include Clark Woodburn, D F Macon, Mildred Stewart, West Chester residents, and Vassar-bound Virginia Wallace among others.
Daily roundup of local visits and travels includes Mrs. C Criswell returning home from Stewart and Grecian homes, Mr. and Mrs. Hillhouse visiting Brighton, Irene Whittaker's Moline trip and Des Moines booking work, and various station sales and events. Mentioned are GO GAS promotions, organ recitals, and church social plans with multiple residents and nearby towns referenced.
Diamond dust is used to cut and turn the extremely hard steel in modern battleship manufacture. The surprising use links diamonds to shipbuilding and armament production, illustrating how this precious material contributes to naval technology and defense.
Dylan Kurtz a teller at Iowa State Savings Bank Burlington and Paul Kurtz assistant to the Superintendent of American Express Cedar Rapids visited over Sunday at their parents home Mr and Mrs J F Kurtz. Mrs CC E Watts of Long Beach California is a guest at the home of her sister Mrs J F Kurtz.
Oscar Gubermann of Osage earned 9 dollars a day picking strawberries at 5 cents a box by harvesting 180 boxes in one day. The Russia native celebrates America’s opportunity before Bolshevik times, noting summer work for local youths in berries, onions, potatoes, or cabbage.
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