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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1926
Page
7
Local briefs list residents visiting relatives and traveling to nearby towns. J J Miler heads to Stuttgart Arkansas for a few weeks on business, and others including Mrs Ed Miller Crawfords Ville Mrs Ed Gibson and Mrs Janice Kendrick are seen visiting Davenport Brighton Lone Tree and Fairfield.
Mrs Ed Slagle returns home to Michigan after visiting Mr and Mrs Lessie Endor. Frank Menderson from Haskins calls on locals. Gladys Burroughs arrives from Cedar Rapids visiting Mr and Mrs C W Shaffer. Mae Wehr returns from Columbus Junction on business. J C Bayard and A R Bailey of Pittsburg PA visit with Mary Flemming. John Speidel family finish six thousand mile western motor trip spending two months in Oregon and encountering muddy Iowa roads on the way home.
High water from the Skunk River near Brighton has closed roads and damp weather. Local shop offers 4 to 6 buckle rubber overshoes for men women and children and 4 buckle cloth or all rubber footwear in high and low heel styles to keep feet dry. Zippers Prove weather the family is also in stock Flersheims A. E. Atchison Arch-Preserve.
H. W. Hastings of Pittsburgh visits his college friend Dick McCleery for a few days. Hastings heads to Amos to enter the state college for forestry. Dick and Hastings were Muskingum classmates who were graduates. Judy invites fifty members to the dance Tuesday evening.
Marjorie Cun ningham and Clinton DeWitt were married Tuesday July 13 in Trinity Church Denver. The bride, a Boulder hospital nurse, and the groom, son of Ida DeWitt of Crete Nebraska and an electrical engineer, will reside in Gebot Wyoming from October 1 while he works on an engineering project.
Short, practical room rental notice offering a modern close in living space. Inquires directed to the Journal office. Contact details partially legible referencing office location and a date code.
A repentant prisoner laments living as a number and under suspicion, while a philanthropic visitor notes the shared fate among those who own automobiles. The exchange underscores social suspicion and status in a whispered dialogue.
An aged farmer and his daughter Mary sit by the fire as a letter reveals William Dutton has married another. Mary contemplates fate as the father hints at marrying Harry Johnston's widow, stirring family tensions and unresolved past choices.
Dr Stuff Maderewski remarks on audience variety in New York events. He cites examples including a performer whose daughter is an accomplished violinist, and a critic named Jones who talked through the recital, prompting a sharp reaction from the mother.
The notice promotes a pig breeding sale next Wednesday September 20 featuring a 1000 pound champion Piracy Stilts as a sire. It mentions Mr. Farmer and Breeder seeking size and quality in the next crop and notes tax installment deadlines from September 14 to 28. Other items list local visits and travels in Iowa, Atlantic, Columbus Junction, Havre, Moline, Fairfield, and Delta.
Thomas Walker of Fort Collins Colorado passes through Iowa en route to La Harpe Wisconsin to visit daughters Mrs Comstock and Mrs Kern. A clerkly note mentions five Walker brothers served in the Civil War and that Ohio pioneers formed the family. John Wood reports wintering at Alta Vista hotel Colorado Springs. Putnam boys receive a Spanish letter from Cartagena Colombia seeking agency for the Putnam Company.
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