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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1918
Page
7
Community briefs summarize happenings across Washington County neighborhoods. Short items cover local events, meetings, and notices as reported in area newsletters and bulletins.
Maple Grove reports praise for war bonds and War Saving Stamps with residents aiding soldiers in France. It notes lumber work on local barns, school teaching, a large brood sow purchase advertised in the Evening Journal, and a Richmond hall entertainment benefiting the Red Cross. Crawfordsville covers visitors, church services, and a sermon on spiritual security.
Mr and Mrs J A Walker spent Tuesday in Washington. The Strum family hosted Illinois relatives last Monday. J A Knotts and A E Knotts attended a Wellman class play Friday night. Several locals visited Washington on Friday and Saturday.
The piece urges seeking Jesus as the ark of safety and invites all to come, citing sermons, providence, and sorrows as calling forces. It warns against hypocrisy in church and uses a raven metaphor to stress repentance and return to faith. It also notes a car incident involving Floyd Blankenhorn and Clarke Zickefoos and mentions Mrs. J. O. Metzgar’s illness.
Wm Stockman and family planned to Iowa City on Wednesday. Nora Davis rode to Washington to visit her mother Mrs M E Sands. Dorothy Stafford on the sick list. T M E Ebner and J H Reed attended Presbytery at West Liberty last Tuesday. Olive Moore visiting sister Mrs Effie Wilkins. Rev Fields of Ainsworth to occupy the pulpit Sunday at 3 p m. Several from here attended a class play in Washington Friday night.
A Richmond public school entertainment drew strong turnout as residents note who attended and who was absent. The article mentions local families such as Mrs Joe Kern and Mrs Joe Kos visiting relatives, and describes neighbors like Frank Waldrath, Moke Masek, Esther Chez, and the Whitmire and Kos families, plus farmers preparing fields for spring plowing and thrift stamp purchases by youngsters.
A humorous exchange defines a real friend as someone who knows you well yet does not reveal your plan to obtain life insurance. The dialogue hints at trust and discretion in friendship within a small town.
Mrs Laura H McKinnis wife of Dr Charles McKinnis of Ollie died at the county hospital after gall stone surgery and a cancerous condition. Funeral services were in the Ollie Baptist church with interment in Brighton cemetery. She was born Feb 16 1851 and survived by her husband two daughters seven grandchildren and several siblings.
A Detroit man F B Fairbank details lifelong kidney and bladder trouble and nightly waking. He credits Foley Kidney Pills for rapid relief and recommends them as the best medicine he has taken, noting Lemmon's Pharmacy sells the tonic. The ad ends with a merchant’s approval and a note that the merchant enjoys readers’ responses.
Prof. David Robertson estimates net electric energy from tides at about 10 000 kilowatts per square mile for a 31.5 foot double tide and 500 kilowatts for a 7 foot tide. Promising sites include large enclosed basins with short dams, with the British channel as most favorable and the Clyde area next in line for tidal utilization.
Dialogue fragments reveal an awkward scene as Mr. Lawhead and Miss Brushley exchange cold responses. Tim features in the note exchange, suggesting romantic tension and social scrutiny in a bygone era.
The AAR reports German Turkish troops struck along the Palestine coast near the British front on April 10 after a brief bombardment. Senator Robert F. Broussard of Louisiana remained critically ill at his New Iberia home as death was believed near.
Washington April 15 Italy's war expenditures up to March reached about 87 billion lira according to an official Rome dispatch. The total covers ten months of neutrality and 33 months of wartime operations.
In Spartanburg South Carolina April 15 two soldiers from Camp Wadsworth were killed and six injured when a motor truck overturned near the city. The victims were part of military personnel based at Camp Wadsworth.
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