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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1918
Page
7
Community notes from Over County report brief items across local neighborhoods. Highlights include upcoming events, community projects, and small notices from residents and organizations within Washington County.
Local updates list residents leaving for work and travel, visitors arriving, and debts won by a Red Cross event. Glimpse of civic life shows Navy enlistment, car sales, nursing visits, and church mission plans. Multiple families from Ainsworth Davenport Muscatine Riverside and Columbus Junction are mentioned with short trips and local happenings.
Mrs. Mary DeCamp returned from Excelsior Springs Missouri where she sought rheumatism treatment. Mrs. Wait Wilson of Winfield visited the Hagie home. Various locals including Mrs James Patterson Mrs Simon Hubbell and others were visitors in Washington Thursday with Andrew Brown W L Wooley Mrs Frank McCoy and Joseph Arthur among the attendees.
Mr and Mrs J A Moorehead plus Mrs T W Rickey arrived from Washington while J H Huston visited Columbus Junction. Cecil Lease returned from Quin cy Mass via Grinnell. Elizabeth Davis funeral held at David Johns home then Salem church with pallbearers R V Davis and others. Ruth Anwyl visited from Washington and Emma Wonderly came from Mood Bible Institute for a week. Clyde Huston and son Cloyce went to Mt Pleasant for Cloyce to join college band.
State librarian Johnson Brigham is credited with uncovering key early Iowa and Mississippi Valley history. Among the findings are Jean Baptiste Faribault’s 1800 Des Moines traversal, Fremont’s 1841 Des Moines to Raccoon Fork expedition report, and Captain James Allen’s Fort Des Moines founding and later career.
At the Great Lakes naval training station 184 sailors on holiday leave reported the deaths of grandmothers, with 300 total family casualties cited. Lieut. Charles B. Dewey warns that absence extensions will be punished if the funerals are not observed, signaling strict discipline for rule-breaking sailors.
In Gamaliel Bradford's Portraits of Women an anecdote recounts George Ticknor, the Boston publisher, debunking Lady Wolland's claim about New England's convict settlers. He notes that some of her Vassalis line were early Massachusetts settlers, clarifying ancestral origins with pointed wit.
A St. Louis corporation grew from a capital of 20 000 to 25 000 000 in 12 years through advertising as reported by the St. Louis Star. The piece challenges doubters of printer's ink and its proper distribution and quality.
A Washington labor union funds the first Liberty Bond sold in Washington on the opening day of the third Liberty Bond campaign. The note cites local workers Burdette Lewis and Lysle Duncan as graduates and bank employees.
Supt. W. Dean McKee departed for Des Moines last evening in search of teachers. A stout pair of specs might be needed to locate them, notes the Keota Eagle. Dr. L O Loughlin's father from Washington visited last Friday and left a favorable impression on Winfield, per the Winfield Beacon.
H. S. Young came from Washington on Tuesday and notes the transition is settling well with life running on a good average. He says the changes are taking effect smoothly and residents seem content.
Mrs. Maria Getzler and Mrs. Maude Temple visit the Rinehart home in Iowa as families like Oakes Drake Pine announce three sons in the army or service branches. George and Carl from Louisa county advance in rank, while Roy and others await the draft or train at camps in Texas Michigan and Champaign Illinois.
The Wellman case centers on a 16 year old daughter and an illegitimate child with reports naming the girl’s uncle as the father. The Advance urges a strict investigation and full legal punishment if true, urging civilized community standards and missionary work to address the scandal.
A Wellman Advance letter urges officers to act against local immorality and cruelty and proposes harsh penalties while noting a 16 year old may be younger. The Kalona News endorses Charles Dewey for district judge on a non partisan ticket and calls Washington County voters to support him.
Kalona News notes Kalona visitors Harry McCall and Major Latta from Washington last Saturday. It describes McCall as a lifelong Republican, a good businessman, who has not sought party favors and expresses belief he would be a capable county treasurer if nominated and elected.
The latest standings reflect club performances across recent league games. Key movers include leading teams and narrow gaps in the standings as schedules progress. Standings highlight win totals, losses, and current positions within the league.
In baseball yesterday the National League saw Philadelphia beat Boston 4 to 2 and New York top Brooklyn 7 to 5 with no other games due to rain. In the American League Boston lost 2 to 4 to an opponent while New York fell 1 to 5 and Washington defeated Philadelphia 1 to 0 with cold weather cited as the other factor.
A note warns against preparations containing opium or codeine for whooping cough as they raise pneumonia risk. It promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as safe with no narcotics and asks readers to buy at Lemmon's Drug Store.
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