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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1918
Page
8
Local items list morning passengers visiting Crawfordsville yesterday and this morning including Margaret Koehler Mrs Paul Shellabarger Edna Rempo and Miss Grace Connor. Several residents travel to Des Moines Burlington Chicago and Rush Hill while others await family news and probate work in nearby towns.
An advertisement offering a large stack of photo frames in Butler silver and oak finishes. Frames come in a good assortment of sizes and are sold by G. W. Hobson.
Mr and Mrs Warry Kracaw of this city anxiously await word from their son Neil who sailed for France fourteen weeks ago and has not sent a letter. A college friend reported a brief undated note from France, confirming safe crossing but offering no update. Neil, a Washington High School graduate and former Iowa Wesleyan student, served as a motor truck driver in the quartermaster corps. The family has appealed to Washington DC authorities for investigation amid unusually long mail delays.
Frank M. Swan, business manager of Freckles, visits the city to finalize Graham theatre bookings for a matinee and night show on Saturday April 27. The first hundred freckled children will gain free admission to the matinee. A five year old in Des Moines asked Swan if he was the man with Freckles, noting no freckles on him.
A two year old boy, son of Mr and Mrs Boice Wagner of 812 South Eighth street Laramie Wyoming, fell into a tub of hot water and sustained burns about the body. The injuries were not serious. The Wagners recently moved from Washington to Wyoming.
The note urges adherence to a golden menu and dismisses items in AcFrs as irrelevant. It presents a concise, enigmatic directive without concrete events, people, places, or dates.
A medical professional identified as Doctor A W Clow Osteopath maintains a residence at 727 Blue. An office is listed at 785 m-w-s-tf, indicating a separate street address for practice.
Food Administrator Charles Breun, Jr reports 150 households in Woodbury County privately disclosed flour stock above the legal limit. The total excess is about 35,000 pounds. Individuals with more than 100 pounds must report their exact amounts to the food administration.
The Select Star Series photodrama adapts Jane Eyre with Alice Brady as the heroine. Jane faces Brocklehurst’s confinement, becomes governess to Adele, and discovers Rochester’s entangled past involving Valerie and her brother Raoul. Valerie’s madness, a fatal escape, and a wedding follow in a dramatic, fatal finale.
Baron Stephen Burian appointed minister of foreign affairs for Austria Hungary to succeed Count Czernin. Burian also retains his portfolio as minister of finance, maintaining dual cabinet roles.
San Francisco police pursue a fiend believed to lure young men to secluded spots then slash throats. He is suspected in the killings of Albert Purtell and Timothy Grace in a hotel and to have seriously cut Billaley Dison a month earlier.
A fragment quotes Uncle Eben noting that a person minding his own business attracts more people than a busy mixer, reflecting a folksy view on privacy and social attention.
A historical look at postwar aviation progress including 300 pounds per flight mail loads, 200 mile routes at 100 mph, and expectations for permanent airlines across the Atlantic. It highlights Wright brothers pioneering work, stabilizers, and the Caproni brothers as key developers, plus wartime aviation training and the Liberty motor shaping future commercial flight.
Mrs. Gertrude Bonnin known as Red Bird travels to Washington to push legislation preventing peyote sales to Indians. The narcotic cactus drug is linked to mental and physical decline. Bonnin’s husband is a French and Indian descent US Army lieutenant. Bonnin is a magazine writer, violinist, pianist, and public speaker.
Government aid keeps English bread prices low with vast subsidies. The state buys all grain, rescues imported wheat at market price, then sells at set rates to mills. A four pound loaf costs 18 cents, two pound loaf 9 cents, and one pound loaf 5 cents, amid France’s similar system.
B M H Niles writes in the Hotel Gazette that meat shortages may persist for five to six years after peace. He urges developing permanent menus using grains vegetables and fish. Meat could be replaced by cereals and protein foods or used as small portions for flavoring.
Prince Albert recently earned his first Merit during an official ceremony at the naval air station where he is attached. The event marked a formal recognition of duty in London.
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