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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1918
Page
7
The page compiles short notices across Washington County communities. Readers learn about local events, activities, and happenings in neighborhood areas through concise briefs and letters.
W H Anderson left for Lincoln after his brother in law died. Funeral services scheduled. Miss Edna McConnell left for Cedar Rapids to attend Coe College after a few days at home. Mrs C S Field and Miss Viola Rocimaker returned from West Liberty after Women’s Home Missionary convention. Several residents spent time in Letts and Washington visiting relatives and friends. C B Olds and family area mentioned with trips to Washington. Grace Adams visited from Washington. Grace Willits from Washington also noted. Mrs Harry Rabenold of Martinsburg departed after a brief visit with J E Adams family.
Crawfordsville observes a flurry of weekend travel and visits. Miss Myra Shafer went to Washington to spend Saturday with relatives and friends. Several local residents including Mrs. T. W. Rickey Mrs. G. G. McElroy and others were visitors in Washington Saturday. The report details multiple homeward trips and social calls around Crawfordsville and nearby communities.
Baby colic is blamed on indigestion and treated with Dr Hand's Colic Remedy. It claims to neutralize acid, sweeten the stomach, aid digestion, expel gas, and soothe the irritated stomach for prompt relief. Sold by druggists for 25 cents.
From the Great Lakes Naval Training camp in Cleveland Ohio visitors with ties to Washington were seen at local homes. Miss Marie Thompson of Wellington Kansas called on the W. A. Harper home in Washington then headed to Washington D C for a government post. Mrs Nettie Hayes and Mr and Mrs Arthur Yard of Washington visited over Sabbath with local relatives.
Mrs Walter Nicholson and a baby James are among the latest crip victims in the neighborhood. A school absence occurs due to teacher Louisa Young's Liberty measles. A kitchen fire at Glenn Schwartz destroys a chick brooder with 116 chicks and two hens, plus a three horse power engine and other items. Fire nearby at Edgar Porter home nearly ignites an incubator. extra emphasis on safety.
In West Chester on April 22 4 C Watson is confined to the house for the second time with the grip. Mrs Sail of Perry Iowa arrives to place chautauquas for summer. We discuss Red Cross fundraising and local talent versus sending money away. High school grades 9 and 10 close as Mr Booth goes to war and a teacher is needed for four weeks.
Elizabeth Eddy Norris recalls in House Beautiful a man hired to dig a garden who refused to earn his victuals making a posey bed claiming he would not demean himself by such work. The anecdote illustrates attitudes toward labor and gender roles in gardening.
The Canadian Military Hospitals Commission reports 3,514 of 13,826 soldiers returning home are wounded. At Guelph Convalescent Hospital, Ontario, a vast rehabilitation system linked with Ontario Agricultural College helps wounded men relearn trades. Many ex-soldiers gain higher wages after reeducation, recording success stories across various skilled roles.
Vernon J. Danielson a former Mormon high priest from Independence Missouri speaks at Second United Presbyterian church under National Reform association. Afternoon women only session at three, evening general meeting at eight. no admission charge.
The speaker urges shaping a steadfast character as durable as granite not shale, emphasizing enduring virtue as foundation for future generations and the temple of life.
An old advertise framed as a remedy claim explains catarrhal deafness results from inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining. It asserts only a constitutional treatment can restore hearing and offers a one hundred dollar reward if Hall's Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Circulates through druggists by F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
A writer compares a biliary attack to a geyser, noting quiet periods between bursts and a return of pain after meals. The remedy suggested is three Chamberlain's Tablets when appetite fails, offered for sale by Lemmon's Drug Store.
A brief reflection cites true happiness as deeper than possessions or lack, emphasizing mercy and satisfaction. John White Chadwick notes blessedness lies not in outward things but in awareness of deeper life sources.
Pearl Morris of Topeka Kan marries bank robber Thomas Carrigan alias Thomas Hogan just after his parole at Jefferson City Missouri. The ceremony led by Rev Father J P Melies follows his release and they plan to live somewhere in Kansas. Carrigan guilty of a 1800 Phillipsburg bank robbery and sentence of ten years.
The British war cabinet, facing beer shortages and rising unrest, authorizes releasing wine from bond up to the full 1916 amount. The decision aims to shift demand away from beer by encouraging those who can afford it to drink wine instead.
St Louis Postmaster Colin W Selah says women letter carriers cannot handle the heavy city route work. After a ten day trial on several routes he observed their inability to continue and announced their services would end.
The passage notes collective responsibility in China where each family member bears duty for family order and residents share citywide accountability for peace. It adds that an older brother may be held accountable for a younger brother’s crime and punished accordingly.
James and Ware faced a mother bear and her cub on Cheat Mountain near Elkins West Virginia. The bear climbed a tree while unarmed Ware lassos with grapevine. The mother bear descended and charged, slobbering in his face, then fled with cub. Ware returned with a dog and gun but both bears were gone.
Statistics show divorces increasing in England since the war began. The report highlights a growing trend in marriage breakdown during wartime.
Prof. J A Fleming told a Royal Institution audience that cutting an orange with a steel knife and silver fork sends an electric current through the hands. He explained the orange’s acid acts on the steel, making the fruit a tiny voltaic cell.
A Beecher quotation on friendship notes that true companionship binds hearts like a bet when a friend faces trouble, emphasizing loyalty and mutual support in close bonds.
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