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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1919
Page
6
A meeting at the Commercial Club discussed hotel campaign plans and fundraising. Committees will reconvene at 7:30 PM to push final efforts, aiming to secure substantial support from attorneys, bankers, merchants, doctors, and local firms listed among subscribers.
A. A. McNeese of High Point Georgia recounts a severe spring cold and grippe fearing influenza. He used Poley’s Honey and Tar and credits Foley’s Honey and Tar with saving him from influenza. notes it contains no opiates and is suitable for children. Lemmon’s Pharmacy advertises the product.
The Advertis ing club voted unanimously to back the Clean-up campaign led by the mayor and city council. They cite the town slogan The Cleanest City in Iowa and urge a year long, city wide effort with residents cleaning yards and alleys, while authorities offer free garbage and tin can collection from alleys.
The article urges property owners to invest in paint to prevent wood decay and extend building life. Ladies of each ward are asked to conduct house to house inspections before May 1 to grade neatness and find the best ward. It notes tuberculosis reporting and a fumigation bill paid by the owner after a tenant's case.
Laura Katheryn Porter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Porter, died last evening at 4 16 at their home near Ainsworth from pneumonia after scarletina. Funeral held today at 11 as burial was urged due to illness in the mother and sister Grayce. Community sympathy runs high. A longer notice will follow.
Kalamazoo April 28. In circuit court George L. Bird fifteen and Arthur W Sterling twenty were sentenced to life solitary confinement after pleading guilty to the murder of Walter W Mattison a druggist. The pair confessed they robbed the store and killed Mattison to prevent identification.
Detroit Free Press urges the public to target house fly breeding areas rather than swatting individually. It argues sanitation and removing filth drains habitats, noting flies persist but a clean, strictly sanitary city reduces their numbers and discourages the pest.
J D Glasgow, longtime clean streets advocate and former mayor behind Washington's slogan The Cleanest City In Iowa, urges weekly tin can collection. He says open back yard piles attract flies and mosquitoes, create unsightly eyesores, and spread bacteria, urging residents to use covered receptacles and regular pickups.
Dr Cr W Stewart Washington Health Officer expresses belief sanitary conditions are above average for towns of this type but calls for many improvements. He urges eliminating outside closets installing modern plumbing where possible and keeping vaults and manure boxes lime treated to reduce flies and water contamination. He stresses a clean-up campaign and public health benefits.
Garbage collector begins tomorrow morning and requires all parties to place tin cans and bottles at the rear of the lot or at the curb if no alley exists. Items not set out will not be collected.
Plans are underway for a town wide clean up with a grand celebration to engage everyone. Officials urge all residents to participate and turn the event into a real community affair.
Liberty Loan offices report $891 300 in subscriptions toward the county quota with 26 rural districts and the town of Ainsworth not yet reporting at noon. Ward committees urge late subscribers to complete purchases as the drive continues. county already meets its quota while delinquency rises in Washington.
The Victory Liberty Loan Committee for the Fourth Ward Washington Iowa announces a meeting at the Y M C A office in the Klein Klothing Ro block next Friday afternoon from 2 30 to 7 30 p m. Volunteers are urged to subscribe and assist.
Vague advertisement from New York calls for help and services at 210 West 14th Street. It mentions a "colored girl" and general household duties with unclear offerings and timing. The fragmentary copy reflects ragged dealer language typical of era classifieds.
Members of the Advertising club evaluated how they would run other members enterprises at a regular meeting. Several visited rival shops to spot display, decor and operation weaknesses and offered practical improvement ideas. Missing members will be called to present at an early session.
Dr Carl B Seashore notes early treatment can prevent many nervous prostration and insanity cases in Iowa. He explains the psychopathic hospital will serve both public and private patients, reducing stigma and providing care.
Dr Seashore outlines a new state hospital on the University of Iowa campus designed as a clearing house for mental health services and preventive care. The facility will aid schools and community groups in preventing childhood mental breakdowns and keep laws ahead in mental health reform.
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