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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1919
Page
8
An ad promotes Foley Cathartic Tablets by Lemmon's Pharmacy claiming they cleanse bowels tone the stomach and improve liver function. The copy emphasizes relief from indigestion gas and constipation with a rhythmic period style and broken phrases.
Sparrows can fly short distances at eighty miles per hour. The note describes quick flight speeds and limits for small birds.
Mrs. Conner learns son Walter, a machine gunner in France, landed at Hampton Roads and goes to Camp Stuart Va then Camp Dodge for discharge before home. Mrs. Guy’s George with an England aviation unit hopes to return by weekend. Messages from Leviathan crewmen Earl and Wayne Limerman Jim and Nate Burris report feeling fine. Rainbow division welcomed in New York with crowds from 38 states. Iowa delegations attend. 168th Infantry to be hurried to Camp Dodge after arrival.
The high school literary society presents a two act comedy The Mishaps of Minerva this evening at eight o clock to benefit the school athletic fund. Special ties will be shown and rehearsals praise the clever performance by the cast coached by Miss Eva May Willer. Admission is 25 cents.
Superintendent C. J. Smith announces the afternoon school session will start at 2:30 and run longer to allow children to visit the war exhibit train arriving in Washington at 12:30 and staying until 3:50. Students are urged to visit early and return by 2:30 while older people yield space.
In Harpster Ohio, a robbery at the Harpster bank yielded more than 100000 in Liberty bonds. Police reported the thieves escaped with the bonds and other valuables, leaving the scene shortly after the break in.
A scattered update column lists villagers visiting and traveling to nearby towns. Entries mention A. N. Bales killing rattlesnakes, J. T. Matthews and A. J. Dawson on business trips, several residents returning home from visits, and local vendors advertising products including a fire extinguisher and buttermilk.
Local notes include visits and returns home from Des Moines Oskaloosa and Iowa City. Mrs H F Steck Mrs A R Miller Mrs M Moorhead and others travel dates and family news. Baby arrival nine pounds R E Peters Keota district and district W H M S convention. Students piano enrollments Miss Viola Auten and Kyle Steninger war update and local repairs Rex McCarty radiator shop and Deans dining calls.
Subscriptions received at the county Victory Liberty Loan headquarters total 1 039 150 dollars about 42 000 short of the county quota. Most cards are returned or mailed to banks for settlement. Ten rural districts have not yet sent cards while Washington city has over 200 000 subscribed and full county totals expected tomorrow.
A Chicago Tribune item notes a wedding where the bride and many friends gathered as the minister performed. The groom suddenly cried out that he forgot the wedding ring, causing a moment of comic surprise during the ceremony.
Washington delegates attend Muscatine district Women's Home Missionary Society meeting. Naomi Day calls it one of the best. Adelaide Snow and Day give addresses. Mrs J M Wilson of Washington retires as district president after 12 years and becomes honorary president. Officers elected include Mrs W S Gardner Crawfordsville president and several Washington county women in key posts.
The frost last night was heavy but did little damage to fruit blossoms. Temperatures moderated today with a prospects of another frost tonight though likely not as severe. The minimum reached 30 degrees, two degrees below freezing. Clear skies and calm conditions made frost severe in exposed places, though gardens escaped damage.
C B Cimitotti near Northwestern cement plant reports a thin coat of oil on his pasture Thursday Saturday. A Lehigh cement plant chemist investigated but could not confirm the source. Weather and clay content may explain the stain. likely not enough oil for commercialization.
Cedar Rapids council approves vacating part of the municipal island in the Cedar River and giving the land to Linn County for a courthouse. In reviewing the island deeds officials found twenty small lots once held by L. J. Storey, recorded after a City Clerk era, with past mayor Carmody later shot by a burglar.
The article argues that civilization originated in the East with Asia as the source of letters art and religion. It notes early growth in Armenia Syria and Persia giving rise to Judaism Christianity and the alphabet. It claims Eastern peoples declined while Europe advanced.
A concise reflection on how thoughts shape actions and habits over time, implying that what one thinks becomes reality as life manifests the inner world into outward fact. The note references Raipy Waldo Trine and presents a moral about mental discipline guiding destiny.
Subscriptions and club arrangements advertised by Nita Belle McKoon authorized representative. Call after 5 30 p m or write in care of the Journal to view prices and receive a list of options.
One of three existing ivory mats measures 8 by 4 feet and features a Greek border design. Made in northern India, it is reserved for state occasions such as signing important documents. The mat’s coat used over 6,400 pounds of ivory, with only the finest flexible strips chosen for the walls and fabric.
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