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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1918
Page
6
A midwestern column exposes persistent myths about returning soldiers and wartime measures. It debunks a homeward letter stamp tale, the basket of a limbless soldier stunt, and various rumors about troop movements, grain use, and whiskey bans, citing official sources and wartime reports to expose pro-German propaganda.
Washington August 1 sugar shortages prompt USDA experts to advise canning apples for pie filling without sugar. Slice apples after peeling, soak in salted cold water, pack hot in jars or cans, seal loosely, sterilize by hot water, steam or pressure method, then cool and store in a dry cool place for winter pies.
William Whitelaw of Des Moines recounts in Ashland how a neighbor’s daughter, near death from dysentery, revived after using Chamberlain's Coke and Diarrhoea Remedy. He also notes his own recovery and urges readers to try the treatment. For sale by Lemmon's Drug Store.
An apparent warning tale describes an insidious poison guarding each receptacle holding plans to conquer the world used prior to the war by the Kaiser. See the feature in TQ Hell With The Kaiser by Graham this Friday and Saturday.
Owls and other nocturnal birds exhibit higher body temperature at night and cooler readings by day. The rise relates to muscular activity producing heat, a well known metabolic fact.
Airmen wow 12 000 Buick workers and 15 000 other shop staff as a de Haviland plane with a Liberty motor flies over Flint Michigan. Pilot H T Lewis and passenger Russell North perform aerial maneuvers directly above the Buick plant amid government war effort pride. The flight marks a cross country test from Detroit to Flint and back, amid censorship on technical specifics.
J W Morton recalls August 1 1865 when Company C 19th Iowa Infantry returned to Davenport after three years in Civil War. The group, mustered out at Camp McClelland, was greeted at the depot by family and friends and shared a farewell at the town house now near Crail's store.
Maj. Gen. Omar Bundy, long active in France commanding an American division, has been chosen to command the Fifth Corps.
New York August 1 major league baseball faces collapse without urgent action. Fans stay away across cities from Boston to Detroit as teams lose money and the national commission appears defunct. Calls grow to set an early closing date and privatize the World Series.
Miss Ethel Langdon Drake, an American who spent ten years in France and has just donated 25 ambulances to the French government, visits America to recruit 120 women drivers for front line ambulances. She seeks willing workers who can drive, maintain vehicles, and perform tasks usually done by men.
In Arctic seas the walrus stands as the sole animal capable of challenging polar bears. Bears target young walruses but recoil from the males tusks which deter aggression and protect the herd.
Mr. Chuggins recounts a humorous take on the gasoline crunch saying it gave him comfort to know at once why the old machine wouldn’t run. The quip reflects public frustration and a lighthearted coping reaction to fuel shortages.
Report notes three tiger cubs watching crowds outside their cage as Sells Floto Circus prepared to play Washington on Sunday and South Iowa avenue on Monday. The narrates a lively scene with many babies in the menagerie and dressing rooms amid show routines and clown antics seeking borrowed infants for novelty.
The national war labor board plans substantial pay raises for street car employees in about 19 cities. Increases likely 30 to 40 percent with a minimum wage set per city, reflecting local cost of living. Decisions, based on local conditions, due to be announced soon.
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