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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1918
Page
8
Read the ads for speedometers at $8.75 with Ford Station prompts. Local transfers include visitors from Albany, Keota, Davenport, and Seattle. Public notices cover patient care, travel, and shop promos. war work and furloughs mix with family visits and farm business.
Yesterday the official maximum temperature reached eight degrees above normal at the weather station. Today temperatures climbed to 97 degrees, signaling a continuing heat spike across the area.
Miss Georgia Lewis returns from Des Moines to report August 19 for a clerical bookkeeper post in the Naval Department Supplies and Accounting Division. She completed bookkeeping studies and civil service exams in Des Moines. Dr Harvey McCall, US Medical Corps first lieutenant, reports arrival in France and visits sister Emma McCall with Red Cross unit. Brother Will McCall, Field Artillery, moved from Camp Kearney but unknown destination. John Bidwell, son of Mr and Mrs J E Bidwell, arrives overseas after group departure to New York and Camp Jackson where he becomes sergeant of heavy field artillery.
Several residents will attend the national Woman's Relief Corps convention in Portland Oregon August 18 to 23. Mrs Hollinger reports railroads offer a one cent per mile rate for W R C G A R members and families with stopovers allowed. Identification certificates must be obtained from Mrs Hollinger. Attendees include Mr and Mrs W W McFarland and others. Mrs Hollinger will depart Monday night as a state W R C delegate.
Mr and Mrs Harry Kracaw report a new letter from their son Neil Kracaw in the army motor truck service in France He describes special supply work and limited writing opportunities He notes many birthday cards and letters arriving in good time and thanks correspondents for them He names the French town he has visited recently and mentions letters sent home not yet received
There will be a called meeting this evening for work in second degree. The candidate, Pr. M Barnose, a loyal patriotic young man, is soon returning to the army and requires good attendance to show appreciation. The hall is kept in order by electric fans.
Timothy Hanley, steward of the Dubuque County poor farm for a year and a half, resigned under pressure after a committee of Dubuque leaders accused inmates of neglect and alleged misused funds. The move followed a supervisors meeting after a state agents’ investigation and ties to ouster proceedings against county officials led by the attorney general two weeks prior.
Opinion column notes that people claim to know when others are comfortable, while suggesting self awareness about one's own fortunes varies and varies with perspective in Detroit Free Press.
The Hon James H H Woerlendyk speaks Thursday evening at 8 30 at the Baptist church about Winning the war and prohibition a bone dry nation He is described as a preacher lawyer and orator and patriot Admission is free Prohibition Committee
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