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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1918
Page
5
A night patrol story from the trenches recounts eight hours of vigilance and danger. Corporal Dale Atkinson describes quiet movements between posts, shelling, flares, and enemy fire as night wards off to dawn, ending with relief at daylight.
A traveler describes French village life, noting frame houses due to scarce rock, yarded layouts with courts, brick scarce, and exposed joists. He observes white crumbly soil, shell bursts lifting dust like snow on churned ground, lingering machine use, and sleepless nights caused by distant big guns.
Iowa plans a statewide drive to organize all unorganized schools for Junior Red Cross work at the start of the new school year. A special committee led by F A Welch will coordinate county and city superintendents to recruit rural and urban schools. The drive targets full county organization by October with a Greater Iowa Day observance and possible prizes for top gains.
The Iowa patriotic league will organize statewide teaching of patriotism for high schools and younger grades. University of Iowa along with city school superintendents will send materials, with oral and written contests and badges for best anti propaganda methods, to bolster morale and counter pacifist and pro enemy influence.
National League results include Brooklyn and Chicago tied, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh posting wins, Boston defeating St. Louis, New York and Cincinnati tied at eight. American League shows Chicago 8 over New York 4, St. Louis 4 is noted, Philadelphia 1 0, Cleveland 2, Washington 0, Detroit, Boston 5.
The Kansas City Teacher's club surveyed 419 elementary teachers with salaries from 306 to 1200 dollars. Total income reached 378615 dollars with 41581 to charity, 19022 to recreation, 11800 for medical costs, 8924 for courses, and 63004 for clothing. Many report debt for schooling and limited funds for up-to-date books, while health costs rise and the seven year ceiling tops at 900 dollars.
The department outlines when to harvest sweet corn for drying at the milk stage for best quality. It warns against immature or overripe ears and advises quick processing to prevent deterioration. Husk ears, trim defects, but avoid removing husks as they separate during drying. Place ears in a wire container for drying preparation.
The Du Pont company has granted the University of Iowa a $350 chemistry scholarship awarded by the graduate council to Harry E. B. Schrieber of Dubuque. Schrieber earned a B S in chemistry in 1917 and works in industrial chemistry for a firm making dye-stuffs. The scholarship marks a new annual program by the company.
Des Moines reports note that the 366th Infantry, a regiment of Black soldiers, left Camp Dodge in spring and has seen action in France. The Eighty eighth division begins to move, while other Camp Dodge units have already joined overseas combat. Irwin Cobb praises the regiment in his Saturday Evening Post articles.
The guide describes using a wire-crate to boil corn, sorting by age, and cutting grains from the cob. It then outlines drying in trays, sun or a dryer, with temps 130–165 degrees, stirring and winnowing. Finished corn should be hard, semi transparent, glasslike, stored in muslin or heavy paper in layered bags, and kept away from moisture to prevent spoilage.
A bold statement on achievement asserts that true progress comes from declaring a goal can be done and then proving it through decisive action. It emphasizes resolve, demonstration, and successful finality as the mark of a real man.
An aged advert proclaims 10,000 testimonials from mothers praising Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children. It claims relief from fever, headache, and digestive upsets, urging mothers to keep a box at home and noting a price of 25 cents at druggists.
An advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional and internal ailment best treated by internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is said to act through the blood on mucous surfaces and was prescribed by leading doctors. The ad also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation and offers testimonials.
Professor Stephen H. Bush head of Romance languages at the University of Iowa won a French citation for bravery on the western front with Moroccan divisions. He left Iowa City at Christmas to work in France and helped push a food truck amid shell and gas toward soldiers cut off from supplies.
From No Man's Land behind the lines Professor Bush is praised for repeated acts of bravery. He has been cited by the Mrench for a possible new act of courage or service.
Ohio State Journal notes that despite growing evidence wealth cannot be taken, many locals remain tightfisted and fail to change their frugal ways backed by a wary tone about money and longevity.
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