County Overperforms on Liberty Loan Subscriptions
Washington county shows strong over-subscription across the first and third Liberty Loans and excess in War Savings Stamps and Treasury certificates. The Fourth Liberty Loan, announced for September 28, 1918, demands 100 percent home front loyalty. county leaders urge residents to participate fully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Marsh W. Bailey
County
Liberty Loan and
War Savings Stamps Committees
Treasury Department
Congress
Chateau-Thierry
Marne
Marsi I W. Bailey
Monmouth College President Delivers Dual Sermons
Dr. T. H. McMichael, president of Monmouth College, spoke at both services in the First United Presbyterian church yesterday. He draws Washington audiences with engaging presence and illuminating addresses. A notable music feature at the evening service was a duet by Miss Carolyn Hamilton and Clair Brook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McMichael
T. H. McMichael
Monmouth College
First United Presbyterian Church
Washington
Carolyn Hamilton
Clair Brook
Camp Cody Letter Reports Fatal Accident and Transfers
A soldier at Camp Cody writes of a service car collision with a fast freight train at a crossing. The driver and two soldiers died. No drill was held due to the funerals of two French lieutenants drowned near Deming. Baseball games occur among machine gun battalion companies as the division expects an eastward move and the ammunition train has left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prom Cody
Camp Cody
Deming
Mrs Stannard Pays Adoption Fee For French War Orphan
Mrs R B Dourberty reports that Mrs G A Stannard has paid over the money for adopting a French war orphan. Miss Lucie Forgey returned home Saturday night from Little York and other illness points where she was spending part of her vacation visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucie Forgey
Little York
Largest Bible Text Size Recorded in English Copy
The largest Bible ever printed stands five feet two inches tall, three feet six inches wide, and ten inches thick. Its binding uses twelve goatskins, making a monumental edition that showcases extreme scale.
Washington county to supply men for army training schools
Jay Brewer and Herman Otto named to compose Washington county's allotment for the automobile training school for the army at Des Moines college opening Thursday August 15. They will ride at 9 40 Thursday with ten others to attend a similar school at Ames. Seventeen applications were received and two selected. Washington county's allotment for the Iowa call is 500 men to Camp Funston, one man. These men will entrain during the five day period beginning August 26. Two limited service men from the county to Camp Dodge this week are to be class one group C, physically qualified for limited service. None for general service. Entrainment set for August 13 and 14. The board has not named the two men. A dozen limited service registrants remain. designation will follow the train schedule. Draft board near-completion on lists of registrars for precincts for post congress draft-age extension. List nearly finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Brewer
Herman Otto
Washington County
Automobile Training School
Army
Des Moines College
State College
Ames
Iowa
Camp Funston
Kansas Cantonment
Camp Dodge
Washington group heads to Portland for national Women's Relief Corps convention
A party from Washington left for Portland Oregon to attend the national Women’s Relief Corps convention. Traveling were Mrs M Hollinger and daughter Mrs Evelyn Dea Mr and Mrs John Hryson Miss Lucy Pierce and Asher F Pay from Huron 8 Db. They passed Des Moines and planned to meet others at West Chester. Mrs Hollinger and Mrs Dea plan to visit Camp Cody after visiting Oscar Lane in Camp Cody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Portland
Ore
National Women's Relief Corps
M. Hollinger
Evelyn Dea
John Hryson
Lucy Pierce
Asher F. Pay
Huron
Des Moines
West Chester
J.D. Dayton
Daryl
Walter Boyer
Theresa
Hollinger
Dea
Deming, N. M
Burham Family Pages Return After Visit
Lieut. Everett Burham returned to Cairnsp Cady Saturday at midnight after a week with his parents Mr. and Mrs Geo Burham. Mr. and Mrs Jas Brock and family of Rubio have gone home after several days visiting Mrs. Burham and her parents Mr. and Mrs George Burham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieut
Everett Burham
Cairnsp Cady
Geo
Ti. Burham
Jas. Brock
Rubio
George H. Burham
Oliver E Brown Dies Sudden at 86 in Washington
Oliver Edward Brown, 86, was buried at Elm Grove cemetery after a sudden heart attack at Sunset Park Saturday afternoon. No formal service was held per his request. pallbearers were Frank Stewart, W. H. Butterfield, Fred Stewart, Joe Wolfe, A. R. Miller, and D. S. Hancher. Born February 22, 1832 in Jefferson County Ohio, he homesteaded in Jackson township before moving to Washington about forty years ago. He married Agnes Sullivan in 1561. she died fifteen years ago. Survived by three daughters Kate, Amelia, and Clara, and a son Edward. Lucy and a son are deceased. He was a former deputy sheriff and a Democrat allied with President Wilson. He was active in local affairs and kept informed on current events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Edward Brown
Elm Grove
Frank Stewart
W. H. Butterfield
Fred Stewart
Joe Wolfe
A. R. Miller
D. S. Hancher
Mr. Brown
Sunset Park
Jefferson County
Ohio
Jackson Township
Richmond
Washington
Stewart Hardware
Pittsburgh
Agnes Sullivan
Kate Brown
Jersey City
N. J
Amelia
Clara
Edward
Lucy
Brown
Wilson
Baptism Service for Four John Johnson Children
About forty friends of the John Johnson family gathered in Titus for a baptismal service of Walter, Florence, Grace, and Ruth Johnson. The Reading class of Swedish Lutheran Church served as sponsors, with Ruth and Fred Carlson as sponsors for Virginia Haas of Rock Island. The ceremony, led by Rev. Mr. Craft of Rock Island, occurred around three o'clock, following a two o'clock dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Johnson for all guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Johnson
Titus
Walter
Florence
Grace
Ruth
Swedish Lutheran Church
Virginia Haas
Rock Island
Fred Carlson
Craft
Johnson
Family reunion gathers relatives at Sunnyside Farm and nearby homes
Thirty-one relatives visited Sunnyside Farm yesterday as Mr and Mrs Frank Bandy hosted while the Youngs were away. A 1 pm dinner brought 33 people to a long lawn table. Guests included L V Pierce Jaude Pierce Ed Pierce Will Pierce Mary Van Zyle Horace Baker BE W Bandy J E Bandy Dittmar Porter and family Edith Faris and son Harold and others from Winfield Oakville Wapello. The group lingered for visits and many returned home late. Separately Carris family members dined at Jay Carris home eight miles northwest of Washington for chicken dinner and social visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bandy
Sunnyside Farm
A. L. Young
L. V. Pierce
Jaude Pierce
Edith Faris
Harold
L. Y. Pierce
E. W. Bandy
Randy
Tobacco’s Drain Upon Soil Depletes Land Value
A computation shows a ton of tobacco removes over 100 mineral units from an acre, a staggering loss given soil nutrients. About 75 percent of this washout are calcium and potassium salts, 15 percent magnesium and sodium salts, and nearly 5 percent phosphoric acid.
Another Hoarder Gets the Limit in Sugar Control
The Food Administration under J. F. Deems warns that sugar hoarding will be punished whether done by big hotels or individual households. Brown sugar is treated the same as white sugar, and the New York Hotel McAlpin's $10 000 Red Cross donation and confectionary closure illustrate enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
United States
J. F. Deems
Food Administration
Deems
McAlpin
New York City
Red Cross
New York
Trotsky and Lenine Flee to Kronstadt Amid Allied Advances
Allied forces tighten spring offensive in Picardy as French airmen harass retreating German units north of Roye. The Toul Sector reports two German aircraft shot down while Allied actions claim 40,000 prisoners and 760 guns captured in the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Toul
Picardy
Motor boats fail to return from Dutch coast recon
Six British motor boats failed to return from a reconnoitering expedition along the Dutch coast. The report is dated London and received in the afternoon. The incident suggests a dangerous development in the coastal reconnaissance mission amid ongoing tensions with the Netherlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British forces push into Bray amid Somme pressure
American troops entered Bray near the Somme east of Amiens this morning, signaling continued Allied advance in the Somme region. The movement indicates mounting pressure on Albert, where Germans hold a foothold as combat continues and British troops have occupied Bray.
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London
Bray
Somme
Amiens
Albert
Announcement of Ladies Aid and Knitting Club Activities
Notice to Lev ington Aid Society members and Mothers club events with meetings and time changes. Red Cross knitting department closed until after chautauqua. members to hand in helmets and scarfs. Knitting sessions planned with tea towels to hem for Camp Dodge. yarn distribution noted. Jane A Chilcote Library to close for chautauqua except limited hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Red Cross
Chautauquay
Babcock
Gibron
Cavender
Knitting Committee
Jane A. Chilcote
Chautauqua
Vinegar Prolongs Set of Plaster Mixture
Instructions describe mixing plaster with vinegar instead of water to create a putty that remains malleable for 20 to 30 minutes. The method claims vinegar plaster can be pushed into crevices and smoothed with a table knife before hardening.
Mrs Mary Oriez Claimed by Death
Mrs Mary Chapuis Oriez aged six died Sunday at 2 30 am at her East Third Street home after long illness. Funeral at St James Catholic Church with interment at Elm Grove Cemetery. Born in Lermaisnry Alsace France April 5 1838 she immigrated aged thirteen. Survived by eleven children, one brother and many relatives. Theodore and nephew Charles Speer run the Richmond Southside meat market. Relatives from Fairfield expected. most children present except Sylvester and John.
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Mary Chapuis Oriez
East Third Street
St. James Catholic Church
Elm Grove Cemetery
Oriez
Lermaningry
Belfort
Alsace
France
America
St. Louis
Francis Oriez
Fairfield
Iowa
Washington
Theodore Oriez
Richard Bruey
Gus Keller
Mary Peter
St. Joseph's Academy
Ottumwa
John M. Speer
Philip Oriez
Menlo
Kan
Prank Oriez
Sylvester Oriez
Nihart
Montana
John Oriez
North Dakota
Joseph
Choriene
Theodore
Charles 8. Speer
South Side
Theodore Chapuis
Sylvester
John
Lemley Funeral Largely Attended in Washington
One of the most largely attended funerals in Washington marked the passing of Ray B. Lemley a prominent young business man and city council member who died early Saturday after a brief illness of blood poisoning services were led by Rev M R Regan at the Lemsey home with Rev George Rodgers assisting and a Baptist choir quartet providing music pall bearers included Lewis Duke Glenn Beal Walter Smith John Cunningham Vernon Crull and Lawrence Wilson many floral tributes and a city council design were present Knights of Pythias members attended as a body a Baptist church layman recalled Lemleys habit of writing encouraging letters to soldiers from the denomination to all the army boys during the war reflecting his noted Christian acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ray B. Lemley
M. R. Regan
The
Baptist Church
Lemley
J. W. Lemsey
North
Iowa Avenue
George PD
Rodgers
Clinton
Baptist
Lewis Duke
Glenn Beal
Walter Smith
John Cunningham
Vernon Crull
Lawrence Wilson
Knights of Pythias
Mr. Lemley
Phrase First Used by Johnson in Rasselas
The text notes Dr Samuel Johnson used the term father of waters to describe rivers. In Rasselas chapter twenty five the prince calls the Nile great father of waters thou that rollest thy floods through eighty nations. The Nile predates the Mississippi in fame as a river with this title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Samuel Johnson
Mississippi River
Rasselus
Nile
Rasselas
Mississippi
To Clean Hearthstone With Milk Solution
When whitening a hearth or step, dip the cloth in a drop of milk and rub over after applying the hearth stone to prevent the white from coming off.
Munition Plants in Close Touch with the Front
Manchester dispatch reports a 5000 shell rush order reaching British gunners in time to repulse an enemy counter attack. The Manchester district transformed its textile plants into a vast war-munition network, tying home factories to the front under minister Lloyd George in 1915. Within ten miles of Manchester 2.5 million people power 1 million horsepower, 80 percent for war munitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Eng
Somme
Associated Press
Ministry of Munitions
Westmorland
Cumberland
Lancashire
North Wales
Isle of Man
David Lloyd George
Manchester District Engineering Trades Employers’ Association
Manchester City Hall
League Baseball Sunday Results
National League games saw Chicago 5 Pittsburgh 3 and Cincinnati 3 2 St. Louis 5 4. American League games had Chicago 6 4 Cleveland 6 8 Bt. Louis, Gd Detroit 5 3. No other games were played.
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Chicago
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Cleveland
Louie
Detroit
Chicago Peetee
New York
Incinnatia
Philadelphia
Abs
Brooklyn
Lippton
Bt. Louis
Boston
Stnenee
Washington
Peter
Etree
Etree Eer
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Liberty
Des
Moines
H. Gordon-Ross
Chautauquan
Ypres
Harry Bennett
Norfolk
Second
United Presbyterian Sabbath School
Emma Bennett
Oliver E. Brown
BIG Newport Hotel
Trotsky and
Lenine
Kronstadt
Chautnes
Roye
Evening Journal
the Levington Aid Society
Roy Mallory
Mothers’ Club
LePoch Societie
John Campbell
Cedar Township
Will Booth
Mary Oriez
Father
K. OF
Washington and Vicinity
J. C. Leonard
Civil Service Examiner
Kenois D Building
B. C
J. W. Miller & Son
Cook’s Bakery
Journal Office
Journal
Clarence Goodwin
Lytle
Otto Dankwardt
Third Ave
Boyd Berdo
C. Lb. McClellan
Cy Bush
Pathe
Iowa Ave
Catalos
Frank Flaherty
Marion Avenue
I. K. Beal
C. A. Ruebsam
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