Pershing visits hospital unit R in Fairfield Indiana
Major Clarke reports from hospital Unit R near Fairfield Indiana that American troops are being treated in a well organized unit with eight hour shifts and three operating tables. He notes high activity daily with up to thirty operations a day and praises General Pershing’s visit, nurses, and medical staff including Dr Wehman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
J. F. Clarke
Clarke
Washington
Hhurlington
Pershing
Wehman
Hue
Local notices and ads span visits, sales, and personal news
The column lists various local errands and notices including rug and shoe ads, speedometer sale at J F Duffy Ford Station, and medical ads for osteopathy and Sanol remedies. It reports residents traveling to visit relatives, a fatality in Des Moines linked to a nephew of Noble and Conrad, and plans for burial in Ohio with family from Wayne county, Ohio.
Local residents and visitors travel amid community news
Mrs M P Miller returns from Chicago after visiting her sons. Miss Marie Clifford, a New York store bookkeeper, enjoys vacation at her Sigourney home. The Genuine Stewart Speedometer for Ford cars goes on special sale at 8.75. J F Duffy Ford Station at 4813ead Tech Ad Ee. Mrs and Mrs W C Starr with Hazel and Myrtle Burham visit Chicago friends. Mrs R J Armstrong, Rhua Armstrong and Dorothy Barkhoff travel to Brighton by auto to see friends. Mrs M C McDonald returns Saturday from West Liberty where she organized a dressmaking class led by Anna Gerdes northeast of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Clifford
New York
Sigourney
Stewart
Ford
J. F. Duffy
M. C. McDonald
West Liberty
Anna Gerdes
Northeast of Town
Rebekahs Convene at Riverside District Meeting
Washington attendees from several lodges joined District No. 92 for a Riverside gathering on August 8. A basket dinner fed more than fifty participants before memorial work and routine business led to elections with Mrs Oscar Jugenheimer as President and a slate of officers including Mrs L B Larson and Miss Mabel Larson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekahs
Washington
Riverside
Mesdames
L. E. Larson
W. J. Taylor
J. E. Rittler
Geo. Schneider
Lydia Ruebsam
L. H. Richardson
Cecile Murdock
Roy Mallory
John Williams
Hollis Whiting
Hazel Siberts
Oscar Jugenheimer
L. B. Larson
Mabel Larson
Anna Younkin
Rhodes
Biman
Leachner
Meek
Herr
Ingram
Cochran
Helmick
A J. Johnson
Some Fine Corn in Town Garden by Sylvester Chance
Sylvester Chance tends three acres to help the allies food effort. He shows two tall ears about fourteen and a half feet high with ears unreachable by his family. In the Philippines, M E McFarland, superintendent of many schools on Leyte island, remains there in wartime. his mother hopes for a visit. Mrs Daisy Freeman Assman arrives to lead child welfare work for the chautauqua and will meet parents at the Simpson home or during sessions.
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Dan Graber
Noble
P. H. Conrad
Wayland
Des Moines
Conard
Minnesota
National Army
Camp Dodge
Wayne County
Ohio
Graber
Sylvester Chance
Journal
Mr. Chance
Phillipines
L. M. McFarland
Ainsworth
M. E. McFarland
Phillipine Islands
Burawen
Leyte
McFarland
Assman
Daisy Freeman Asman
West Madison
Chautauqua Assembly Nears Opening With Preparations
Officials report a freight car delivering tents and equipment has arrived at Rock Island yards and is being unloaded. Crews work to set up the big tent, string lighting, repair walkways, and prepare grounds as crowds gather for opening eve. Strong attendance expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Plectricians
Large Barn Burns Near Wayland In Marion Township
John Boshart of Marion township near Wayland lost his 40 by 60 foot barn with an 18 foot eave and a 38 by 40 cattle shed in a Saturday night fire about 8 00. Cause believed spontaneous combustion in 100 tons of hay including alfalfa timothy and clover. Fire visible from Washington. insurance on barn 2200 and hay and grain 1299.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Boshart
Marion Township
Wayland
Timothy
Washington
Need More Tea Towels for Camp Dodge Boys
Tea towels are still short for Camp Dodge, with the Hospital Auxiliary urging contributions. Towels can be left at Crail store as volunteers aim to build a sufficient supply soon. Second Ward Meeting plans an evening Methodist church gathering to form a patriotic society, with brief speeches and expected broad attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Dodge
Hospital
Crail
Second Ward
Old Methodist Church
Union Trades Plan Labor Day Meeting at Trade Hall
On August 13 union men from all trades are urged to attend a special meeting at Trade Hall at 7 30 PM to finalize plans for Labor Day. Plumbers painters carpenters box makers and all other trade members are welcome by the Labor Day Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Day Committee
Southern Ports to Get More Use
A Shipping Board survey will map southern ports to boost use of southern harbors, easing congestion in the east. Georgia ports will open the plan, shifting cotton and other exports directly to Europe via southern routes, reducing reliance on New York Boston and Philadelphia.
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Washington
The
Shipping Board
Port and Harbor Facilities Commission
Middle West
Norfolk
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
France
Georgia
South
Southwest
Europe
South America
Commission
Southern
Fall River
New Bedford
Providence
New England
Central America
South American
Panama Canal
Pacific
Turtle Island
Brunswick
Little Rock
Ark
America
Subscriptions Offered by Nita Belle McKeon Agent
Nita Belle McKeon, an agent for Journal of 59 Red, offers renewals and subscriptions to other magazines. She notes several clubs are available for enrollment, valid until October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delineator
Everybody's
Nita Belle McKeon
Journal of 59 Red
Wilson letter backs Harris to defeat Hardwick in Georgia
President Wilson urges Georgia voters to back W. J. Harris for the U S Senate to defeat Senator Hardwick, in a public letter cited in Atlanta. In Mississippi, President Wilson warns Myron McNeil that reelection of Senator James K Vardaman would condemn his administration as Vardaman criticized the administration from the Senate.
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Atlanta
Wilson
W. J. Harris
Federal Trade Commission
United States Senate
Hardwick
Jackson
Miss
Myron McNeil
Hazelhurst
Mississippi
James K. Vardaman
Senator Vardaman
Senate
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Charlie Chaplin
Ella Hall
Priscilla Dean
L-Ko Romedy
Welch's
Ee Tea
California
Waukesha
Kellogg Health Poot
Brindley’s Sanitary Cash Grocery
Treikwee — Chal Foro Clothing Company
East Side Square
Cohn
Mutual
Coke
John Shields & Sons
Flaherty
Marion Avenue
Turkey
Major Clarke
OF Fairfield
Crail's
Carl Combs
J. A. Work
Centerville
Ford Station
A. W. Clow
Della Sweet
Brighton
Lyda Hellam
Lemley’s Grocery
Black
Mise Flossie Davidson
Brother
K. W
J. F Duffy
Genevieve Ferguson
Verdi
Gilbert George
Harry Coppock
Son
Davenport
Fred Diller
Arsenal
Elsie
Alice Levy
Burlington
Keota
Winifred Giesler
Muscatine
Martha Stewart
J. M. Finney
Mary Elizabeth
Mansfield
Marie Martin
Frank Kephart
Helen Margaret
Knoxville
D. D. Norton
Clarence Stiles
Margaret
J. R. Richardson
J F. Duffy
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Charles J. Parker
Mary Evelyn
Charles Moore
John A. Dann
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
M. H. McMillan
Paul Vincent
Margaret Alice
Utica
Minn
Chas. Corrette
W. C. Starr
Miss Hazel
Myrtle Burham
Chicago
R. J. Armstrong
Rhua Armstrong
Dorothy Barkhoff
Niece
READI
John Lathrop
Washington National Bank
Washington County
John Alex Young
Charles C. Cunningham
Harvey S. Young
Donald C. Bell
Louis Fifer
Robert Noonan
A. Cook
Jas
A. Harwood
Chas
J. Wilson
Federal Reserve System
Frank L. Wilson
aCashier
Overland-Washington Company
Southern Products
Chief Coast Cotton State
Woman’s Home Companion
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