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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1918
Page
8
The page lists residents leaving for Rochester Round Lake and Des Moines and visiting relatives in Sigourney Fairfield Sperry and Bedford. It notes Carl Combs butter fat price and chiropractic services by Lyda Hellam. Ads promote rugs shoes Parisian Sage and Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Miss Hazel Smith of Muscatine visits as guest of Miss Eleanore Bailey. Jennie Minteer of Des Moines visits aunt Mrs Jennie Bailey and grandfather G T Auld. Howard Eldridge and family visit W S Eldridge's home. Military watches for soldiers and price listed. Abe Russell of Chicago visits local trade contacts. Mayme Jericho of Muscatine attends Methodist conference at Clear Lake. Journal subscription offer from Delineator and Everybody's magazines. Ray Alberson and daughters return to Des Moines after visit to A N Alberson and Kellogg homes.
Nita Belle McKeon is listed as an agent for the Journal of 59 Red. The notice notes she processes renewals and subscriptions for other magazines and mentions clubs remaining active until October 1st.
Janes and John were twins. James, the sickly brother, relied on John and cried when apart. One morning John woke early, and when James woke alone he cried. John called from the stairs in a sympathetic elder brother voice asking what troubled him.
A Rock Island morning crowd saw twelve 1918 draft class members depart for Des Moines and Ames to begin eight weeks of government funded training as automobile machinists. The group, with aptitude for mechanical work, includes Delbert Maxwell, Bergie Larson, Cloyce Stewart, Loran Pugzard, William Eatinger, Charles Fay Brown, Dale Jackson, Claude McCoy, Robert Boyd, Harley Rugg, Jay Brewer, and Herman Otto, headed to Ames College or Des Moines College for instruction.
Miss Benald Coffman daughter of Mr and Mrs Alex Coffman 1127 KE Second street and Mr Arthur Browning were married Tuesday afternoon at the First Baptist church in Burlington. They returned to Washington that evening and will reside with the bride's parents. The bride has worked at the Washington telephone office and the groom is a telegraph operator at the Milwaukee depot.
Washington dispatch reports the food administration may introduce a sugar rationing plan by card similar to Germany’s if shortages persist. Current allowance stands at two pounds per person per month with England France and Italy at similar levels amid wartime supply constraints.
McNamara promotes the Buck's Ventilating Heater as a winter solution that saves coal while delivering ample heat. The unit allegedly produces hard coal heat from soft coal, with combustion from edge to center and 48 hour burn, forming clinker with 95 percent coal mined.
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