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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1918
Page
6
A Food Administration effort in Iowa offers prizes for 50 word sugar saving ideas to cut tea and coffee sugar use. Miss Alice French chairs the awards with autographs from Hoover and Deems. entries due August 26 with prizes awarded September 1.
Local notices urge readers to buy rugs at Crail's and shoes at Fox & Dewey, highlighting promotions and shopping options in town.
A marriage license was issued today to Leslie EB Griffith and Lillis M Teeter. to Lucy C Lamb and Mae Woodside of Ainsworth. Rev and Mrs W G Robb are the parents of a baby boy at the county hospital. Numerous social notes, visits, and travel plans are listed, including treks to Washington D C, Muscatine, Keota, and Plum Lake.
William Patterson of Royal Cleaners writes from Camp Pike Arkansas Aug 14 1918 describing tent life mosquitoes heat and dust at the camp. He notes ban on drinking water until boiled due to typhoid germs and mentions Belmont amusement area across the tracks and fellow Des Moines Cedar Falls Washington men in the 39th Casual Company. He expresses sympathy for Ray Lemley's death and hopes Kaiser learns from the US entry into the war.
Burglars entered the home of Mr and Mrs George Breitenbach on West Main Street yesterday between seven and eight o clock stealing silverware some jewelry linen and other possessions. The family was not at home and police are investigating the case.
Regular meeting of the Ad Club will be held next Tuesday evening at the Colenso Hotel. Members are asked to notify No. 6 if they cannot attend.
Win Smouse returned last evening from a trip through northern Iowa Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota and South Dakota He reports that crops in that region are unusually good due to frequent rains The small grain harvest is mostly complete with heavy yields noted across the area
The United States Food Administration offers twelve county prizes and eleven state prizes in a Sugar Saving Contest. Women in this county may compete for seventeen prizes, with six city and six country awards. Entries must be 50 words to Miss Alice French of Davenport and cost nothing to enter.
Henry Kramer a West Point area farmer was fined 100 dollars after belittling American soldiers saying they would use their feet more than their heads. He paid the fine to the Red Cross and bought 240 dollars in thrift stamps. federal agents gave him advice in a secluded room of the local courthouse.
A local dispute arose when Kramer criticized American soldiers to a brother-in-law in the city. The heated remarks, defending Kaiser’s butchered war aims, led to intervention by the council of defense and a corrective lesson on restraint.
An agent for Journal of 59 Red announces renewal and subscription services beyond the journal. She offers to handle renewals for other magazines and mentions several clubs remaining active until October 1st. DO NOT WAIT.
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