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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1918
Page
5
From a base in France, American workers rapidly expand a huge air production center for Liberty engines and aircraft. Assemblies, testing, and provisioning progress, with boxes color coded by parts, while commanders pledge a cautious pace before German targets are struck.
Des Moines man recalls a Kansas case where his daughter faced fatal dysentery before a neighbor suggested Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. The family physician had given up, but the remedy allegedly saved the child and aided the father as well. For sale by Lemmon's Drug Store.
A London report critiques Herr von Kuehlmann and Moltke on Germany’s long war narrative. It links 1890 army bill debates to prewar plans and argues against expansionist aims in the Baltic while noting German arguments about a thirty year war and overseas challenges.
National League results show Chicago 2 defeat Boston 6 and Pittsburgh 8 1 over New York 1 2. Cincinnati 6 best Brooklyn 4 while Loula 1 over Philadelphia 7. American League notes New York 1 Chicago 4 and Toston 6 Cleveland 4. Philadelphia 9 Detroit 3 and Washington 3 St. Louis 2 in 14 innings.
Advertisement promotes Boscher's German Syrup as a fifty two year proven remedy for coughs bronchitis colds and lung troubles. Claiming to soothe inflamed parts aid restful sleep and easy morning expectoration, with Lemmon's Pharmacy listed as seller.
In Des Moines August 29 a Foreign Legion is organized in the 163rd depot brigade under Col. William Newman. The plan groups men of diverse nationalities drafted into service into separate organizations to ease training for non native English speakers. A development battalion already exists for slower learners, with many born abroad. A survey will group foreign birth soldiers by nationality and English lessons are given daily to aid progress.
Bulgarian carpets, woven since 1878 after liberation, have evolved from domestic use to fine works. In the last decade they have surpassed Turkish Romanian Serbian and Grecian fabrics in design texture finish and style.
In a fragment from a dialog, Edith asks if a quarrel with Jack is true while Ethel deflects. Ethel pivots to her upcoming birthday next week, hinting at personal stakes amid the exchange.
A guide from a western front dispatch details French place names in Artois Picardy and the Île de France with English phonetic renderings. It lists many towns and rivers noting retained spellings and pronunciation shifts, clarifying stress and vowel shifts for readers.
Mrs Ethel Smith 22 wife of a Council Bluffs soldier and Harold Clark 19 are held on bond awaiting grand jury action after a judge publicly rebuked the woman for alleged misconduct while her husband served in France.
A bulky passage recalls a woman described as athletic and attractive employed as a freight trucker at Union Pacific, earning wages seen as a man’s. A judge criticizes a young man in a soldier’s family case, while a separate episode shows a couple detained in a compromising scene. Wellington’s slip about two clergymen murdered in Ireland is misrecalled, corrected with a quip about “only one.”
In the District Court of Washington County Iowa Bertha Irene Conger files to quiet title to Lot seven in A M Chilcotes Outlet Addition to Washington city with a 25 foot east strip exception You defendants and unknown claimants must appear and defend by Sept 2 1918 or default judgment will be entered Attorneys EichER Livingston & Eicher J30 AG6 13 20
Plaintiffs listed claim absolute fee simple ownership of described real estate in Washington County. The petition alleges errors in record title create adverse claims by numerous defendants and unknown claimants. It seeks to have titles established in plaintiffs and all adverse claims barred and foreclosed with general and equitable relief. Default notice issued for failure to appear.
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