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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1918
Page
8
Nita Belle McKeon, an agent for Journal of 59 Red, announces renewals and subscriptions for other magazines. She notes several club memberships remain available until October 1st and urges readers not to delay.
Local notes report Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Finney of McCalleburg Iowa visiting relatives in town with the Stevensons Augustines and Elmer Mason family. Madrid residents stay at East Main home while Mrs. Eldredge’s son Earl at Camp Bell near New York City writes of Lydia Eicher and Herbert Stifel visiting the camp at Karl’s invitation.
In Pennsylvania at least twenty one workable anthracite beds identified. Maximum depths range to about 2,500 feet with coal seams from slate to seventy feet thick. Southern field beds may extend to 4,000 feet below the surface.
McNamara's introduces Columbia phonographs with prices from 20 to 75 dollars and up. A wide selection of records and instrumental albums is available including war songs and favorites. Customers can visit, listen to Arthur Fields and Peerless Quartette and pick up a free index book.
Listings include Crail s rugs Fox and Dewey shoes and hat sellers plus promotions for Gordon L E Maplethorpe and Lyda Hellam chiropractor. Social items note Sherm Welch s return from Columbus City visits to Crawfordsville and family arrivals and departures. Mayhew to Mexico Missouri joins Suynen Motor Company while others visit relatives and discuss purchases or guarantees.
John Mauthe age 83 died suddenly at his 321 West Madison Street home at 8:30 this morning while mowing the lawn. Cause given as heart failure, though he had no prior heart ailment. He was born in 1835 in Thalheim Germany and came to America at 18. He leaves a widow six children and six grandchildren and several siblings. Funeral plans await word from New York and Missouri.
Miss Ella Schantz of Stringtown attends chautauqua in the city. Miss Cecile Belville returns from a several weeks visit with friends in Union City Tennessee and other southern points. Gordon L. FE Maplethorpe mentioned in hat remarks.
A Cole eight cylinder car wrecked fifteen miles east of Washington after colliding with a Ford was brought to the White Way garage. The male occupant suffers hip injuries and facial cuts while the female passenger is badly bruised. both are not seriously hurt. A threshing crew nearby aided rescue before medical help arrived. The Ford driver’s fate remains unknown.
Mr and Mrs J C Mathers of Haskins travel to Mason City Illinois after Frank Wilson 20 nephew of Mr Mather drowns in Oklahoma City Oklahoma while visiting He is the only son of Mrs Charles Wilson of Mason City Burial plans are made for the body Another Mather nephew Ray Enlows of Blackwell Oklahoma died in a similar drowning tragedy within the last year
Members of the Methodist Senior Choir are urged to attend a rehearsal Friday evening at 7 45 sharp. Please be seated on time. C A King.
Miss Mary Jacoby visits Muns cotine for a week. Mrs Farneo Bridger from Wayland spends the day here with friends. Griffith returns to Deming New Mexico after ten days here. Mrs John Gibson and daughter Clarissa of Valley Junction visit Mrs Gibson's sister Mrs Frank Bell. Miss Bessie Buchanan of Des Moines visits at Mrs Etha Steck then goes to Fairfield. H F P Jacques will demonstrate poison bran method to control grasshoppers tomorrow at John Stewart's field 2 30 p m northeast of Washington.
The article advises that a stomach may need rest after a skipped meal and suggests fasting for a day or two or eating only fruit until the tongue loses its yellow coating.
The Huston family held its annual reunion on Wednesday August 21 at the country home of Mr and Mrs H M Jordon two miles northwest of Winfield. Ninety attended including members from distant places. Six marriages six births and one death were recorded since the last meeting.
An anecdote recalls Gen. Jim Stedman amid the Chickamauga battle urging a retreating brigade to hold their ground. A braver officer replies that they have done all they can, prompting Stedman to quip that they have not yet died.
In a sharp exchange, a daughter pleads for happiness with Edward while a naturalist father objects, citing anatomy of a lizard to block marriage. The fragment from the Christian Register captures a clash of affection and scientific rigidity.
The engagement of Miss Virginia Cannon Le Secure, granddaughter of Representative Joseph G. Cannon, to Capt. Willan Houghteling of Chicago and San Francisco has been announced. She has spent winters in Washington and is noted for wit associated with Uncle Joe.
London observers warn a sex war could arise from the strike by women transportation workers demanding equal pay with men. The move could affect war activities and many other industries as ramifications spread beyond the initial dispute.
New York reports that Liberty theater stages in training camps nationwide will be standardized to unite the two Liberty theater circuits this fall. The War Department theater division announces plans to book the same attractions at all camps to streamline entertainment during training activities.
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