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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1918
Page
3
Enrollment activities dominate the planned opening of city schools for the next year. Seniors registered forty, with about fifty five expected in the senior class. juniors and younger students queued up as teachers and staff ready rooms, air circulation improved, and a long list of curriculum changes and athletics plans announced.
The 8 S. S. S. club meets at Mrs. Bertha Meek's home Friday at 2 o'clock. Red Cross helpers convene with Mrs. T. S. Dodds Friday at 1 30. Bring dish towels for the army boys. The "P. BK." girls serve a chicken supper Thursday evening at the A. M. E. church and the public is invited.
The Second United Presbyterian Sabbath school and congregational picnic is set for Friday August 20 at Box Springs two miles south on Iowa avenue. Attendees should meet at the church at 9 30 am and bring baskets. Those needing transport should contact Miss Ella Gordon J H Baird or Julius Conger if possible.
Mrs. Catherine Gathercole of Albia visits Ka lona for a few weeks at her daughter Mrs. Fred Skola’s home. Mrs. Skola accompanied her mother after attending the funeral of her stepfather in Albia.
Casualty lists show Thomas Ruby of Rubio listed as wounded with undetermined degree. He is about 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ruby, and has a brother David in the service. David was drafted from the county and sent to Camp Dodge. Other notes mention Lt. Hesselschwerdt of Kalona earning a commission at Camp Dodge and the Iowa Ammunition Train transporting trucks to camps as part of the 34th division.
C A McWilliams died suddenly last evening at 6 45 at the home of his son Verne R McWilliams in Columbus Junction. He had worked in a tin shop and moved recently from Washington. Survived by wife and four sons Harold Charley Verne and Dr Edgar. Dr Edgar was en route home for his wife’s operation in Iowa City. Believed rheumatism affected his heart.
At Sunset Park the Swift families held their third annual reunion with 71 attendees across four generations. The gathering honored twelve Swift members serving in the armed forces, with nurse Agnes Swift in France and a service flag bearing twelve stars and a red cross. The flag was crafted by Mrs. Carlton Wilson, new stars anticipated as Leo Bruty, Bryan Swift, and Dennis Flynn reach twenty one. An American flag themed, cake for Winifred Regan’s sixth birthday accompanied a noon feast and Victrola music as families enjoyed a day of celebration and familiar company.
The kidneys are as important to health as the heart lungs or stomach. Lame back swollen joints sore muscles rheumatic aches signal kidney trouble. Foley Kidney Pills give relief to kidney trouble sufferers and banish bladder irregularities. Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Alice Brady stars in The Ordeal of Mosettia at the Fox Theatre as Rosetta and Lola Gerardi. The week’s Select Star Series feature plays Thursday afternoon and night, with a sensational plot involving mistaken identity, a risqué poster, and a secretary entangled in a thriller of dramatic incidents.
Christine Morairity was born June 6 1854 in Harper Kansas and died August 23 1918. The message expresses a tribute with lines about sleep and resting peacefully, signed as A Friend.
We thank friends and neighbors for sympathy and floral offerings during the illness and death of our daughter and sister Christine. Grateful for car donations. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Moriarty, Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Morarrty, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Morairty, Miss Mable Morairty.
A locomotive engineer from Turtle Lake North Dakota testifies to relief from backache and irregular bladder action after using Foley Kidney pills. The ad from Lemley’s Pharmacy promotes the remedy as effective within a few days.
A group of Iowa Wesleyan alumni gathered Monday at the Brighton dam for a picnic to recall college days. Mr and Mrs Jones and son Harold with daughters Florence and Frances of Richland attended along with Mr and Mrs John Bellville and daughter Cecile of Washington and Robert Payne of Mt Pleasant. Others planned to attend but could not be present.
Mrs Emma Bennett visits Crawfordsville for a day while W M Montgomery travels to Des Moines for the state fair. Mr and Mrs Earl Birney return from Des Moines after attending the fair. Miss Martha Vining from Chicago starts work as trimmer at Miss Connell’s millinery shop. Miss Helen Gormley from Fairfield changes trains en route to Crawfordsville to visit kin.
Cc F Stierwalt changes work as Tri State Commercial College Keokuk Iowa is sold to local interests and placed under the management of H E B Kilmer and EF A Zelliot with Stierwalt named manager. He has previously run mail clerk duties on the C R I & P and will oversee a Penn School of Commerce style course.
Mrs. Ernest Dean and Ernestine head to Des Moines to visit Ernest Dean’s sister Mrs. A C Bailey. The publication notes Miss Willa Waymack delivered the prolog for The Darkest Hour Before Dawn, a demanding role with one of the prettiest costumes and a fine presentation.
Warning to avoid sluggish blood and disease, promotes S. S. S. as a revitalizing vegetable blood medicine. Urges readers to buy at local drug stores and offers free medical advice by writing to Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta, Georgia for the Medical Director.
Rapids and Miss Lena Adams of Moline attend a birthday gathering for Miss Margaret. The group enjoyed a fine time and expresses wishes for many more happy birthdays, hoping to help celebrate in future years.
Miss Margaret Brookhart entertained about twenty five friends at her East Washington home for a birthday surprise. The guests danced to Edison music with a solo by Donald Merrian and the Virginia reel as the finale. Out of town guests included Misses Maurine Hulse and Lillian Cook and Messrs Holt Paul Mayberry Donald Merrian Kenneth Weir Granville Hulse, all of Cedar.
A meeting at Mrs. F L Wilsons home opened the year for the Fortnightly clubs current events department with strong attendance and a lively program. Secretary treasurer Miss Hilda Freding resigned to join government nursing work, and Miss Nellie Tripp was elected to replace her. The department anticipates a splendid profitable year ahead.
Four members of a Monmouth party are dead after a car plunged from a cliff near Estes Park Colorado. Mrs Will Wood Mrs E M Kimmelshue and two sons Robert and Stinson died in the accident Rev Kimmelshue survived. Bodies will be sent to Monmouth for burial.
Hostesses served delicious ice cream and waters with red, white and blue candies as photographs from Lieut Everett Burham were examined and framed by his family.
The London official Gazette announced that Captain Ker mit Roosevelt son of Colonel Roosevelt received the military cross for services in Mesopotamia. He had joined American forces in France and was attached to the British army in Mesopotamia. Also from Montreal the tanker Lake Manitoba burned with 1,500 tons of crude oil aboard, valued at about 1.5 million dollars.
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