Journal Boys Annual Picnic Ends With Safe Revelry
Journal boys unwind at a picnic near Carmichael bridge with thirteen attendees including Zip Shields the dog. Ray Downs catches a young fish and a chicken liver baiter misadventure amid boating, racing, and ice cream delays before a late return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parnie Dean
Zip Shields
Robert Sage
Wilber Long
Frank and Verne Yeoman
Arthur Custer
Raymond Downs
Kenneth Ross
Harold Walker
Francis Barnaske
Clarence Logan
Harold Johnson
Robert Shields
Carmichael Bridge
Local clubs host gatherings and honor weddings in Burlington
Mrs Ed Sullivan hosted the Just Us Club with ten members and two visitors Miss Maude Neal and Mrs Henry Minick. The Red Cross quilt was finished and will be quilted at a two week all day session at Mrs Houts. Walter Sheets and Ruth Smith wed at the J W Hart home Burlington in a ring ceremony. The couple plan home near Keota and are Washington county natives. Mothers club elected officers Mrs John Jackson as president and Mrs Lewis Jones as secretary treasurer with refreshments served by Mrs A B E Ross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Sullivan
Just Us Club
Maude Neal
Davenport
Henry Minick
Red Cross
Hout
Walter Sheets
Ruth Smith
J. W. Hart
Burlington
C. T. Rasche
Evangelical Church
Grace Hill Church
Hart
Rasche
Auto
Frank Smith
Marion
Bert
J. W. Combs
Della Neal
Smith Home
Keota
Washington County
Mothers’ Club
Lewis Jones
South Fourth Avenue
John Jackson
L. R. Green
Leslie McFarland
A. BE. Ross
Pleasant Plains Missionary Society Hosts All Day Picnic
Announcement notes an all day picnic hosted by the Pleasant Plains Missionary Society to entertain families on Wednesday, September 4 at Bunset Park as a bank offering day. The Women’s Home Missionary Society of the M. E. church will meet at Mrs. Henry Brinning’s home at 841 S. Marion Avenue Friday at 2:20 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Plains Missionary Society
Bunset Park
Women's Home Missionary Society of the
M. E. Church
Henry Brinning
Marion Avenue
Find It In Their Work Quote by John Ruskin
A concise note presents Ruskin's idea that proper occupation yields natural amusement, comparing work to petals emerging from a fruitful dower. It frames productive engagement as uplifting and self-sustaining.
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John Ruskin
Tea Towels Sent to Camp Dodge Boys
Hospital Auxiliary organized a tea towel drive. 125 towels were shipped to Camp Dodge to aid the cantonment. Mrs. Peter Berdo and Mrs. E. B. McFarland led the effort with local donations and a Crail store drop-off point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Dodge
Peter Berdo
E. B. McFarland
Des Moines
Crail
Coder
Hsther Circle
West Chester
Sam McCleery
Harry White
Crawfordsville
Leigh H. Wallace
S B.a.v
Mavaeery
Drs. Pvg Tigel Ind
Kia Pdaens
Mre
Smith Brookhart
George Reed
ROWE
Terro
Vic Civics Savanna
Hattie Foster
Verma Lewis
Cassie McFarland
Bone
Ke Rae Eer
Muslin
J. B. Crail
Jim Pennell
Camp Dodger
MC. A. Cash
Jim Pennel
Eider Ducks Abound and Trade in Norway
Eider ducks are plentiful across Norway and are protected by law. The birds, though tame, anger fishermen because they damage spawning beds of fish, with lobsters suffering especially from their devastations.
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Norway
Canning Tests Offered by War Garden Commission
A free book issued by the National War Garden Commission in Washington, D. C. provides tests for various phases of home canning. To obtain a copy, send two cents to pay posters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National War Garden Commission
Washington, D. C
Home Litter Notes Reveal Camp Life From Will Kellerhals
Private Will Kellerhals writes from Camp Pike Arkansas about life in the army. He describes daily routines inspections recalls and meals and notes soldiers will practice on a rifle range with the U S rifle caliber 20 model of 1917. He mentions warm southern weather and the value of letters from home to morale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Kellerhals
Camp Pike
Arkansas
U.S
Pvt
Look for Love in Everyday Interactions
A brief meditation on noticing affection in ordinary encounters. Seeing the lovable traits in others is described as a key to happiness and improved relationships. The piece encourages gentle attention and open-hearted perception.
Gen Arthur Currie Popular Canadian War Leader
A new photograph shows Gen Arthur Currie, commander of Canadian forces, drawing admiration from his troops for leadership and presence. Currie remains a central figure in Allied command and morale efforts.
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Arthur Currie
Beatty Memorial Service Set for Sunday Afternoon
Memorial services for Leon M. Beatty the first Washington county man to die in France will be held Sunday at 3 o clock in the Methodist church. Local pastors will deliver addresses with C A King directing music and many county residents expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon M. Beatty
Washington County
France
Methodist Church
J. M. Wishart
First United Presbyterian Church
G. l. Eaton
The
Christian Church
Frank A. Gageby
Presbyterian Church
Alfred H. Barker
Wellman
J. J. Pritchard
Lexington
C. A. King
Shipping three meals a day for democracy in war years
The piece likens wartime food aid to feeding laborers on a farm, noting America shipped more meat fats and cereals in 1917 18 than 1916 17 despite fewer hogs. Wheat and bushel figures rise, surplus consuming, and households adopt wheatless and meatless pledges while expanding global rations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
England
Workers For Democracy
Sculptors We Are Mastering Our Lives In Clay
Poem by Fannie Ethelbert Gilbert of Washington Iowa dated August 17 1918. It praises sculptors as molders of life and asks divine help to fashion lasting beauty and character in people. The piece closes with a hope for divine seal on art and heavenly form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Ethelbert Gilbert
Washington, Iowa
Local Groups Emphasize Exporting Food to Europe
Despite cultivating small plots to feed themselves, the communities have sacrificed their own meals to ship three meals to Europe, highlighting a shift in local resource allocation for external aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Village paper making in Hanoi suburb earns its name
The Village due Papier near Hanoi is named for its residents who craft paper from the bark of a mulberry tree along the Black River in Upper Tonkin. A Melbourne man humorously explains his woes over a romance by noting his wife shared his disappointment at not affording two pounds a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
France
Indo China
Due Papier
Hanoi
Black River
Upper
Tonkin
Melbourne
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Ray
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Hoover
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Journal Force
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Frank
London
Francis Barnoske
Zip
Journal
Graham Vriday
Hospital Auxiliary
UTS
Seale
John H. Finley
Education
University of the State of New York
Lycee Victor Duray
Paris
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Klein Klething Ko
Coleum
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