Historic walnut desk to be replaced in county clerk's office
An old walnut desk and counter once used by Captain Teller, deputy county clerk for over forty years, are being replaced by steel furniture in the county clerk's office. The relics, dating back fifty to sixty years, come from the old court house and Temple building, with origins and makers largely unknown.
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Washington Ounty
Edna Purvis
Teller
Temple Building
Court House
Personal Checking Accounts and Bank Credit For Youth
A fragmented discussion urges every young man to have a personal checking account or a wage warrant to ready himself for future business opportunities. It argues Hank as an example of advantage and questions who is better equipped to extend bank credit under changing conditions.
End of Exemption Board Work Ends at County Office
The exemption board duties are finished and records are filed away in the vault. Auditor A L Griffith and deputies, Sheriff McCarty, and Dr A Boice formerly spent much time on the board. With the work concluded, the office can return to normal duties and the auditor gains evenings free this winter.
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A.L. Griffith
McCarty
A. Boice
Letter of Thanks From France for Cedar Knitters Aid
Mrs Charles Cherry receives a France letter of thanks for money sent via Cedar Township knitters to aid a French orphan. The message from November 6 1918 praises the women’s generosity and care, noting the funds will render great service and expressing sincere gratitude from Alexandere Labour ech Nantes France.
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Charles Cherry
France
Knitters
Cedar Township
Cherry
Names
Alexandere Labourech
Vannes
Nantes
Civil Engineer George M Walker Dies After Pneumonia
George M Walker a Kansas City Terminal Company civil engineer died of pneumonia at his daughter Mrs J D Kenyon's Salina home. A Civil War veteran aged 89 he built the old Union Depot and many yards for the company. Surviving are his wife Mrs McCall's sister and four sons plus grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Kansas City
George M. Walker
R. T. McCall
Kansas City Terminal Company
Walker
Union Depot
Butler County
Pennsylvania
John Walker
Kenyon
Hamilton
Chicago
George M. Walker, Jr
Windsor Avenue
William E. Walker
Minneapolis
J. H. Walker
O. D. Walker
Salina
Erande
Erandehildren
Y M C A Reform Abroad Shapes Postwar Plan
The Red Triangle honors volunteers who stayed stateside and not sent overseas with discharge certificates. National War Work Council says Y M C A will shift from general secretaries to specialists and leaders, trimming posts as troops return from Europe. Educational work for occupation forces will grow under a broader Red Triangle program.
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Red Triangle Organization
National War Work Council
War Department
Young Men's Christian Association
Great Britain
France
Community Y M C A Idea Spreads in Iowa Towns
The Community Y M C A concept gains traction across Iowa with leaders F H T Ritchie and Harry Goodrich visiting Washington to discuss community secretaries and local board plans. Cities like Marshalltown Oskaloosa Fort Madison Red Oak and Otoe are evaluating the model expanding beyond building-centered work.
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Washington
Iowa
F. H. T. Ritchie
International Boys
Harry Goodrich
Flaxford
Goodrich
North America
Ritchie
Fort Madison
Red Oak
Licely
Tea towels sent to Des Moines soldiers at Camp Dodge
The Hospital Auxiliary sponsored another shipment of 106 kitchen towels for the soldiers at Camp Dodge. Mrs. J B Crail led the drive with many donors from West Chester Crawfordsville Le Foch Society Glendale Red Cross and Embroidery Club contributing towels and a few jars of jelly.
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Camp Dodge
Hospital Auxiliary
J. B. Crail
Auxiliary
John Tucker
Lloyd Lytle
Rowan
Fitzwilliams
Donaldson
Grace Donaldson
Whelan
Minner
Null
Anderson
Todd
Lettle Brinning
Whittaker
Wilson
Gault
Glendale Red Cross Helpers
Embroidery Club
South of
Washington
A. B. Neiswanger
Kidney Pills Help Stop Rheumatic Aches, Albany Man Says
W H Frear of 63 Myrtle Ave Albany New York reports kidney pills from Lemmon's Pharmacy relieved his run down condition and rheumatic aches after trying Foley's Kidney Pills. He offers his name for use.
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W. H. Frear
Myrtle Ave
Albany
N.Y
Foley
Lemmon
Advet
Funeral service for Wilber Miller held with Masonic order
The funeral of the late Wilber Miller will be Thursday at 2 PM. The home service is private. A Knight Templar escort will accompany the body to Elm Grove cemetery for a short Masonic service led by Llue Lodge with officers McElthinney Langworthy and Langworthy serving in acting W M capacities.
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Wilber Miller
Knight Templar
Elm Grove Cemetery
Llue Lodge
J. S&s
Haskins Presbyterian Church to Reopen Sunday
The Haskins Presbyterian church will reopen Sunday December 22 with a Christmas sermon. Pastor Eldridge Wallin invites a large congregation as flu dangers lessen. Sunday evening lecture titled A Close Suave.
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Haskins Presbyterian Church
Eldridge Wallin
Secretaries Converge for Centerville Meeting Tomorrow
From kaloosa Marshalltown and Burling ton they travel to Centerville where a gathering of all town community secretaries will be held. Mr Huxford plans to attend and is praised for his Washington start as quarantine limits his outside work while he builds records and organizes for an upcoming campaign.
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Kaloosa
Marshalltown
Burlington
Centerville
Huxford
Washington
Deaths in Action Most All Reported
General Pershing cabled the War Department that complete reports of deaths in action among the expeditionary forces should reach by December 20 and of severely wounded by December 27. He gave a breakdown of unreported casualties as of December 14 totaling 40 440 with categories including killed in action 390 died of wounds 275 died of disease 58 accidentally killed 51 and severely wounded in action 29 371. Duplication in central records would not reduce the overall total.
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Washington
Pershing
War Department
Department
Central Records Office
Tenovance Quietly Transforms Intel Through Interim Security State
In a cryptic report, Tenovance moves Intel through an intermediate security phase as day transitions to night across Oilight and Vole ridge, signaling a controlled access sequence. The description implies staged protection and a monitored handoff between phases.
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Tenovance
Oilight
Voleridge
Pain Kept Him Awake Nights Ad for Foley Kidney Pills
J. W. Peek of Coraopolis Pa reports severe pain that kept him from lying down at night after trying three doctors. Three weeks ago he began Foley Kidney Pills and notes a wonderful improvement. Ad promoting Foley Kidney Pills for kidneys bladder trouble backache and rheumatism from Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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J. W. . Peek
Coraopolis
Foley
Lemmon’'s
Advt
Negro Troops From Camp Dodge Honored for Valor
A press clipping praises the 366th infantry from Camp Dodge and the Ninety-second division in France. Officers from Port Des Moines training school led the units with personnel from Iowa Minnesota Illinois the Dakotas and Alabama. Lieutenant Rush wounded mortally in Metz fighting died November 19. Lieutenant Lindsey and Lieutenant Brooks of Des Moines were seriously injured.
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Des Moines
366Th
Camp Dodge
FE. R. Hail
State House
866Th
Port Des Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
Ilinois
Dakotas
Alabama
Rush
J. 2B
Metz
Lindsey
Brooks
France
167Th Brigade of Field Artillery
Black soldiers fight on with Ninety-second Buffaloes regiments
The article lists the fighting units including the Ninety-second division known as the Buffaloes, the 267th 365th and 66th infantry regiments, and the 167th field artillery brigade with the 349th 350th 351st regiments and the 317th trench mortar battery.
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Ninety-second
267Th
167Th Brigade
Horace Boies Celebrates 91st Birthday in California
Waterloo reports Horace Boies former Iowa governor celebrated his ninety first birthday December 7 at his winter home in Long Beach California. The event was welcomed by emails and letters from John G. Spellman Iowa Society president John F. Rogers and I A Dawson among others in Iowa politics.
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Waterloo
Horace Boies
Iowa
Longeach
Cal
John G. Spellman
Iowa Society
John F. Rogers
Cut This Out It Is Worth Money Advertisement
A vintage ad invites readers to mail in a slip to Foley & Co. in Chicago Illinois to receive a trial package of Foley remedies including Stoney and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets from Lemmon's Pharmacy. The notice emphasizes coughs colds and croup and uses a direct marketing tone.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Foley
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Three Little Maids and Pha Sextet Serenade Weddings
A playful anecdote from Roller Monthly tells of two brides married to myste cians. One bride, with a year of marriage, pushes a triple baby carriage while her husband’s orchestra serenades with Three Little Maids from The Mikado. The second bride, newly wed, hears Tom’s friends perform Pha Sextet from Lucia, prompting a stunned reaction.
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Tom
Pha
Roller Monthly
Canals in Sponges Describe Continuous Water Flow
Sponges possess a canal system and a continual unidirectional current of water passing through. This water flow is driven by peculiar cells unique to sponges, whose exact function remains undiscovered in higher animals. Sponges rely entirely on this water current for life.
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Frank L. Wilson & Co
Iowa Avenue
Hank
Worden
Washington National
Washington County
Federal Eserve
John Alex Yount
Charles «. Ceneenenem
Harvey & Young
Donald C. Hell
Trobert Noonan
Louis Piter
Ass’t
John Alex Young
J. Cunningham
Chas
J. Wilson Fe K T. Wickham
Wm. A. Cook
Draft Board
CN Parts
Radio Ihatcompe
Meyer Ros
Drua Co
St, Louis
WDER
Kiss Weidege Ceram
Kansas
CITY
Nue
Mr. Walker
11Th
Kansas Volunteers
Warren Cash Grocery
The
Coffee Store
Pranceh
PDE National Work
Wastington
OWA
Oskaloosa
Board of Management
Comipe
Mr. Goodrich
Toone
Hospital Auniliary
H. A. White
Ainsworth
Phone Journal
Oliver
J. D. Dayton
West Cheater
Holl
Fred N. Anderson
Eli Jackson
Missouri Farms
Rippley
Tutler County
Lonie Hering
Naylor
Missouri
West
Monroe
Frank Frazier
Plymouth Rocks
Dottes
Bram Stewart
John A
Arthur Therion
W. M. M. Darbyshire
Journal Ofice
North 6Th Ave
Boyd Berdo
Rhode Island Red Roosters
Rodemaker
Haskins Mutual
SOG
J. D. Patterson
Kalona
Rt. 2
Journal Office
No. 4
School House
C. W. Stewart
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