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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1918
Page
3
Superintendent Calvin J. Smith announces Washington schools will reopen Monday at nine o'clock under health rules. Nurse Altha White will be on duty full time for the remainder of the year. Teachers notified. many will return despite illness and flu fears.
The first American minister to France under the Confederation was Thomas Jefferson during the revolution. After the Constitution, William Short served as envoy and Gouveneur Morris followed as minister, marking early U S representation in France.
A tentative January 11 date is set for a county convention at the courthouse to elect a county superintendent of schools to succeed the late Katherine Stichter. The process involves 27 township boards with delegates and a prior meeting of sub district presidents to select attending delegates. Two local high school teachers are named as possible candidates amid a likely lively campaign.
Mrs L A Dring ard of Jefferson City reports rapid relief from stomach trouble and fatigue after starting Chamberlains Tablets. She notes improvement within a week and credits the product for a steady lift in wellbeing. The testimony appears in an ad from Lemmon's Drug Store.
The Graham Theatre reopens with Wallace Reid in The Source of Life as the first Paramount feature tonight. Tomorrow sees The Biggest Show on Earth with Enid Bennett. Saturday offers A Wire Book with W B Patton in a comedy leading role. Advance sale starts at Lemmons at 25 50 and 75 cents. Youll like it.
The Graham Theater drew a sparse audience at its first post quarantine show with only alternate rows filled. The feature Borrowed Mothes starred Mildred Harris, now Mrs. Charley Chaplin, with strong entertainment value despite the limited seating.
Washington endured a notably quiet Christmas with churches and a few public gatherings limited by health rules. Only St James church services and a Graham Theatre showing occurred, while Catholic Mass attendance was dampened by weather. Good Fellows distributed seventy Christmas dinner baskets despite heavy snow and poor roads.
Corporal Everette Peck writes from Frenses France to his parents about moving with the 2nd division, trains in France, and Germans being turned in. He notes a transfer to Company B 111th MG Battalion and asks after the weather back home while reporting he still feels well.
The War Department lists the Forty second Rainbow division at Merach Luxemburg the Thirty fourth Sandstorm at Le Mans France and the Eighty eighth Hunhuskers at Ligny France as of Nov 2 from the American army. Maj Gen Rhodes moves to command the Thirty fourth with Maj Gen Flagler replacing him. Other changes include transfers or appointments across divisions.
The health board adopted an influenza rule barring nurses from entering homes other than their own and restricting hospital visitations without a permit. Forty cases released this week. thirty-five new cases, total 43 in town. Schools reopen next week, churches resume services, and theaters operate under health restrictions.
A short thank you note to friends and the Journal for Christmas and other kindnesses from Sol Allen and family.
The Thompson family expresses heartfelt thanks to friends for sympathy and kindness after the death of Miss Ruby Thompson, signed M. W. Thompson and Family.
The family of Samuel Anderson extends sincere thanks to friends for sympathy and help and for the beautiful flowers sent at the time of his death. Mrs. Samuel Anderson and Family.
The Rev. M. R. Regania was reported at the county hospital today with a very slight improvement in condition.
Snow disrupted service across Burlington and Rock Island lines leaving Crawfordsville and Havre cut off for two days. Trains resumed with delays easing today while zero temperatures linger and residents hope for preserved snow.
The Piest UL PL cheech chair will meet Thursday evening at 7 15 at the church. Persons with library books are asked to hold them until further notice.
Mr and Mrs August F Schmitt of Keota spent last night in town with Mr Schmitt leaving for Camp Fuoston Kan Mrs Schmitt returning home Miss Lena McCulley returned home at Winfield after Christmas with grandmother Mrs J P Mc Culley and aunt Miss Artie Mc Culley Mrs Kate Burris Hansen and daughter Louise Francina visiting at Mrs Owen Williamson and to visit Hansons relatives in Illinois then Spokane Wash Mr and Mrs F D Franklin and children Daisy and Donald moving from Crawfordsville for one week
Miss Mildred Morton hosted a 11 o'clock breakfast on West Jefferson Street marking an early social event after influenza quarantine lifts. Twenty guests, holly decor, American flag place cards, heart candy favors, and snapshots announced Miss Helen Morton and Mr Wade Gardner with January 1 1919.
Mrs. S M McCleery entertained yesterday at noon with a four course turkey dinner and all the trimmings. Guests included members of the Howard McCleery Nicola and Harmon families for a pleasant family gathering.
Funeral services for Samuel Anderson were held on Tuesday with mourners attending the Anderson family and local community members. The service covered by local notices reflected a quiet gathering at the family church with interment to follow.
Funeral services for Miss Ruby Thompson occurred Monday afternoon at the Miller chapel with Rev. W G Robb and Rev W C Alle officiating. Pallbearers included Margaret Godfrey Elizabeth Lewin Ella Simpson Helen Wyte Mary Marshall of Chicago and Mrs Lege lie E Griffith. Burial followed at Bina Grove.
The passage asserts pottery as the oldest and most widespread human art, tracing its origins to ancient civilizations and noting that all cultures practice the craft. It claims Egyptian pottery is among the oldest and links pottery history to ancient floods and early human civilization.
A Totland dish, prepared in the style of a Spaniard’s October campfire meal, recalls a historic exile by the Hike landers. The stew resembles a Northwest mulligan with pepper and crab meat dumplings, blending regional flavors.
The Cardiff Western Mail notes that inscriptions in a Salop churchyard resemble fake lines. It cites Elizabeth Barklambh who died on May 21 1707 at age seventy five and Richard Barklambh dated January 2 1806 at age eighty four, but questions the authorship and authenticity of these verses.
The essay predicts universal water charges as electricity use grows for homes and businesses. It warns of higher costs and argues a water tax could be imposed on any person asking for a drink. The piece frames electricity expansion as driving a need for water taxation.
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