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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1918
Page
6
Mr and Mrs Wm Buntenbach and children express gratitude to friends and neighbors for their thoughtful sympathy and services during their recent bereavement.
Electrics New York is estimated to have 2,500 commercial electric vehicles. Chilengo Le and Philadelphia report 150 each in the latest survey.
Local briefs list shoppers and trades in small town life. Ads and notices mention rug stores Crail's and 692 Lyda Hellam chiropractor, various visits by residents to Des Moines Iowa City Davenport Keota Crawfordsville and Crawfordsville, births, travel, school events, and a letter from Cor poral Glenn Shuster of Company K 168th infantry.
A mix of society items and ads shows residents traveling visiting relatives and plan to travel for New Year. Mentions include Miss Marie Clifford in Sigourney Mrs Manton Hebner in Chicago and J L Fifer visiting Rock Island, plus Lieut F Masson at Camp Dodge and Sgt Homer A Davis's discharge. Also updates on Mrs George Simpson and baby Leatrice Iowa City visit and others returning home from West Chester Chicago. Advertisements promote Sand liver and kidney remedy and Sanol with local drugstore sales.
Secretary S J Kellogg announced isolation cards for homes of Merle Crayne William Simpkins Mrs George Reister L Fans ert Crone Karl Corbin C S Forter Harry Walker Charles Long J H Kelly Dewey Corbett James Barnett James Miller Mrs Fannie Orr Louis Winfield Ed Wylie Matt Darrah EB Nicholson Me Gill Miss Maude Limerman at M D Work home Rev M R Regan and Miss Snyder at hospital Mrs Clapper at J W Teeter home Harry Ward Jr at grandmother's Sam White quarantined for mumps All other homes released this week Nineteen new cases yesterday Four released yesterday Five new cases earlier reported. one hand counted at 2 pm Daily reports to the board to ensure quarantines.
Peterson resigns as rural carrier on route 3 and will move to Ainsworth to run a farm. He has bought 80 acres known as the Lewis Evans Place and has sold his five acre tracts southeast Washington to Ruyger with possession soon. Father of the Peterson family leaves Washington for better farming opportunities.
A brief notes daily bakery items at the Ideal bakery south of the Post Office. A marriage license has been issued to Harry E. Plummer and Leona Mae McFarland. Everett Patterson visited home for Christmas and left a friendly farewell as he resumes work in Columbus Nebraska. Mrs C B Jones and nephew Charles Moran from the Great Lakes Naval Training Station plan to arrive tonight and visit Mr and Mrs L B Patterson. The Rev M B Regan, ill with influenza at the county hospital, remains in the same condition as yesterday.
Hamburg notes a remarkable Christmas present a 400 acre farm given to Mr. and Mrs. Byron Hill. They had been living in Davenport while Hill worked at the government arsenal and studying at the State University of Iowa. The gift from Mrs. Hill's father, G B Carpenter, a prominent Iowa farmer, may lure away a skilled young man with a bright future.
Des Moines Dec 27 State Senator Clem F Kimball chairman of the legislature committee on entrenchment and reform said no action would be taken on the sub committee report about the expenditures of the Iowa commission to the Panama Pacific exposition. The panel turned the data over to the state executive council with other materials.
A fragment indicates concerns over expenditures labeled as belonging to the state historical department and questions where they should be categorized. The note suggests the funds were meant for the department. It reflects a debate over proper accounting and allocation.
Brightpon Herero reports Herman Spohn, a Rainbow Division veteran who arrived in New York after serving overseas since 1917. He wore a right sleeve cold chevron for a serious July wound and spent much time hospitalized, with letters censored but found highly interesting.
John visits his grandmother in the country and asks his mother to send new clothes after she notices he has few clean garments left. He immediately writes a letter asking for a ree enforcement of clean clothes.
The passage notes that tombs have long served as storage or display items and that ancient peoples including Greeks Egyptians Romans and Swiss lake dwellers used them in daily life. It mentions materials such as wood bone horn and ivory and that many specimens have been found in recent years.
A distinguished man of letters attends a reception where an Indies guest jokes he seems out of place. The hostess replies with a witty remark that he cannot talk anything but a bus roane language, sparking laughter.
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