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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1919
Page
7
Brief notices from Washington County recount marriages births and deaths, with short items about residents moving or changing status. The notes include updates on local families and community members through a compact, society-page style summary.
Harvest notes show Lester Been blossom hauling hay after a Walton sale. Ora Jarrard bought hogs from L C Beenblossom for butchering and plans to move to the C McKinzie farm near Coppock. Donald Tucker rents Walton place for next year while Karl Salterberg buys a gift at Hayes sale. William Salterberg and Wilber Been blossom recover from illness as Mr and Mrs George Johnson tour Washington. roads are dragged and cars run on the improved routes.
Farmer McFadden of Washington visited Crawfordsville yesterday. Mr and Mrs W K Marsh of Winfield arrived for a brief visit with friends. Eugene Brent of Columbus Junction spent the day in town. Mr and Mrs Clarence Younger hosted Thursday evening with friends.
Lena Rath died at the state hospital in Mt. Pleasant after treatment. Born October 6, 1851, she was 67. She came to Riverside with husband and family from Davenport over thirty years ago. Survived by eleven children, twenty two grandchildren and several great grandchildren. interment in Davenport beside her husband.
Kokomo Jones, age 38, the oldest private from Iowa in the American Expeditionary Force, came home after over a year of service with his son Phil in Company K 168th Infantry Rainbow division. He earned fame as the camp cook famed for pancake feats and recalls shared dangers from Lorraine to the Argonne.
From Our Exchanges notes a missing thirty six pints of a beverage prompting remarks on costs, while Washington county faces a charity quota for Armenia Syria and the near east with little progress. Local towns discuss water works, dred flu caution, bank job change, and moves of families to Washington.
Philadelphia, February 1. Women passengers in tight skirts have delayed train stops by an average of seventeen seconds at stations on the Pennsylvania railroad. Management cites fashion as affecting punctuality and warns local train running times may be lengthened unless styles change.
In Paris a prominent American in the Paris colony says at least 200000 U S soldiers will stay in France. The reason: many wish to marry French women and others are charmed by French life and see opportunities for American energy.
Resolutions praise the federal investigation of the packing industry and call for laws to level competition among packers. They back Kendrick bill principles, curb misleading grain and livestock stats, push for coordinated Iowa agriculture, rail and market reforms, and government control of stockyards.
Lieut. George Phelps Leggett from Fairfield Iowa died at Ream field near San Diego after he fell 500 feet in a scout plane following a collision with Lieut. J R Doolittle during combat flying practice. Doolittle survived by expert piloting as his aircraft’s chassis was torn loose.
A sailor was smashed and fell on soft sand by the ocean shore. His body will be shipped home for burial.
Reports from London say Turkish forces joined by Tartars and German troops attack Armenian villages. Fear grows for more atrocities as relief efforts lag. Unofficial Armenian Bureau notes indicate about 29 000 killed or slain amid the Bakan massacre and surrounding actions.
The report notes a slaughtered animal event in Bakau and nearby regions with brief mention of the surrounding area and implications for local markets.
William Collinson of Chariton has been named to the state board of highway commissioners by Governor Harding to succeed H. C. Beard of Mount Ayr. Mrs. Beard becomes assistant federal district attorney.
Helsingfors, capital of Finland, ranks among Europe's youngest capitals, founded just over a century after Czar Alexander I moved the seat from Abo after annexing the grand duchy to Russia. The decision stemmed from a belief Abo lay too close to Sweden.
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