Comings and Goings in Washington County Briefs
Notices from Washington County detail personals births and deaths in a concise roundup. The column lists new arrivals and standout life events, naming residents and local families.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1919
Page
7
Notices from Washington County detail personals births and deaths in a concise roundup. The column lists new arrivals and standout life events, naming residents and local families.
Henry Hahn and his bride from Chicago return after their Saturday ceremony while the new Mrs. Hahn is formerly Mrs. M. Barnes. Local residents visit, travel, and recover from injuries as families welcome arrivals and honor veterans discharged from service in France.
Article recalls France losing about half its army in World War I, with 1.5 million killed and a similar number wounded, praising American gratitude. It then promotes Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy by Geo H. Mayr, claiming it cures digestive ailments and inflammation, with Lemmer’s Pharmacy selling it.
A collection of small items reports Cecil Amatong’s return and discharges, farm rentals near Wellman, travel to Bloomington for a son’s flu, workers and visitors including Haller and Ashby, Roy Gardner renting the Coffey place, and local social events at Grace Hill with the Pleasant birthday club. Updates cover farm moves, basketball practice, a charity sale, and letters from Rhea Porter in France.
Newport News Virginia February 7 twelve enlisted men who arrived as stowaways and were held as prisoners will depart for France aboard the Aeolus. They face court martial on charges of desertion upon France.
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