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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1919
Page
3
Crowded Rock Island and Burlington lines mingle in a stove heated, poorly ventilated depot. The overcrowding and health hazards prompt calls for a new passenger station to serve Washington and protect public health.
After a quarantine delay the Victory Boys and Victory Girls campaign resumes in high schools to raise funds for United Welfare work. Each youth 12 to 20 must earn from one to five dollars without borrowing, with payments due by March first. County chair Miss Anna Dawson leads the girls. W St Huxford handles the boys. drives continue at McKee and St James schools.
The fragment notes Flubdub and his wife as collaborators in writing his novels. It paints him as lazy and hints the wife has taken the lead after her training, with an expectation she will handle most writing tasks going forward.
The Washington city council operates with four members after two vacancies from the deaths and relocations. Despite vacancies the council meets monthly in winter, handles influenza quarantine efforts, and Mayor Mauck is often away. City Clerk S. J. Kellogg oversees mayoral duties during absences as March elections will fill the vacancies.
A terse note indicates the item TP is located in the column labeled want in the PH section. The message is brief and uses compact phrasing to guide the search.
The 1918 births in Washington County numbered 418 up from 355 in 1917 as reports shifted to the county clerk from town assessors. The December births list 28 names with child and father details, residence, and birth dates, including Bowen Glen Robt and Hoover Jean Louise among others.
When kidneys are well they filter waste from blood. If sluggish they fail to clean blood and poisons lodge in joints causing aches. Foley Kidney Pills strengthen and act quickly to relieve kidney and bladder trouble. Lem mon's Pharmacy act.
Clyde Putnam and Will Patterson, among the Washington contingent at Camp Pike, have returned home after being mustered out. A train load of Iowa men was discharged at Camp Dodge, a plan replacing individual musters at distant camps. More Washington county men from Pike are due home soon via Camp Dodge. Lieut. Harry Palmgren, from Fort Sill, visited on leave and plans to proceed to Kansas City for his discharge.
Dr and Mrs A M Cowden received a letter from Dr Robert E Speer secretary of the foreign mission board of the Presbyterian church enclosing Christmas greetings cabled to the board from Miss Margaret Cowden and Miss Johnson missionaries at Hamadan Persia The message confirms the missionaries are safe and well The last letter from Miss Cowden to her parents was written four months ago
The board of health reports six new influenza cases including A. W. Ward and a case at Mrs. Nellie Edwards home. Six homes are released from quarantine including S. A. Doran Harry Humble Harry Ward Jr and Mrs. Robert Lowe.
Mrs M A Hardin died New Year’s Day about 3 15 p m at her daughter Mrs Florence Lewis home in Oskaloosa Iowa She was born Margaret Wilson in Sussex County New Jersey Married to Mark A Hardin they lived in Muscatine and Ainsworth before moving to Washington where Mr Hardin died in 1912 She was a devoted Baptist and Christian woman who spent her later years with her children in nothern Washington county and was buried in Ainsworth after funeral services this morning
Funeral services for Miss Vera Taylor daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Taylor will be held at Miller chapel at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon conducted by Dr. J. A. Glendinning. Burial will be in Elm Grove cemetery in Des Moines.
The Priscilla club will meet with Mrs Orenthelwick at 704 N. Marion Ave on Tuesday afternoon at 2 20. The Methodist Choir with 513 members rehearses this evening at 7 20. All members are urged to attend to outline a higher standard of musical program. C A King director.
Cold snap continues with the thermometer at 17.5 degrees below zero, four and a half degrees colder than last night. No reports of heat illness reached the police station as of press time this afternoon, with no sign of a warming trend.
Detroit reports the Fort Motor company directors declared a 200 percent dividend at their December 31 meeting. The payout totals 4 million dollars to seven shareholders, payable fully January 1 and February 1. Also, Friedrich Wilhelm Hohenzellern, held here in exile at Wierengen, attempted an escape but was unsuccessful.
Popular Mechanics suggests treating leaking fountain pens by applying heavy oil to the joints. Soak in warm water, dry, then oil the spindle and bearings, work the lubricant through, refill, and wipe away excess for a better seal.
A historical note describes the lobster shell pigment produced by the true skin. It states the shell contains a black or bluish pigment that blends with calcareous matter secreted after each molt. The pigment appears red in water at 112 degrees.
A reflective aphorism about professional life and growth noting that every rising figure meets sorrow along their path, credited to Bayne.
In Chicago at the Hotel LaSalle more than 200 draft-board representatives heard U S selective service inspector W J O Kelliher pledge relentless prosecution of deserters and delinquents. He said the federal government will trace and punish all who evaded military service, with boards compiling full records to be turned to U S attorneys. Next week southern Illinois boards meet in Springfield, with a dinner honoring Maj Gen Enoch H Crowder.
NONONGAHELA OUT OF BANKS Brownsville Pa Jan t The Monongahela River reached 41 feet nine inches flooding the business district. With 400 dwellings and business houses submerged residents fled to upper floors and were rescued by boats as the flood rose rapidly, marking Brownsville's worst in years.
The Minnesota railroad and warehouse commission denied the Tristate Telephone and Telegraph Co and Northwestern Telephone Exchange Co request for higher state rates. They argued higher wages justified an increase, but the commission ruled wage hikes could occur without raising rates.
In Washington, Charles 8 Piex testified before a senate inquiry that the Hog Island shipyard celebration cost 848000 to stage. The event at Philadelphia featured the president and Mrs Wilson as guests of honor at the launch of the first ship last summer. Meanwhile in Amsterdam William Hohenzollern, former German emperor, remains confined to his room with high fever and severe cold, according to a telegram from Amersfoort.
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