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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1919
Page
8
Local notices report V. V. Lemley visiting Davenport and Miss Willa Gibson returning from Clarion and Cedar Falls. Closing sale continues through January due to flu and bad roads. Chemist Lyda Hellam advertises chiropractic services. Mrs. Casper Smith and family travel to Floris after a death.. multiple ads refer to stores, buying hides and rugs, and a Mason picture display.
Real brood sows, quality and breeding attend the county home sale on January 10. Ad text promotes Sanol kidney and bladder relief with a guaranteed remedy sold at Lemmon's Pharmacy frame.
Citizens visit Ames Verdi Allerton Coppock Crawfordsville Fairfield and Ainsworth towns as ads and notices circulate. The Jones Auto Company moves into new quarters and a Copack sow sale is announced for Friday January 10. Rheuma drug sale touted with money back guarantee.
Mrs Howard Stewart and children return to Ainsworth after attending the Morton Gardner wedding. Miss Junia Chalmers travels to Rossie Iowa to resume teaching after influenza quarantine. A L Young returns from Waterloo. Mrs Young visits longer. Earl O Connor returns to Camp Dodge after a six day furlough with the O Connor family near Haskins. Victory Boys of Highland township raise 78 80 for War Work Fund with about thirty contributors. J M Nicholson chairs. Subscribe to magazines through Nita Belle McKoon agent. Advertisement promotes Sand tonic for backache and kidneys at 50c. Mr and Mrs W J Taylor return from Des Moines after daughter Vera Taylor’s illness and death. they attend funeral with cousins Mrs Cahill and Miss Ida Cahill. County owns and sells everything at auction January tenth. 65 immune Chester White bred sows.
Subscriptions and club arrangements offered by Nita Belle McKoon agent. Call 59 Red after 6:30 p m or write in care of the Journal.
Mr. and Mrs. James Miller report their sons Richard and Barclay are serving overseas. Richard writes from the Toul Metz area and Barclay from Mersch Luxembourg. Both are well and making the most of army experiences.
A reflective note compares life to a stack of 365 glass panes. Removing the first pane lets us see clearly for that day, while keeping all days stacked yields darkness. Each morning we must face the day one at a time to fulfill duties and responsibilities.
A Seattle Post Intelligencer reflection notes that no aphorism fits every instance and that while many writers honor their mothers, no expression matches one’s personal image of maternal virtue. The piece then questions how familiarity shapes the mother son bond.
A youth at a Pennsylvania religious gathering prayed for red hair to become a fierce fighter against the Kaiser. He described his yellowish hair as no color and echoed ideas that auburn hair could rattle Prussians faster than chocolate-haired soldiers.
Notice informs Daversport Democrat subscribers that papers are not arriving and requests call to 772 Blue the same evening about delivery issue attributed to J B Eckerman.
The Paris Medical argues teeth cause of ailments blamed on tuberculosis. Baude urges checking enlarged neck glands and treating dental issues first before blaming tubercle bacilli, insisting teeth care is essential to any treatment.
A guide urges daily effort to cut fat through hard work and self discipline. It recommends a five mile daily walk for healthy conditioning and suggests tense baths as helpful for many girls who complain of tired feelings.
A new underwater electromagnet in Japan promises to aid salvage operations after the war by locating sunken ships, enabling recovery of wrecks from a large sea.
A wife recalls attending a mammoth case and laughs about where to store the newly purchased object. The exchange centers on practical concerns and domestic humor.
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