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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1919
Page
3
An officer urges saving with four plan options. Regular certificates offer 6 9 or 12 month terms at 4 percent interest. Regular savings accounts with pass books open anytime from 1.00 upwards, 4 percent compounded semiannually. Self recording savings, plus Christmas savings with twelve classes from 1 cent up to fit all.
Ed Angstead, superintendent for Henkel and Brown, says favorable weather could finish brick work and place outside walls by March. The second floor walls rise, with brick layers and cement crews operating daily. four to five weather days lost. Heating bricks and mortar enables winter progress. The gymnasium area will be enclosed with a poured cement auditorium floor atop the gym. A September completion for use by the school district is plausible, based on a prior Eldora project.
A fragment quotes Uncle Eulen remarking on a man who enjoys his own voice, noting the speaker often appears poor or untrustworthy. The distorted phrasing suggests dialect or OCR error, leaving the exact meaning uncertain.
Vern Sigler former cashier of Fidelity Trust Company and assistant cashier of Washington National Bank is named director and treasurer of the merged Fidelity First and Second Mortgage Corporation of Iowa. The Des Moines offices will specialize in farm loans and hold a bond department for municipal and school financing. Joe H. Allen of Poeshontas serves as president and Harry H. Buck as secretary.
J R Davis Lieut Colonl of the 15th Field Artillery American Expeditionary Forces France writes unofficially about Dodge cars. He states he is not in the Supply Division and had no role in purchase or issue. He describes using one car for months under severe field conditions and praises its durability on varied roads and weather.
The note directs readers to the want column for the sought item, implying a listed notice or advertisement. The exact description or the item is not provided, but the hint indicates where interested parties should look to claim or respond.
The First Presbyterian session calls a congregational meeting for next Wednesday at 7 30 p m to vote on extending a unanimous call to Rev R Oates. He preached here December 29 and January 5 and plans to begin his pastorate on the first Sunday in February if accepted.
Sufferers from kidney trouble endure backache and rheumatic pains. E. W. Kitt of Shorters Alabama reports relief after using Foley Kidney Pills for restless nights and pains in the back and side. Lemmon's Pharmacy advertises the remedy.
Brighton and Washington high schools clash at 8 15 PM in the Commercial club gymnasium opening the local schedule. Brighton seeks a win while local team aims to start with a victory. Admission 25 cents referee Drew Crow. north entrance. large crowd expected.
At a board of supervisors meeting the Wellman Advance was designated as one of the official county papers for the year. Editor Coffey submitted sworn statements showing 545 county subscribers. The Brighton Enterprise had 414 subscribers. The three county papers are the Advance, Washington Democrat, and Washington Journal.
A typographical error in yesterday’s Journal misstated the total tax to be collected by the county treasurer. The correct sum is $600,187.26, not $553,607.01, while the per precinct table should read $553,607.01 instead of $558,607.61. The figures were copied from the abstract and set in type, but slug misplacement during proof correction caused the error.
The Good Times club gathered yesterday at Miss Metta Nelson's home for a comfort making project for French refugees. Sixteen members attended, and Glenn Eldredee hosted a birthday party for his fifteenth with about twenty four younger guests.
A brief note suggests that when one service discovers others become easy to handle, optimism can grow. It frames learning from initial success as a path to broader capability and confidence across operations.
Announcements list regular meetings for Rebekahs and Woodmen of the World with election notices and dues. Fortnightly club chapters schedule weekly and monthly gatherings at homes or stores with calls for attendance and promptness. Citizens urged to attend and participate in upcoming elections and program events.
Paris reports the week ending January 8 saw 26,980 American troops depart France for the United States. Homeward bound contingents numbered 25,797 men. The total troops returned to the U.S. reached 178,104, including 13,515 officers and 13,188 enlisted men.
Paris January reports President Wilson indefinitely postpones a low visit to invaded French regions to remain engaged with peace conference work in Paris. The item notes Miss Lillian Birney, a Washington leader among war workers, and Captain B M Pinketaedt of Cleveland among those contributing to the war effort.
New York reports the Beigic arrived from Brest with over 3,000 American expeditionary force soldiers, including 36 officers and 2,136 men of the Forty ninth regular infantry led by Col. L. C. Palmer. The group includes headquarters and medical detachments plus First and Second battalions. Newport News also received battleships Virginia and Rhode Island with 2,000 troops from France.
Wireless O S signals reported from the steamer Ansabra Tyre in distress with wrecked steering gear. The ship lay about 175 miles southeast of Nantucket in latitude 49 8 degrees 23 minutes and longitude 4 degrees. Assistance dispatched from the Philadelphia wave district.
More than 1,000 delegates representing Ukrainians in the United States and Canada met in New York to organize efforts against Bolshevist influence in America and Europe and to Americanize 1,000,100 Ukrainians. Rev N Pid herecki said the convention ended due to alarming Bolshevism spread and urged Ukrainians to become better Americans. Washington, Jan 17, the Senate unanimously passed a bill designating Roosevelt National Park in the California redwood district, now to go to the House.
Washington announces the next war loan will be called the Victory Liberty loan. Secretary Gilese states the exact date has not yet been set and no bonds have been sold.
Dr Morris Zucker a Brooklyn dentist was found guilty by a federal jury on four counts of violating the espionage act for making seditious remarks at a Socialist meeting in Brooklyn He faces up to eighty years in prison upon sentencing by federal authorities.
Oncar F. Crosby has resigned as the United States finance commissioner in Europe. Secretary Ginas will accept the resignation. Crosby intends to stay in Europe to advise American peace delegates on financial questions. Report mentions Czech border tensions near Bavaria with Trogan troops a few yards away.
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