Neighborhood News Briefs From Washington County
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1919
Page
7
Coppock Community Notes of Local Visits and Moves
Coppock residents share Sunday visits with relatives including Edwin Leeper and children at Fred Cold home Everette Weaver named new clerk at E J Frey store updates on Mrs Clarence Van Winkles health and a string of family calls at various homes Carrie Alers returns to her parents after work at Earl Frey home movements include Elmer Reischley moving to Wayland and Henderson Brooks moving to Coppock with other local relocations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Myall
Ben Davison
Carrie Alers
Earl Frey
J. Q. Alers
Clarence Brown
Coppock
Elmer Reischley
Fesley
Wayland
Henderson Brooks
Riverside Notes From Town Scenes and People
Riverside items report J L Deutsch selling his restaurant to John Colbert with possession Feb 1. Edward Florang arrives after his father Felix Florang’s death in Timber Lake SD. Esther Swift returns from Chicago and Muscatine visits. Margaret Schnoebelen ill after paralytic stroke but improving. Parcel post sale at Wilkinson drug store nets over 25 dollars. T L Hawthorn returns from Muscatine and Nichols visit. Ray Walton Gauchier Lucile Davenport visiting A Walton family. Helen Shradel home from Brown's Business College Muscatine. Chet Cress of North Liberty visits Mary Iden. Arch Smith visits from Muscatine to Emma Hawthorne. Matilda Lintz of Iowa City visits mother Mrs Albert Lintz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Allen W. R. C
Wilkinson Drug Sttore
T. L. Hawthorn
Muscatine
Nichols
Ray Walton
Gauchier
Lucile
Davenport
A. Walton
Helen Shradel
Brown's Business College
Chet Cress
North Liberty
Mary Iden
Arch Smith
Emma Hawthorne
Matilda Lintz
Iowa City
Albert Lintz
Kalona Notes Include Y M C A Visit and Weddings
Local items report Mrs. R D Rogers visiting Iowa City while Dewitt Beck explored Kalona for a possible Y M C A building. Four weeks of evangelistic meetings closed with several confessions and Miss Saylor plans an Oxford meeting next week. FE M Arnold of Clarkson Nebraska visited family. Noah Beer returned from service and plans to teach in Solon. Miss Bosse Nickerson and Alfred Faulkner wed in Muscatine. Randell restaurant bought by Rollin Peterseim and will move to a new home near Osceola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
R. D. Rogers
Iowa City
Dewitt Beck
Des Moines
Muscatine Thursay
M. KE. Parsonage
Smith
Rollin Peterseim
Randell
Randell’s
Oskaloosa
Crawfordsville Social and Personal Notes
H D Sommer visited Washington yesterday. Maud Simmerman returned to Washington after a Sabbath visit here. Mrs D B Twinam spent the day in Burlington. Ralph Borman returned home yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
H. D. Sommer
Washington
Maud Simmerman
D. B. Twinam
Burlington
Ralph Borman
Local Movements and Birth Announced in Burlington
A string of regional notices lists R. B. Dix visiting Burlington, Rev. P. H. Hayley leaving for Fresno for February, Lieut. and Mrs. Edw Ruppelt returning to Steam Boat Rock, Iowa, after visiting the Maxwell home. The Misses Freda White and Wilma Lease came home from a Sabbath at the Fred Franklin home in Washington. A daughter Eleanor May Willson was born January 6 to Mr and Mrs Willson of Tucson Arizona, Mrs Willson formerly Cecil Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dix
Burlington
P. H. Hayley
Fresno
Cal
Edw. Ruppelt
Steamboat Rock
F. J. Maxwell
Freda White
Wilma Lease
Fred Franklin
Washington
Eleanor May Willson
Riverside Pioneer Felix Florang Buried in Riverside
Felix Florang born in Germany in 1839 died Saturday at his Riverside home after pneumonia. Funeral services were held at St Marys church with burial at Mt Olivet Cemetery. He married Francis Soukup in 1863 and leaves three sons Joseph Frank Edward and a daughter Mary Prymek and two brothers Fa and Dave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Felix Florang
Mother Earth
Mt. Olivet
St. Mary's Church
Germany
Europe
America
Washington County
Francis Soukup
Florang
Here
Joseph
Frank
Mary Prymek
Hichland Township
Edward
Timber Lake
Sin
Dave
Iowa World War History Planned for Publication
Des Moines report that a complete history of Iowa's World War activities will be published soon through the agency of Lieut. Col. Frank E. K. Lyman, assistant to the adjutant general, with Lyman having written the work for C. S. Walker of the chamber of military.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Frank EK. Lyman
Lyman
C. S. Walker
Chamber of Military
Affairs committee reports on last year's military recruiting work
The affairs committee presents an exhaustive report detailing the actual military recruiting work conducted over the past year. It outlines efforts, metrics, and outcomes across recruiting stations and programs.
Police Nab Soulmates Nest In Sioux City Raid
In Sioux City on January 28, police arrested four men and sixteen women connected to a “soulmates” network led by John Zallus of Cedar, Iowa. James J. Buker filed desertion against Zallus, who claimed voluntary separation from his wife, while a jail inmate awaiting state asylum proceedings corroborated the split. Zallus also said he was married to Zella Moore by spiritual guidance. Two of the women are described as Negro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
James J. Buker
Cedar
John Zallus
Zallus
State Asylum For Insane
Cherokee
Zella Moore
Negrane
Linn County Good Roads Push For Immediate Road Action
Linn County Good Roads proposes a state law to empower immediate road building. The Cedar Rapids report notes the association urges legislators to authorize faster construction and better long term improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar: Rapids
Linn County Good Roads Association
Doctor Prescribes Vincl for Nervous Mother in Jacksonville
Mrs G H Lamson testifies she was weak and exhausted with a twenty month old baby and house duties before using Vincl. She reports in a week she felt renewed energy, could care for her child and manage chores. The ad touts Vincl as a constitutional remedy with beef and cod liver peptones iron and manganese salts and glycerophosphates. Saxol Salve advertised for itching and early healing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
G. H. Lamson
Sherman Brothers
Advt
P. S
States certify ratification of federal prohibition amendment
The federal prohibition amendment has been certified by thirty states with Illinois and Ohio last. California officials faced court action over certification while Lieut. Gov. C. C. Young announced California’s ratification, though the governor was restrained from certifying the amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
State Department
Illinois
Ohio
California
State Department of
Sacramento
Cal
C. C. Young
Department of State
Washington
Boschee’s Syrup Ad Offers Cough Relief
An old advertisement promotes Boschee’s Syrup noting it quiets coughs, soothes throat and lung inflammation, eases bronchi irritation, aids sleep, and aids morning expectoration. It claims 52 years in America and lists uses from lung trouble to asthma and bronchitis. Sold by Lemmon’s Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Advt
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J. A. McCoy
Sible
Board of Supervisors
State Highway Commission
Florida
Boschee’s Syrup
Farmers & Merchants State Bank
Washington, Lowa
Wrigleys
Goody-Land
Zlaw
Taree
Port Lewis Farm
Hayes
Hiram Coakley
Prairie Flower Church
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China
Frank Leeper
D. F. Macon
A. E. Dougherty
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