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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1919
Page
7
Local Social Notes and Visits in Pleasant Plain Area
Mr and Mrs J H Frazier and daughter Florence stay several days at Wallace Savage s. J W Holloway called on business in Washington last week. Mrs Wesley Engle visited Muscatine and Moline. Mr and Mrs Os Wittmer of Germanville spent early week at John M Lynns. H A Woodford was a business caller in Grinnell. Mr and Mrs Eugene Brinton visited Sunday at Wilbur Day s. Ray Woodford moved a horse to Washington Wednesday. Loran Buzzard discharged from the army and returned home Tuesday. Mr and Mrs H L Brinton and sons Lewis and Lyle spent Tuesday at Alex Pickerd s west of Pleasant Plain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
J. H. Frazier
Florence
Wallace Savage
J. W. Holloway
Washington
Wesley Engle
Muscatine
Moline
Os Wittmer
Germanville
John M. Lynn
H. A. Woodford
Grinnell
Eugene Brinton
Ray Woodford
Loran Buzzard
H. L. Brinton and Sons
Lewis and Lyle
Alex Pickerd
Pleasant Plain
Crawfordsville News Notes and Local Ventures
Lee Lease and several residents visit Washington for the day. A funeral in Keota sent Rev Gardner there. Ethel Ortis wed Henry De Harper at the Ortis home with partying kin planning a Winfield move. T H Riley sustained a knee injury in timber work. J H Huston visited Columbus Junction. Martha Suter from Pandora Ohio visiting Mrs C C Sommer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Lee Lease
C. M. Strain
Loren Moorhead
R. J. Ferguson
A. Howsare
Mr. Larson
J. A Moorhead
P. L. Huber
Ela de Long
L. G. Sherwood
Frank Sands and Son
J.C. Cannon
Washington
Gardner
Keota
J. B. McCoy
Ordis
Ethel Ortis
Henry de Harper
Mee
A. B. Ortis
Ethel
Winfield
J. L. Benton
T H. Riley
J. H. Huston
Columbus Junction
Martha Suter
Pandora
Ohio
C. C. Sommer
Local updates from Muscatine and Washington visits
Martin Albaugh spent last week in Muscatine and returned Saturday morning. Earl O Connor arrived Sunday from Camp Dodge after his army discharge. Mrs James Foster visited relatives in Washington on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskins
Martin Albaugh
Muscatine
Earl O'Conner
Camp Dodge
James Foster
Washington
Wedding and social notes from Washington area
Fay Cherwinker and Miss Lora Stewart wed in Washington on Saturday and traveled by evening train to Muscatine before returning Sunday. A noise-making visit by neighborhood youths followed. the couple hosted them with oranges and cigars and music on the graphophone. Several locals, including Mrs. Sands and Mrs. Mathers, visited relatives in Washington, while others returned from trips and listed flu confinements and forthcoming discharges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay Cherwinker
Lora Stewart
Washington
Chaiivari
Muscatine
Dave
New York
Navy
United States
Harry Leffler
Robertson
Joe Wehr
Zene Edwards
Holton
Kansas
Cecil Cole
Vivian
Hazel Tooth
Hazel
Ellen Wallace
B. W Cole
Fern Palmer
Hal Figgins
Richmond Mire
Hout
Geo
Rodney Rabenold
Monmouth
Jim Cherwinker
Foley Cathartic Tablet Ad From Lemmon's Pharmacy
To ward off illness the ad promotes Foley Cathartic Tablets as a cleansing laxative. It claims the tablet works overnight without griping or nausea and promises relief from bloating constipation indigestion and related symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Advt
Ice Cream Brought Comfort to War Wounded
Passage from the February Red Cross Magazine recalls how sugar conservation and ice cream lifted spirits of soldiers abroad. It highlights a gassed patient receiving ice cream and a dying soldier’s faint reply that the treat was real ice cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Supplying Trained Nurses Red Cross Home Forces Role
The article lauds the Red Cross home forces for their major contribution by supplying trained nurses. It highlights the pivotal service they provided during the wartime effort and underscores the impact of organized medical support on frontline care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Red Cross nurses and wartime mobilization noted
The passage describes how nursing staffing for military hospitals was expanded by Miss Jane Delano's Red Cross department. The Army Medical Corps trained some nurses, but the program relied on rapid telegrams to the War Department, which then alerted Miss Delano and delivered the requested nurses on schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Medical Corps
Miss Jane Delano
War Department
Miss Delano
Red Cross
Red Cross Campaign Headlines War Relief Efforts
In Palestine a serious food shortage has been averted and employment found for the poor in larger cities while refuges are opened for the homeless wanderers left by war. The Red Cross Commission for Siberia continues emergency work pending a solution of the Russian problem. The needs are limitless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Red Cross Commission
Siberia
March of the Red Cross
Red Cross
Cut This Out It Is Worth Money Ad Prospect
Public notice style ad offering a mail‑in trial package from Foley & Co. at 2835 Sheffield Ave Chicago. Readers urged to cut out the slip and mail their name and address to receive Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills Foley Cathartic Tablets and Lemmon's Pharmacy products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Foley
Lemmon’s
In the Hollow of Her Hand at Fox Theatre
Myrtle Stedman stars opposite Alice Brady in In the Hollow of Her Hand based on George Barr McCutcheon. Charles Maigne wrote the scenario and directed. Stedman plays Sara Wrandall, wife of Challis Wrandall, tied to a murder plot and trial with Hetty Castleton. A Sunshine Comedy screens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Brady
Select Pictures
Fox Theatre
Myrtle Stedman
Paramount Pictures
Percy Marmount
George Barr McCutcheon
Charles Maigne
Miss Stedman
Miss Brady
Independent
Paramount
Sara Wrandall
Challis Wrandall
Hetty Castleton
Hetty
Sara
Titus Co-Operative Store Opens February First
The Titus Co-Operative Store announces a grand opening on February 1 with a full stock of brand new up-to-date merchandise. H. H. Beitel, manager, invites patrons within the trade radius to make the store their shopping headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titus Co-Operative
H. H. Beitel
University plans for summer work at Iowa
The University of Iowa will run continuous operations through the year. Summer session lasts eleven weeks covering a full quarter. The medical and engineering colleges will offer six weeks of courses, while the law college runs eleven weeks. Special courses in vocational guidance religion and boy scout work continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Law College
C. H. Weller
Foley’s Honey and Tar Ad Highlighted by Local Resident
A San Antonio reader from 416 Navarre St endorses Foley's Honey and Tar as the best cough remedy, stating it acts quickly with permanent relief for colds coughs and croup. The ad notes it contains no opiates and is circulated by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. ¥. Harper
Navarre St
San Antonio
Texas
Foley
Lemmon
Pole Specifications For Cedar Poles
The lines describe six inch top northern Cedar Poles and five peeled N W L A specifications. Forty two poles are used per mile with creosote tar treatment on each pole butt for preservation.
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