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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1918
Page
8
The page catalogs promotions at Crail's including rugs, shoes, Athletic underwear, Hold-Shape oxfords, and white Gabardine skirts. It notes patients and visitors from multiple towns, plus local fashion sales at Clark and Enslin's and Tracy and Weidner's. It mentions Flying Dutchman hay loaders and A. J. Fields.
Miss Agnes Swift, a Red Cross nurse in France, reports meeting Harry Swift, son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Swift, who is well. Miss Oleon, county demonstrator, will hold a second canning demonstration at the room above the city fire hall in Mr. Vilquain's classroom with green peas and beans, inviting housewives to attend.
A three o'clock morning fire destroyed a large 56 by 40 foot barn on James Palmer’s farm three miles east of town. Loss estimated at five thousand dollars. contents included hay straw oats corn and farm equipment. No animals saved. neighbors helped prevent damage to nearby buildings. Insurance partially covers loss. Palmer sources indicate hay windfall and grain from another building were affected.
Washington stores will close Thursday July 4 to participate in the city's celebration. No closing time is specified in the readable text.
A notice from F Barnoske of WwW M calls for full attendance of the brothers at the second degree work tomorrow evening.
The local Red Cross women publicly thank the Shriners for raising 63.36 at their meeting last Thursday. The funds will support the local shop and help purchase gauze cotton muslin and yarn for hospital supplies and soldier comforts.
The Kooking Klub members thank the Shriners for their liberal contributions during a city visit last Thursday. The funds will support the adoption of French war orphans and relief efforts.
General meeting of all Labor Unions announced for Tuesday at 7 30 PM at City Hall. Silas Ross president calls for joiners, Button cutters named among attendees.
The chairmen of the Fourth of July committees and all committee members are requested to gather at the Commercial Club at 5 o'clock Monday night.
A reflection on how the busiest people find time to help others while those who claim to be overburdened shirk small acts of kindness. The piece argues that the truly time stressed will still assist, whereas the self centered avoid such duties.
Muskrats ruin embankments and irrigation ditches and have been blamed for breaks in mill dams that supply water to mills. In spring 1904 muskrats were charged with wrecking a dam at Thomaston Connecticut causing several thousand dollars in water damage and there were other similar losses to waterways.
Open bogs on Hawaiian summits host hemispherical tussocks and a striking flora. A showy lobelia with cream colored blooms up to three and a half inches long, peculiar violets and a sundew are found there.
Concentration is the secret of good work while a lack of focus causes nervous hurried effort. The restless mind races through tasks due to thinking of other duties, making delays harder. If we only think of the task at hand we would work better and with greater happiness.
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