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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1918
Page
5
A roundup of neighborhood notes across Washington County highlighting local happenings, arrivals and departures, and short community updates from multiple areas. Readers gain quick insights into what residents are doing and where activities are taking place.
R Tansey returns from visits to Hanniwell Missouri and Colorado Springs expects to return soon J G Maxwell of Washington visiting Rev and Mrs Wm Jones and children depart for Garden Grove Iowa to start new home July 5 many attend Washington celebration others Mount Pleasant Mrs M C De Long returns home from hospital with special nurse Mr and Mrs CBR Martin and daughter Mary Jane visit J R Lease home Flwyn Davidson goes to Cedar Falls to spend the 4th with friends
Miss Jessie Nichols and Cecil Nichols along with Miss Mae Edwards visited Monday evening with Mrs. Ben Davison. Washington callers include Mr and Mrs Arnie Shively and two children and Grandma Garrick who stayed a week with her daughter Mrs Dr Davison. Elizabeth Lizzie Davison and Emma Carpenter joined Washington callers Wednesday afternoon. The Fourth drew Mr and Mrs Elmer Reshley Fern Brown Lester Neff Gerald baby, Fred Cold Emma Carpenter Lizzie Davison D O Davison Jess Davison Ben Davison Hiram Weaver and families who all reported a fine time.
July 5 report notes Mr and Mrs Lester Wagner and baby Leo visiting Claud McCall home. Mr and Mrs Edkins and children spent Thursday at Cal heen blossom home. Kev Hunt stayed Saturday night and Sunday at Roy Kephart home.
A seven percent aware only kid named a seven percent son born to Rev. and Mrs. Vernon Pike on Thursday July 4 in Brighton Iowa. Numerous local residents including Charles Duke left for Nashville to work for the government. The text lists many relatives visiting, trips and family movements around the Fourth of July.
Mrs Ed Deeds is seriously ill. The Brighton band traveled by automobile to Grandview for the Fourth celebration. Grandview laid the cornerstone for a new school house. Ralph Garbery and wife are visiting the G V Garbery home and plan to move from Moline Illinois to Madison Wisconsin where Ralph will take a government position.
Burlington, Kansas, reports a worsening drought while across the Mississippi, Henderson county Illinois, sees a holiday rush of wet goods. State agents monitor the river boundary and prep to enforce drought orders. A list of recently arrested individuals faces trials at the police court today.
At Camp Dodge Iowa on Friday morning Robert Johnson Stanley Campbell and Fred Allen were hanged after a court martial convicted them of assaulting a 17 year old white girl two months earlier. Will Herd was acquitted. The execution followed approval by the commanding officer and occurred within sight of negro barracks. The attack occurred May 27 as the girl sat with a new soldier she would marry.
A short civic notice warns residents to not welcome gloom risk symbols and to eject any persistent intruders who snoop around premises, emphasizing health concerns and immediate removal if pressed to stay.
The Earl of Stanhope told the House of Lords that French troops hold their trenches by their "wonderful TS-gnm gunfire" and that the French system is costly in ammunition while British is costly in lives. He notes this truth has never been told so tersely.
In a June 16 1918 statement WG MeAbDOOoO outlines Railroad Administration goals to win the war by moving men and material, serve the public with affordable, reliable transport, improve relations with employees and patrons, and enforce economies, fair wages, cost controls, standardized equipment, efficient routing, and thorough performance study. The policy requires time and broad cooperation to humanize railroading and counter the notion that corporations lack soul.
In the National League box scores Pittsburgh 1 New York 4 St Louis 6 Chicago 5. American League shows Philadelphia 3 Boston 4 in 10 innings, Washington 2 New York 1. Abbotation game Columbus 4 Toledo 0. J Paul 7 Milwaukee blank.
Kalona News reports Albert Peck alias Joseph Marek, a deserter linked to the Marek farm family, was captured by Hesselschwerdt and Kalona authorities after a May second desertion. He was turned over to federal agents in Iowa City. The Wellman Advance adds details of his marriage to Bessie Marek and notes suspicions of espionage, while praising the Marek family for aiding arrest.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt denounces a local paper's slur claiming his four sons serve as aides in France. He lists their positions: Theodore major in Twenty-sixth Infantry, partially blinded yet leading. Kermit captain of a machine gun battery with cross for gallantry. Archie captain of infantry with knee injury and war cross. Quentin lieutenant in the air service. He denounces the editor as an unspeakably contemptible cur.
Burma stands as the world's leading rice exporting center with Rangoon as the premier rice port. Annual exports from Burma's four ports nearly match Siam and French Indo-China together, and Rangoon's exports nearly equal Saigon and Bangkok combined.
A joke exchange centers on a lawyer and a man named Mike at a station. The lawyer asks why he was arrested and the response jokes about intoxication versus excessive quantity, highlighting a humorous misunderstanding.
The article describes three swan types: the white swan circumnavigating the northern hemisphere, the black swan found in Australia, and the rare white swan with a black neck breeding in the Antarctic region of Guill.
A folk saying features Uncle Eben noting that both talkers and silent types keep others guessing about their thoughts. The quip highlights language and silence as signals in social exchange.
Ten thousand testimonials from mothers claim Chay's Sweet Powders for Children eases feverish symptoms bowel regulation and teething discomfort. The ad asserts quick relief for colds and general ailments, urging mothers to keep the remedy at hand and available at druggists everywhere.
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