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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1918
Page
7
Washington County notes report new residents and departures, with additions to families, births, and obituaries. Names of local residents appear with brief details on moves, arrivals, and small community events across several towns.
Lewis Yoder left for Chicago to join the Armour Institute motor mechanic school. Everett Allen returned from Austin Texas where he taught in the engine department at the motor school camp. W H Palmer of Lone Tree visited Kalona. Lewis and Sam Yoder planned a Sunday trip to Ames to see Ezra Swartzendruber. Mrs Alva Stutsman traveled to Ft Des Moines to visit her brother stationed there. Winnie Dierdoff visited Dex Moines to see her nephew Clifford Reeves in camp. A A Warner and family visited Iowa City on Monday.
Dublin notes detail a ten cent social hosted by Mrs Arthur Conrad and mentions visits from Homer and Clarence Augustine, Emil Fink from Camp Dodge, and funeral attendance for Miss Orba Reighard. Local residents attend gatherings, furloughs, and family visits amid farm tasks and July Fourth observances.
A Maple Grove note recalls a business man offering $100 to prove he had plowed more corn than any Lime Creek township resident. The writer laments differing fortunes and contrasts lasting merit with fleeting attention amid frequent disasters to boats and trains.
A column recalls a July 6 Pekin calamity and reflects on war talk and draft anxieties in Maple Grove. It highlights Red Cross volunteers soliciting donations, oats and hoarding concerns, plus local farm activities. The piece ends with regional notices from Ainsworth about residents’ health, travel, and gatherings in early July.
Mrs Chas Churchill visited at the Frank home and attended the funeral of Miss Orba Reighard. H V Frank was a business caller in Washington. J B Deal and daughters Winnie and Marguaretta were in Mount Pleasant and report Mrs Deal improving. Guy Black and family visited relatives.
Mt Pleasant residents enjoyed a calm Fourth with neighbors visiting from Valley and Washington. Grandmother Hyser remains very ill while families including Cecil Kesle and Clara Wes visited their uncle Guy Blatish in Pleasant Plain. Lad1es Aid plans Belgian relief work with church meeting set for July 18.
The column records visits from residents and relatives in Wellston and nearby towns, mentions Miss Orba Reichard’s death and condolences, local business and bank staff changes, farm shipments, and Fourth of July celebrations in Washington. Notables include Mable Griffith from Wichita, Cecil Hotle, Ray Harvey, C. B. Myers, Homer Richardson, E. G. Mason, Chas Lemsey, and B. F. Beitel household hosting.
Bodies of 18 Kingston Mines residents were transported from Pekin for burial as funerals were planned for the mining village. The coroner scheduled the inquest for late week after the services. Ora Barnevelt oversaw body recovery while Capt. Mehl speculated some remains may have floated away. Federal state and county investigators pressed their inquiry as diver Karl Barnevelt examined the hull.
A Kansas woman asks where to find a reliable hired man not waiting for sunrise to begin his day. The query reflects common 20th century labor concerns about prompt morning work and dependable help.
Orval Shryock, among the first dozen recovered from the Columbia wreck on the Illinois River near Peoria, is laid to rest in Brighton Cemetery. The Brighton youth, born October 31 1896, was an electrician and auto machinist, a Presbyterian and well known in the community. His father L M Shryock survives. his mother died a year ago.
An editorial argues vacations boost civilian vigor matching soldiers on the front. It contends workers in government and industry need rest to sustain effort and meet national tasks, countering the idea that vacations should be cut this year.
A Buffalo contact describes suffering with stomach pain and fatigue before trying Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy. The testimonial claims one dose provided greater relief than prior medicines and notes the product dissolves mucus in the intestinal tract and reduces inflammation linked to stomach liver and intestinal disorders including appendicitis. Available at Lemmon's Pharmacy and druggists.
W. E. Lindsay, longtime Milwaukee passenger and freight agent in Washington, resigns to become agent for the same railroad at Polo Missouri near Excelsior Springs. Change date pending, with a temporary replacement possible. Lindsay, from Moravia Iowa, oversaw steady growth and was popular with business, travel and shipping communities. Polo, a town of 800 in a strong agricultural area, will be his new home.
The article notes bexawood imported from Turkey as the most expensive wood for engraving. Prices range from four to ten cents per square inch for the best grade. A wagon load would run into thousands, and a bexwood bead string would be quite costly.
A light message highlights cheerful mood as a way to support digestion. It notes that poor digestion wastes food and that cheerfulness acts as a conservation of energy and wellbeing.
An Atlantic port reports the Norwegian steamer Angvald sunk possibly by a submarine. Eleven crew members were rescued and are aboard the liner Hiner. Details remain scarce. a warning may exist between latitudes 25 and 45 north. An enemy submarine was observed at latitude 19.5 north, longitude 43.5 west on July 5.
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