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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1918
Page
4
Bruce Cowden publisher announces subscription rates for Mutual newspapers. The ad lists monthly, quarterly, and yearly prepaid options and mail rates, indicating the publisher’s price structure for readers.
The piece weighs possible renewed German offensives and argues Paris or Channel ports victory would not end the war. It emphasizes France’s resolve, noting Allied strategy aims to inflict losses with minimal Allied casualties while holding key positions to prevent German gains.
The speaker questions Western Front readiness and urges rapid expansion of allied air and ground strength. He argues strengthening allies now will deny Huns space to maneuver and allow pushback, noting air power as a decisive factor once allied arms mature.
Rev Reuben Sallients of Paris spoke in Cedar Rapids on July 4 about the war as disinterested and ideal driven. He contrasted French and American views, urged liberty and righteousness, praised American troops, and said France and America share a belief in fighting for sacred treaties and values.
About 12 000 Towa soldiers will entrain for Camp Pike on July 23 to enter replacement battalions for overseas service unless camp conditions change. The Eighty-seventh division moved to Camp Dix last month, leaving Camp Pike as a replacement camp with a flexible, impromptu structure and barracks for up to 40 000 men as potential future divisions are proposed.
A speaker marks fifty six days in the United States before returning to their homeland. The message emphasizes loyalty to the flag to God and to fellow citizens as they give a last public address in America.
Bertha McKelvy Hart of 251 2nd Ave San Francisco writes to the Journal requesting names and addresses of Washington boys in training at nearby stations. She offers to locate them and assist in any way she can, expressing goodwill toward servicemen.
Fifty three years ago today the Nineteenth Iowa Infantry was mustered out at Mobile Alabama after serving during the Civil War. Of the one hundred twenty-one who left the county, only five remain alive in this area.
A reader recommends keeping fine sandpaper in the kitchen for polishing baked goods, removing slight browning, and cleaning pans. The note claims sandpaper handles sticking or burned-on residue more easily than other tools.
A first person account of toiling farmers harvest day ending in severe pain and dismissal. The speaker travels from town to help harvest wheat, endures backache, fatigue, and scorn from a farmer who pays only sixty cents for his labor. The piece contrasts urban pride with rural punishment.
In Washington on July 10 the vast Walter Reed hospital numbers convalescents from France. Officers report healthy, normal youths, eager to return to civilian life yet bound by rehab drills and schooling to gain new trades.
Private Claude W. Tack of Greene, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Tack, is Butler county’s first casualty. His body arrived in Hoboken from Hoboken, New Jersey, and will be sent to Greene for funeral services at the Presbyterian church officiated by Rev. J. W. Chase.
A young soldier, enlisted April 13 1917 and aged 15, died likely from wounds or sickness after serving in France with Co B Eighteenth Infantry. He had just celebrated his 16th birthday in France last September. His parents were visiting Turtle Lake when the news arrived as Attorney General Hayner spoke and the gold star was added to the Butler county service flag.
A London factory dominates with nearly a thousand million boxes of matches produced annually.
Frank, the youngest of three brothers, eagerly ran to a neighbor to share the happy news of a new baby sister arriving at one house, exclaiming that it is a girl.
A reflection on how people judge others by their own traits and absolve faults similar to theirs while condemning differing virtues. The passage notes human bias and the tendency to measure others against personal standards.
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