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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1918
Page
6
Cedar Rapids reports two auto thieves were arrested by the Atkins marshal after robbing two Ford cars from Keyeione and Dysart on June 22 and July 4. They were jailed in Cedar Rapids and to be arraigned before Justice Lightner on grand larceny charges.
Charles Elliott and Louis McWhorten of Vinton admit stealing Ford cars from Keystone and Dysart and breaking into a Palo garage. Basil Hall is held in Atkins on grand larceny charges but not believed linked to the others. Police consider additional possible crimes under review.
An entomology bureau report details a flying grasshopper captured at sea on a Norwegian ship deck 12,000 miles from Africa. The insect, part of a vast swarm, underscores the species ability to travel long distances over ocean waters.
Read the page ads listing rug and shoe deals from Crall's Fox and Dewey with butter fat at 41 cents and a note about the Laundry Queen Washer on page 7. Mentions include Carl Combs Hartman and Conger and a morning Ottumwa passenger Captain John Alex Young.
J C Yates of Colenso visited Tama Iowa for a week. Miss Bessie Ireland of Fairfield arrived to visit Wilma Kurtz. Miss Ida Carris traveled to Des Moines for an over Sunday visit. W T Eckels and daughter Vera went to Des Moines on business. Mrs BE Eckerman visited Davenport to see her son Alva. Miss Edna Purvis takes a week vacation from Deputy County Clerk duties.
Mrs. Wm. McBride of Havre visits daughter Mrs. Clement Edgars. Mrs. Humphrey Richards returns from Racine Wisconsin. Mrs. Rena Minteer returns home to Ainsworth after visiting Louis Henderson.
Local notes list many residents traveling to Des Moines Davenport Albia and Columbia for visits and business. Miss Stella Palmer tours near Des Moines while Miss Blanche Abbey attends a Portland business college. Families prepare routes to Crawfordsville Keota Camp Cody and Clinton Illinois for visits and wartime duties.
Renewal subscriptions are available for several publications including Ladies' Home Journal Saturday Evening Post and others. Subscriptions are open for a short time for McCall's magazine as well. Contact Nita Belle McKoon at the Journal phone number 59.
Farm volunteers express readiness to continue oat shocking with the Saturday rush approaching. Reports praise the work, note minor discomfort, and highlight morale and appetite for further help from businessmen and field hands.
At yesterday's county chairman meeting plans were made for Anna Olsen to lead canning demonstrations in Washington Wellman and Indian Creek with a full county schedule to be published Tuesday. The Washington Band will perform the new military descriptive selection The Fighting Allies as the concert finale, its first public performance after practice.
A reflective meditation on duty as a divine command. Kingsley argues faithfulness in small tasks proves readiness for larger responsibilities and obedience to heaven.
A list notes fruits and crops cultivated for more than 4,000 years including almond apple apricot banana bean cabbage cucumber date eggplant fig grape olive onion peach pear quince rice sorghum turnip watermelon and wheat.
Captain James Norman Hall reports from a German hospital that he is being well treated after his aircraft was damaged. He describes a broken wing a disabled motor and a badly broken ankle from landing. He states he has not yet been in a German prison camp.
Mrs Carl Burris received a New York City card confirming the safe arrival of her son Nathan in France. The brief note notes his travel success and updates the family on his location abroad.
The group from Camp Cody including Alfred and Harry Hindahl reached France two weeks after departure, signaling a rapid voyage across the ocean. Other detachment members Dick Willis Charles Minnick and Jas McCaleb are believed to have followed, with families notified of arrivals. Meanwhile a destitute Oklahoma family of seven was found near Rock Island depot en route to Berlin Wisconsin, receiving food and medical aid after a month on the road and the 4 year old sick child.
A fourth birthday celebration for Besie Moothart was held with a floral table setting, sixteen covers, and decorations. Roy Moothart and Mrs. Storms assisted in serving while Mrs. Dunfield photographed the table and guests. Besie received pretty gifts from her friends.
Old metal and bronze coffins lie in a Grassalley California junk yard as curiosity grows. A bronze coffin valued far above scrap price is cited, dating back about eighty years since new.
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