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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1918
Page
6
Local ads mention groceries and rugs from Crail s Fox and Dewey, plus entertainment notes for Keystone and Graham Comedies. News briefs cover travel to Washington and Des Moines, soldiers overseas, job moves, and family visits with assorted social updates.
Leander M. Jarvis a Washington hotel operator for ten years died of apoplexy at the Home Hotel at 7 30 this morning after a week of illness He was born February 28 1857 Morning Sun Iowa and married Anna Scherar forty years ago He leaves a widow seven grandchildren and children C L Johnson Bert Jarvis Dick Jarvis Mrs Walter Lohman and Mrs Lars Bickford Funeral plans to be announced
Burlington resident Miss Dorcas Bell visits Elizabeth Redd as a guest, sharing company and conversation in a friendly household encounter.
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Goodwin welcome Wanda Marie born Saturday night weighing seven pounds. J W Cox welcome a seven pound boy William Goodman born Sunday morning. Mrs Dan Jackson and Fred Mott depart for Chicago with Miss Helen Mott. The Robertson and Roberson families along with Miss Flossie Thompson visited Des Moines and Camp Dodge. Lieut J B Edgington returned from Camp Grant for a seven day furlough amid overseas orders anticipated soon.
A young donor Mary Louise Harwood and Florabel Wishart contributed coins totaling 1.80 to purchase material for soldiers. The Red Cross notes a profit from the Boice and Thompson show and calls for more donations to fund a fang on hot days while the surgical dressings room opens at 1 p.m. with Mrs. Livingston in charge.
The Fulton funeral was at 3 PM at the home 915 North Sixth avenue with Dr. Frank A. Gageby and Dr. J. M. Wishart officiating. The Smith service took place at 3 PM Sunday seven miles west of town, conducted by Rev. M. R. Regan with a quartet, interment in New Haven cemetery. Active pallbearers for Fulton were Donald Paul and others. honorary pallbearers included Jacob Mayer and Will Robertson.
The Ad club holds a regular meeting at the Colenso Hotel tomorrow evening at 6 30. Please notify the secretary immediately if you will not be present. A large attendance is desired.
A Saturday evening crash near Sigourney crushed a fifteen year old boy to death when a traction engine broke through a wood and the lad was killed. A young man riding in the engine was badly hurt.
The ad proclaims Sanol as the best remedy for kidney and bladder troubles and backache with relief promised in 24 hours. It notes a 0c and $1.00 bottle available at the drug store and lists Lemmon's and Mr and Mrs P F Whisler as sellers in Jacksonville Illinois. The Whislers are visiting family and will travel to Tingley Iowa to visit Mr Whisler’s parents while he departs to attend an officers training camp at Ft Sheridan with orders to report Thursday.
Anita Stewart and Graham Star joined Mr. and Mrs. Lafe Coop and family for a day at Mrs. John Belville’s home in Fairfield. The group included Mr. and Mrs. Gus Flinspach and Miss Myrtle Coop who has been on vacation after serving with the Government in Washington, D. C. Mrs. W. D. Thompson of Mobile, Iowa, joined the party returning from Davenport area travels.
James Butterfield son of Mr and Mrs W H Butterfield enlisted in heavy artillery for overseas service in Des Moines. He will report Thursday and be sent to Fort Logan Colorado then California. At eighteen he is among the youngest from Washington to enlist and he attended the state university last year with the university cadets.
Miss Cora Teeter returns home from summer school in Cedar Rapids. Mr. and Mrs. N Harmon of Tipton, Iowa, drove over Saturday and are visiting the I Rothschild home.
National League games show Chicago five Philadelphia nine Cincinnati nine New York five Boston four and St Louis four to three. American League results include Detroit seven Washington seven Cleveland seven and a half from New York. The draft fee hunt continues as draft resisters in Arkansas near Little Rock face a prolonged search after hiding in Cleburne County hills since last Sunday.
In Pittsburgh on Saturday, the Concrete, the first motor propelled concrete boat, was launched on the Monongahela river before a cheering crowd. It can reach 12 miles per hour and will begin an 800 mile trip down the Ohio, up the Mississippi to Chicago for naval service enlistment. Mrs Lillian Russell Moore christened the vessel with champagne.
The British Museum houses the earliest known Chinese writing on oracle bones. These inscribed animal bones display ancient characters, shedding light on early Chinese language and sacrificial practices.
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