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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1919
Page
7
Ainsworth Residents Gather For News and Visits
Dr W L Alcorn and family visited in Oskaloosa awaiting word of his brother's homecoming from France. Numerous locals hosted and traveled, with events including a vehicle accident near a hedge fence, notable deaths, and community notices. Fireside chats, sales, theater plans, and nursing efforts filled the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
W. L. Alcorn
Oskaloosa
France
la Moine
Local Notes Reach From Wellman and Nearby Towns
Community news from Wellman and surrounding areas includes births, visits, and recoveries. Mr and Mrs E Coffey welcomed a son born Thursday at home. Mrs M Bockenstein spent Monday in Wellman. Mrs Marrow injured her hand but fared well. Several residents travel, visit, or return from service, and the town mourns the death of Mr Robert Swazee, a former Dinhue Iron Co. worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seatine
E. _ Coffey
M. Bockenstein
Randa Murphy
Thomas O'Flaherty
Cedar Rapids
Daley Jr
Qecar Shiller
Detroit
Spe
Geor Struble
Newedge Ia
France
Henry Lanser
Wilton Junction
Jessie Longwell
George Struble
J. J. Ward
Eli Swartzerscruber
Tipton
Wm. Nesmith
Clark Marrow
Camp Dodge
Hey
Chas. Singleman Jr
Dick R
Frank Kinross
Election appoints new Consolidated School board
Ainsworth Iowa reports the recent vote electing John Clegg Dr E W Spessard I K Beal Dewey Stephans and J B Spencer to the Consolidated School board. Mrs W T Trotter and Miss Nora Bean plan a Des Moines visit while Miss Marie Schmidt visits locals. A social by the W C T U will be held on Main Street lot selling ice cream and cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
W. T. Trotter
Nora Bean
Des Moines
Lawrence Trotter
Marie Schmidt
Columbus City
Consolidated School
John Clegg
E. W. Spessard
I. K. Beal
Dewey Stephans
J. B. Spencer
Main Street
Kalona Notes on Local Moves and Accident
William Lauder injured his fingers at Kalona Clay Co last Monday while handling blocks and will be out of work for a period. Omar Lemley will manage a stock farm near Webster and moves there this week. Mrs. John Schenefelt from Washington visited the Howard home last week. Mr. and Mrs. Fosdick returned from the south. Soldiers Leslie Dunlap Dale Jackson and Guy Feldman came home last week. John Brown and Lee Howard traveled to Washington to catch a train to Malvern for work. Mrs. Irvin Kelley and children and Carroll Grady returned from Atlantic with Miss Viola Hochstetler and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
William Lauder
Kalona Clay Co
Omar Lemley
Webster
John Schenefelt
Washington
G. F. Howard
Fosdick
South
Leslie Dunlap
Dale Jackson
Guy Feldman
John Brown
Lee’ Howard
Malvern
Irvin Kelley
Carroll Grady
Atlantic
Viola Hochstetler
Armour and Miss Armour Wed in Iowa Ceremony
The couple united in marriage Tuesday at the bride's home with Mrs. H. A. Mellinger playing. Rev. O. E. McBride conducted the ceremony. After a four course dinner, the bride, a Drake University graduate and former Luther teacher, plans to reside in Minneapolis with the Iowa State College graduate groom after a trip to northern Minnesota. Out of town guests included Mrs. S. J. Armour and several Armour relatives from Rockford Illinois and Maxwell native Lucile Douglas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Minneapolis
Minnesota
S. J. Armour
C. C. Armour
Charley Armour
Margrete Armour
Abner Armour
Rockford
Ill
Seret
Donald Lyman
Los Angeles
Calif
Lucile Douglas
Maxwell
Iowa
Community Notices and Social Visits in Noble Indiana
Supper hosts Mr and Mrs Arthur Mitchell honored Miss Nettie Frey who returned to Iowa City. Families and relatives from Pulaski Sweedsburg Washington Havre Up land visited over the weekend. Navy veteran Laurie Monson discharged at Great Lakes returned home. Trips include Washington Austin and Brighton area with car travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
O. E. Hirschler
California
P. G. Wittmer
Washington
Selina Wittmer
Havre
Mrs. Roberts
Spin Ralph Jeave
Austin
Minn
Fred Sholl
The Crimson Gardenia at the Rex Beach Screen
Rex Beach presents The Crimson Gardenia a New Orleans Mardi Gras drama with suspense and exotic passion. Owen Moore Hedda Nova lead an extraordinary cast including Tully Marshall Edwin Stevens and Sydney Ainsworth in a civilization clash tale set in an underworld plot during festive season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Beach
Crimson Gardenia
Hall of Goldwyn Fame
New Orleans
Gardenia
Owen Moore
Hedda Nova
Tully Marshall
Edwin Stevens
Sydney Ainsworth
Thirteen Colonies
Digestion Tips and Remedies Improves Stomach Health
A brief guide to digestion urges thorough mouth mastication and avoidance of beef or veal during indigestion. It recommends Chamberlain's Tablets for constipation and notes Lemmon's Drug Store as the ad sponsor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemmon's Drug Store
Advt
Daily Thought Reflects On Existence And Meaning
The fragment hints at a philosophical line about existence and causes. It evokes a Dryden era cadence and suggests contemplation on how things come to be and why.
Paris hotel managers resign amid French staff campaign
French hotel workers push to run Paris hotels with French staff prompting Swiss manager Gustave Schwenter to resign from the Meurice. The movement spreads to other hotels and restaurants under threat of disturbances, raising concerns about prices and foreign visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustave Schwenter
Meurice
Paris
Schwenter
Europe
Spain
Montenegro
Tand
Bath man fined for dishwater spill on children
Peter Afanaris of Bath Maine paid 25.81 after Judge Keegan found him liable for dumping greasy dishwater from a Washington street restaurant back door onto two kindergarten children aged five and thirteen, ruining their clothes. He avoided a 60 day jail term by settling the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Afanaris
Bath
Keegan
Peter
Washington Street
Missing ring found after fifteen years in Danville garden
Emma Leisenring of Danville, Ta, recovered a gold ring engraved with Mother after Ta Nelson King unearthed it while digging a garden fourteen inches deep at the Leisenring home. The owner immediately identified the band as hers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Leisenring
Danville
Nelson Kingston
Leisenring
Miss Leisenring
Funeral of Mrs. H. S. Atchison Held Here
The funeral of Mrs. Margretta E. Ballantine Atchison of New Brighton Pa died July 10 in Fairfield was held at the home of Rev. D J Masson with ministers Masson and A M Malcolm officiating. Pallbearers were A J Dawson T J Matthews Wim Matthews J W Patton J R Coulter M J Orr Interment in Elm Grove cemetery. Survivors include husband Rev H S Atchison and four children Rev Ralph Kerr Atchison John Robert Atchison Mrs Bruce Gobble and Alice Caroline Atchison plus two brothers and a sister. The Fairfield Daily Journal obituary notes birth May 3 1846 Cannonsburg Pa and marriage July 17 1872.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Atchison
New Brighton
Fairfield
Bruce Gobble
D. J. Masson
A. M. Malcolm
Albia
A. J. Dawson
T. J. Matthews
Wim
W. A. Duncan
Columbus City
Fairfield Daily Journal
Associate Presbyterian Church
Pennsylvania
Ralph Kerr Atchison
Rimersburg
John Robert Atchison
Washington
Alice Caroline Atchison
Hugh K. Ballantine
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
John Ballantine
New Concord
Samuel H. Garrett
Cleveland
Atchison
Rheumatic Pain Relief Talk From Dublin Farmer
J N Adams of Dublin Georgia recounts severe rheumatic pain that kept him from farming. He spent thirty to forty dollars on a remedy that failed. After using Chamberlains Liniment he can move about without severe pains. Lemmons Drug Store promotes the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Adams
Dublin
Chamberlain
Lemmon
Advt
Obscene Language Fine Levied in Local Dispute
Justice J C Coster fined Mrs Margaret Kallenberger two dollars and costs for using insulting and obscene language toward neighbor Mrs Frank Phillips on Spruce Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine Journal
Republic
J. C. Coster
Margaret Kallenberger
Frank Phillips
Phillips
Kallenberger
Spruce Street
Uncle Sam Farm Home Series Model House Plan
A Southern States designed model house emphasizes a cool kitchen dining area, with a shared china closet for easy dish transfer, well ventilated cook room, and sunny winter rooms. Free working plans available from the Division of Rural Engineering, USDA, Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division of Rural Engineering
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
County Auditor Reports Finances for First Five Months of 1919
The county auditor's report to the board of supervisors shows a treasury balance of 116656 after March tax receipts and ap portions to towns townships and school districts as well as running expenses. Beginning balance was 33675 61 on January 1 1919 total receipts 430349 28 include current taxes delinquent taxes automobile tax livestock sales and miscellaneous items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Supervisors
Des Moines
Quicksand at Graham Theatre Stars Dorothy Dalton
Dorothy Dalton plays a determined wife who believes her husband is innocent after a forgery accusation. She becomes a cabaret singer to lure the real culprit into confessing, freeing him and ending in a happy, cautious note amid life’s traps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Thomas H. Ince
Dorothy Dalton
Graham Theatre
Miss Dalton
Inside Bath for a Rosy Complexion by Hot Water Drink
A health note promotes drinking hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate each morning to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims clearer skin and improved digestion within one or two weeks for those with sallow complexion pimples coated tongue bad breath or headaches.
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Frank Trotter
Kansas City
Keot
McElwain
Trotter
Dewey Stephens
Chicago
Burlington
Equitable
Marga Nichols
Fannie Rowan
Rena Wadsley
Indiana
Ruth.Norris
Riverside
Eardley Bell Jr. Land Co
Myers
J. W. Coffey
E. I. Coffey
Jack Wagner
Waterloo
Coleman
Eddie Jones
Chas. Shaffer
Town City
Helen ‘Neil
Mercy Hospital
Harley Steiniger
Bell Telephone Company
Chas. Singleman
J. W. Crawford
George Treichman
Wellman
Chic Steiniger
Elko Nevada
B. RR. Steiniger
Chas. Grassell
Wellman Girl Scouts
Majestic Theater
Messinger
Keota Nuree
Edith Cooper
Frank Jones
Alma Jones
Lyle Ofield
Iowa City
Winnie Jarvis
Mite Turnipseed
Mamie
Colorado
Lillie Tedford
Boston
Sanford Smith
EB. A. Smith
Mary Wageman
George Brown
Mary Vaughno
Tulsa
Okla
Agent Vaughn
A Schrader
J A. Schrader
J. S&s. Fisher Hardware Co
Willis
FOX Theatre
Dryden, Hs
Heroes of War
Get Ring
Treasury
HBL Department
Nagr
Bresioneer Drug Store
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