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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1918
Page
4
Our annual chautauqua sessions return to Townsley park with eight days of programs from August 15 to 22. Bible classes led by Dr Alexander, children and girls work by Mrs Asman, and supervised boys activities headline a locally managed event promising lectures and entertainments for all ages.
A poem evokes summer in the Colorado hills and sublime scenery but shifts to wartime talk as a tourist presses for talk of fighting the Huns. The speaker longs for peaceful companionship while the verse notes Allied exertions and the coming clash with Prussian forces, ending with a plea for a congenial companion.
The Y M C A budget for war work will be included in a $112 million national drive, with the Army Y M C A needing $97 million and the Y W C A $15 million for camps in the U S and Europe. A Chicago conference led to combining campaigns under regional departmental targets with George W Perkins as campaign chairman.
Lyle MacGugin drove from his route between here and Sigourney enjoying rural scenery when a loud blast near his car startled him. He halted, found no damage or evidence of a cause, and pondered if a stray shell from a distant conflict had occurred.
ABE MARTIN notes that some folk fare worse in prosperity than others and reports Mingo Tanger has come out flat footed in favor of the war, signaling division in local opinion.
The report notes a rear tire on a car blew out in Keokuk county. The observer, Mr. MaccGugin, suspects Sigourney as the cause of the unusual effect. He attributes the tire explosion to atmospheric pressure in support of C. A. Dewey for the judge ship.
A reflective wartime verse contrasts liberty loan strains with the calm of home. The speaker envisions return to duty after brief rest, noting the endless cycle of service and sacrifice and the unending pursuit of peace.
Turkish troops attacked British positions across the Jordan crossings and north of Jericho but were repelled in a counterattack. The British restored the positions and took prisoners, with over Turks captured. Meanwhile in San Francisco the supreme court denied a writ of probable cause to delay Mooney’s execution for murder connected to a local bomb.
A July 16 1918 open letter from local food administrators defends Sunday labor to save crops and feed allies and starving neighbors. They defend government warnings, criticize ministerial critics, and urge unity with ministers to support the war drive while preserving Sabbath devotion.
The article criticizes a group of conscientious objectors at Camp Dodge for invoking religious doctrine to oppose military service and Sunday work during a national emergency. It mocks their stance and highlights supposed contradictions between their beliefs and civic duties in protecting families and neighbors.
The article contrasts two church groups with the same legal basis for opposing war measures. It argues Camp Dodge objectors possess the stronger case, stating ending human life is more violent than harvesting grain on Sunday. It notes continued discussion on page seven.
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