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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1918
Page
7
Brief notices from Washington County cover comings and goings, personals, births and deaths. Local letters update residents on community happenings, new arrivals, and farewells in concise items from various neighborhoods.
In Verdi farmers finish harvest while residents catch a weekend in Washington. Melinsky family joins others visiting. Will Longer and Hazel attend Frank Sneider home. Co A Brook of Monmouth Tb rests on farm. John E. Griffith recuperates from a crippled hip after plowing corn. J W Longer's family visits Alva Nebergall. Chas McCully assists Roy Dawson.
The record lists multiple local visits and visits from July 9 to 18 1941 including Eleie Brownhausen Herbert Foss and Oscar Sheetz at W J Pfeifer home Dorothy Bower from Keola at Dave Augustine home Louise Addie Wallace Marjorie Derby Marjorie Derby and others attending the Bethel Ladies Aid Mrs Arthur Conrad’s Thursday afternoon and the Iowa District convention in Muscatine July 9 10 41.
The writer recalls a hay fork accident that severed the little finger and a porch swing cut his wife's nose. He jokes about Red Cross help at home while noting ongoing farm tasks. The note mentions travel, cattle from Chicago, teaching relatives, oat and hay harvest, and a funeral attended for Frank Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Borgstrand and son from Melbourne visited Dave Davison’s home. Washington callers included Hugh Conrad and parents, plus Miss Lizzie Hill. Doyle Shy and Miss Imogene Seeley visited B. A. Davison home, while Howard Cochran appears on July quota. Chas Davison hosted and Mrs Davison with Mary Maxine visited Perry Davison in Washington. Chas Stone visited Matt Tucker recently, and Jess and Ben Davison baled hay for Henry Finney.
Mrs Ella Waggoner of Washington visited with her daughter Mrs FE B Bennett and family. A large crowd greeted the colored singers at the church Friday night. John Chance family of Washington were weekend visitors at the Van Gabby home. Alfred Steinbeck went to Davenport to enlist as a mechanic but was rejected for disability. C B Morgan and family visited Davenport to see his brother in the arsenal. John Waggoner loaned his car, causing worry when not returned. Several local exchanges note sickness, visits, and farm trades.
W E Augustine returns from Omaha and Oskaloosa. The Dublin MBE Ladies Aid hosted fourteen ladies and nine children at Mrs Arthur Conrad's yesterday. Upcoming meeting planned with Mrs Sam Henry at Grace Hill. Numerous local families visited, hosted, or spent time with relatives in Washington and Keota including Hotle and Augustine households. The community attended Godfrey Sheets funeral in Valley Tuesday.
Havre residents Mr. and Mrs. John Putman and their children traveled to Richmond Thursday night for a Red Cross auction and social event.
A local company bought the Dave Davison threshing outfit in Coppock to thresh independently in the future. Residents Will and Lloyd were in Crawfordsville on business. Several guests visited area homes including Zeta Pratt Mable Moore of Washington, Glenn Pratt’s family, and Arthur Long’s household.
A wartime column denounces a July 12 letter asserting private rights as sedition. It blames ministers and calls for unity, warning that defiance harms national effort while praising loyal clergy and urging cooperation with Food Administration and government.
German official report confirms British forces made gains southwest of Ypres and attacked with heavy artillery prep. The advance south of Arras prompted Allied casualties and ongoing captures, while German artillery showed activity near Be thune on the Flanders front.
The report states that Americans concentrated pontoons and lattice bridges for a crossing, found enfilading fire at their crossing sites, and suffered heavy losses. German divisions committed to the battle are not yet known, but German reserves were used in large numbers.
The French army holds the eastern Champagne line between Rheims and the Argonne. American forces counter-attack vigorously and push the enemy back about two miles on a four and a half mile front. Prisoners are captured in the hundreds as fighting continues fiercely. The Marne crossing near Dormans creates a temporary enemy bridgehead as they aim to isolate Rheims. The fifth German offensive meets stiff Allied resistance along a sixty-five mile front from Chanteau Thierry to Marne de Massignes.
Reports from Vienna indicate serious rioting by pro Slavic elements in the Austrian capital. A second dispatch claims about forty thousand soldiers and officers have deserted the Austrian army following the Piave defeat.
London dispatch reports Russian Foreign Minister delivering a note to Britain demanding immediate withdrawal of British troops on the Murman coast. Bolshevik government seat cited. dispatch notes Americans landed on the Murman coast with the British.
Paris July 16 military expert in Temps urges immediate Austrian strike on the Italian front citing Italian communications as justification. The opinion frames a rapid offensive as strategically advantageous.
J B McCoy returns from Excelsior Springs Missouri and visitors include Hawk Eye representative Mr Jordan. Local residents and visitors recount stays at Camp Dodge, travel to Wayland Columbus Junction Union Nebraska and Des Moines with several families appearing in town.
The passage highlights the distinction between positive reformers and negative reformers. It praises the reformers who shaped the Declaration of Independence and the U S Constitution, urging more constructive reformers and fewer oppositional critics.
The flying fish does not truly fly but leaps from the water using long fins. It can sustain itself in the air until its fins dry and then sinks back into the sea.
A 19th century advertisement claims catarrh is widespread and incurable locally until a constitutional remedy, Hall's Catarrh Medicine, is taken to affect the blood and mucous surfaces. It offers a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure and promotes circulars and testimonials.
City Council adopts a resolution to construct a four foot wide sidewalk along the east side of South Ninth Avenue from East Harrison to East Tyler. Property owners must build within twenty days or the city will construct and assess costs per ordinance. Adopted July 15, 1918.
Ordinance number 127 amends ordinance 57 to establish fire limits in Washington Iowa. Fire limits cover blocks three seven eight nine twelve fourteen seventeen eighteen and nineteen of the original plat. The ordinance takes effect after passage and publication, dated July 15, 1918.
An ordinance designates a new street in Washington Iowa, dedicating Lots 3 and 12 in Blocks 12 and 13 of J H Wilson’s Addition for use as a street extending from South Iowa Avenue to South Third Avenue and naming it Clara Barton Street. The measure takes effect upon passage and publication.
Ordinance 129 fixes the grade of Clara Barton Street in Washington City Iowa by establishing curb top elevations at key points including the intersection with South Iowa Avenue 95.58 feet and with South Second Street 95.43 feet and with South Third Street 95.93 feet. The ordinance becomes effective after July 15 1918 when passed and approved by the Mayor and City Clerk.
The City Council of Washington Iowa enacts Ordinance 130 banning use sale and keeping for sale of fireworks and similar devices. The measure allows suspending the ban for short periods around July 4 with mayoral proclamation and newspaper notice. Violators face a $1 to $100 fine and possible jail.
Egypt stood as the center of linen manufacture in ancient times. The Bible notes Joseph as ruler of Egypt wearing vestures of fine linen, highlighting linen’s prominence in the ancient economy and culture.
An advertisement touts the LAUN DRY QUEEN as washing clothes to a beautiful pure white state. It describes gentle yet firm grasping, constant agitation, and hot soapy water forced through fabric, claiming high efficiency without argument.
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