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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1918

Page

8

Local residents make short trips and visits across towns

A string of morning trips finds Miss Theresa Quinn riding with Rubio and Lewis Klein traveling to Fairfield for business. Mrs G G Sprineman visits relatives in Brighton while J W Lee heads to Mediapolis to see his sister. Other locals visit Rockwell City Ottawa St Louis and Burlington with relatives and friends as Don Wylie goes to Camp Cody after a furlough.

Don Wylie Camp Cody New Mexico 8. P. Wylie

Advertisements Mention Travelers and Local Notices

Morning passengers for Havre and visits to relatives across towns appear in local notices. Ads promote a $3.50 all leather work shoe, Parisian Sage for hair loss, and the Journal office check blanks. Several brief personal notices recount trips, homecomings, and upcoming travels including Miss Newlin sailing to Tokyo in August for five years with the American Friends Board.

Edith Newlin Bartham Iowa J. J. Newtin Journal Barnesville Ohio Tokyo Japan American Friends’ Board of Foreign Missions

City Briefs on Deaths Enlistments and Refugee Aid

A.C. Null dies in Colorado after months of poor health. Tre sponsio A telegram informs of the death and funeral plans expected soon. Frances Louise Null remains with her grandmother. Anna Reiner, daughter of the Reiners, enlists as a nurse in the United States Army under the regular army medical corps awaiting overseas orders. The Kooking Kind reports another large shipment for French refugees with substantial local contributions from multiple groups. The city asks residents to prepare cans for the July 22 drive, with collection in boxes and barrels.

Wen A.C. Null T. J. Berdo Albert C. Null Denver Colo Tresponsio Null Colorado Miss Reiner Anna Reiner Joe Reiner United States Army Red Cross Regular Army Medical Corps Moline A. E. Putnam Eva Allison H. L. Henderson Graham's Methodist Delta Alpha Ruth Knapp F. C. Beatty West Chester Ladies Aid Society Grace Hill Ladies Aid Society Valley Ladies Aid Society Navajo Club

All leather work shoes $3.50 at Tracy and Weidner

Notice cites another shipment of all leather work shoes priced at $3.50 from Tracy and Weidner. The brief appears in the Evening Journal, indicating ongoing stock and value for local buyers.

Tracy & Weidner’s

Finest New Year Celebration Across Asia

A quotation from Ladies' Home Journal extols Japan and China for settling debts before New Year. The piece notes the custom of paying every account before midnight and imagines others adopting this practice as a celebration.

Japan China Jup Ladies’ Home Journal

Daily Thought Excerpt by Edward Hale

A reflective meditation urges readers to scan around and ahead while lending aid. It emphasizes outward awareness and constructive action over dwelling on the past or interior focus.

German rulers attacked over war aims by Harden and Wolff

Maximilian Harden denounces German rulers as preserving sword power. Theodor Wolff condemns Count von Hertling for vague war aims and Belgium policy. The dispatch cites calls for democracy and peace while exposing motives and restraint. Belgium question viewed as clearly a matter of right.

London Germany Maximilian Harden Die Zukunft Rotterdam Daily Telegraph Amsterdam Theodor Wolff Berliner Tageblatt Count von Hertling Belgium Russia von Hertling Reichstag

Mirror fear linked to emaciation study

Psychologists note some patients fear mirrors as appearance changes with weight loss. Even after dyspeptic symptoms improve, the horror of self sight remains, a condition termed catopterphobia in Popular Science Monthly.

Popular Science Monthly

Food Value of Peanut as Substantial Diet Item

The peanut provides significant nutrition with six ounces of shelled peanuts equating to 2.3 ounces of steak plus five ounces of codfish and other foods. It is rich in fat and contains essential minerals like phosphorus lime sulphur and iron.

Exe Dialog Over Kitchen Door Sparks Morning Wakeup

In the Toston Evening Transcript excerpt Mrs Exe questions shutting the kitchen door to stop breakfast odors. Exe responds that the smell is what wakes the family, turning a domestic quip into a morning ritual.

Bridget Mrs. Exe Toston Evening Transcript

Find it in Their Work

Quote from John Ruskin on rightly occupied men finding amusement in their work, likening it to color-petals arising from a fruitful flower.

John Ruskin

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