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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1918
Page
8
Read the advertisements and notices from Ottumwa area shops and residents. Smith's Emporium promotes sales and introductory offers, while Kleenatub and Rheuma products drive big local demand. Residents travel for visits, relatives plan trips, and new births or goods are noted alongside several short local updates.
Bids will be received by the County Auditor of Washington Iowa until 1 PM July 20 for lump and nut coal grades for the Court House Jail County Home and paupers Bidway and Franklin County Illinois coal to be delivered Lump coal must be screen over and in The right to reject any or all bids is reserved A L Griffith County Auditor
City items note a contingent of shock troops aiding rural work at Mela Shada farm including Charles Cunningham Joe Falk Paul Smevoy and William Weidner assisting John Kurtz McCutcheon sells planing mill to William Jacobs plans to relocate next year and 85 year old McCutcheon once a leading craftsman. town girls also helped farmers with breakfast and hay duties without charge, earning gratitude.
Miss Anna Olsen conducted a demonstration at Indian Creek schoolhouse this afternoon following a successful event yesterday in Wellman. About 150 women attended the Wellman assembly with the committee reporting thorough preparation for the program. The Durst sisters Lulu and Myrtle traveled to Ottumwa for the day, with Lulu returning and Myrtle planning to visit Columbia Mo and Hallsville Mo before heading home.
The Smith family expresses appreciation for acts of kindness during illness and after the death of a husband and father. They thank the Ladies Aid neighbors and all who sent flowers for comfort. July 22 city teams begin collecting cans. please place them in boxes and barrels to expedite collection. Street and Alley Committee.
A group aims to collect calls and organize boxes and barrels in preparation for an event on the 29th. Organizers encourage participants to bring needed items and coordinate pickup and distribution locally.
A brief meditation on appreciating lovable traits in others as a path to happiness. The piece urges noticing kindness, humor, and warmth in daily interactions to foster better relationships and personal well being.
Immediate resumption of work was ordered in three large Oakland shipyards after the Iron Trades council repudiated the boilermakers section and ordered a return to work. Federal officials and labor lenders helped craft an agreement on wage adjustments.
The widow and mother of Maj John Purvey Mitchel the former mayor of New York killed July 6 in a plane crash at Gerstner field Louisiana are named sole beneficiaries in the will filed for probate here Major Mitchel leaves 10000 to his mother Mrs James Mitchel and the remainder to his widow The estate includes large life insurance policies and property valued around 25000 plus other holdings
Federal investigators progress in the Doctor Rumely case reveal that Germans in the United States once planned to buy 20 American papers in as many cities to publish favorable material for the central powers. It is alleged that German money was to be funneled into several publications and is now being traced.
Fire and explosion at the American Agricultural Chemical Company fertilizer plant near Jacksonville cause about 1.25 million dollars in losses. Separately, John W. Sterling leaves Yale University nearly 20 million in his will, he was a New York lawyer and Yale alumnus.
A called meeting of Washington Lodge No. 26 A F and A M will be held Thursday evening July 18 at 730 sharp for Third degree work. Brethren are urged to attend on time. Fr M Barnoske W MM 2012
At the regular Add club meeting last evening the standing committees were announced. Finance includes C. K. Plumley Joe Falk and J. W. Eastlin. Publicity lists L. F. Henderson J. H. Warren and J. S. McElhinney. Educational features I. Rothachild R. B. Shannon J. R. Maxwell Rev. Eaton C. V. Crull. Membership comprises R. S. Cook F. L. Wilson and Jay J. McNamara. Vigilance includes Rev. F. A Gazeby A. E. Atchison Louis Baird Lawrence Wilson and F. R. Sage.
A humorous exchange unfolds as an acquitted man questions a lawyer about his bill. The lawyer claims the man’s insanity proven, then asserts an insane person cannot conduct business, prompting a sharp comeback in a Boston Transcript item.
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