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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1918
Page
8
A compilation of brief local items from Ottumwa includes commerce and ads at Crail's and Klein Klothing Co, travel mentions of Ww. Eldridge and J. M. Godfrey, and notices of sermons by Dr. W. W. Sweet at the Second U. P. church. Also noted are visits to relatives, marriage licenses issued for local couples, a dental reserve enlistment, and funeral attendance for L. M. Jarvis with related locals.
Daily notices show shopping features from Laundry Queen and Klein Klothing Ko with men’s trousers trunks and hats. Local visits include Miss Armstrong Miss Bowman and Mrs Young while Mert Teeter heads to Camp Funston after Cedar Rapids visit.
A communications editor writes as a Christian leader seeking to close a controversy over Sabbath labor. He argues ministers should act individually, urges harmony, and emphasizes saving crops and the community's greater good over personal victory. He hopes further newspaper debate ends.
A Chicago paper notes Clarence H. Babb, grandson of Mrs. M. J. Holden, was wounded nineteen times and cited to division headquarters with a Croix de Guerre and silver star after hospital visits by a French general. He is expected to leave the hospital around the 29th. Also reports an earlier Washington Band concert time change and deaths and job offers in church music.
Mrs Cocklin, longtime organist at the local Methodist church, weighs accepting a new position. The St Paul church’s instrument, a three manual Austin, is praised for its fine tone. Funeral planned for Albert C Null in Denver after a long illness. brother Ensign Telford Null delays arrival.
On July 22 city teams and men will gather cans accumulated since the last drive. Citizens are asked to place cans in boxes and barrels to speed collection. Street and Alley Committee notes.
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