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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1919
Page
7
Comings and Goings in Washington County Briefs
News letters report births and deaths, personal notices, and local shifts in residence in Washington County. The column highlights changes in households and community updates across several towns.
Harvest notes and local visits from Young America area
In Young America July 17 Mrs J N Phillips visited sister Mrs Claude Flynn at Riverside. Local residents Gilbert and family traveled to Burlington for visits. others spent days in the Tri Cities. Harvest weather has been good and threshing plans were set to begin next Tuesday at Mr Crawford’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young America
J. N. Phillips
Claude Flynn
Riverside
Lloyd Humston
little #on
Raymond
Winja
Ola Humston
Burlington
Ben Srifey
Mary
Willa
Tri- Cities
Elmer Cherry
E. L. Barthelows
Main Creek
Will Cherry
Ben
Eula
Chas
Cherry
Will
John Cherry
Ben Briley
Henry Rhode
J. N
Gardner
John Carris
Leila Herbert
Gerald
Keota
Frank Pringles
J. C
Nelson
Hugh Kendall
Washington
Local notes from Brighton and surrounding towns
Brighten residents share visits and moves as Mary Wicoff stays with the Bidwells in Well. Ed and Mrs. Morgan welcome twins born July 16 at Cotter. Armstrongs travel from Washington and plan to relocate to Winfield where Rhua will teach. Various relatives visit from Wayland Orange and Chicago with planned outings and transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Morgan
Cotter
R. J. Armstrong
Miss Rhua
Washington
Armstrongs
Winfield
Rhua
H. C. Cooper
Mary Fryman
Infield
Lizzie Oswald
Maude
Wayland
McClintic
Harry Lloyd
Chicago
T. B. Brinton
Harry Brinton
Davenport
T. Brinton
Bierce
Aaron Bailey
Katona
Iowa City
Leslie
Little
Orange
N.J
Local family visits and a newborn daughter reported
The text lists visits by Mr and Mrs Anson Brinton and others, including Mr and Mrs Gilbert Mumpher from Newton, Mrs G W Hill and Miss Jessie Nichols visiting relatives, Miss Louise Bristow returning from Bonaparte, and Capt Will Brinton arriving from Camp Dix for a few days with his parents. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs John Anderson in Aberdeen South Dakota on July 12, formerly Lulu La Motte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anson Brinton
Gilbert Mumpher
Newton
Charles Mumpher
G. W. Hill
Jessie Nichols
Will Heyde
Rex Brier
Louise Bristow
Bonaparte
Capt
Will Brinton
Camp Dix
N. J
Addison Brinton
John Anderson
Aberdeen
Anderson
Lulu la Motte
Local Happenings in Crawfordsville July Meeting and Visits
Mr. and Mrs. Jess McCoy and Frank McCoy returned from Ottumwa where Mrs. Henry McCoy remains gravely ill. The United Presbyterian missionary society met at the Maxwell home with 46 attendees and Sterling Coe spoke on war relief groups and France. A cafeteria supper followed with music by Myrtle Lee and Doris Maxwell. Out of town guests included Mrs. Mary Moore, Mrs. Howard Crozier and Ferne, and Sterling Coe of David City Nebraska. Local visitors were WL Jones and family and Mr. Lewis of Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Jess McCoy
Frank McCoy
Ottumwa
Henry McCoy
The
Missionary Society of the United Presbyterian Church
Clyde Maxwell
Sterling Coe
Baby Ferne
Washington
David City
Nebraska
WL. A. Jones
Lewis
Jeanette Wooley
Emma Wonderly
Chicago
Ralph Moorhead
Grinnell
L. L. Neiswancer
Victor
Oma Strain
Earl Griffith
Dublin Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Dublin residents report corn deliveries by Lee Craig from near West Chester to W. E. Augustine. Emil Fink and family stayed with Jacob Hotle, while Cale Lemley and son Dwite visited W. E. Augustine. Several attended a Wellson social. EB Sowash hosted guests. Art Coward entertained relatives at dinner. Edward Luth returned to Burlington after weeks with W. E. Augustine. Al Augustine of Chester shopped for stock. Emile Fink and family visited W. E. Augustine and George Rickard house in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Lee Craig
West Chester
W. E. Augustine
Emil Fink
Baby
Jacob Hotle
Cale Lemley
Dwite
Wellson
W. E.augustine
EB. D. Sowash
Art Coward
Edward Luth
Burlington
al Augustine
Chester
Emile
Ink
Geo. Rickard
Local Social Roundup Ties Kin Across Town
Titus residents report Mr. and Mrs. KE McClanahan and daughter visiting sister Mrs. Clair Brook. Miss Millie Longer helped her sister Mrs. Alvie Nethergall earlier. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Houck traveled to Peoria for the Mystic Shrine ceremonial held Friday and Saturday.
Local Social Roundup From Washington Visit to Farm Preparations
Mrs Stover visited Washington on Tuesday. Tom Miller and two children and Mrs Ira Miller of Ollie called at the Tom Carris home Tuesday afternoon. Miss Olive Peterson visits the Alvie Nebergall home for several days. John Koehler returned home Friday after a ten day hospital stay for appendicitis. Chas Atkinson hauls sand to build a house on his farm this summer. Mrs Tom Carris and children Winifred Seth Monna Lemley and Helen Attig attended a Little Light Bearers and Mothers Jewels meeting at Harry Kraan home Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stover
Washington
Tom Miller
Ira Miller
Ollie
Tom Carris
Olive Peterson
Alvie Nebergall
John Koehler
Chas. Atkinson
Winifred
Seth
Monna Lemley
Helen Attig
Little Light Bearers and
Mothers Jewels
Harry Kraan
Marshall County to Pave Primary Road System
Marshall County supervisors move quickly to start grading for a federal and state aided primary road system. Two miles of grading in each direction will be let for contracts soon with paving set for winter. Eight miles of paving planned in first contract on the Lincoln highway Center street and Third avenue routes in equal portions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Board of Supervisors
Marshall County
Third Avenue
Center Street
Jowan Honored Posthumously by French War Crosses
Lieut. Fred M. Becker, former Iowa university football star, is awarded the Croix de Guerre and Belgian War Cross posthumously for his action in France. Ernest W. Koepke of Waterloo prepares a biographical sketch to be read at Waterloo memorial exercises. Becker died July 18 1918 near Soissons when a shell fragment struck him as he danced in a wheat field during a second attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Fred M. Becker
France
Iowa University
Ernest W. Koepke
Waterloo
University of Iowa
Becker
Kappa Sigma
Iowa
Lieut
Mathews
Soissons
Famine of Ice Strikes Knoxville Commerce Gone Bad
Knoxville July 19 ice shortage hits city as William Grant announces quitting the local ice business for the season. Warm winter prevented pond freezing, shutting off ice for parlors, meat shops and soft drinks, with other southern towns in the same plight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
William Grant
Each to His Liking
A witty Buffalo News quip mocks Professor Pickering claiming with ten million dollars he could talk with Mars and suggests with the same sum people could make love to Venus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Professor Pickering
Mars
Venus
Buffalo News
Keota Fears Loss of the White Way
The Keota Eagle reports a proposed shift of Iowa’s White Way to run from West Chester to Sigourney, bypassing Keota and Harper. It urges local businessmen to organize to oppose the change, noting the road’s impact on real estate and Keota’s map presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota Fagle
Keota
West Chester
Sigourney
Harper
Eagle
Washington
Iowa
Sigourney? Mardly
Food for Civilians in Occupied Germany Tops Forty Million Marks
Civilians in the American occupied zone of Germany buy nearly a million marks worth of food daily from U S army stores. To date food valued at more than forty million marks has been sold, with a non profit group coordinating sales through limited access stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coblenz
Germany
United States Army
Treves
Commission of Experts
France
United States
Demented Man Police Detain With Knife Threats in Iowa
Miles Townsley about 70, long plagued by spells of temporary insanity, was taken into custody by Newton officers and jailed after threatening to kill Mrs Wegner’s family and then himself. He flashed a large butcher knife and spoke of making the killing easy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Miles Townsley
Mike Wegner
Townsley
Woman in Bonaparte Attempts Suicide at Home
Mrs. Mattie Howard tried to take her life with a shotgun near her Bonaparte home. She obtained a shell, locked herself in a shed, then returned to the house and fired the load into her body. Neighbors say she later set rubbish in the yard on fire amid despondent remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonaparte, la
Mattie Howard
Learning About Iowa Newspaperdom in New York Ad Page
A 1919 promotional piece celebrates Iowa as a booming consumer market. It cites farm wealth, bank deposits near a billion, 300000 autos, 1500 factories, and packing and cereal industries as key strengths. It notes 16 cities with first class dailies reaching 342000 readers daily and 52 dailies with vast ad value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Iowa
The
Fac
University of Iowa Reimbursed $310000 for S A T C Costs
The war department refunded 310000 to the University of Iowa covering S A T C housing subsistence and instruction. About 230238.90 covered S A T C expenses, 80000 the army vocational training school, and naval students in the S A T C added about 11000. 1800 to 2000 S A T C cadets were served, with roughly a thousand more in vocational classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
War Department
University
Army Training Corps
Army Vocational Training School
Justice Berkey Dismisses Murder Charge in Auto Crash Case
In West Union Iowa Justice L B Berkey dismissed the case against Dale Holmes who was charged with second degree murder after his car struck 8 year old Gladys Nelson. She died a week later. The discharge allows for possible grand jury indictment in September and leaves County Attorney Comstock undecided on further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
L. ©. Berkey
Dale Holmes
Holmes
Gladys Nelson
Comstock
Ads Offer Daily Finds To Interest Local Readers
A reader note highlights interest in today’s advertisements showcasing bargain items and services. The page invites attention to various listings including sales, classifieds, and community notices.
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Wash
Ington
Brighton
Mary Wicoff
Loren Bidwell
Titus
Marshall
Jowan
Ning Highway Thru West
Huns Bay
U. S
Putile
New York
News Paper
Advertiser Publishing Company
Siouxity
Middle West
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Uncle Sam Pays University
Soldiers’ ‘Training Corps
Washington National Bank
Formu
Brassieres
W. B
W.B
FORMA
W.B. Redusoc
Weingarten Bros., Inc
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