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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1918
Page
4
The message stresses patience in advancing against Germany, noting Russia’s role in supplies and troops, the need for greater American forces and vast munitions, and the aim to secure ground, maintain supply lines, and progress cautiously toward Berlin while prioritizing human lives.
ABE MARTIN notes that Dudley Moots abandons his Tippecanoe Lake plan and will head to Camp Taylor instead. He quips that even onions dislike certain folks as Mrs. Tilford Moots plows the same field she used for housekeeping. The joke turns to wartime thrift as the man who once sought a position now seeks work.
A wartime verse depicts rationing and loyalty themes. A speaker rejects sawdust bread for a staple diet of beef and wheat, urging citizens to endure shortages to support soldiers and Germany's fall, while insisting on cheerful patriotism amid privation.
The article argues Allied aims in Russia after the Bolshevik collapse, noting Austrian military activity and the death of the Bolshevik government. It discusses intervention debates, the need to keep pressure on Germany, and the challenge of Russian public understanding amid uncertain prospects for a swift victory.
Miss Mildred Vollenweider, 18, dies from infantile paralysis as the epidemic reaches nine deaths and 68 cases in the Dubuque area. Cases appear in Bellevue with two, Galena three, New Diggings Wis. three, Lancaster three, Manchester one, Warren NL one, East Dubuque one, plus rural Dubuque county. Quarantine keeps children home, theaters and beaches closed, Sunday schools halted.
Mary Alethea Woodward in Living Church quotes a poem praising the unseen captain who leads soldiers and mourns the fallen. The piece frames the Man of Sorrow as the source of courage and enduring peace amid war’s grim toll.
Geo Jenner of 416 Labor Street San Antonio Texas praises Foley Cathartic Tablets as the best laxative for constipation biliousness and says they should be in every traveling man's grip. The ad promotes relief from sick headache bloating and digestion issues via Lemmon's Pharmacy.
The narrator recalls a massive dogfight over France with six Allied planes against about sixteen German aircraft. He highlights skill and endurance, the danger of capture, and his transfer to enemy intelligence and then an officers’ prison at Courtrai Belgium after a dramatic combat sequence.
A WWI prisoner describes being shot down with two British and two German machines, and a fellow aviator Paul Raney who aided the narrator. He recounts capture, transport to Courtral prison, a guarded archway, and being moved to a barred cell after giving his identity and background.
The terms ealf week cow week and bull week denote three pre Christmas work periods in England's industrial centers. Workers toil nine and a third hours in ealf week two thirds of a day in cow week and double time in bull week to compensate for holiday output losses.
A playful notice reminding readers that every issue contains advertising alongside articles. It playfully asserts ads are part of the full newspaper experience and invites attention beyond the main stories.
A World War I account describes a prisoner in Belgian territory wearing a red Tavarian cap over a British uniform. He notes patrols, a locked door, and daily walks in a courtyard where guards observed him. The vivid scene ends with continued captivity and a tease of further details to come.
The text explains that ammonia is a gas dissolved in water and belongs to the alkali family. It describes its use as a spot remover, noting its effectiveness on oils and grease where soap and water fail, and mentions its role as a cleanser for bath stains.
A dated railway timetable notes departures and arrivals including Faatbound No 24 at 4 10 am passenger No 8 8 at 7 24 pm local No 92 10 40 am daily Nos 91 92 except Sunday W B Lindsay agent.
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