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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1918
Page
3
Adjutant General Crowder orders indicate August drafts will match July numbers. about 8 500 white registrants and a proportionate number of colored men to be called. Local boards urged to revise Navy releases and speed up examinations to meet August 31 needs with allowances for rejections.
Treasurer C M Keck announces over a thousand season tickets held by a local printer will be sold next week when printed. Pledges from last August may redeem before August 13, securing funds for the assembly priced at 2 dollars for adults and 1 dollar for children. Tickets available at town banks with pledged purchasers listing their bank.
Adjutant General Guy E Logan thanks Iowa district local and medical exemption boards and appeal agents for their cooperation under the Selective Service Law. He praises their diligent work helping raise American forces and notes his resignation to join the regular army. The letter, dated July 24 1918 from Des Moines, commends all draft officials for their role in the war effort.
A group described as the community’s shocking crew gathered at the Lee Foster place southeast of town on Saturday night. In an hour and a half they reportedly shocked a very large amount of small grain and returned home by eight. The seven men named say they hold the championship, with Mr. Wallace in charge. Foster offered ice cream and cake to the harvesters, while two invited members declined to join.
A rain storm prompted the Afternoon Bridge club to move its picnic from the McCleery shack to the H L McCleery home on East Main street. The event featured ample food, a Hawaiian ukulele quartet, dancing, and a $5 monthly donation toward an Armenian orphan.
The Women’s Missionary Society second division of First United Presbyterian holds its regular monthly meeting and picnic next Friday at 3 00 p m sharp at Sunset Park. Each lady brings her own dishes silver and napkins and one dish to pass.
The Epworth League will host a lawn fete on the Methodist church lawn Friday evening with good music, a program of speaking, and refreshments. Proceeds support delegates to the annual institute at Clear Lake and the public is invited.
The Ladies League of the Baptist church will hold a 10 cent social Friday afternoon at 2 30 at the church.
The Afternoon Bridge club is entertained Friday evening at the home of Mrs Mae McCulley.
The Presbyterian church holds choir practice tonight promptly at 7 20. Members are urged to arrive on time and prepare for rehearsal.
Sufferers of indigestion dyspepsia and related stomach issues are offered a free sample bottle of Green's August Flower at Lemmon's Pharmacy. The ad touts fifty years of success and claims the medicine gentle laxative effects and headache relief arising from stomach disorders.
The Willing Workers plan a Thursday afternoon gathering with Mrs. Lizzie Corbin. Ladies are invited to attend a demonstration by Miss Anna Quisen at Mrs. Roy Libe home Friday July 26 at 2 30 pm.
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday at the clerk's office to Geo Conrad Rentmeister and Mary Anna Jones, and to Genaro Maldonado and Ynes Ledesena.
The advertisement asserts catarrh is constitutional and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as an internal remedy that works through the blood to mucous membranes. It offers a hundred dollar reward if the medicine fails and invites readers to request circulars and testimonials.
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