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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 26, 1918

Page

3

County Men En Route to Camp Pike

Special correspondence from on board the Iowa Special details eighteen coach cars full of county men traveling by train toward Camp Pike. The group notes hearty morale, thanks to Red Cross support, and plans to reach Little Rock with a possible march out to camp, while describing heat, dining car meals, and scenery along the way.

U.S. A Burlington Keokuk Washington County St. Louis Iowa Little Rock Missouri Arkansas Red Cross Gentlemen of Color Jim Painter

Local notes cover weather and personal news in Kalona and beyond

Fred Skola of Kalona travels to Washington on business. A marriage license was issued for John Wooley of Moscow Idaho and Jennie Lease of Crawfordsville. Temperatures peaked at 92 with light morning rain of .07 inch. S. J. Kellogg returns from Iowa City where his son John Kellogg remains seriously ill after surgery. Lieut Harry Palmeren of Douglass Ariz Pew Cavalry is home on furlough after a broken leg and hospital stay. Nial Nicholson is the other Washington boy at Douglass.

Fred Skola Kalona Washington John Wooley Moscow Idaho Jennie Lease Crawfordsville S. J. Kellogg Iowa City John Kellogg University Hospital Harry Palmeren Douglass Ariz Nial Nicholson

Man Robbing Ice Boxes Arrested After Porched Cantalope Feast

Fred Cary, identified by distinctive teeth marks from missing front teeth, is arrested after raiding several east town ice boxes on Wednesday night. He admits thefts including eggs and a lemon, is bound over to the grand jury for breaking and entering, and a reward offer stands pending sentencing.

Fred Cary Cary Wilson McCarty Matucas Reister Chalmers Richardson Water Works R. I Mr. McCarty Jesse Phillips Maxwell Ward

S. M. Logan Is Taken by Death in Washington

Samuel M. Logan, a longtime Washington resident, died at 3 30 this afternoon at his home. Funeral arrangements and obituary will be announced tomorrow.

S. M. Logan Death Samuel M. Logan Washington

Funeral for three year old Donald Entsmin ger

The funeral for Donald Entsmin ger who died at the county hospital will be held at the ES Sellers home 1201 East Second St tomorrow afternoon at 4 50.

Donald Entsminger ES Sellers East Second St

City Briefs Boys at Camp Pike Arrival

Families learned their sons arrived safely at Camp Pike after a thirty hour journey. The boys were placed in fourteen days quarantine and traveled on a special train of thirty cars.

Camp Pike

Broncho Rampage Shocks Brownsville Brooklyn

In Brownsville Brooklyn a western broncho arrived in town and ran amuck injuring two men and destroying a five and ten cent store. Clerks and customers fled to the basement as the horse smashed through a show window. A motorcycle officer pursued and captured the runaway after a fifteen block chase.

New York Brownsville Brooklyn

Demonstration on Wheat Substitutes at Local Church

Miss Anna Olsen county home demonstrator led a wheat substitutes demonstration at the old Methodist church with about seventy five women present. She offered recipes and instructions while tasting oatmeal cookies chocolate cake gingerbread and barley nut cake using syrup instead of sugar. She spoke of sugar and wheat substitutes and answered many questions. demonstrations earlier at Ainsworth drew forty six women and another session planned at Mrs Roy Libe home with Franklin township women.

Anna Olsen Old Methodist Church Miss Olsen Ainsworth Roy Libe Franklin Township Court House

Foley Kidney Pills Aid Overworked Middle Age Kidneys

An advertisement proclaims Foley Kidney Pills help middle aged men and women whose kidneys and bladder are overworked or diseased. The copy emphasizes natural aging and the need for aid to filter impurities from the bloodstream. Lemmon's Pharmacy appears as the ad placement.

Foley Lemmon’'s Pharmacy

Epworth League Lawn Fete and Society Picnic Announced

The Epworth League plans a lawn fete at the Methodist church Friday evening with refreshments music and entertainment. The Young Women's Home Missionary Society schedules a Sunset Park picnic Monday evening July 29 bringing glass fork and spoon and noting dues payment.

Epworth League Young Women's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church Sunset Park

Sacrifice rewarded with Mayr's Remedy success tale

A poor worker recounts lifelong digestion troubles and high medical costs. She credits Mayr's Wonderful Remedy, says one dose convinced her and warrants a money refund. Sold by Lemon's drug store and druggists everywhere.

Mayr Lemon

Sugar shortage stirs Washington clash with dollar-a-year men

In Washington two so called dollar-a-year war workers demanded extra sugar at a Pennsylvania avenue cafeteria. They ignored the three pounds per person monthly limit, claiming special privileges. Federal food administrator Clarence Wilson called the acts unpatriotic and urged compliance for wartime conservation.

Washington D. C Times Food Administration Pennsylvania Avenue Clarence Wilson District of Columbia

Burlington Pastor Called To Iowa City

Rev Arch Mae Cardie of the First Presbyterian Church of Burlington was unanimously offered the pastorate of the First Church of Iowa City by the pulpit committee after a meeting in Burlington on July 26.

Burlington Iowa City Archmae Cardie First Presbyterian Church of City

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