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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 10, 1918

Page

3

George Eckerman Dies in Colorado Funeral services set in Loveland

George Eckerman, longtime Washington County resident and former clerk of the district court, died at a Boulder hospital after an abdominal operation. Born February 1866 in Fort Loudon Pa his family moved to Washington in 1872. He leaves wife Eva McCobb and sons Dale Dwight and Clair. funeral in Loveland with burial there.

J. B. Eckerman George Eeckerman Loveland Colorado Boulder Mr. Eckerman Washington County Havre West Chester Beckerman Bekerman First United Presbyterian Church Washington Fort Louden Eva McCobb Dale Dwight Clair Monmouth College Eckerman A. L. Davidson First Church Will Eckerman Canada Marry Eckerman Tombstone Arizona Chas Ella California Mary Walker Uonderstood

Miss Aner Gardner Dies After Illness at Home

Miss Aner Gardner died at 6 05 am at the Gardner home on West Main street after a heart illness. Burial will be at Elm Grove cemetery following services at 4 36 pm conducted by Rev J A Glendinning of the Methodist Church. She was born January 15 1870 near Lexington, lived in Washington since 1896, and is survived by her father Samuel Gardner a brother Howard Gardner and a nephew Hoyt Gardner. She was a longtime Methodist and active in church and community clubs including the Young Women's Home Missionary society the Fortnightly club the G T club and the D B A L R.

Aner Gardner Gardner West Main Street J. A. Glendinning Methodist Church Elm Grove Miss Gardner Lexington Samuel Jennie Young Gardner Washington Howard Gardner Hoyt Gardner H. F. Gilbert Young Women's Home Missionary Society G. T. Club Db Alr

Re classification planned for Washington county registrants

Washington county will re classify 10 registered men as the draft board reviews all questionnaires with the government appeal agent and legal advisory board. Inspector reports will influence changes, and citizens are urged to assist in placing men into appropriate classes to equalize classifications nationwide.

Legal Board Exemption Board G. F. Morrison Col C. J. Wilson Guy E. Logan

Royal Sisterhood class plans park meeting for funeral

Members of the Royal Sister hood Sunday school class at M. BE. church are asked to meet in Central Park tomorrow at 3 30 to attend the funeral of Sister Aner Gardner.

Royal Sisterhood M. BE. Church Central Park Aner Gardner

Unhappiness Reflects Our Faults Not Fate

A reflective line asserts that most unhappiness stems from personal choices, urging self accountability and modest admission of fault rather than blaming external circumstances. The piece frames misery as a habit formed by individual conduct more than external fate.

Obituary: Rob ert D Lemon to be buried at Elim Grove

Funeral services for the late Robert D Lemon will be held at 2 pm Tuesday at his home 733 E Washington St with Dr W G Thorne preaching. Interment is in Elim Grove cemetery. Lemon, born November 6 1851, lived his life in Washington and died of tuberculosis of the throat after a long illness. He married Salina Darbyshire in 1880 and Hannah Burrows in 1903. survived by wife Hannah, one brother J O Lemon and sister Mrs J J Weldin.

Robert D. Lemon E. Washington Street W. G. Thorne Elim Grove Lemon Washington Mr. Lemon Bob Lemon Methodist Ile James Hannah Sloan Lemon Tle Salina J. Darbyshire Hannah M. Burrows J. O. Lemon J. J. Weldin East Washington Street

Will Sell It All In JournaIt Classified Ad

Brief want ad notes item for sale in the JournaI column. Reads like a plain notice seeking buyers or inquiries with minimal details and no explicit price.

The Law of the Northwest Invoked at Star Theatre

The Star Theatre presents The Law of the Northwest a photoplay about Hal Sinclair framing Petain Monest for theft and exile in the Canadian wilderness Monest dies but the film claims his innocence supported by Margery Wilson Will Jeffries and Eugene Corey star with director David Wark Griffith credited for influence The picture opens Tuesday night at the Star Theatre.

Hal Sinclair Northern Trading Company Fort Roscher Petain Monest Monest Great Northwest Triangeles Sinclair Margery Wilson David Wark Griffith Will Jeffries Eugene Corey Star Theatre

On Peacemaking as War's End Subversion

The passage argues that a patron seeking peace merely to end war and rest perverts the war’s true purpose. It compares such a motive to a traveler riding a coach going the opposite direction, highlighting the misalignment between peace as relief and peace as objective of conflict.

Coleridge

New American Army Formed With 200000 Trained Troops

A newly formed American army unit includes about 200000 men trained in France. Maj. Gen. Hunter Liggett is reported as commander, with long training and readiness noted for this force. The development signals a major strategic buildup in the European theater.

France Hunter Liggett

Mind as national agency in Hob’s analogy of cells

English writer Professor L. T. Hob argues the mind of a nation functions as a real agency. He compares it to the human body where vital processes occur across numerous independent cells. The body is more than the sum of its cells, not simply another cell.

L. T. Hobhouse

St John’s Bread Carob Widely Planted In Palestine

In Holy Land lore the carob is called St John’s bread and is said to satisfy the locust and wild honey devoured by the preacher in the desert. The plant grows practically everywhere planted in Palestine.

St. John’s Holy Land Palestine

Pure white mineral wool made in Yarraville Melbourne

A new product process yields pure white mineral wool from basalt rock or blue stone. The facility at Yarraville a Melbourne suburb produces the material for insulation and related uses.

Yarraville Melbourne

Naming the Cherry and its ancient roots

The cherry name traces to Cora fos an ancient Greek town on the Black Sea. It explains how Europe received the first garden cherries and their early cultivation.

Cora Fos Black Sea Europe

Cast Iron Rust Proof For Molding Purposes

Cast iron is preferable to steel for molding because it is comparatively rust proof.

Valuable byproducts from old shoes detailed

From a ton of old shoes, metals valued at $4.70, grease $7.25, animal black $850, and sulfate of ammonia $22.50 produce a total of $683.45 about 15 cents per pair. The grease serves as a lubricant and the bone black equivalent is praised by English chemist M. C. Lamb.

Armonia M. C. Lamb

Would Be Big Pne

If the conscience fund collected all money due it uncle Eben jokes that no income tax would be needed.

Eben

Optimistic Thought on Self-Government and Republicanism

A brief musing on collective governance and individual capacity. The text links self control to republican ideals and suggests each person can govern themselves within a common framework.

Himmelf

Old Cheese Cheesebars Sold After Four Year Seasoning

A Patlan cheese, reputed as one of the finest grades, is sold only after it has aged and seasoned for a minimum of four years, ensuring enhanced flavor and quality. The process highlights traditional craftsmanship and long aging.

Reputation of Those Praised and Hated

A terse reflection on how a person’s fame and ill will shape public opinion and personal satisfaction, noting the balance between praise and enmity in shaping reputation.

No Bald Heads Among Them

A fragment notes a belief that black people rarely become bald and contrasts optimism about effort with partial success, suggesting social stereotypes without clear context or events.

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