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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1919
Page
5
Community notes from Washington County cover births deaths and local comings and goings. Names and events are presented in concise notices across neighborhood letters and personals columns.
Mr and Mrs Homer Kephart and baby Lawrence visited Sunday at the Carr home. Mrs Roll Gamon is not improving as fast as friends would like. A B Carr shipped cattle and hogs from Havre Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Elmer Kephart are visiting at their son Homer s home. Will Miller began work for Rob Coulter Monday.
Will Curl and family returned home after a week with relatives in Indianola. J P Hradek's learned Will is at Camp Dodge. The NIra school closed Friday. Will Curl bought an Empire car in Indianola. Several locals visited at various neighbors homes and many planned to attend rural graduating exercises in Washington Saturday.
Joe Bell of Wellman visits relatives in Kalona for a few days. Lois Hochstetter returns after a successful teaching year in Manning. Mrs. Hicks and Kathleen travel to Marengo for a graduation and to visit her sister. Dr. Rock leaves Iowa City after assisting Dr. Fry. Myrtice Warner and friend Middleton visit A. A. Warner. Maude Durst visits sister Mrs. Mason in Ottumwa.
In Crawfordsville on June 11 Mr. and Mrs. R. C. McCleary Elwyn Davidson and Mrs. W. P. Davidson with children Marion and William visited Washington yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Martin and daughter Mary Jane plus Mr Harrington of North English arrived. Latimer Davis was expected home from France. Wm. Reubsam of Washington visited yesterday. P J Walsh who closed out the Maxwell store sale left for Minneapolis Minnesota yesterday.
Iowa City June 11 Official recognition of the scoutmasters after nation training school at the University of Iowa has been given by the national organization. The university course is the only one in the state so recognized and will help supply leaders for the new Boy Scout program. Charles F. Smith, scoutmaster at
The Staten Island academy and educational scout commissioner of New York City head the instruction. Scout troops from Iowa City and nearby towns attend the camp along the river for active work with boys. The two week course starts June 16. The University of Iowa pioneered this work in the middle west and it spreads across the region with last year’s nationwide enrollment.
Iowa librarians and a few from surrounding states near completion of registration for the six week summer school for library work at the University of Iowa. Blanche Watts of the Kentucky library commission directs the course with instructors Blanche Hawks Grace Shellenberger and Clara Abernethy from Penn College Kewanee and the university library. The program aims to cover all duties needed to run a small public library.
Fairfield Iowa June 11 World war veterans organize the first American Legion post in Jefferson county. Meeting led by T L Brookhart and J J Seerley Jr with broad county participation. Officers elected include Post Commander R V Johnson Adjutant John Barrast Financial Officer John Prasher Historian James Clarke Chaplain Chester Fordyce Master at Arms Harry Treshwaters. Post named Allen Jewett post in honor of the first man killed in the World war.
Forty riflemen to represent the United States in the interallied matches at Le Mans on June 23 were announced. Thirty from the army and ten from the marine corps, chosen after a three week elimination shoot with 200 competitors. The final team includes Leyland Peyton A B E F rifle champion, Lloyd Epooner, John Grika, Fraters, Theodore Johnson, H J Timberling, Walter Behrens, L A Chenoweth, Charles Boysen, Earl Johnson and others from units across the army and marines. The Americans join ten nations in the interallied games beginning June 23.
Iowa City June 11 state board of education announces two changes at the University of Iowa. Prof Bothumil Shimek resigns after twenty five years as head of botany and will focus on taxonomy and ecology while remaining connected to the department. Prof Robert B Wylie is named his successor. Ullman newly heads the Latin department succeeding Eastman who was killed in an auto accident last summer.
Cedar Rapids hosts a Masonry Diamond Jubilee celebration recalling Iowa Grand Lodge founded 1838. Parades and public events featured Grand Master George Schoonover reporting the order grew by 3,000 in the last year. The Tuesday night program included choral music, speeches, and greetings from allied jurisdictions.
Tom Mix, famed western star, appears at the Fox theater next Friday in The Coming of the Law based on Charles Alden Seltzer's book. He leads Brownie Vernon in a Dry Bottom New Mexico tale where Kent Hollis cleans up a town plagued by rustlers through daring feats.
Ottumwa’s summer school reports the highest enrollment in the state, with 220 students this morning, led by teachers taking advanced-work courses under the new state minimum wage law. Didadictos and physics are the most popular subjects, requiring class divisions and an extra instructor to handle the large sections.
A historical ad-like text urges treating rheumatism by cleansing the blood rather than local applications. It promotes S. S. S. as a blood purifier and directs readers to obtain a bottle and contact the Swift Laboratory in Atlanta for advice.
Dr. Franklin Martin announced final figures showing 46,000 civilian doctors mobilized as army navy and public health service officers, plus 72,000 in the Volunteer Medical Services corps, totaling 112,000 of about 140,000 medical personnel. Half have been demobilized as units return to civilian practice.
An order for fifty Hart-Parr tractors has been received from Porto Rico for use on large sugar cane ranches there. The tractors have proven successful in Porto Rico San Domingo and the Virgin Islands. Twenty tractors were shipped to Angers France yesterday and crating of thirty more will start next week for the same destination.
Tuesday night highlighted the grand lodge session as a feature of the celebration with schools of instruction also held that evening. The events showcased fraternal activities and community engagement during the gathering.
F J Heaton, a farmer, narrowly avoids death when a fast mail train strikes his auto near Still Seeling Brooks. The car is crushed to junk, yet Heaton walks away unhurt, calmly gripping the steering wheel as bystanders watch in disbelief.
A cautious business figure warns against rushing into great ventures without a careful survey of the situation or counting the cost, urging prudent planning before bold moves.
A health advice passage warns that regular meat consumption can stress kidneys and cause backache and other symptoms. It recommends Jad Salts as a remedy, taken as a tablespoonful in water before breakfast for a few days, to flush kidneys and neutralize urine acids, claiming it prevents bladder irritation and kidney disease.
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