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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1918
Page
3
A historic note urges replacing torn worn flags with new ones or taking down old flags on Flag Day. It argues flags should be raised at dawn and lowered at dusk and not flown in bad weather to extend life. Recent replacements set a positive example for the town.
An old advertisement warns neglected constipation can cause bowel ulcers appendicitis and paralysis. It promotes Foley Cathartic Tablets as a gentle non habit forming remedy and notes Lemmon's Pharmacy as the source.
Mrs. R. H. Walker announces a central division letter praising the garment department's May performance. The chapter achieved 90 percent hospital supplies and garments rated as A, earning continued Star Chapter status for June with monthly review. A donation of ten gross buttons from Mr. Hammer of the American Years Button Co. was received to refresh supplies.
W H Bender director of vocational training and agriculture education for Iowa schools visited Washington yesterday to review the local high school's agricultural department. He announced Washington will receive federal aid under the Smith Hughes act, joining six other Iowa schools with plans for a two year course emphasizing on farm work and weekly farm visits by instructor Visquain.
County board completes official tally of June 3 primary with few changes. McCleery's margin over Boyer narrows to thirty six votes while Robertson remains unchanged. Parrow gains two but still falls short for nomination. Official counts list numerous county and state offices with minor adjustments, including Kennedy for U S Senator and Dunlap for State Senator among others.
Captain Ro Mair Allan a Scottish veteran of four years in the English army will speak at the Washington Methodist church Sunday at 3 PM after a Kalona appearance Saturday. He arrives in Iowa for War Savings Stamp work and will remain until June 28. He served in France from 1914 to 1918 and bears the Mons Star for the defense of France.
A thoughtful reflection on happiness asserting conscious virtue as the sole foundation. It contrasts worldly riches power and status with inner peace, suggesting wealth and rank fail to ease guilt or bring true contentment.
Letters from France detail gratitude for American aid of clothing, quilts, and comforts sent to refugees. Citizens express appreciation for the generosity and outline wartime hardships faced by families, including mothers caring for children and soldiers serving.
The week’s notices list W C T A gathering at 2 20 PM with Mrs Capt Maxwell on BE 2nd St devotion For ward March scripture Joshua 1 9 leader Mrs Ordella George and related items Also Ladies Social at the Presbyterian church 2 30 PM at Mrs Orville Elder home with 2 15 PM transport from church Public dances and a Zimri Rebekah Lodge meeting for funeral arrangements plus Mothers Jewels meeting at Sunset Park 3 PM June 15 with children invited.
Chapter 1 PB O will hold a regular meeting Thursday at Mrs Harriett Keck home with 1 24 pm car departure from Lemmon’s jewelry store If rain moves gathering moves to Mrs Myrtle Anderson’s home on W Washington St The Presbyterian Ladies Social next Friday at 2 30 pm at Mrs Orville Elder home transport by church cars at 2 15 pm Methodist Ladies Aid holds important meeting Friday at 2 30 pm in church parlors.
Funeral services for Mrs Amanda C Smith wife of William H Smith will be held Thursday at two o clock at the family home on K Fourth street outside city limits Rev W K Stryker will officiate and burial will be at Woodlawn cemetery Mrs Smith a longtime Washington resident born in Indiana August 5 1843 leaves her husband five children Horace Worley Mrs M A Mace Martin V Smith Ernest Smith and Mrs Alva Bollean fourteen grandchildren and one great grandchild a brother Martin Reese of Billings Montana and a sister Mrs Mary Welch of Winterset lowa also survived by other relatives She suffered a paralysis stroke last winter and was about her home until the last week today she is praised for her devout faith and religious life.
The L A S of the First United Presbyterian Church will meet Friday with Mrs. R L Livingston for social time and to welcome new members. North town group gathers at 2 p m at Mrs L Livingston’s. south town group at the church. Choir practice moves to Friday at 7 30 p m.
A Pentoightly Club general meeting is scheduled for Monday afternoon June 17. Mrs. W R Jeffrey and Miss Myrta Jeffrey will attend along with members from all departments.
Source notes Laura's engagement to a young minister is off due to Tie's jealousy and meddling. Friends recount he prayed for rain whenever she planned to go motoring with another man, signaling unfair interference.
The World Outlook notes that the original northern peoples called Baki mes prefer a brown identity over red and reject Todluns. They resist being renamed by external actions and emphasize self-definition amid ongoing cultural change.
A brief dialogue centers on a black eye blamed on a lover's quarrel. The punchline reveals the injury came from another lover, not the quoted partner, turning a domestic dispute into a playful misunderstanding.
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