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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1919
Page
7
Brief notices from Washington County cover births deaths and local comings and goings with concise items on residents and community updates. Each short item names individuals and local happenings in a compact, period style.
Mrs Al Reeves attended a Sunday School and B Y P U Institute in Kalona with Prof Lapham and Miss Hazel Boyd guiding plans and methods. Miss Blanche Scott underwent an operation at Mayo Bros hospital. condition hopeful. Tom Reeves traveled to Des Moines to meet his son Clifford returning with the 9th division to be mustered out at Camp Dodge. Church announcements cover Bible school at 10, services at 11, midweek meeting 7:15, and monthly first Thursday gatherings led by Mrs Al Reeves. pastor E A Anderson invites all to worship.
Miss Mina McCleary visited Winfield to see her sister Mrs Ellis Kongable. Edw Ruppelt of Steamboat Rock Indiana and Dr Elmer Rittler of Wayland attended the F J Maxwell home. Max Keller of Chicago and Ruth Vincent of Washington were visitors. Vaughn Long returned from Mt Pleasant after college work. The opera house hosted a well received class play And home came Ted with a strong cast including Skeet Kelly Farrel Young Diana Garwood Lucie Sipe Oma Strain and others.
The Class of 1919 at Crawfordsville held a crowded class night in the opera house with eight seniors participating. Eva Spangler led class colors, Mary Cannon and Alice Maxwell performed solos, and Supt W. G. Robertson gave a stirring address on citizenship education and patriotism. Ora Hays returned home after coaching the high school play.
Mr and Mrs Tom Carris and families and Mr and Mrs Andy Augustine and families attended a dinner at G A Standards Sunday Roy Jones and family of Brighton visited friends in this neighborhood Willis Peterson spent last week with relatives in Illinois Kenneth Carris plowing corn for Tom Carris this week Fred Reid was a professional caller in this neighborhood Tuesday James and Monna Lemley spent lunch at the parental Lemley home Grace Hii
Des Moines reports the Eighty-eighth Division units to be mobilized and demobilized by week’s end. The 352nd Infantry left Newport News and regions expect arrival in Des Moines Thursday night, while the 313th Engineers depart Camp Mills and head to Des Moines by Saturday night. Support units from Newport News also head to Des Moines Friday night. The Wisconsin forest lab seeks substitutes for scarce boxwood, noting Florida boxwood and Arkansas wahoo are closest rivals.
Des Moines residents recall the 88th division returning to Camp Dodge and the city after a long wartime absence. Soldiers march in confident bearing, restored by training, discipline, and duty, pleasing families and local leaders who praise their conduct and service.
Mitchell Lewis stars in Jacques of the Silver North a virile Northwest tale at the Fox Theatre next Monday. Memory Gaird protects wrongfully accused fugitive Joseph Treffery while Jacques La Rouge and others in the trading post world navigate loyalty danger and a tense pursuit in the frozen frontier.
Memory is brought to marry Treffery under duress as Blake confronts them with a pistol. Jacques arrives, casting a shadow over what should be a wedding, making Treffery’s day turn grim and unsettled.
Des Moines Register reports Gov. W. L. Harding will not call a special session to ratify the woman suffrage amendment. Iowa suffragists expect quick ratification in the January legislature while gathering petitions to show public support. Local leaders vow to press for ratification without party alignment.
George J. Kelly, acquitted of the Villiscaux murders and now in Chicago, writes letters to Montgomery County residents urging funds to prosecute Attorney General Hayner and others. He asks for 50 or 100 dollars but would take smaller or larger sums, claiming doctors say his health was wrecked by prosecutions and ordeals but has now recovered.
The ad touts Miller’s Antiseptic Oil as a universal remedy for rheumatism neuralgia lumbago and aches. It claims three million bottles sold with a money back guarantee and fewer than a dozen returned. It cites relief for arthritis sore throat cuts and burns and promotes Herb Juice Medicine Co as the manufacturer with prices 30c 60c and $1.00.
A letter from an accused man requests funds for salts and legal fees to secure a fight. He claims Chicago officers offer services at low costs if he can raise money. The rambling appeal promises payment upon arrival of himself and his lawyer if the addressee declines to help.
A fragment notes instructions to send money to Chicago and suggests it would be a shame if the claimant is not aided in collecting large damages owed to him.
Washington report shows infantry officers sustained the highest losses with 55 killed or wounded, compared to aviators, as of June 13. The War Department details reveal infantry casualties outpaced air service losses in the latest tallies.
The record notes that 46 enlisted men per 1000 were killed in action, compared with 21 officers and one enlisted man per thousand in the air service. The tank corps ranked third with 16 officers and 7 men per thousand.
A Roosevelt exhortation urges citizens to adopt civic righteousness and place the state on a path worth saving, stressing the Lord guiding the average man’s heart to shape a worthy future.
The text argues fear should not control investors, urging self direction and daring mining investments. It cites Guggenheims Hearst and Postal Telegraph as fortunes from mining, and highlights La Cuauhtemoc Mines with 4000 shares available. It forecasts Allied support and Mexico’s recovery, promising dividends to stockholders.
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