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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1918
Page
7
Community notes from Washington County cover coming and going in various neighborhoods. Readers learn what is happening across local communities through brief news letters and short updates.
Crawfordsville daily notes list residents visiting in Washington and nearby towns. Mentions include families such as Mr. and Mrs. Fred Long and baby, J. M. Maxwell, and others, plus Red Cross activities at Prairie Flower and Lincoln school comforters and wash-cloths.
June events in Dayton Grove list visits by Leo Brown to his uncle William Embree. Mrs Cassius Crossett of near Wellman visited Jas Walker's home. Mrs Sam Oldfield and Mrs Ralph Oldfield and baby spent Monday at A E Knott home. Mr and Mrs F G Martin hosted relatives from Washington Sunday evening.
Havre residents report Sunday visits by the Calupa and Wittiig families with relatives near Richmond and Keota. Margaret Pratt and her daughter Zeta vacation at Glenn Pratt’s. Farmers’ Union shipped a load of hogs from the area. A large crowd attended Children’s Day at Pleasant Hill church. John Swift also shipped hogs Tuesday.
Brighton column reports visits and births including a baby girl born to James and Mrs Dawson on June 17. Various residents travel to Sigourney Council Bluffs Rochester Dubuque and Madison. Guests include the Thrush sisters, Nellie and Dorothy, and others visiting family and attending events.
Seventy-Six residents and families visitors are listed with Sunday and Monday calls. Hotle and family, Carl Meyer and family, Helen McCreedy, Frank Wilson’s home guests, Roy Fisher in Washington, and Andy Meyer with Ruth and Arthur at Will Meyer’s. Marie Green helps Floyd Green this week. Red Cross social at Floyd Green Tuesday June 25 with cream chicken sandwiches ice cream and coffee. Elmer and wife welcome a new baby born Sunday.
Farmers' Union members in Maple Grove presented 33.05 dollars to Richmond Red Cross for soldiers' supplies. The piece lauds English River township loyalty, notes 40 plus 27 locals serving in war, and recalls Civil War volunteers from the area.
Mr and Mrs Harlan Emery spent Sunday at Fairfield. Mr and Mrs Dr Fitzgerald of Keota, Mr and Mrs Geo Hanlon and the Art Bowen family visited the Frank Pulver home. Dave Monroe and C L Romine went to Kalona to hear the governor. A large crowd attended the Red Cross play in West Chester Tuesday evening and praised it highly.
Mrs Robert F Hicks hosts her sister Mrs Simmons from Marengo and Miss Aletha Green of Mt Pleasant visits. Tom Green of the U S Army arrives for a local visit. C B Oldaker and A A Varner and daughter Mertice visit Iowa City. A G Snider and Olin Snair return from Burlington after attending a state undertakers convention. Rev O C McBride returns from Reasnor Iowa. Miss June Fry leaves for Cedar Falls for summer term at the state teachers college.
Ir a Waterhouse and Don ald Meacham left Thursday for Fort Monroe Virginia to enter the U S service in the artillery A large company of friends gathered at the church Tuesday evening to bid them farewell EE L Edmondson of Brighton gave a patriotic talk and music was by the choir The Missionary society presented comfort kits Bert Sergeant of Centerville visited relatives here last week Mr and Mrs Ed Hamilton and family were entertained at Mrs Jane Meachams Wednesday Louise Wood of Iowa Falls is a guest at the A W Woodford Edna Seaton of Ames is visiting at the L B Reed home Ladies met at the church Thursday afternoon to do relief work sewing These are weekly
A notice urges all ladies to attend meetings. Miss Pauline Robinson assists with house work at the W. G. Mleig home near Rubio. Ward has received word from Russell Reed that he has left Camp Cody and his destination is unknown.
A large crowd attended Children's exercises at the Pleasant Hill church Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs A B Kephart and son Fred visited after preaching with Roy Kepharts. Mrs Clarke Caldwell and Marion spent the weekend with her parents Ed and Mrs Benson. Lucile Hotle of Wellston stayed with sister Mrs Howard Baker. Mrs A B Carr and daughter Mable were visitors in Burlington. Helen Jones spent Thursday at Silas Caldwells.
The Kalona Gospel Team will hold services at Prairie Flower Church Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. The location is 10912 Prairie Flower Church address provided in the notice.
Unofficial reports from Des Moines indicate Camp Dodge will be expanded to hold about 60 000 men, up from the current 40 000, making it half again larger. The notices circulate among officers at the camp.
A testimonial extols Mayr's Wonderful Remedy as curing indigestion and bloating after one dose. The ad claims it removes catarrhal mucus and reduces inflammation causing stomach liver and intestinal ailments including appendicitis. Lemmon's Pharmacy and other druggists carry the product.
The proposed camp would house several hundred new buildings and expand water mains sewers and pavements. It would serve as a mobilization and training camp for drafted men from about six states to form provisional units replacing front line casualties. It aims to call an unlimited number of men for service as part of Secretary Baker’s plan. Iowa Minnesota Nebraska Missouri and likely North and South Dakota would supply recruits. Divisions would be formed at eastern cantonments where national army divisions have been moved to Europe.
A Melbourne man confides to a friend that the only girl he cared for was out of reach. He explains his wife shared his disappointment, noting the girl asked for two pounds a week while they could only afford thirty shillings.
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