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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1918
Page
7
Washington County neighborhood updates summarize coming and going events in local communities. Brief news letters report on happenings, small incidents, and residents’活动 across the county with a focus on everyday life and local notices.
Grace Hill notes report visits to Camp Dodre by Rev Drebert Mrs Strehm and Alyce Strehm. Local residents attend birthdays, hospital news, navy enlistment in Davenport, Ladies Aid meeting, refugee drive for French relief, and family events including a funeral in Mediapolia.
A wedding solemnized at Holy Trinity church on Wednesday morning united Miss Clara Saur and Robert Welte with attendants Mina Stella Kern and Ernest Kloppfer. The bride wore white satin and scarlet crepe while the bridesmaid wore pink crepe de chine. Reception followed at the Welte home.
The Richmond band plans a concert in the park this Saturday night showcasing local musicians and community entertainment in an outdoor setting. Citizens are invited to attend and enjoy an evening of live music under the stars.
The Kalona Gospel Tear plans a Sunday evening service at Prairie Flower Church at 10912 with start time to be announced. The event highlights a local gospel gathering featuring the Kalona Gospel Tear.
The German government cites the Prager lynching in Collinsville Illinois and calls for U S protection of Germans in America. A Wolff Bureau telegram from Germany quotes Privy Councillor Simons in response to Meiningen questions and urges faster action to prevent such excesses.
Instructions describe heating the screw head briefly with a red hot iron and then using a screwdriver while still hot to loosen and remove the rusted screw. The method relies on expanding the screw and metal, reducing grip for easier extraction.
Deems United States Food Administrator for Iowa issues a summer program urging Kansans to conserve staple foods. Canning and preserving perishables, avoiding excess meat and sugar, and storing fruit and vegetables for winter are urged to support soldiers in France. The message warns waste is indefensible and emphasizes patriotic duty and community support.
There is more Catarrh in the section of the country than all other diseases put together and for years it was supposed to be incurable. Hall's Catarrh Medicine promises a constitutional remedy that works through the blood to mucous surfaces. A hundred dollars reward offered for any case Hall's Catarrh Medicine fails to cure.
The Turkomans owe much of their charm to their fantastic headgear. When they remove them and reveal shaved heads and embroidered skull caps underneath they seem commonplace. Yet older men retain majesty of bearing not a matter of costume. Their red cotton gowns or Khalots give them princely stateliness which the trousered Russian with his shirt pepping lacks.
The county war savings stamp drive urges all citizens to pledge by June 20 to support government securities and reach the June 28 campaign end. State director Miller notes quotas set locally and stresses collective effort. the goal is to “go over the top” and boost wartime production and savings.
Washington reports Maj. Gen. Brancker of the British air ministry states big American airplanes and seaplanes should fly the Atlantic to reach the front by next summer. He aims to cooperate with U S aviation officials and says the British air council will pioneer a trans Atlantic flight route to move American made aircraft to the front. The initial flight is expected this autumn in a machine of British make.
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