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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1919
Page
3
For five years the Washington Improvement League has funded town projects from donations and festival proceeds. Next Saturday the league stages its fifth annual ice cream festival in Central Park, a major June event. Proceeds determine summer programs, and locals are urged to patronize the festival.
Mrs Winnletrene Oldaker of three miles southeast of Wellman died after taking a tablespoon of oxalic acid she mistook for salts. The unlabeled bottles were on a shelf. Dr. G W Hay counted the death accidental and the family of Burrell Oldaker left with two children.
Three marriage licenses were issued this afternoon as business picks up at the county clerk’s office. The recipients include Percy A. Shoemaker of Iowa City and Vera Blanche Knapp of Washington, Charles Orville Lowe and Lucy Long of Brighton, Gilbert Leroy Briggs of Fairbault, Minnesota, and Mildred May Savage of Brighton.
The piece notes that only about two thirds of U S presidents have been college educated and observes that even with growth in higher education college graduates remain under one percent of the population.
Driver Frank Nelson of the 4th pontoon bridging unit arrived home after discharge from the Canadian army where he served over three years in Belgium and France. His record shows training in Ottawa and overseas from May 1916, with action at Ypres, Vimy Ridge, Lens, Passchendaele, Amiens, and Mons, among others. Nelson, son of Mrs. Alex Nelson, survived without wounds amid heavy losses in his unit.
The Worth While Girls announce Miss Mary Page Wright of Iowa City as principal speaker for tomorrow's rally. Wright, a missionary in Turkey for eleven years, will speak in the afternoon and evening. Mrs. Cora Bartlett and her mother Mrs. E M Wright returned from Arkansas City Kansas after a visit with relatives. Mrs. Wright, 85, made the trip well. Bartlett plans a short stay here before returning to Washington Pa. Dr J M Wishart learned of his father in law John Calvin Wallace's death in Norwich Ohio. Wishart will visit his wife and children then go to Auburn New York for ministerial study.
A brief note suggests using onions as a remedy for insomnia, recommending a single trial at the final daily meal for one to two weeks while avoiding repeated dosing beyond that period.
A statewide pro prohibition program unfolds next Sunday with six leading temperance speakers at morning services. Former Tennessee Governor M R Patterson will speak at the Methodist union meeting on the topic What Is Victory. Surrounding towns will host additional union services by the same speakers.
The Carl Hagenbeck-Wallace circus arrived in Washington en route to Omaha. Two performances were held on the Boyd Berdor pasture with a 2 PM matinee and 8 PM night show. The parade delighted thousands, and the two calliopes blared across town. The 350 acts included elephants, horse stunts, and a hippodrome race, with 100 clowns and notable stars like Edna Brock and LeFeur. The vast train spree, dining rooms and 1000 staff highlighted a full two and a half hour program in a grand circus day.
Lieut. Col. 8S. W. Brookhart leaves for Washington and Caldwell to serve as assistant executive officer for the national rifle matches. He wrote a textbook for the event, published by the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice. Four to five thousand riflemen will contest on Caldwell ranges under navy direction with army and marine corps participation.
In southern Tunisia the Dourtat mountain, once an active volcano, housed a honeycomb of volcanic gas bubbles forming caves. The mountain was a densely populated city-like habitat, described as a human anthill with many inhabitants in former days.
Louis Vash, 21, an Italian soldier in the Fort Des Moines medical detachment, tried to kill his wife Juanita by pouring carbolic acid down her throat in a Rome hotel room. She fought back but suffered severe facial and breast burns and possible loss of sight in one eye. Vash was burned on the hands and arrested for assault with intent to murder. The motive cited was a dispute over diamonds.
Audubon Iowa June 25. Joe Sedlick a well to do bachelor vanished. He possessed a substantial bank balance rented a farm bought a team and farming gear and had arranged to launch a large enterprise. He left only the clothes on his back as Sheriff Wil-
A family wonders if the son who took possession of another property was killed, wandered away demented, or will return with a wife. The父 refuses to blame him for any bad habits.
The article extols cheery kitchens and unaided housework. It argues many housewives waste effort walking about the home daily and could reduce strain by adding labor-saving devices and removing excess furniture shelves and clutter that collect dust.
A five year old traveling with his parents asks about a relative named Awmt Jen on a southbound trip to visit an aunt he has never met. The scene ends with alarm as the boy asks his mother what color Awmt Jen is, amid a tense air at train stations.
A thrift magazine note advises removing shine on garments by sponging with pure boiling hot vinegar, rubbing into the fabric, and pressing with a hot iron. Repeat as shine returns.
The article asserts Damascus as the oldest city, founded in antiquity perhaps by Shem, son of Noah. It contrasts Damascus with Babylon, Nineveh, Tyre, Sidon, Sodom, and Gomorrah and notes it predates Persian, Egyptian, Greek, Indian, and Mongolian cities.
The piece extols owning a home as national stability and thrift. It praises War Savings stamps and thrift stamps as practical paths to build a home fund, noting the stamps mature in five years and are nontaxable, nondepreciable government securities reinforcing a citizen’s stake in the country.
Frugal living advice urges conserving money like energy and time. Practical tips emphasize mindful spending, budgeting, and avoiding wasteful purchases to build financial resilience.
Government War Savings Stuiupe will show the way.
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