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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1918
Page
7
What Is Happening In Various Communities highlights brief notices from Washington County towns. Short items cover local meetings, events, and public notices affecting residents across neighborhoods.
Community notes recount visits among Frey and Eicher families in Donnelson and Charles City Iowa. Sightings from Camp Dodge, a baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stutzman, and a farewell party for Anton Fink before Camp Dodree. Also updates from Titus and Dayton Grove about residents, travel, births, and local events.
Miss Etta Baker assisted Mrs H J Cuddeback last week while Florence Baker stayed home. Charlie Snyder and Marion Smith attended a party at the T C Deal home as he prepares to leave for camp Tuesday. Sunday school at Bethel church was canceled due to Children’s Day but will resume this Sunday at 2 PM.
Bethel residents recall a gathering with the Bethel Ladies Aid society the previous Wednesday. Mr and Mrs J W Combs and family and Mr and Mrs Claude Davis with their daughter Isabelle spent Sunday evening at Frank Smiths home. Frank Smith is not well at present. G W Frain has been ill but improving.
Kalona June 24 Misses Beasie Holdeman of Lone Tree visited with friends the Misses Dunlap. Hugh Dunlap left for Berkeley to join the U.S. aviation corps after enlisting in February. Mr. and Mrs G A Jeffrey of Kalona headed to Iowa City to meet their daughter Mrs A N McEwen and their two grandchildren from Summerside Canada. Lucile Warner formerly Kalona High School teacher visited Kalona friends. J W Coffey of Iowa City, former Kalona merchant, now works for the Rock Island arsenal.
Miss Edna Jeffrey of Mt. Pleasant visits Crawfordsville for several days with friends. Ernest Eisele and Anthony Finke depart for Camp Dodee today. Mrs Wm Jones and family plan to move to Garden Grove Iowa, after being hosted by Rev and Mrs Gardner at dinner last evening.
A special Sunday morning service on June 30 features a Fourth of July program and a liberty sermon by Rev. S. KE. Wallin titled Liberty Past and Present. An ice cream social is planned Friday on M. B. Ebner’s lawn. Mrs. Myrtle Welliver and daughter Lola returned home from Cedar Rapids. Hazel Booth visited Velma Gallagher over Sunday.
St Ans Quardia mills manager Otto Boening admitted selling flour in excess and without substitutes. He paid 100 to the Red Cross of Mitchell County and the mill was closed for five days. A formal notice from United States Food Administration by J B Deems urges millers to cancel credit due bills and release excess flour for regular distribution.
The Food Administration allows ice cream at socials for the next three months with no additional foods allowed. It cites the fourth meal rule and warns that wheat products must not be added. The policy aims to conserve meat by substituting milk products and acknowledges surplus cheese and butter while urging less milk usage to protect dairy farming.
The article states any person who buys more food than usual undermines the food administration and its aim of fair distribution and price reduction. It warns there is insidious propaganda against saving and production and claims all opposition to production aids the enemy.
A New York drummer waiting at Lancaster station smiled at the conductor’s announcement of the 7 58 train to Philadelphia. The Philadelphia train was listed as the first stop, signaling an early departure on Friday morning.
A child story notes how Laura and a non English speaking boy play together despite not speaking the same language. Laura explains relationships in simple terms saying they get along fine because they cannot stand each other.
Regular session notes list mayor, eight council members and numerous vendors and fund allocations. Claims from Kellogg to Bidwell, Jo Davidson and Adler son presented, utility bonds discussed, plumbers reports ordered, and reports filed. A sidewalk project along South Third Avenue approved and city treasurer May balance recorded.
An advertisement from Lemmon’s Pharmacy in Bingham, Utah, features Frank Miller praising Foley Kidney Pills for relieving severe kidney trouble that previously kept him from working. The brief ad warns that slight kidney impairment may lead to dropsy or Bright's disease and urges readers not to neglect it.
A Fox photo play based on the De Saulles case depicts a wife who kills her husband after he wastes their life and abducts their child. The film questions whether provocations justify murder as a jury weighs the heroine’s fate in a climactic courtroom scene.
To get rid of ants mix two tablespoons sugar with two tablespoons powdered borax and one quart boiling water. Saturate a sponge with the solution and place it where ants are thickest. When the sponge is filled with ants, plunge it into boiling water.
A food administrator in Iowa calls for increased sauerkraut and vegetable use to aid food conservation. The text notes people avoid sauerkraut due to its German name, suggests Dutch origin, and mentions home soap making from fat and glycerin for munitions.
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