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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
7
What Is Happening in Various Communities In Washington County Told in Brief News Letters Highlights and notes from local neighborhoods in Over County include events, meetings, and small town updates across the area.
Mrs Frank Welliver and daughter Lola host Cedar Rapids visits from Friday to Monday. Lois Godlove travels to Lone Tree to visit sister Mrs Frank Embree. Ellen Edwards from Detroit remains with her mother Zene Edwards who is slowly improving. Ice cream social at M E Ebner's lawn Friday. Rev Walling to preach on Liberty Past and Present next Sunday. Evening service subject Creation. Rain refreshes area. weeds enjoy it. C M and St P R R Co workers refit depot roof.
Local social roundup records visits from Miss Garrison of Muscatine and Lee Taylor's family, relocation of Luther Stephens from Pennsylvania, Maplethorpe and Durran family trip, Cedar Falls double wedding of Fritz and Taylor, Rickey and bride leaving for Rock Island, school teachers and Camp Dodge, weekend visits across Muscatine Riverside Kalona and Iowa City, Queen Esther Circle officers named, and Austin family weekend in Kansas City.
Dr Bretton and L G Owens visited Camp Dodge on Sunday. Mrs Harry Jones and children arrived from North English and will stay several weeks with Mrs Alicia Jones. Ira Wells from Kalona came Monday. The W Q V Literary club held a called meeting Tuesday at Mrs F D Snavely's home to plan a community substitution demonstration with date to be set for July. The W C T U will meet July 4 at church parlors. Hubert Bower visited from Ruthven for the day. Jacob Hammer from Iowa City visited Wellman relatives. Mrs Elmer Leighton and family from Grandview arrived for a few days with the Walter Leighton home.
A large crowd attended the Richland children’s day program at the M F E church with the children delivering a fine, well arranged performance. Visitors include Doris Robinson from Iowa City staying with grandparents B T Botteroff and Mrs Henry Williams visiting Clarence Neville’s family.
Wellston diary notes W E Davis visiting family in West Chester and Wayland Mrs Birdie Hotle praised for Children’s Day program decorations and flag display visits by Washington residents Miss Lillis Teeter and Miss Alice Hanley mentioned local activities include store hours July 4th closure and dental work in Washington with several local visitors and travelers listed.
Miss Leila Carris of Keota visits Frank Pringles for a few days as June events unfold. The Good Times club plans a Thursday meeting with Mrs. Ten nis Hunter, aiming for a large crowd, while Mr. Butler and family from Burl... attend.
Neighbors attend a carnival and visits abound as Cloyce Pringle heads to Marine training in South Carolina after working in Davenport. Ben Brileys visit Mr Murphy near Crawfordsville. Miss Eula Cherry helps with harvest meals. Mrs Ann Mowder suffers a bad hip fracture at Columbus Junction age near eighty.
June reports from Crawfordsville note visitors from Davenport Washington Winfield and Cedar Falls. Loren Moorhead leaves for Des Moines to report for coast artillery training at Camp Logan Colorado. The Home Guards hold their first drill with R W Hamilton as captain as locals reflect on changes since Frank McKee last visited 18 years ago.
Mrs Barbara Garrick of Olds visited daughter Mrs Dave Davison. Mt Union boys rode the train to spend the day fishing in the river. Mr and Mrs J Cornick of Columbus City along with their children visited the Weaver home. Jess and Ben Davison plus families spent Sunday at Homer Davison’s. Mr and Mrs Edwin Leeper of Pilot Grove visited Fred Dold’s home with their two children.
Crawfordsville reports several regional movements and visits. Mrs Fred Graham returned to Barnes City after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs W E Stump. Miss Hazel Orris and Miss Velma Orris visited Washington. Bruce McCleary returned from furlough to Great Lakes Naval Training Station and will head east soon. Mrs May Virginia Hook of Chicago arrived for a visit with the Taylor family and friends. Misses Lacey Dempsey Nellie Reubsam traveled from Washington to visit Lois Harper and Gladys Maxwell.
Keota resident M Warren was chosen convention chairman at the fifty-eighth annual Iowa Christian Missionary society meeting held in Marshalltown Iowa on June 27 1919. F D Farrell of Burlington was named first vice chairman C V Allison of Cedar Rapids second vice chairman Sam Kinehele Lake City was secretary J C Caldwell Des Moines and Co C Crawford Albia joined the board of managers Judge Hubert Utterback Des Moines Lb Harris Ames and W M Baker Marshalltown became trustees of the general fund.
The excerpt argues that strong determination in a girl to get her way is not true will power. It contrasts will with willfulness and notes guardians face challenges in guiding behavior. The piece appeared in Pennsylvania Grit.
A batch of letters from Company K 168th Infantry Rainbow Division members describes home front reading, pride in six month foreign service gold stripes, and readiness for further combat. Corporal Freshwaters notes a gas attack and the masks’ value, while Private Wallane recounts muddy trenches, and Earl Fulton mentions a trench nearer Berlin with shell fire. Mothers’ letters back in Washington express pride.
The legend says Alaric the Goth plundered Rome and amassed vast treasure buried with him beneath a tomb at the Susento riverbed. It is told 60 captives died to seal the tomb so Romans would not locate the hoard, though neither hoard has ever been found.
There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together and for years it was supposed to be incurable. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is a constitutional remedy taken internally and acts through the blood on mucous surfaces. One hundred dollars reward offered for any case Hall's Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Bend for circulars and testimonials. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Sold by druggists. The Mall's Family Villa for constipation.
Homer A. Miller Iowa war savings campaign director urges nationwide support with National War Savings Day on June 28. He frames purchases of War Savings Stamps as backing U.S. armies in Europe and rallying citizens to pledge full local quotas in a patriotic drive.
Mrs H P Cook of Anderson Indiana praises Chamberlain s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy as an excellent bowel trouble remedy. The note appears in a public notice promoting Lemmon s Drug Store.
In 1898 Congress discussed army rations as far from austere. Colonel Groves and his commissary listed daily needs including bacon, corned beef hash, canned salmon, flour, hard bread, beans, corn meal, potatoes, tomatoes, coffee, pickles, sugar, tea, ketchup, and other staples, totaling substantial quantities for year round provisioning.
May totals from Camp Dodge show 49 969 soldiers attended 143 religious meetings at the Y M C A. Movies and musical programs attracted far fewer attendees while outdoor sports drew large crowds with 84 665 participants and 91 247 spectators. Educational classes had 55 948 students, Bible studies 5 586, and 862 men joined 55 clubs. About 278 225 used the buildings in May with 483 939 letters written and 40 044.94 in money orders sold.
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