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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1918
Page
7
What Is Happening In Various Communities in Washington County Told in Brief News Letters. Neighborhood updates summarize local events and notices from Over County communities.
Mrs Phil Parcell spends the week in Washington visiting son Pearl and relatives. Mrs Andy Oswalt is on the sick list. The Leppert and Belliel households visited MC Hoskins home. Fern Beliel from Washington returns home after visiting the Hoskins. Wes and J W Hendricks visited Washington. Oswalts shopped Ottumwa. Mrs Oswalt seeks eye specialist. Lloyd James family visited Matilda Morse in Lone Tree. Florence Frazier stayed with Roy Jones. Mrs Ethel Hale of Shelby visited Mrs George Savage. Bessie Frazier stayed with the Wallace Savage home.
W H Andersons entertained company Sunday. Mr and Mrs Carl Keck visited Don Huber and Mrs O Patterson and children called on Blaine Holmes. L W Matthews came from Des Moines to fetch Mrs Matthews visiting her sister. Mrs H B Matthews mentions Will Anderson works on a new corn crib. Joe Shadla sprained ankle last Sunday, but may move about the house. Ott Patterson and son John visited Washington Tuesday.
Grace Hill June summary reports visits to J Buxbaum Crawfordville and L C Dunbar Brighton. Bethel church patriotic program appreciated. Paul Harvey and W J Taylor visit Havre. Alyce Strohm departs Des Moines Sac City on trip to Chicago. Mrs John L Johnson returns home with baby from county hospital. Ladies Aid helps with trench for lighting pipe at new building. refugees garment work continues. charity bazaar planned for mid July. Dallas and Roscoe Bales to report to color on July 22.
Washington D C June 28 American farmers will feed themselves with no outside aid and cities must aid by example and by mobilizing labor. Clarence Ousley Assistant Secretary of Agriculture urged public and local action to strip for war and conserve resources while farmers expand plow use and crops for 1918. He praised agriculture and warned that labor shortages from wartime pull toward cities could threaten food sufficiency.
In Lorraine France on May 30 1918 Iowa’s 168th Infantry gathered at a small cemetery to honor fallen comrades with prayers flowers and flag draped crosses. French civilians officers and a regimental band joined Maj Guy Brewer Chaplain Robb and Generals Brown and Bennett in paying tribute to bravery amid front line service.
After typhoid and years of stomach and liver trouble, a woman credits Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy with restoring regular bowels and health. The ad claims the harmless preparation clears catarrhal mucus, soothes intestinal inflammation, and can relieve many ailments. One dose guaranteed or money back. For sale by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Lieut Paul F. Baer once listed as missing on May 22 reportedly fell into enemy hands after a scouting flight from which he did not return. He was regarded as one of America's most daring aviators.
A California reader from Bishop, Mrs Margarita Smale, praises Foleys Honey and Tar Compound as a reliable cough and cold remedy that acted like a charm after she suffered a cold last week. Lemmon's Pharmacy advertises the product.
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