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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1918
Page
5
Washington ticket agents received a circular detailing Pullman sleeping car rules effective immediately. Reservations must be paid when made by telegraph telephone or mail for outside points and unused berths are now refundable only if the car space is released or the trip is disrupted by delays or illness.
Lack of fresh vegetables and changing routines trouble many with constipation. Foley Cathartle Tablets aid digestion, biliousness, and stomach upset with no bad after effects. For sale by J. E. Lemmion's Pharmacy.
The Christian Union Herald urges Americans to demand stricter foot and fuel conservation, denouncing brewery use of grain and coal. It cites 75,000 farmers supplying grain for liquor, seven billion bushels wasted, and vast coal use by breweries and related industries. The piece condemns monopolistic freight car use and asserts moral losses beyond material waste.
Sioux City public schools were closed last Tuesday afternoon by order of Superintendent M G Clarke after a prank by three high school students. A senior girl and two seniors used a phone to impersonate street railway manager Mr Kirk, claiming service would fail and prompting Clarke to dismiss schools for the afternoon. The storm was severe but not exceptional, and Kirk denied involvement.
Paris dispatch says French patrols in Beaumont Verdun region and Lorraine captured prisoners. Artillery activity noted north of Mill 344 on the Meuse right bank. Airdrome near Metz was bombed heavily. Treves lies on the Moselle in Prussia. Metz is a Lorraine fortress near the German border.
Eugene Walter presents The Trail of the Lonesome Pine in a stage version of Pax Jr s novel showing a Virginia mountain community. Louise Price stars as June with emphasis on longing for the wider world as the drama plays at special prices this Saturday March 2 at the Graham theatre.
Gus Hill presents Bud Fisher’s largest laugh Matt and Jeff Divorced at the Graham theatre next Tuesday March 5. Manager Brinton urges public to seize this top season entertainment with seats on sale at McElhinney’s for all ages from 5 to 90.
A widower writes that after five years of stomach and liver trouble with gas attacks and a 56 pound loss he was yellow and helped by six doses of Mayer's Wonderful Remedy. He claims the simple preparation removes catarrhal mucus and inflammation causing many abdominal ailments including appendicitis. One dose proves it or money refunded.
The article urges efficient planning for home gardens to boost food production. It stresses early seed selection, space budgeting, and intensive cropping, and highlights helpful books in the Jane A. Chilcote library on gardening and seed culture for amateur gardeners and schools.
Camp Dodge announces the first Iowa quota is in service after 306 men were assigned yesterday. Contingents arrived from Decatur Winnebago Humboldt Webster and Chickasaw counties and mostly joined the 350th infantry or 338th field artillery. Neither unit had previously drawn many Lowans. The troop movement continues.
Lagrange North Carolina reader says Vinol cured a years long chronic cough, helped sleep, and gained twelve pounds. Ad touts Vinol as the best tonic and tissue builder with a money back guarantee and a formula on every bottle, sold by Sherman Bros druggists and many stores nationwide.
A vintage advertisement claims baby colic stems from indigestion and that Dr. Hand's Colic Remedy neutralizes acid, sweetens the stomach, aids digestion, expels gas, and soothes irritation. It promises prompt relief and urges parents to keep a bottle on hand, priced at 25 cents.
Mayor J L Hendershot says a mass meeting to send Iowa county boys to Camp Dodge produced no disturbance and no threats. A Sunday conference mocked a suggestion to "clean out" Amana and condemned it. Citizens protest draft officials granting deferred classification to Amana cooperative men.
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