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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1919
Page
7
Local letters report births and deaths, moves, visitors, and small events across Rural Route No. 3. Families relocate, farms change hands, church meetings, Red Cross activities, and farm work fill a week of community life with several named residents and multiple households across Ottumwa Crawfordville and nearby areas.
Dick Peters visits Cotter business town plans. J P Tobin buys five tons of hay from Joe Klofenstein midweek. Ed Feitchmeir moves to California lands. Mrs Feitchmeir and children visit Illinois. Kallous moves to Miller farm near Riverside. Swift, Tobin, Kallop assist Will McConnell move. Peters builds hog houses this week. Hemmelreich supports spring work.
Chas. Hradek is moving from the H G Moore farm vacated by a Dunbar. Dr. Miller called on Dorothea Bar Es Monday and on Mrs. Philip Kauff. Henry Hosattler moved to Hinkletown Monday. Velda Herr came from the city and is staying at her grandfather Green's. J Braden provided king treatment for a few days.
Grant Geyer and bride arrived from Keswick Tuesday evening and were hosted at the Griffith home for a reception attended by about fifty guests. Mrs. Griffith provided ice cream and cake and the party was reported to be very pleasant with many useful gifts. Lee Davisson spent Sunday at his brother Ross Davisson's home.
Mr and Mrs Hessel move into the former Dea residence to work for Mike Hollinger this summer. The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Alvie Nebergall died Saturday morning and was buried in Eli Grove cemetery. Vivian Lemley visited his sister Mrs Tom Garris over the weekend. Mrs Williams continues to improve slowly. The Titus Co operative Company unloaded a car load of tankage. Mrs Joe Nebergall visited the Alvie Nebergall home. John Johnson plans to build a new house this summer. Charley Churchill was a business visitor in Washington. Mr and Mrs Claude Davis and daughter visited Harry Davidson on Sunday.
Mrs. C A Sprague Edith and Mary Cannon Mrs Claude McCoy Miss Margaret Koehler J S McCleary Mr and Mrs Earl Griffith and Mary Manners were visitors in Washington yesterday. A large crowd heard Rev Walter Huxford speak on Y work for the boys and the Davenport conference next week. The high school faculty and students joined singing and $25 was raised to cover travel for five boys to Davenport.
A letter from the Fox Theatre promotes William Farnum in a new deluxe production titled For Freedom, featuring a romantic plot and strong melodramatic scenes. The note emphasizes Farnum's virile acting and reliability, urging patrons not to miss the engagement this Saturday afternoon and night.
Mrs H Hornshell of Crockett Virginia says a chronic cough left her after using Vinci the remedy described as constitutional with beef and cod liver peptones. The note guarantees Vinci builds the system and removes cause of coughs and colds. Saxol Salve also advertised for eczema sold by Sherman Bros and druggists everywhere.
The February Crop Report from the Department of Agriculture shows Iowa leading the nation in horses cattle and hogs. Iowa holds 1 567 060 horses 4 242 000 cattle and 10 925 000 hogs out of U S totals with a state livestock value of 744 353 000.
The piece cites farm horse numbers rising since 1915 with about 1.2 million horses linked to war needs. It records exports totaling over 1 million, War Department shipments near 39 thousand overseas, and 165 thousand horses in the US by late 1918, totaling roughly 1.2 million horses contributed by farms to the war effort.
A vintage ad promotes Foley Cathartic Tablets to cleanse the stoma and bowels and tone the liver after winter indoor living. Sold at Lemmon's Drug Store with a brief notice style.
A Dublin boy ties a base drum to a hedge and defends buying frugally while playing for a passing crowd. The tale includes humor about a fifer, a string of clever refusals, and a remark on church access requiring full fare.
Premier David Lloyd George told a Mercantile Marine deputation that British delegates at the peace conference should submit their first demand for compensation for sea losses during the war. The demand includes relief for relatives of mariners who perished at sea.
Nevada legislature finalizes action on a two round foxing bill after Senate backed it 11 to 4 to override Governor Boyle. Assembly earlier passed the measure despite the veto. Farmers urged to substitute Alsike for Red Clover due to seed shortages and buy seed under label with germination and origin details.
Thomas Bresnen of Springfield Illinois earned a net profit of 283 dollars from a garden measuring 310 by 4106 feet. He battled worms, received advice from a club leader, and even carried lime three and a half miles, spilling some in his eyes, yet returned to farming and succeeded.
The Burlington Hawk Eye reports that sizeable ice stocks are being stored at Lake Okoboji, measuring twenty inches, promising ice availability for nearly all parts of Iowa. Previous years saw scarce ice in the southeast, but extensive railroad coverage should distribute it to regions lacking ice.
In Jones county Iowa the Blisek estate dispute hinges on whether Frank Blisek or Martin Blisek died first during the Oxford Junction blaze. If the father died first the $49,000 will pass to the Blisek family. if the son died first, about $5,000 goes to the mother’s kin.
Clinton county reports the sale of the Wm. H. Dunn farm comprising 240 acres at $300 per acre. It is described as a very handsome price for the property.
The nine hour jury verdict favors defendant Altschler in a libel suit brought by William Schmedika, former 1916 Hardin County legislator, over alleged libelous statements in the Hardin County Citizen. Schmedika sought $20,000, claiming false publication. The case drew extensive attention as three lawyers per side argued the matter.
The major prophets of the Old Testament are Isaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel and Daniel. The minor prophets end with Malachi and are named for their brief prophecies making Malachi the last minor prophet.
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