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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1919
Page
8
Local notes from Wellman March 8 report Alvin Baker ill with the flu and a nurse in attendance. Clinton doctor visits. club meetings, charity work, and plans for a hospital ward. Residents relocate, farms sold, cattle shipped, and neighbors share travel and health updates amid routine town life.
Stringtown reports muddy roads as March arrives. Mr and Mrs FG Rich welcomed a baby boy born March 5 with Dr EC Allen attending. About thirty five locals enjoyed a party at JH Witting’s home. The district school election is set for March 19 with a school program and box supper on March 14. David Graber aided Peter Graber moving on the rented farm of Henry Witting. Velma Twinam visited Frances Kicher.
Homer Porter will work through the farming season at the W. F. Augustine home after visiting on Monday. The Frank Norton family has moved to the McKinstry farm about one and three quarters miles north of Grace Hill.
An ad claims eczema is caused by a skin infection and cannot be cured by salves. It promotes S. S. S. as the thorough blood cleanser and urges readers to obtain a bottle from any drugstore and write for free expert medical advice from the Medical Director at 21 Swift Laboratory, Atlantis, Cal.
A. T. Augustine spent Saturday in Washington on business. Lee Cummings moved on the Ed Wells farm. Mrs. Lee Craig is home from the hospital and recovering nicely. Mrs. C. C. Plummer’s Chicago sister visits. Eggs rose one cent as a queer winter lingers. W. S. Boyer and D. E. Brumback in Keota on business. Charl ie Johnson shipped a car of cattle to Chicago. Clay Walton sent hogs. C. P. Binback visited en route from Monmouth. attended Des Moines. Dr. Pace and wife of Guide Rock, Nebraska, visited the Ferguson home. Weather blamed for poor roads and hard travel. remarks on railroads and government ownership.
Blanche Gates and Hobart Bosworth star in a vigorous adaptation of Zane Grey’s The Border Legion. The action drama hailed by New York critics debuts at Fox Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday, promising a powerful western thriller.
Blanche Bates delivers a stunning screen debut in The Border Legion opposite Hobart Bosworth. T. Hayes Hunter directed the West epic produced for Goldwyn, aiming to captivate audiences with a gripping Zane Grey tale and Belasco pedigree. The Fox engagement begins Wednesday with high hopes for critical praise and popular appeal.
In Des Moines March 10 Lieut. Riley McManus of Keokuk in the 337th field artillery recounts meeting authors Kyne White and Steward Edward Kyne, after commanding a battery on the eastern front. He describes shaking hands with men he had read in The Saturday Evening Post as shells fall around them.
Suffered for fight years. Rheumatic pains, lame back, sore muscles and stiff joints often are due to overworked, weak or disordered kidneys. Daisy Bill, R. F. D. 2., Box 234, Savannah, Ga., writes I suffered eight years with pain in the back and could not do any of my work, but since taking Foley Kidney Pills, I can do all of my work. For sale by Lemmon's Drug Store.
The text explains that European agencies like Reuters Havas and Wolfe's resemble the American Associated Press in forming cooperative networks among newspapers. Reuters covers Europe broadly Havas is a French agency and Wolfe's serves as a German speaking or central European concern.
Washington March 1 The federal board for vocational education is guiding disabled soldiers sailors and marines toward advanced agricultural study. Many from non modern farms seek specialized training to revitalize home farms. France’s efficient small‑farm farming inspires them to pursue science based agriculture. Education is free with $65 monthly support and full expenses covered by the government.
Congress designated a board in Washington D C to oversee vocational reeducation and placement of disabled soldiers sailors and marines. Letters of inquiry are welcomed by the board to engage in this program.
Breaks his left arm just below the shoulder while playing near a greenhouse in Council Bluffs. This marks the third broken bone for 13 year old Bernard Lainson, son of Mr and Mrs F L Lainson, reported March 10.
A student attempted to hide a wrist injury by keeping his hand in his pocket and saying nothing. He felt severe pain by Saturday noon, and a doctor was called. An X ray at Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital revealed a complete break across the forearm just below the shoulder, yet the bone had not displaced, leaving him largely unscathed despite the delay in seeking help.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a daily thought fitting a king’s mind and will, with scattered words about law and Cowp. The text appears to be a cryptic or misread snippet from an evening journal or newspaper page.
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