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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1918
Page
8
A called meeting of Washington Lodge No 4% A F and A M is set for Monday evening March 1 to work on the third degree. Members are urged to attend as the candidate will soon leave for the army and will be welcomed by all with their presence.
Cozy community page lists ads for shoes and diamond brands, dining plans and visits, new baby William Wesley, visits by Cora Porter and Rose and Mary Franzen, job leads in the American Pearl Button Co automatic department, and plumbing and heating messages about pipeless furnaces from Washington Plumbing and Heating Co. Local prices for wal nut logs and red clover seed are included, along with several travel plans and greetings.
Journal notes residents traveling to Iowa City Davenport Columbus Junction Havre and Amburg for visits business and relocation. Mentions include Mr and Mrs D A Chalmers Miss Mabel Buckley Mrs Bridwell Miss Sharp and many others with siblings children and new farm plans in Wisconsin after a move by John May family.
Des Moines trip recounted as Mrs C O Bennett and daughter Gladys return home from Iowa. Mr and Mrs Frank L Wilson attend Iowa Retail Shoe Dealers convention with war talks and Red Cross fundraiser. Harper Gardner advertise loan amounts. Dean's hosts six o clock dinner Sunday. American Pearl Button company ad. J D Haynes home referenced.
Voters will choose two school directors Monday afternoon from 1 to 6 at the old Methodist church. Four candidates are T. J. Berdo Carl Wedges Sadie Hollinger and Ida Harmon. The election emphasizes demanding duties and sacrifices for the coming years with a strong appeal to voters to consider the schools and community welfare first.
Reflecting on how people judge others by their own faults and virtues, the passage notes that we excuse similar flaws in ourselves while condemning others for lacking our virtues. It emphasizes self-projection in moral assessment.
Navy requests Iowa Council of Defense to collect binoculars for submarine detection and shipbuilding needs. Waterloo’s Harry Keister launches Waterloo Service League to marshal local war work, endorsed by commercial bodies and state leaders. Shipment of clothing sent to Council Bluffs Orphans Home. volunteers from Presbyterian church lead drive. Death of Mrs. Cynthia Beard Carpenter noted. Wilson family plans funeral attendance. Local musicians Miss White and Miss Mildred Stewart featured in state music events and church services.
Margaret White of Fairfield and a Parsons College student is expected to give a special music appearance tomorrow.
The Rev. John Simpson reports Harlow McConaughey, once of this community, has returned from Russia after two years in Y M C A work in prison camps. He will address listeners at Simpson's United Presbyterian Church on April 7. McConaughey, about 28, shared vivid accounts and sought remembrances from old friends.
Washington report shows the 1916 corn on farms March 1 at 782,208,000 bushels about 30.5 percent of the crop with 17.6 percent shipped from counties. 1915 corn on farms 1,116,550,000 bushels 37.2 percent, 18.7 percent shipped. Wheat quality expected lower due to food administration demand for allies. Merchantable corn stood at 2,154,487,000 bushels 88.0 percent for 1916 and 2,127,065,000 bushels 87.0 percent for 1915.
Land owners ask high prices for the Muscle Shoals nitrate plant site and others. the Senate backs Senator Underwood's bill to authorize government purchase at condemnation price for military purposes.
A cart on retrover acetol and a hiquirs are injected through the spark plug opening to rapidly remove carbon from gasoline engine cylinders.
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