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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1919
Page
7
Local notices and travel for YOUNG AMERICA residents
Raymond Humston ill for a week and a string of family visits and travel across Ottumwa Des Moines Keota and nearby towns. Members of the Barthelow Briley Cherry Phillips Frain Conroy and McGuire families are mentioned with illnesses funerals and hospital trips. Dr F Berry named second vice president of the Savings Bank as a notable appointment.
Rural Route Three News Roundup
Mrs John Campbell visited her son s home and met the 10 percent pound baby boy born to Charles Bear last Wednesday. L B Donaldson stayed at Milt Dennison s home in Washington. Will Sehulty papers for Mrs Frank Scott. Earl Smith returns from Chicago. Mutual telephones installed by several route residents. Joe Haities delivered a horse to Charlie Brown. Joe Wilson and Carl Olson elected directors at Lincoln McFarland. Ralph Zeck and Ralph Stewart baled straw at week s start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Campbell
Harry Campbell
L. B. Donaldson
Milt Dennison
Washington
Charles Bear
Will Sehulty
Frank Scott
Earl Smith
Chicago
Mutual
Joe Haities
Charlie Brown
Joe Wilson
Carl Olson
Lincoln McFarland
Ralph Zeck
Ralph Stewart
Remains of Mrs. Cora Spohn Mallilace Returned
The body of Mrs. Cora Spohn Mallilace who died in Joliet of pneumonia will be brought to Brighton on the midnight train Friday. Funeral services will be held Saturday at her mother Mrs Bell Spohn's home. She is survived by her husband and mother, two sisters Mrs Clara Shepherd of Chicago and Mrs Ada Frey of Oregon, and five brothers Del of Wisconsin Henry of Columbus Clellie of Rubio Dan with the A R F in France and Herman at Camp Grant hospital Illinois. Invitations were issued for Eugene's wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Cora Spohn Mallilace
Joliet
Bell Spohn
Clara Shepherd
Chicago
Ada Frey
Oregon
Del
Wisconsin
Henry
Columbus, CO
Clellie
Rubio
Dan
France
Herman
Camp Grant Hospital
Ilinois
Eugene
Death of Leslie Oates Angers Local Family in Nebr
Mrs. J. C. Mathers mourns the loss of her nephew Leslie Oates of Wood River Nebraska who died of cerebro spinal fever while in transit from France after enlisting in the coast artillery. His body was sent home for burial as neighbors and relatives travel to console the bereaved. Local residents visit, travel and attend services as details of the extended family unfold across Haskins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Mathers
Wilson
Lynn
Mason City
John Godlove
Harold
W. H. Warner
Washington
Mebel Godlove
Gladwin
Jim Cherwinker
Zene Edwards
Hazen
Vivian
Hazel Sands
J. L. Sands
Frank Ullrich
Clinton
Miss Bidwell
Brighton
Enid Annas
Aineworth
Haskins
Crawfordsville Social Hour Enjoys Irish Stories
Mr and Mrs Earl Griffith traveled from Washington to visit his grandmother in Crawfordsville. Mrs Florence Maxwell hosted the stormy afternoon as Social Hour members enjoyed Irish stories, Victrola selections, and delicious refreshments prepared by Maurice Maxwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Earl Griffith
Washington
Howard Crozier
Altho
Florence Maxwell
Maurice Maxwell
A Tragic Stool Accident and Church Social Report
The article recounts Clara Patterson’s severe facial burn from a stool tipping into a stove, visits from Mrs. Lloyd Moothart and sons, and Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Welleiver to J. R. Lease’s home. It also covers a Presbyterian church social with music, a play How the Story Grew, stunts, refreshments, and a two headed pig exhibit that did not survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted
Lloyd Moothart
Presbyterian Church
Alive After Three Death Notices for War Hero John Joseph Smith
New York report recounts John Joseph Smith a World War I soldier who was reported killed three times by the war department while serving in France. His wife, skeptical and steadfast, received false notices yet he reappeared each time, returning from Camp Merritt to surprise her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
War Department
John Joseph Smith
John Joseph
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hudson St
Jersey City
Smith
Company A
Sixth Engineers
France
Camp Merritt
Roland Parmers Organization Posts Yearly Shipping Totals
The Farm ers Shipping Company of Roland reports 80 carloads of stock sold in Chicago for 212 401 65. Owners paid 204 988 06. Insurance sinking fund and commissions total 2 483 04. Freight costs 6 347 62. In 80 cars there were 3 818 hogs 490 cattle and 40 sheep with 15 hogs died 7 crippled 2 cattle crippled and 1 cow died in transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Parmers
Nevada
Farmers Shipping Company of
Roland
Story City Company
Knute Espe
Rex Beresford
Iowa State College
Roland Concern
Chicago
Soldier's letter from Verdun ruins and war scenes
Private Matthew R. Porter of Company B 128th Machine Gun Battalion writes home about a sightseeing trip to Verdun and other ruined towns in France. He describes fortifications, underground cities, trenches, and shell holes, and notes a divisional review with General Pershing and the Prince of Wales. He closes with a lighthearted poem about returning home after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew R. Porter
Vadouville
France
Verdun
Effie Porter
Grace Hill
Ralentout
Bellrupt
United States
Commercy
General Pershing
Prince of Wales
Prince
County Agent Leader J W Coverdale Resigns
J W Coverdale the state county agent leader since 1912 resigns from the agricultural extension department of Iowa State College. He will likely be succeeded by Murl McDonald and becomes secretary of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, locating temporarily in Ames before moving to Des Moines. The federation was formed December 27 at Marshalltown with J R Howard of Marshall County elected president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
J. W. Coverdale
Agricultural
Towa State College
Murl McDonald
Coverdale
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Des Moines
Marshalltown
J. R. Howard
Marshall County
Convict Escapes from Knapp Farm Near Fort Madison
Adolph Weise, a convict serving a 20 year sentence in the Fort Madison penitentiary, escaped Tuesday afternoon from the Knapp farm where he was employed. He remains at large as authorities search the area for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Madison
Mar
Adolph Weise
Knapp
Escaped convict Weise missing after night search near Knapp farm
Weise and six other inmates were building hotbeds on the Knapp farm north of the city when he disappeared at about 2:30 pm. Guards surrounded the area and extensive overnight search failed to find him. Police alerted to watch for the convict. authorities expect his return within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weise
Weil
Knapp
Mr. Datin
Cannibal Chef Hails From Theatrical Rank
A captured young man claims he was a theatrical supervisor in his homeland. The cannibal chief proposes to test his skills by preparing a soup in the country, as reported by Yonkers Statesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers
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Hal Edwards
En Briley
Ainsworth
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J. H. Humston
Lloyd
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Carl Bishop
J. N. Phillips
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Ruby Fridtag
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Malinda Cridwell
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Matthew Porter
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Rhine
Company K
168Th Infantry
Joe
Formu
W. B
W. B. Forma
W.B. Redusoc
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