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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 20, 1918

Page

8

Former Local Woman Stricken in Illness

Mrs. Miles Gradford reports the former resident Mrs. Martha Carter has fallen severely ill with a stroke like condition. She was stricken last Thursday at eleven p.m. and is now slightly improved but weak with poor heart action. She lives with her son Sam Lewis in Mulberry and another son Dick Lewis resides in the same city.

Miles Gradford Martha Carter Sam Lewis Mulberry Int Dick Lewis Aho Jack Quinn City Hospital West Madison Street

Local notices and shopping ads from Ottumwa area

Read the advertisements and notices list health items, visits, sales, and new arrivals. Includes mumps among locals, guests visiting relatives in Ottumwa, and store promotions with fresh buttermilk, onions, corn seed, and skirts. Mentions Rothschild's shipments and local trips to Des Moines, Sigourney, Garner, and Camp Dodge.

Local News Notes and Advertisements Gathered

Brief community items including shopping ads, visits, travel, and upcoming services. Mentions Butterfat price 40¢ lb, Liberty Loan offices phone 700, Warren Cash Grocery, Rothschild’s clothing, several residents visiting Otumwa Keota Crawfordsville Columbus Junction West Chester, hospital updates, and real estate notes. Also Hyomei catarrh remedy from Lemmon’s Pharmacy and Women’s Relief Corps drives for aviation fund.

High School Galas Standings in War Savings Contest

Standings show the high school rose from sixth to third place this week in the sale of war savings stamps, with Lincoln among the leading participants.

Lincoln Independent School District of Washington Iowa

School stamp drive ranks by room and school

The Wallace school leads with top room positions while the Centennia l and Lincoln schools show strong stamp purchases. The Lincoln first room places second and the Wallace first room ranks third, with the Lincoln second room also high.

Wallace School Helgehte Centennial McKee Lincoln School Lincoln Wallace

The Thoroughbreds Quote on Self-Improvement

A historical quote asserts that if every individual makes themselves better, the nation will follow. The remark emphasizes personal improvement as the path to national well being.

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