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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1918
Page
3
A community war garden drive urges vacant plots to be cultivated for the war effort. The High School will enroll Junior Garden Club members next Monday for ages ten to seventeen, detailing duties, consent, and reporting deadlines. About 25 people lack gardens and will be matched with plot owners.
A. Brook visited Monmouth this morning. A Sunday turkey dinner at Peun's is priced 50 cents at six o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Thomas returned home after spending most of winter in Texas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. Clarry Dye and Mrs. Dye travel to Guthrie Center for the funeral of Mrs. Dye’s aunt, Mrs. J. K. Bowen, to be held tomorrow.
A promising opportunity from Puncture Proof Retread Co offers per county franchise rights with $50 to $2000 capital. Partners can expect annual net profits from $5,000 to $15,000, backed by an established half million dollar corporation. Tires promise 5,000 mile guarantees against punctures and rim cuts with a European success model.
About sixty members of the local Shotgun Owners association heard Major Thomas IL Barnes of Muscatine outline the group purpose including support for Liberty Loan drives and the Red Cross. The gathering authorized weekly drive nights, elected CC. Lemmon treasurer, started a fund, and assessed each member one dollar. Washington county’s chapter now has 20 members with plans to expand and bolster the forthcoming third Liberty Bond campaign with fair, impartial canvassing and strict oversight.
All pledges made to the Army Y M C A are due and payable on or before April 1st to H White of the Farmers & Merchants State Bank. H H McCLEERRY, County Chairman, fled to April 2.
Mayor K. Mauck warns that he will punish the first boy caught firing an air rifle or a “nigger-shooter” to enforce city ordinances. He cites complaints of pet and songbird cruelty, broken streetlamp globes, and near misses from careless firing by youths. He does not seek confiscation but urges an end to promiscuous shooting to prevent further damage.
The Fox theater presents Her Silent Sacrifice with Alice Brady as the lead. Her wardrobe costs about three thousand five hundred dollars, featuring a sand colored chiffon gown trimmed with Kobnaky and a nine hundred dollar large picture hat.
Paris reports heavy shelling with 27 millimeters fired toward cover two of 62 miles since 8 this morning. Ten people killed and fifteen wounded so far in the attack.
Superintendent Calvin J. Schmitt has been re elected to lead Washington schools for the next year with a salary increase. He filled the vacancy mid year after Packer’s resignation and earned strong approval from the school board and community. The board plans to elect other teachers next month while Schmitt focuses on the new high school project and campus planning in eastern Iowa with Architect Charles Deman.
Thirteen men registered in Washington county are warned by exemption authorities. Twelve did not answer their questionnaires and one ignored the notice for a physical examination. A jail hold is listed for one man on another charge, with authorities pursuing others. Names and addresses of nonrespondents are given, with notes on Reyes, Stead, Stringer, and Johnson.
The fifth war orphan adoption has been arranged by local women. Mrs Dougherty oversees relief and has requested names of two orphans. One is taken by a women’s club east of town and the other by women supporting the community orphan through Miss Denny. Additional orphans go to the Kooking Klub, Alestoile, and the Portnighily.
Miss Elizabeth Findlay superintendent of Washington county hospital reports the registered nurses of southeastern Iowa will hold a May 4 convention in Washington. The district includes fourteen counties and about fifty young women are expected to attend as plans are finalized.
Henry Berdo arrived home Wednesday from Wenver Colorado where he had spent three weeks with his sister Mrs Katherine Null. He drove a Ford purchased in Denver returning in three and a half days. In Sterling Colorado he picked up a pedestrian seeking a ride back to Omaha and aiding him in his financial distress.
War gardens in Iowa are to be marked with non-destructible United States flags to show support against the Kaiser. About 1500 flags ordered. campaigns in Eagle Grove Davenport Mason City Des Moines and more. Garden clubs promote conservation and crop storage. J C Cunningham forecasts acre gains and urges funding for drying and canning to save time and labor.
In Steubenville, Ohio, a World War I poem titled Somewhere in France is published recounting a November voyage from New York to a distant land. The verses praise patriotism and volunteer soldiers of Company F, 166th Infantry, 84th Division, awaiting peace and homecoming to loved ones.
The article reports that Thomas J. Mooney seeks a pardon from Governor Stephens after the Supreme Court affirmed his death sentence for the 1916 preparedness day bombing. Mooney's counsel Maxwell McNutt notes the case cannot be reopened after March 31, leaving the governor to decide his fate.
The American Library Association and local groups urge bulk book donations and monetary gifts to stock army camps and cantonments. Miss Denny at the Chilcote library coordinates contributions destined for soldiers overseas, with a “book shower” to funnel gifts through the local library.
The W. O. W. schedules a regu lar meeting Monday evening March 2 at 7 30 in the Young Women’s Home Mission room with W D Weidner hosting on West Madison street. A private dance by heating will be held Tuesday March 20 with music by Shubert at Phoenix Hall. other club meetings and Red Cross work events are planned for the week.
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