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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1918
Page
7
Community brief from Washington County highlights arrivals and departures in local neighborhoods. Notes suggest ongoing changes in residents and area services as readers stay informed about nearby community life.
Ainsworth March 22 The United Presbyterian church teachers training class will graduate with exercises and diplomas next Sabbath evening at 7 20. The program includes lessons on Israel to Egypt The Christian Church The Sabbath School Organization and other topics delivered by named teachers and students.
Crawfordsville reports visitors in Washington and local arrivals from Ainsworth and Fairfield. Rev W S Gardner leads services with Miss Gardner’s solos, while prayer meetings gather at home sites. A lightning strike damaged Everette Lance’s barn and a sister of Rev Gardner died in Mit Vernon Iowa.
Mr. Hamilton urged churchgoers to leave safe shore and venture into deep water with faith in Jesus. He cited towns where venturing out produced abundant catches, and many prayed for strength at the altar. Booster choir led song service as Sabbath meetings were planned for morning and evening with likely separate men and women gatherings.
Ten members of the Sew and So club met with Mrs. Charles Johnson Friday to sew for French refugees. Mrs. Emil Anderson attended as a guest. The next regular meeting will be at Mrs. Will Embree’s on March 29. Also notes a school term start, visits, and local meetings with several named residents and places in Dayton Grove and nearby Washington.
In Maple Grove March report George Stumpf finds fodder survived winter, and Jim Vodicka returns after seven years. Editor Coffey and Thos O Flaherty visit, praising Evening Journal and Wellman Advance ads. Bits on church fuel prep, local labor, and daily life blend with personal reflections.
Fred Borgoise travels Route 3 in a Ford promoting War Savings Stamps. Purchasers include a patron with five hundred dollars and another with six hundred in Baby bonds. Lee Thompson hauled several hundred bushels of corn at one dollar per bushel contracted last fall. Carl Emde assists Pieper Bros. with hollow tile and cement blocks for a new home in early spring. Mr. Fisher of Keota toured Maple Grove seeking cattle feed and offered hog-raising tips. Sowing wheat is current. oats timing debated as ground lies ready for cultivation with March nearing. Lee Snoeblen bought cattle from Dave Stumpf and Irvin Hasty last Tuesday. Pieper Bros. excavated for a cellar and will soon lay the wall.
Mrs. Della Neal returns to Washington after two weeks with Ira Miksch. Various visits include Mona Lemley with J. E. Lemley, Hannah Harvey with Paul Harvey, and W. J. Taylor's Washington visit at Paul Harvey's. Community building foundations take shape as neighbors haul materials. Ladies' Aid holds meeting with eight members and five visitors. next week at Clara Engel's. Farmers sow oats and wheat as spring work begins.
Brighton items report Mr and Mrs P D Friend returning from Burlington, Miss Louis Welty visiting from Red Oak, Kenneth Donovan relocating to Edgar Ingham farm, Elizabeth McGuire in Wayland, Rev Eaton speaking on the Millions Movement, Prof E E Watson to preach at Presbyterian, Rev F C Barrow and family moving to Cumberland Iowa, Vivian Barrow to graduate, Al White delaying circus season, Queen Fathers to stage All of a Sudden Peggy, Diller visiting from Des Moines, August Foes moving to Athelstane Wisconsin, Dunbars update on motor bus, Milford Day to Muscatine, Ellmore and Isabel Neal returning from Des Moines after a telelphone convention, Mrs Eugene Brinton attending an uncle's funeral in Fremont, D F Berry visiting Mt Union and Burlington, Mrs J D Mitchell and Mildred visiting T Thowseon home.
Mrs. Jay Cormick and children visited the Weaver home while Mrs. W. Merchant and daughter visited in Washington Wednesday. Edwin Leeper became parents of a 7l 2 pound baby boy. Bara Wittmer and children David and Mary Elizabeth arrived on the morning passenger Thursday.
A Grace Hill neighborhood campaign led by the Ladies Aid aims to purchase a vacant store for a community hall. The plan offers a sewing room and kitchen, with an estimated building cost around 1000 dollars. Subscriptions encouraged and checks payable to Rev. BE. Drebert, treasurer.
Mrs. Fred Cold has been quite sick with gallstones while visiting the parental Davison home. Mrs. W. I. Nill and daughter Lizzie are headed to Washington on an agreed trip Wednesday.
West Chester on March 22 reports a conference drive for a larger Sunday school at the Methodist church. Rev. Hoffman of Keota preached at the union service Sunday evening. The town mourns Dr. Caldwell’s death after many years of service here.
The native Hawaiian singers and musicians Hockwald and Pughe will perform at the Graham theatre on Saturday. Their tour has drawn enthusiasm in cities visited, and their arrival here is eagerly anticipated.
The Barcelona province covers 2066 square miles with about 1 136 000 residents. Barcelona city, Spain's largest, has a permanent population near 500 000.
Community leaders in Washington and surrounding towns rally behind a gardening proposition with schools commercial clubs and city groups contributing funds and planning oversight. A local teacher will supervise the project and ensure proper implementation as part of the public effort.
The article credits country bankers for active public service during hard times, noting newspapers convey movements while bankers fund and influence initiatives. It also questions whether city bankers are overpaid for their roles, urging recognition of bankers’ contributions.
An advertisement touts a medicine claimed to cure stomach troubles biliousness and constipation. It highlights ease of taking pleasant effects and growing popularity and urges readers to try it, noting it is for sale at J. E. Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Mount Pleasant Iowa state champions accept a challenge to play Lebanon Indiana champions at Wabash College. The Mt Pleasant squad of five players two subs and coach will travel March 24 and 29 with Indiana hosts paying all expenses and schoolwork arranged to avoid disruption.
Walter Smith a longtime prisoner at the Iowa state prison at Fort Madison learns his 26 year old son, a member of the Rainbow division, has died serving in France. The father, though imprisoned, feels pride in his son's sacrifice for his country and bears the sorrow.
Coroner Dr. G W Hay reported the death of Frank Wade aged 65 2 who shot himself in the heart with a shotgun in the barn on the Frank Wade rented farm three miles northeast of Keota. Wade had shown nervousness and had refused rest despite his wife urging him to come home. No inquest was held. family includes a widow and five children with two daughters and a brother in Wellman.
Ottumwa hosts the nineteenth annual Iowa D A R conference with 75 officers and reps in attendance. A Davenport Independent chapter resolution condemns German language instruction in Iowa schools and urges immediate cessation, while another resolution bars German Turkish goods to protest wartime rights abuses. The Iowa flag was presented to Gov Harding and the regent Dixie Gebhardt praises war service and Red Cross effort.
The merger of Des Moines college and Highland Park college is completed. Faculty and students have moved to Highland Park, creating a single institution likely to be named Highland Park. Dr. John A. Earl will serve as president of the merged college.
Des Moines college joins Highland Park property merging with Baptist support. The combined plan would use the present college site for expansion, allowing sale of grounds for homes while rebuilding or demolishing the existing buildings for new use. Methodists briefly pursued the deal but majority did not accept.
A Page County Iowa lawyer asked to adjourn the District Court until after the war with Germany. Judge Cullison threw the motion out as futile. The filing named Artimus Quibble and others, claiming delays and costs of jury selections harmed the county.
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