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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1919
Page
7
Rural Women’s Club renames as Good Times era ends
May 12 YOUNG AMERICA NEWS notes Mrs Harve Porter returned from Marshalltown. Local farming activity includes cattle vaccination by Dr Kerr for Sam McKee and by Charles Rhodebeck and Walter Nicholson. Pringle sold his iron gray team and neighbors report muddy roads and plans to improve the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young America
Harve Porter
Marshalltown
Warner
Washington
Lloyd Humston
Kerr
Sam McKee
Chas
Rhodebeck
Charles Cherry
J. N. Phillips
Frank Pringle
Ben Briley
Will Marie
Good Times Club
Good Times
Charles Rhodebeck
Walter Nicholson
Pringle
Will Leeper
John
Gilmore Vincent
Iowa City
Charles Vincent
Sam White
Catherine
Emma
Edna Purvis
Hal Firgins
Frank Bishop
Riddingtons of Ainsworth entertain for Jubilee Fund
The Riddingtons gave an evening program at the Clay church to benefit the Jubilee Fund. Mrs. Riddington impressed as reader and impersonator while Mr. Riddington spoke on The Mag of Tomorrow. Cash and pledges exceeded $28. Sound the Jubilee. Memorial Day services will be led by township soldiers. A Children’s Day planning committee is formed. Local graduates include Allen Woodford Pauline Pokingon and Jeanette Woodford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay
Riddingtons
Ainsworth
Clay W. Co. T. WU
Mr. Welles
Er. R. Meeks
Washington
Roy Waggoner
Brighton
Roy Robinson
Allen Woodford
Pauline Pokingon
Richland H
Jeanette Woodford
Brighton H
Star and Easter families visit Ottumwa on weekend business
Mr and Mrs Will Star went to Ottumwa Saturday on business while Mr and Mrs Will Easter and Mrs were also mentioned in the Havre report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havre
Will Star
Ottumwa
Will Easter
Funeral attendance and local visits in Washington area
Lloyd Paster and baby Arlene attended the funeral of Mrs. Tom Simylie in Washington. Sunday school convention drew many locals to the Bicher church. John Putman and children visited George Chal upe near Richmond. T L Stewart of Richland was a business visitor. Tile and lumber trucks unloaded at the Farmers Store. Glenn Pratt Everette and Glen Beenblossom visited George Corbin in Washington. Mack Beenblossom Glen Pratt and Everette visited Roy Randall. Lloyd Easter and baby Arlene spent Sunday at Night Wagner’s Washington home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Paster
Arlene
Will Stafford
Tom Simylie
Washington
Bicher
John Putman
George Chalupe
Richmond
T. L. Stewart
Richland
Glenn Pratt
Everette
Glen Beeenblossom
George Corbin
Mack Beenblossom
Glen Pratt
Everettet
Roy Randall
Lloyd Easter
Wagner
Brighton People and Local Movements May 12
News from Brighton includes Vaileys visiting Trenton Missouri before returning to Denver. A son born to Cy and Mrs Dickerson on May 9. Charley Riley buys Tom Whistley property. Miss Panlu Rivers and Gallaher visit Ottumwa and Fairfield. John Davis burial processed from Washington to Brighton Hill Crest cemetery. Des Moines trip planned to welcome 168th infantry. Families from Washington visit Hod Brier and others. Norton couple to Burlington then moving. Mrs McAnuty to Fairfield hospital for appendicitis operation with Velma Hinkle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
M. J. Vailey
Cecil Vailey
Baby
Trenton
Denver
Colo
Cy Dickerson
Charley Riley
Tom Whistley
Panlu
Rivers
Galliher
Ottumwa
Fairfield
John Davis
Washington
Brighton Hill Crest
E. L. Edmondson
Ellen Prizer
Des Moines
168Th Infantry
D. McAnuty
Clem Richerson
Miss Leah
Sammy Richerson
Don Pauls
Hod Brier
Win Norton
Burlington
M. C. Terry
R. E. Bartlett
Mac Morgan
County Hospital
Velma Hinkle
Local Notes From Crawfordsville May Time
Mrs. M. C. DeLong and daughter Irene returned home in Washington after visiting relatives. Nurse Mary Martin who just graduated at Iowa City left for Colchester Illinois after a marriage in Galesburg. Mrs. M. M. Smith departed for Pennsylvania. Hazel Anwyl and Lee Huston returned to Mt. Pleasant for college work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
M. C. DeLong
Irene
Washington
Mary Martin
Iowa City
Scott Rodgers
Colchester
Galesburg
Til
Rodgers
Chicago
M. M. Smith
John Smylie
Pennsylvania
Hazel Anwyl
Lee Huston
Mt. Pleasant
Memorial service committees named in Ainsworth
Exe cutive committee for memorial services met and appointed committees for program speaker instrumental and vocal music decorating church placing flags flower arranging and finance A. J. Laird and others named to lead day events. G M Welch and wife from Omaha arrived for a visit with friends. local residents visited county seats yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
W. W. Moore
Nate Crawford
A. E. Sands
W. L. Alcorn
J. A. Marsh
C. R. Stearns
Fred Moore
Malinda van Horn
Flossie Shearer
Harry McConnell
A. J. Laird
R. C. McKiernan
L. R. Marr
David Thompson
Thomas Whitlock
Lee Hunt
George Marr
Alice Stephens
Opal Iseminger
Arline Spessard
Margaret Laird
Helen Chihak
The
Boy Scouts
H. G. Crawford
Marshall
Rennie Moore
James Porter
C. E. Riddington
G. M. Welch
Omaha, Nebr
B. W. Spessard
Arline
W. T. Trotter
Former Washington County Resident Dead
Verner Z Reed a Denver multi millionaire died of pneumonia in Coronado California He formerly attended the eastern Iowa normal school in Columbus Junction and taught in the area He was born and raised in Washington County His early work included delivering mail from Washington to Dublin and promoting Missouri dewberry plants before making his fortune in Colorado mining endeavors
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Colorado
Ainsworth Soldier Dies in France
Ainsworth Iowa mourns as official Washington dispatch confirms private Howard Kieper of this town died in France April 27 from typhoid fever and bronchial pneumonia after serving with the Rainbow division. He enlisted in May 1917 and later joined the 78th division in France. His parents Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Kieper await further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Washington
Iowa
France
Howard Kieper
W. H. Kieper
Kieper
England
78Th
Corporal Howard C. Keiper Dies in France in 1919
Obituary notes Corporal Howard C. Keiper of Ainsworth born April 4 1897 died in France April 27 1919 after enlisting in 1917. He served in multiple units including the Rainbow Division and 79th Infantry, endured sickness setbacks, and died of typhoid fever with pneumonia. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs W H Keiper. Memorial services planned in coming weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keiper
Howard C. Keiper
France
Altho
Rainbow Division
Harris
Howard
Washington
Iowa
Liverpool
164
79Th
Rainbow
Gemans
W. H. Kei
Methodist Episcopal Church
Lee
Ainsworth
Clyde
Edina
Missouri
Kalona Drainage Project Approved
County supervisors approved County Engineer W P Rawn’s Kalona drainage district report at a special meeting. Damages claims will be heard June 20. Estimated total cost 57781.62, with damages 5220 and costs for open drains, tile drains, specials, and contingencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
W. P. Rawn
Kalona
Junction Officers Visit Home in Illinois Town
Lieutenant Carl Oakes returned to Columbus Junction Iowa from overseas for a fifteen day furlough after service on the Mexican border at Camp Cody and arrival September 24 the armistice date. Lieutenant Harry Church was honorably discharged at Camp Dodge and arrived home Friday evening after serving throughout the war with a two month stay at Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Carl Oakes
Camp Dix
Oakes
Camp Cody
Harry Church
Camp Dodge
Sioux City
Bound Over To Jury In Break In Case At Newton
Louis Caserott was bound over to the grand jury under a 5000 bond for breaking and entering the home of Irene Rogers his former sweetheart. Rogers testified a man lit a match in her room and she screamed as he grabbed her throat and covered her mouth. Caserott said he entered after finding the house unlocked and kissed her before leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ando
Not as Interesting. Toledo Blade Aphorism Note
A brief Toledo Blade quotation reflects on self knowledge versus peering into neighbors affairs. The line suggests personal insight outvalues gossip and external curiosity.
The Old Fashioned Folio Quote
An old-fashioned folio is praised as safe from borrowers in a concise Emersonian remark about the value of durable ledgers and personal possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
Daily Thought Wit Salt of Conversation Not Food
A concise quotation attributes wit as the salt of conversation rather than the sustenance, framed as Hazlitt’s viewpoint on communication and humor.
Iowa lawmakers log seventy eight working days in Thirty eighth assembly
Des Moines May 13 Iowa lawmakers completed a seventy eight day normal session of the Thirty eighth general assembly counting only working days. Ninety eight days after January 13 adjournment was taken sine die with 142 bills left for the governor to act on all approved by April 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Thirty-eighth
General Assembly
Senate
House
Oro Williams
Williams
Princeton Seniors Mostly Like Booze
Princeton New Jersey May 13 Statistics of the senior class show eighty nine members answered yes to the question Do you drink while twenty seven are on the water wagon as July first nears. Prohibition inquiry finds nineteen consider drinking morally wrong while ninety seven do not.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
N. J
Valentine
Phi Beta Kappa
P. Ww
Kirkland
Richard F. Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Salute to the Flag Procedure Described
The salute to the flag is given by raising the right hand palm outward and standing at attention with the index finger aligned with the lower edge of the forehead.
Judge Makes Erroneous Prediction About Lawyer
A court scene quotes a judge predicting a lawyer’s fate as a fragile sick man. The text also promotes Mayr's Wonderful Remedy and Lemmon's Pharmacy with claims of restoring health and a money-back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayr
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Advt
Teachers Unionize Across Nation for Higher Pay
Washington May 13. School teachers nationwide rapidly organize unions to demand higher pay and broader recognition on local school boards. The American Federation of Teachers, linked to AFL and the National Women’s Trade Union League, grants charters for local teacher unions at about one every two days, reaching seventy charters coast to coast. The group says it will challenge autocratic school boards, citing cases in New York and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
American Federation of Teachers
American Federation of Labor
National Women's Trade Union League
Benjamin Glassberg
New York
Alice Wood
Washington
Symbol of Firmness Mule Courage in Jacksonville Times-Union
A quotation underscores steadfastness with the saying you cant push a mule nor pull him. It remarks a mule embodies the courage of its convictions as cited by the Jacksonville Times Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville Times-Union
Liberty Demands Full Loyalty Quote by Lord Macaulay
A historical quotation asserts that liberty requires full loyalty and unwavering service as it grows, urging complete dedication beyond half measures. The speaker warns that the Liberty ideal imposes rising demands alongside societal growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Macaulay
Ely's Cream Balm Advertises Quick Head Cold Relief
An advertisement touts Ely's Dream Balm and Ely's Cream Balm as instant relief for clogged nostrils and head colds. The ad promises soothing action through the nasal passages, clearing the head and reducing headache and sniffling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
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