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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1918
Page
3
Instructions for men aged twenty one by June 5 1917 to provide birth details during next Wednesday’s draft registration. Forms require name full home address birth date birthplace US citizenship status father’s birthplace employer and relatives contact. County registration at courthouse. about 1% expected.
Mrs. John Potter of 20 Shupe Street Mt Pleasant Pa endorses Foley's Honey and Tar for colds and coughs. The ad notes no opiates and cites relief for bronchial and grip coughs croup and whooping cough with Lemmon's Pharmacy as the advertiser.
A family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for acts of kindness at the death of their husband and father. They thank the G A R florists and those who donated autos and gave flowers. Signed by Mrs Gee Dusenbery and daughter, Mr John Dusenbery, and Mrs Earl Waddell, Mrs Roy Waddell, and S. P. Dusenbery.
Mrs. Coulter of southeast of Washington and her son Homer rush to Logansport Indiana after the death of James W. Little at age seventy eight. He suffered heart failure while working in the garden yesterday. funeral will be held tomorrow at two. He was widowed with four children and was well known in the area.
Advice for parents to teach children to sit stand and walk erect. Recommend three minutes daily of vigorous breathing drills to lift the chest expand lungs and improve health.
A Graham Red Cross benefit home talent vaudeville show is set for Wednesday June 5 with proceeds funding the work room supplies. George Bickford of the Shubert orchestra leads planning with Red Cross women. ten acts and a Shubert ten piece orchestra highlight the program. Seats at McKinnonys drug store go on sale 8:30 Tuesday morning at 35 cents.
Lieutenant J. Be. Edgington in training at Chickamauga Georgia describes the intense southern heat and the push to prove himself. He details transfers and drill with a rifle at Base Hospital No. 57, sharing his pride in the commission and hope for the war's end.
Local notes report specials at Cuddy's with hydrangeas in pots and shoppers. Rock Island fright house to close tomorrow for Decoration. various visitors arrive from Albia Davenport Harper Beaver Falls and Keota. Red Cross fund gets twenty five dollars from Sinclair Refining with Will Taylor as agent in Rock Island.
The Grace Hill community house opening has been postponed to Friday evening at 8 16 SST.
County supervisors with health boards discuss converting the Knoxville inebriate asylum into a venereal disease clinic. They plan to present land purchase options near the county farm to voters. Roy Emry leads a war savings and thrift stamp campaign with A E B Atchison named county chairman to mobilize merchants and communities. Dr. A Bolee notes health gains in the army and nationwide efforts to report and isolate venereal cases.
A Fresno widow at 460 Glenn Ave testifies that Foley's Honey and Tar relieves her winter cough after fever. She, age 66, calls it best for bronchial and chest coughs and for croup and whooping cough. Lemmon's Pharmacy advertises the product.
The Rev. and Mrs. W R Stryker visited their son Lieut C N Stryker after his appendicitis operation at Camp Dodge. Rev. W M McNeel and Rev W P Gilkey attended a meeting at the Associate Presbyterian church. Visitors Will Ginn and family travel from Logansport Ind to stay with Malcolm Montgomery. Weather remains damp with heavy rains. Wade Stryker at Waco Texas and Clyde Stryker at Fort Sill Okla report good health and Clyde promoted to first sergeant.
A reflective note quotes Emerson on natural deeds and heroic acts, praising graceful behavior that elevates the place and bystanders. The piece emphasizes moral conduct as a public good and calls for consistent, decent action.
The Iowa fuel administration announces June 3 to 8 as Early Ordering Week. Residents should place coal orders for next winter even if immediate delivery is unavailable, to ensure supplies for transportation and factories and prevent winter shortages.
The article credits Arabs with early discoveries in botany and chemistry and notes their role in advancing agriculture through climate and soil knowledge. It mentions medical schools founded from the eighth to the eleventh century and their influential medical writings.
A concise reflection asserts that a well-governed republic stands as the premier political form globally, emphasizing orderly governance as the keystone of national strength and stability.
The Girls National Honor Guard will meet Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at 7 20 sharp to drill for Memorial Day.
Chapter J PLBE C will meet Thursday evening with Mrs Margaret Lemmon at 214 East Madison Street. Meeting begins 7 45 p m with convention reports and Fall attendance urged. Library closed Memorial Day.
Members of the I. White Post and G A R are asked to meet at the hall Thursday at 9 30 for a parade to cemeteries starting at 10 00. Red Cross officers and workers in surgical dressings garments or knitting are to assemble at the old Methodist church Thursday at 9 30 wearing uniforms for strong representation.
Announcement states there will be no rehearsal for the Methodist junior choir on Thursday due to unspecified reasons.
The passage extols seeing what must be done elsewhere to run a business. It argues that quick recognition comes from acting at the right time, building self confidence and advancing. It frames progress as a sequence of observing and performing correct actions, calling it wisdom or profit.
Poul fich, source of the widely used fehthyal ail, has been found in Texas. The material formerly came exclusively from Austria.
A fragmentary item notes a man values personal integrity as his best asset. No further details are readable.
The report credits Professor Rausenberger with inventing the Ti-wile gun said to bombard Paris. He has run the hervys gun section at Krupp works.
The passage compares human works to bees and spring flowers, noting we cannot foresee outcomes of careful endeavors. It suggests modesty when bees prosper among blossoms and acknowledges a wind with its own indiscriminate fertilizing system that calls us to hope.
Sponge fishers in the West Indies locate sponges from their boats using a bucket with a glass pane in the bottom. They tear the sponge from rocks with a fork attached to the end of a long pole as they float on the water.
The statement argues bouillon contains no nourishment beyond the meat it was made from. It claims bouillon is only a stimulant and warns against discarding meat after broth extraction as wasteful.
In a terse exchange Patrice recounts an earlier abuse at a meeting where help was offered to him, while claiming a different incident on the trolley car where he says the man did not stand up for her. The contrast highlights conflicting perceptions of event support.
A New York man asks the court to compel his wife to keep from leaving, claiming the courts are omnipotent. The piece notes his request as a legal remedy and presents the unusual plea in a domestic context.
A fragmented note explores mental discipline and caution about thoughts. It reflects on avoiding troubling ideas and protecting vulnerable minds, urging restraint and focus amid uncertainty.
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