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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1918
Page
7
Clay May 27 Dr Grey war worker returns from France will lecture at the Clay church Tuesday May 28 and give Memorial address Thursday May 30 at 10 o clock. Local families and visitors attend services and alumni events in Washington and Ames as community notes list school diplomas and Red Cross plans.
Mrs Cor Sneider spent last week with Mrs Chas Keating in Washington. Mrs Karl Kephart and daughters Pertha and Beatrice visited Elmer Kephart in Washington. Miss Gertie Swife stayed with her sister Mrs Howard Witting. The Kephart family and kin visited Cloyce Benson near Haskins. Howard Baker and daughter Lucile called on Lewis Baker in Washington. Oscar Gardner lost a colt Saturday.
A union prayer meeting of all West Chester churches is planned for tomorrow Thursday morning at 4 30 o clock in the United Presbyterian Church.
Crawfordsville reports show Lee Tease and Lee Rhea visiting Burlington yesterday. Residents Glenn Cherryholmes Harley Rhea Willie Finke Aston Leichty and Edward Widmer traveled to Wachington and planned Des Moines departure this morning. Several Burlington residents pursued life insurance matters and church attendance noted at United Presbyterian Church.
Marsh W. Bailey, chairman for Washington county, reports that since the start of the year residents have loaned $2,012,718 to the government for war effort. The county’s third Liberty Loan quota was $710,500 and subscriptions reached 161 percent, with 4753 individual subscribers and total bonds bought not disclosed. The drive continues to meet the remaining war savings stamp goals as stamps are sold this year.
Mrs Geogee Cunningham of Cedar Rapids arrived for a short visit with J C Cunningham and friends staying overnight Monday night before returning to Washington yesterday morning.
Unadilla Georgia resident J B Hayward praises Foley Cathartic Tablets for quick relief from biliousness indigestion and constipation. Ad claims tablets soothe bad breath bloating and other symptoms with no griping or nausea and notes Lemmon's Pharmacy as distributor.
A novel hydraulic air compressor operates under water head of 200 or 300 feet. It features two large vertical cylinders where water pressure drives air. When one cylinder vents its air into a horizontal tank, a two way valve redirects water pressure to the other cylinder, enabling continuous action.
A perceptive note on rhetoric. True talkers reveal what they think rather than what they presume will seem clever to listeners, distinguishing genuine communication from performance.
A hemp rope threaded through iron chain links reduces wear and extends life by about 70 percent. The technique lowers friction and can cut the cost of a replacement chain by roughly one-fifth to one-third.
Miss Kon Zaiitz, 23, a member of the Battalion of Death, a Russian regiment of women who fought for the Kerensky government, has arrived in the United States. She traveled from Russia after Kerensky’s fall and is now in Drookilyn with her relative.
Statistical summary for the Washington County Sunday School Assoc ending December 1917. Includes officers and teachers in Crawfordsville and Ainsworth, total county enrollment 5287, average attendance 2652, cradle rolls 21 schools with 465 enrolled, home department 4 schools 208 participants, teachers training 5 schools, Crawfordsville union class 104, county convention representation by 20 schools, funds paid to County Association $94.96.
An event led by A V Miller and Henry County men promises three days of racing July 4 5 and 6 with over a hundred horses in chariot and long distance events plus three harness races. The Great Henry County Derby pays 300 and a 2 23 pace is highlighted. Admission 50 cents. children under ten free. proceeds aid the Henry County War Fund.
A hollow log with a mid height hole and bark top forms a ready home for the red headed woodpecker or flicker. A small platform nailed below the hole provides additional shelter and a simple nesting site.
A Roman man-of-war carried 225 crew, with 174 as oarsmen across three decks. The vessel achieved about six knots in favorable weather, reflecting ancient naval power and rowing methods.
A passing remark by Uncle Eben about a man who boasts of his honesty provokes a discussion on inner conflict and self restraint, highlighting cautious skepticism toward public personas.
Eleanor Robson Belmont recounts her return from Europe and praises the Red Cross. She outlines canteen work serving dinners for poilus, twelve thousand daily meals, and dispatches from Paris to supply refugees and wounded. She stresses backing French efforts, morale boosts, and medical dispensaries with nurses and doctors aiding villages.
A recent investigation tested sea leopard oil Weddell seal oil and penguin oil from the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. The oils matched up to commercial oils in quality and could be used for soup making leather dressing and burning.
The Chinook salmon, once scarcely known commercially seventy to seventy five years ago, has become one of the world's most important food fishes. It is now sold in sealed cans in nearly every market. All Chinook and king salmon die after spawning.
A clipped fragment reads like a quip on fretting over noise or fuss. It hints at frustration with complaining voices and questions the value of such grumbling in a social or theatrical context.
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