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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1918
Page
8
A collage of ads mentions Kai and drink at Deans and shoe offers from Fox and Dewey and Tracy and Weidner. Community notes salute Mrs Will Neleen and Hastings visitors, plus Perry Richardson’s army promotion and Jesse Richardson’s discharge from Camp Cody.
An assortment of local notices lists Crail's Rugs and Dr AL We Glow Osteopath Res with office details. It notes shoe sales at Tracy & Weidner's and mentions attorney Dan Hamilton of Sig ourney as town visitor on business.
Shenefelt has entered the army aviation section and must report June 8 at the University of Texas Austin for ground school. The piece notes railroad service changes may affect California routes next Sunday and reports leadership changes at C. W. Busby & Co and Western Hog Oiler Co with Pie by resigning as president to focus on Busby work.
Karl Eldridge of the Eldridge battery Company has enlisted in the Signal Corps and must report at once to Little Silver New Jersey for training. He leaves tomorrow for new work likely tied to his battery experience while his brother Howard remains in charge of the family chain of battery service stations.
In line with President Wilson's call for fasting and prayer, many business houses will close from 1 20 to 5 00 PM. The organizing committee hopes all will honor the sacred character of Memorial Day by observing the day accordingly.
County Clerk J D Glasgow collected court fees and attorneys' compensation totaling 356 dollars for cases against the Federal Mutual bail insurance company of Des Moines. The matter arose through the state insurance commission and surprised local interests at a recent term of court.
Fred Downing son of Dr. and Mrs. Tom Downing, a post office clerk, has enlisted in the mechanical division of the airplane service and will travel to Des Moines Friday before being transferred to Jefferson Barracks Missouri. Hurts Arm as Brookhart Jr. suffers a green stick fracture from a bicycle fall, with a mud skid causing a bent arm needing several weeks to heal.
An obituary from Hoopeston Illinois honors PW Harris aged ninety who died recently. He served as rural mail carrier on the Hoopeston route from 1900 to 1915 retiring at eighty eight. Harris was regarded as a fine citizen with a notable Navy career.
Post office announces civil service exams for statistical expert statistician clerk qualified in statistics clerk qualified in accounting and clerk qualified in business administration. Salaries range 1000 to 4300 dollars. War urgency prompts early application. Apply for Form 1812 to the civil service commission Washington DC or postmaster St Paul Minnesota.
Walter Little, after nine years with H. A. Baxter elevator and coal, accepts a bookkeeper post at the Farmers' and Merchants' State bank and starts next Monday. Miss Edna Huber remains on temporarily until Little adapts, with further help to fill vacancies at the Baxter office yet to be announced.
The treasury department releases a statement in the orificial Bulletin about chain letters seeking donations for war savings stamps. It notes that while some chain letters supported worthy causes, others are less legitimate and urges recipients to be cautious.
Agent HH. W. Russell notes a Railway Administration ruling that berths on Pullmans must be reserved on the railroad operating the train. Reservations for journeys continuing on another line must be made by the passenger through Western Union. Local agents can no longer plan entire extended trips.
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