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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1919
Page
6
Readers can subscribe to top magazines through clubs or single subscriptions. Call 50 Red after 5:30 p.m. or write to Journal for club price details and a sample list. Nita Belle McKeon noted as authorized contact.
Certificates grant reduced rates to the state encampment at Cedar Rapids from June 3 to 5. Awaiting a list of attendees. provenance references W P Moothart and Adj. sité.
Authorized representative Nita Belle Mc Keon offers magazine subscriptions and club arrangements. Call 59 Red after 5 30 PM or write in care of the Journal to review prices and receive a mailed list.
In Washington on May 30 a House speech by Heflin of Alabama honored Iowa and Alabama troops who served together in France. Green followed to praise their combat teamwork and friendship amid the war effort and the shared love of the flag.
A crowded page lists residents traveling for visits and events in Keota Ainsworth Sigourney and Crawfordsville Along with ads for households services and goods including mops brooms ladders and a Freeze Out Fire Extinguisher A young man was injured after a fall near the square in Keota and was hospitalized with undetermined injuries
A morning parade from the square to the cemetery featured veterans from World War I the Civil War and the Spanish-American War plus civil and red cross participants. The Washington band and drum corps provided music while hundreds of school children marched. An afternoon Graham Theatre gathering at two o'clock will include Governor Harding delivering the address.
Mrs. H A Millhouse of Chilli cothe visits Mrs. F A McCaulley and travels to Keota for a two week stay with relatives. Mrs. E V Simons attends Fairfield high school graduation class play where her niece Rena Simons acts. Mrs. C F Steirwalt and Charles Junior return to Keokuk after a week with Ashby family. An ad promotes Sanol for liver kidney and bladder relief with a 60 cent trial bottle. Mr and Mrs Harry Montgomery and Helen Stewart return from Chicago after Nurse's Training graduation exercises for Lucile Montgomery.
The fire department announces annual Decoration Day services on Sunday June 1 at 2 PM. Members are asked to meet at City Hall.
Des Moines report states Iowa will get 158 army trucks from the War Department free of charge under the post office appropriation bill. Trucks will be allocated to counties upon board of supervisors proof of need for federal aid road construction. Iowa seeks land near Ames to build sheds for about 200 trucks.
A brief quotation attributes the best fertilizer to a spirit of industry enterprise and intelligence. It contrasts this with the limited value of lime gypsum bones green manure marl and guano. The speaker emphasizes practical effort over material inputs.
The coroner’s inquest into the Douglas starch plant explosion, which killed forty eight workers and caused three million dollars in damage, found fire from an unknown source caused the blast. Lawyers debated widening testimony from injured workers as part of the inquiry.
A Tribune poll finds overwhelming opposition in Congress to repealing the war time prohibition act as it affects wine and beer. House and Senate tallies show more against repeal than for, with noncommittals also noted. Iowa rep Charles A Kennedy is listed among the respondents.
A fragmented OCR reads names of Republican figures including Burton FE Sweet Gilbert N Hau gen William Ramseyer Horace M Towner and Henry EB Hull W D Boice, indicating a noncommittal stance among some listed Republicans.
Burlington May 30 John J Seerley Jr of Burlington and T L Brookhart of Washington plan to start a campaign in the First Iowa district around June 7 to organize American Legion chapters for World War I veterans. Seerley and Brookhart, delegates from the district to the St Louis convention, will recruit towns and counties and use Burlington Company 1 168th Infantry as a nucleus. A preliminary publicity push will begin immediately.
Des Moines health officer Dr. Wm. H. Peters urges keeping a biting dog under observation for a week or ten days to test for rabies. If the dog dies, brain examination follows and Pasteur treatment is given to the victim. Often rabies germs are present but not yet incubated in the brain.
Belmond Iowa reports Jessie Lester aged 14 graduates from Belmond high school with 38 credits, six beyond the required amount. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Lester she skipped an eighth grade at ten and now plans a college education.
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