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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1918
Page
8
Local column reports Mrs. Mayhew a morning passenger for Davenport. Lyda Hellam, a chiropractor near Lemley’s Grocery, with others traveling to Muscatine and Clinton for business. Several residents visit relatives in Eldon Keota Fairfield and Denver, with notes on shipments, sales and upcoming events. A range of small ads and personal updates fill the page.
Mrs. Harve Wilson of north of the city learned of the death of her brother-in law John Berglund while traveling with his wife Ida Logue from this city. They had visited Seattle and were en route home when his condition worsened and he died in Minneapolis. Funeral services were held this afternoon.
Faken by NEER BELLE and WEhQos, a derived agent, clubs arranged for you if you want them. Call JOURNAL or SO RED for prices.
Tuesday November Sth is a legal holiday and the banks of Washington will be closed all day.
Reader notice requests subscription fulfillment and agent contact details. The fragment mentions the author Ed Kowe and subscription arrangements, with vague references to magazine contexts and an agent contact.
Iowa’s draft calls are on hold as Adjutant General Lasher notes influenza delays. About 8051 men across the state have had orders postponed, with new quotas to be issued later. A 500-man auto mechanics training draft at Ames is now rescheduled for Monday November 4. The county board will pick three local volunteers for the school today.
The Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star Iowa adjourned due to health orders and will reconvene December 3 to 5 1918 at the Coliseum Davenport. Official program remains as issued for the 4th annual session with no new program. Announced by Grand Secretary Charles Be Hughes Grand Matron Anna Stilwell Grand Patron Gro TL Erwin.
If you have not bought your underwear now is the time and Maplethorpe's is the place to buy it. Wool and cotton union suits priced from $1.50 to $5.50 a suit. Trade at Maplethorpe's, It pays, North side square.
Dubuque reports scarce hard coal supplies for northern Iowa with two tons per consumer to be issued for now. The fuel committee urges immediate purchases of coke or soft coal as coke and soft coal stocks may soon run out and winter hardship looms for many households.
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