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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1918
Page
7
Busy Bond Sale Day At School House In Richmond
Richmond reports a bustling bond selling Saturday as Fourth Liberty Loan efforts continue for war funding. Notes recount local visits and family updates including births and illnesses. events around Riverside, Conway, Kalona, and Washington feature, with teachers attending an institute and students gathering seeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
D. Mehree
Pete
Riverside
Esther Chez
Conway
Jett Bopp
A. Sharpe
Russell Kendrick
Washington
Charley Bush
Marion Snider
Kalona
Jas. Saforek
Rivverside
Leo Schnobelen
Fred Radda
Tony Kern
Hilda Ross
Cedar Rapids
Dan Bopp
Wm. Chapek
Dr Purmort Addresses Des Moines Sunday Session
Dr Purmort of Des Moines spoke both morning and evening to a well filled house. The Sunday school met in the morning with about 70 attendees. He shared experiences from coast to coast with the Home Mission Board and offered instructive notes on the war and national sacrifice. Rally day for the Sunday school is next Sunday with a push for full attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purmort
Des Moines
Home Mission Board
United States
Local youths leave for college and training
Miss Pemberton returns to Oskaloosa after a Sabbath visit. Lee and Cloyce Huston travel to Iowa City for college work and military training. Hazel Anwyl, Vaughn Long and Victor Neiswanger go to Mount Pleasant to reenter college. Mr and Mrs T M Holmes and family visit N J Brown home at Hillsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Nearby Family and Social News From Brighton
Brighton notes report visits and gatherings across towns. Mrs Fred Yangle and daughter returned to Chariton after visiting Mrs George Knerr. Mrs A R Hickman and son from Ford City Penn tour South Dakota with sister Mrs George Anderson. Harry Brinton and wife visited relatives from Davenport pending draft. Announcements include birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Frank Dunshee on Sept 22 at Washington County hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Fred Yangle
Chariton
George Knerr
A. R. Hickman
Ford City
Penn
South Dakota
George Anderson
Harry Brinton
Davenport
Harry
Mary Gregg
Mt .Union
M. E. McConnahay
John McConnahay
Edward Hobson
Canton
Hi. C. Cooper
Ross Lynn
Marshalltown
Anna Day
Frank Dunshee
Washington County Hospital
Carolyn McGuire
Iowa City
W. E. Berry
Frank Berry
Mary Snyder
Kate
T. B. Davison
Cal Cooper
Mt. Union
Ad McCarty
Burlington
Soldier Writes From Frontline Rest Near Chateau Thierry
Private Hilton Houseal of Company K 168th Infantry sends news to Mrs. J A Houseal in Ainsworth. He describes resting behind the lines after the Chateau Thierry battles, fixing a telephone office, seeing dead Germans, and noting Floyd Wallace’s death. He mentions a Paris visit and a rare two month supply of food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Houseal
Ainsworth
Hilton Houseal
168Th Infantry
Chateau Thierry
Floyd Wallace
Floyd
Miss Mabel and guests visit over Sunday
Miss Mabel visits home for an over Sunday visit. Miss Genevieve Tracy Chauncey Stone and Raymond Lemley entered the University at Iowa City this week. Miss Hazel White, operator at the M and St. L depot, has been transferred to Abington Illinois. Mrs Ida Seeley and daughter Imogene left Friday evening for Cedar Rapids to visit Ezra Seeley home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel
Genevieve Tracy
Chauncey Stone
Raymond Lemley
University At
Iowa City
Hazel White
Abington, Ill
Ida Seeley
Imogene
Cedar Rapids
Ezra Seeley
Boschers Syrup advertised as a nationwide cough remedy
An advertisement promotes Besechee's Syrup from J. E. Lemmon's Pharmacy claiming two years of wide usage in all parts of the United States for coughs bronchitis colds settled in the throat and lung troubles. It promises restful sleep easy morning expectoration and natural healing to restore health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Nature
J. E. Lemmon
Prisoners Flood In Across Fronts In Ten Day Span
London reports rapid prisoner and weapon gains across fronts. Allied offensives yield 125000 prisoners and 1200 guns in ten days with Bulgarian and Turkish routs adding thousands of captives and hundreds of guns. Franco American advance secures 19000 prisoners and 100 guns. British action at Cambrai yields 28000 prisoners and over 300 guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cambrai
Bonar Law Claims Promises Kept On Nerve Bombardment
In a Guildhall address Chancellor Bonar Law says it was promised that enemy bombing of defense towns would be repaid with interest and that the pledge has been fulfilled. He credits the British air force with breaking enemy morale during the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Guildhall
Bonar Law Reid
Turks Deport Armenians From Trans-Caucasia
The Armenian National Union of America cites a dispatch from Doctor Araratian in Baku reporting Turkish deportations of 8,000 Armenians from Alexdropol and disarming many Armenians in Gantzak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Alexdropol
Trans-Caucasia
Gantzak
Armenian National Union of America
Araratian
Armenian Council
Baku
Serbians drive Bulgarians back near Veles and Charevo
Serbian forces reported to have compelled Bulgarian troops to retreat around St. Nicholas and Charevo east of Veles, with Charevo captured and over 700 prisoners and 20 guns seized. Fires burn near Uskup as Serbians push from Veles toward the base, while Plachko-Vitsa mountain area south of Kochana falls under Serbian control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. Nicholas
Serbia
Veles
Charevo
Uskup
Plachko- Vitsa
Kochana
Paris
Roumania
Switzerland
Vienna
Bulgaria
Albania
Democracy and suffrage in wartime policy debate
Senate suffrage stance amid war pressures described as impractical yet essential. Speaker argues democracy must reflect people's will in leading the war effort, emphasizing women's equal participation and direct verification by suffering peoples rather than diplomats or parliaments. Strong reliance on West's democracy as model and demand for concrete action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Great Britain
Marines in Action Highlight Photoplay The Unbeliever
The review notes several scenes depict Prussian brutality and the Marines in action, lending realism to the war theme. Patriotism is prominent without provincialism, and audiences at the Rivoli Theatre reacted with tremendous applause as The Unbeliever played this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
New York Sun
Rivoli Theatre
United States
Future is gloomy for the slackers
Washington officials warned that men who avoided duty or opposed wartime efforts will not find favor once veterans return. They stressed soldiers earned their pay, faced danger, and will seek solidarity with fellow servicemen while shunning those labeled slackers who shirked support or duties like munitions work or buying Liberty Bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
What a German Peace Is Like in Annie Parr's London Report
Annie Parr reports from London after arriving from Bucharest on the mood of a German peace. She recalls German troops governing Romanian cities with cold efficiency, wrecked homes, and plots that forced soldiers to endure hardship. She describes Bulgarian atrocities and Romanian prisoners returning in ragged condition, listless and starved, with Germans flaunting victory while Romania bears economic burdens and occupation. The piece ends with Romanian hope pinned on an Allied victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Weekly Dispatch
Annie Parr
Bucharest
Belgium
Romania
Kaiser Takes To Cellar As Airmen Bomb Hun City
In Mannheim last week Emperor William Field Marshal Duke Albrecht and Prince Stephan of Schaumberg Lippe sheltered in a palace cellar for twenty minutes during a British raid. The royals then remained in Alsace Lorraine as Allied bombing and frontier pressures increased public unease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
William
Albrecht of
Wurttemborg
Stephan of
Rhine
Adds
New England Farmers Shift To Wheat Crop
Massachusetts agriculture official Wilfred Wheeler says the state’s wheat crop could reach 100000 dollars this year with potential to double next year and possibly hit 500000 in the following year if war continues. He notes a long prior shift away from wheat due to westward production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Massachusetts
Wilfred Wheeler
State Board of Agriculture
New England
Massachusettts
Wheeler
State Board
Masachusetts
Great West
Spanish flu hits hill crest baby fold in Dubuque
Spanish influenza has reached Dubuque with 33 babies and five attendants at the Hill Crest baby fold afflicted. Two babies have died and others are serious. The facility is under quarantine with only nurses and physicians admitted. Volunteers are sought to help care for the sick as all babies are affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Get
Hill Crest
New Iowa Wheat Conservation Rules Promote Victory Mixed Flours
Iowa institutes a new Wheat Conservation Program with Victory Mixed Flours blending wheat with barley corn or rye in specified ratios. Dealers must stock official substitutes and follow mandatory 80 20 labeling and pricing rules with 60 day flour purchases allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Victory
Father of Fishes Seth Green Pioneered Dry Method
The article lauds Seth Green as the Father of Fishes for his long service and success in fish culture. It notes his 1864 start, discovery of the dry method of impregnation, early work at Caledonia Creek Hatchery, and the 1867 Connecticut River shad propagation effort described in the American Angler by W. W. Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth Green
Caledonia Creek
Connecticut River
W. W. Wood
Worlds Greatest Maelstrom Off Norway Coast
The maelstrom off the Norwegian coast is a mighty whirlpool between the mainland and an island. When current and wind oppose, ships cannot withstand the waves. Whales and sharks have been cast ashore. Current estimated at 30 miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Power of Gentleness Says Potatoes Benefit From Gentle Boiling
A New York Telegraph authority on culinary matters asserts that boiled potatoes improve greatly when boiled gently, highlighting the value of a mild approach to cooking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Telegraph
Phrase First Used by Johnson on Father of Waters
Samuel Johnson used the phrase Father of Waters in Ras selas chapter twenty five when addressing the River Nile. Published in 1750 the Nile is argued to have a stronger claim to the title than the Mississippi in classic fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Samuel Johnson
Mississippi River
Rasselas
Nile
Mississippi
Seward Named Alaska For A Great Country
W. H. Seward coined the name Alaska, once called Russian America. The etymology traces to the Aleut words alak shak or al ay ok sa meaning a great country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seward
Alaska
W. H. Seward
America
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Wash
Ington
Bethel Church Notes
Private Hilton
Boscher
Germany
Bonar Law
Alexandropol
Transcaucasia
Wilson
Senate
FOX
Nia
Kaiser
Hun City
King
Amsterdam
Ferdinand of Bulgaria
Charles of Austria
Neue Freie Presse
Dubuge Asylum
The
Dread Malady
Sherman Bros. Pioneer Drug Store
Sloan
Putton
Kallis
Magnetos and Distributors
Dell
Splitdorf
Eisemann
Remey
Bosch
Delco
Little Dixie
K. W
Autolite
Connecticut
Ford
Mannhardt Bros
Eatonic
Batonic Remedy,Co
Wabash Ave
Chicago
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