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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1918
Page
8
Advertisement urges selling scrap iron metals hides and gunny sacks to Coln for high prices. Slogan promises absolute satisfaction and cash payment with prompt delivery and price quotes available.
Silas Roos issues the call for a local unions meeting at 8 o clock Friday evening. Members are urged to attend.
A notice for Washington Lodge No. 26 A F and A M states a regular meeting Friday October 4 at 7 30 PM sharp with important business and petitions to be acted upon. Members urged to attend promptly. IL D Langworthy, W M 9712
The ad touts a 25 year written guarantee from Sealy for their Tuftress mattress. It promotes 100 percent spring value with Kinney Deluxe models and a 30 day free trial offer.
Local items reveal Miss Bess Darbyshire in Keota on business and numerous visitors and travels. J. J. McKeone returns to Metropolis Union to oversee a new school building project while others head to Des Moines Emporia and Davenport for family and work. Community ads invite Red Cross fund buying and magazine subscriptions for soldiers.
Friends report Reo N. Pickens of Haskins has earned a commission as 2nd Lieutenant after officer training in Louisville and is on active duty at Camp Jackson with his Chicago bride. Washington Telephone Co. honors Capt. E T Wickham, who departs to Camp Funston for army service, with board members and wives offering best wishes.
Community appeal asks residents to donate garments at the vacant storeroom on the square’s north side for Belgian relief. Red Cross volunteers will oversee collection while families share news of loved ones overseas including Floyd Aaron and Eva Graves as they serve abroad.
An Illinois judge rules a man may talk in his sleep without being liable to divorce proceedings. The ruling centers on whether nocturnal utterances constitute grounds for separation.
Notices mailed to Washington county registrants of September 12 who waived exemption require appearance for physical exams next week at Dr. C A Rolce office. A hundred called for each Monday Tuesday and Wednesday with twenty per hour and three minutes per man. About 230 waived exemption join class one and will be examined later. Deferred classifications and appeals will be handled by the district board. The county board is among the fastest in the state in completing work. Order numbers for class one will be published once received from Washington PD C.
Local families received word that members of the machine gun battalion of the Thirty fourth division from Camp Cody New Mexico have arrived overseas safely. Relatives in Washington expected quarantine for influenza at Camp Dix and were spared anxiety about the crossing.
Washington on October 3 reports maximum and minimum retail prices for shoes agreed by the industry. Prices range from 8 to 12 dollars for men and women and are organized into three classes. Class A covers 9 to 12 dollars, class B limits 0 to 8.50 dollars, and class C ranges from 3 to 5 dollars.
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