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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1918
Page
5
The Des Moines office of the Department of Justice calls Iowa patriots to report disloyal statements and actions. It lists offenses from antiwar remarks to draft evasion, defense information misuse, hoarding food, aiding enemy aliens, and other acts that hinder wartime effort.
The document outlines reporting rules for correspondence with enemy countries and stresses providing complete facts, names, data, and the reporter's name for confidentiality by the Department of Justice. It notes the Iowa office located in Room 11, Old Federal Building, Des Moines.
Miss Aenes Turner of Chicago Illinois describes illness from overwork irregular meals and poor health rules. She reports headaches indigestion constipation and sleeplessness then relief after using Chamberlains Tablets for two months. Her stomach was cleansed and her health restored. For sale by Leminou's Drug Store.
Commodore J Stuart Blackton presents The World For Sale at the Graham theater, directed by Blackton and based on a story by Sir Gilbert Parker. The program includes a crackerjack comedy Motorbout ine and a Liberty Loan subject featuring Charles Ray.
Iowa War Savings committee launches a vigorous drive following the Fourth Liberty Loan record to collect overdue pledges. Banks and post offices will mail official notification cards to laggards as the state works to boost stamp sales in the coming weeks.
Red Cross chair Mrs. W H Russell records county clothing donations for Belgium destitute. Towns and townships contribute truckloads autos and bundles including 260+ pieces from Crawfordsville, quilts from the First United Presbyterian Ladies' Aid, and cash gifts from local residents. Ralph Smith supervised packing ready for freight shipment.
The article describes a method for removing spots from hardwood floors by wiping with gasoline. A moistened cheesecloth is rubbed vigorously over the surface, with the cloth changed when it becomes soiled.
Friends of Mr and Mrs Pay of Long Beach California inform local friends of the couple about their 50th wedding anniversary on October 15 and request post cards be sent to them at 646 East 4th Street Long Beach.
Mabel recounts mortification at the Pouch mansion as she tried to suppress a laugh while wearing a sheer decollete gown and hid the moment in her glove, prompting shared amusement.
Search for victims continued at the Morgan New Jersey site as reconstruction began. Officials estimate 25 million dollars in property loss with 4 dead and 50 seriously injured. Investigators probe whether foreigners employed at the plant influenced the catastrophe.
A provocative column argues that amid two opposing sides only one can be correct and prevail. The piece stresses decisiveness and clear outcomes in public discourse and policy debates.
A four year old child named Charlotte remarking on English usage says I see how It is now mother. Hens cei and lay and people sit and He dont they mother. The quote reflects a playful language mishearing from a rural source.
Immigrant Ivan Korpnoff, 20s, from Kiel who fled to America as a teen and spoke little English, joined Company 1 Twentieth Infantry at Camp Funston. His family, Russian patriots, were killed in World War I combat and by a German firing squad, driving his vow to avenge them. He hopes to join American forces in Siberia.
Official notice reports the deaths of Clifford Dimmit and August Llanagan in action. Dimmit, 20, of Company M 168th Infantry, is the eldest of eight children of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dimmiltz. Llanagan, 25, had no local relatives and worked for the Iowa Malleable Iron Company.
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