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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1918
Page
7
Brief notices from Washington County cover comings and goings including personals births deaths and other small items across several communities. Names and dates are sparsely listed in short sentences typical of early 20th century local columns.
Crawfordsville residents welcomed Mrs. Frank McCoy and son Joseph Arthur from Martinsburg Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. J C Huston and daughter Hope visited Iowa City. A marriage in Kansas linked Rev Frank Wright of Superior Nebraska and Miss Gladys Preston of Kansas occurred September 27. Wright once headed local schools and Preston had visited here several times. W A Harper of Washington was a visitor last evening.
In Brighton on October 7, a large birthday dinner hosted by Mrs. Mary Snyder celebrated Mrs. Linda Johnson, Mrs. Rory Snyder, and E. E. Johnson all sharing the Oct. 5 birthday. Guests included families from Des Moines, Batavia, Richland, and Fremont with broad attendance and sociable remarks.
Stringtown reports pleasant fall weather as leaves turn colors. Ella Schantz attended Teachers Institute. Residents travel to events including a State Sunday School convention in Oskaloosa and local showgoers at the Gra.
The advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as quick acting and economical for a range of pains. It claims swift relief from nerve inflammation neuritis lumbago rheumatic twinges sciatic pains and sprains while emphasizing cleanliness and universality of use.
The past week listed Washington visitors include Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Monson and family Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Schantz and David Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Goff F. G. Rich and family and Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Witting and children.
J R Love and wife of Kansas City Kansas visited at Mrs Joseph McCreedy's home. John Harding and wife from New Mexico Missouri visited his parents. J R Marsh and wife returned from Sandwich Alabama after visiting Rev H F Norton family. Dr E W Spessard came home from North Dakota where he tended his farm. Mrs Alva Miller of Centerville arrived for a visit with her father C M Taylor. W H Ross and family from Letts spent the day with parental homes. E E Coffam went to Fairfield to join his wife and children visiting his parents. A J Laird spent the day at home with family. S A Walker and wife spent Saturday in Washington visiting son J M M L Miller and wife went to Columbus Junction to visit their daughter Mrs Rollin Lynn. Jasper Wiklens of Keota left for home after visiting friends. Rev C F Riddington and wife left for Memphis Missouri Blakesburg and Bentonsport Iowa for ten days visiting friends. Mrs Harry Rabenold teaching at Letts spent Sunday at home with her parents.
Mrs Bert Smith and three daughters join Mrs Bert Simpson and daughter and Marion Smith at a Wellston Red Cross sale. Bert Smith helps A R Strum build an auto shed with cement floor. Wanda and Lucile Smith receive a spotted Shetland pony named Dude. Numerous visits and weekend stops across Wellston, Washington, Keosauqua, Minnesota, and nearby homes are noted for the Smith and Stattler families.
A quoted exchange frames the fuel crunch with Mr. Chuggins noting a strange comfort in understanding why the old machine wouter. The vignette hints at practical relief found in explaining the car’s failure during the shortage.
A note on Hardy Tepary Bush Beans highlights the bean’s New Mexico and Arizona popularity and its potential in California. The hardy legume tolerates extreme heat and arid conditions, offering high nutritive value as a cultivate able crop becoming more common in the region.
Col Theodore Roosevelt assailed the Non-Partisan League as disloyal in Billings Montana urging federal control of elevators and mills, warning against state socialism and class warfare while stressing Americanism and wartime unity. He linked the league to Bolshevism and I WW rhetoric, condemning its leaders and calling for stronger action against Germany.
An advertisement warns kidney disease can affect all ages and lists symptoms such as headache and back pain. It claims Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules provide quick relief, notes two centuries of use, and offers a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
A Camp Dix soldier describes efforts to curb Spanish influenza with strict sanitation. Rules include banning facial tooth soap, limiting groups to four, outdoor sunlit seating until nine, oiled floors, open windows, constant coal fires, and bans on spitting and coughing without handkerchiefs.
Reports claimed multiple soldier wounds and deaths from Company M were true. Investigations found no such facts. A letter from Private Bailey described by rumor as healed and back on duty is disputed and appears to be unverified.
IOWA CITY Oct 8 More than 150 new cases of Spanish influenza were reported among the S A T C men at the university. Precautions are taken but efforts show little effect. None serious, no pneumonia yet. The new law building is an emergency hospital, with capacity up to two hundred patients. The regular hospital is full. Civilian cases reported. The new children's hospital may be used next for 250 to 300 more. Physicians and medics are stretched thin. tents requested from Des Moines to separate well men from the ill.
A brief classified notice notes that a want ad in the Journal will help sell an item. The short item cites quick sale potential and a call to contact through the paper’s listings.
The collapse of the Hindenburg line in northern France ends the Kaiser’s plan for a channel port in France and a later invasion of England. German forces retreat into Belgium and then Germany as Allied and American gains widen a dangerous Belgian salient.
General March announced that embarkation of American troops continues at over 250000 per month. The total embarked reached more than 1850000 with September shipments above 250000, while influenza cases in camps at home exceeded 100000. The War Department policy seeks ships only for men not exposed to or infected by the disease, causing schedule readjustments but not reducing totals.
Greens August Flower advertised as a remedy for a disordered stomach and inactive liver causing headaches constipation sour stomach nervous indigestion and gas related heart palpitations. It is described as a gentle laxative that regulates digestion and stimulates bile purification of the alimentary canal. Sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy.
A mansion in Germany, built in the seventh century, is believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited residence in the world, attracting interest from historians and visitors.
Government rules set retail coffee prices across the country in a Telegram from Washington announced by the Illinois Food Administration. The message indicated that only certain conditions would apply to pricing and distribution.
The telegram says advances on package coffee may be permitted to allow roasters a profit similar to prewar levels. It notes elimination of expensive packaging reduces cost and justifies a future advance, with roasters and wholesalers required to show profit relations to the food administration.
A historical advertisement promises a one hundred dollar reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It touts thirty five years of use, claims blood borne action on mucous surfaces, and urges readers to start now and send for testimonials.
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