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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1918
Page
8
Advert says bring scrap iron metals hides and gunny sacks to Cohn for absolute satisfaction. Buy all kinds and pay the highest prices. See me for price and do not delay.
Public notice advertises a one day only fur sale at our store. The sale is Tuesday October 14 with 2 percent discount per consign kept in cheer for service members. Proceeds support Soldier and Sailor morale efforts.
Troop 2 of the Boy Scouts of America will hold a meeting at 7 30 o clock in the First United Presbyterian Church led by Scoutmaster Col Palmer.
One day only event Tuesday October offers 25 percent off all furs at The New York Store. Richer selection and savings advertised for shoppers seeking coats wraps and accessories.
The ad club schedules its regular meeting for tomorrow at the Colenso hotel. Full attendance is desired by organizers to discuss upcoming campaigns and activities.
Notice of regular post meeting scheduled for Tuesday at 1 50 PM. Attendance is desired. Signed M Stinson P C.
Dr. and Mrs. Fred Reid visited the Omer Singmaster home near Keota. Fred Giesler and daughter Winifred from Muscatine spent several days as guests at Stewart and Guest homes before returning home. Also offered are homemade comforts made from unsalable cotton and wool fabrics priced under current material rates.
Dispatches report soldiers on the transport Otranto, wrecked off Ireland and Scotland, may include Iowans from the interior. Some Thirty fourth division troops have arrived in France. others remain at Camp Dix. The 109th ammunition train may have been aboard. names aboard were lost, survivor lists later matched to embarkation records.
The New York Store in Washington Iowa announces a one day sale on Tuesday October 15 featuring a complete assortment of season's latest styles and items manufactured in house. Every fur fashion and new style will be represented at this big event.
Fragments list shoe ads and rug stores, chiropractic and medical notices, and travel updates. Includes Carl Combs Butter 55 cents, Miss Edith Beppler as Burlington morning passenger, and Dr A W Clow Osteopath. Reports on residents visiting, travel to St Louis and Omaha, influenza quarantine at Fort Bliss, and college closure due to flu.
Miss Flossie Bridges visits Muscatine Saturday and will stay with her parents until tomorrow. Miss Marie Martin from Des Moines Business College is home due to influenza closing the school. Harry Welsh returns from Florida and plans to move his family there. Will Hobbs near Wellman is seriously ill. his wife is Opal Rickey. Dr. and Mrs. M. C. Terry of Brighton were guests at Mrs. E. N. Wright’s and visited W. M. Terry of Hot Springs. Dell Simpkins summoned home to Mason City due to illness in his family. J. F. H. Taylor and wife return from trips to Cedar Rapids, Marion, Springfield. Taylor’s niece Mrs. McBride remains in Marion. home in South Dakota. Lyon brand and Liberty yarns restocked at old prices: $1.10 per quarter pound, $4.40 per pound. Delco Light plant sales to farmers rise. 164 units sold in September in this district via J. S. Kimmel. Arthur B. E. Funston of New York City visits his uncle John W. Swisher. mother in Brighton improving. Funston notes a plant delivering rifles to government. aim 5000 per day this year.
The New York Store announces Richter's annual event set for Tuesday October 15. Details highlight products and specials to attract shoppers.
About two hundred men of class one gathered at the Company K armory Saturday evening for instruction before camp. Mayor Mauck served as master of ceremonies, Dr. A. King led in singing, and Dr. C. A. Boice spoke on drills and the war’s expected duration. Lt. L. R. dSchilling taught basic movements, noting the group picked up the drill quickly. Plans were announced for nearby towns to join drills at convenient locations.
Many acquaintances in this city mourn the death of Lewis Young at his Concordia Kansas home on Friday October 11. He was a traveling salesman and brother of Rev L D Young former pastor of the local Presbyterian church who lived here briefly with Rev and Mrs Young. His wife remains seriously ill and was not informed of the death.
Mrs. Chas. Long visited Ollie with relatives as Marion Crone left for Iowa City to enlist. Families including the MacGuegins traveled to Fairfield. S A T C cadet Felix Pauls is ill in Iowa City hospital. The Davis property on East Washington was sold to J. B. Tuttle of Iowa Gas. Nicola party spent the weekend in Iowa City with Col Nicola’s family. Over 215 woolen sweaters offered for men women and children with prices from 1.25 to 14.50 across varied colors.
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