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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1918
Page
7
Local visitors and a France telegram mark Kalona week
Kalona reports multiple visits by residents and relatives from Galva Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. Captain H I Elliott’s safe arrival in France is noted, along with several short trips to Iowa City Freeport and Wellman and new staffing at Eclipse Lumber Co. yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Arthur Anderson
Galva
L. R. Fosdick
R. F. Hicks
Iowa City
Kenneth
Grace Miller
Eclipse Lumber Co
T. L. Deweese
Cedar Rapids
Wm. Beranek
H. A. Mellinger
H. I. Elliott
France
I. N. Arnold
South Dakota
Winnie Dierdorff
Mason
Walter Lehman
8. D. Miller
E. E. Stutsman
E. C. Stutsman
Clara Marek
Valley Valley Social News Moves and Visits
Mr and Mrs Clarence Hotle and sons Charles and Jack spent Sunday at Dave Augustine s. Eugene Diggs arrived safely. OVOCTSEAS. Mr and Mrs Omer Dillon and son Howard and Blanche Conrad, H V Frank and daughters Myrtle and Florence, and Louise and Addie Wallace spent Sunday at Charles Churchill s. Mary Augustine stayed overnight at H V Franks. Mrs E L Breitenbach spent a few days in Washington. The Ladies Aid met at the church last Thursday for quilting.
Brighton Quarantine Influenza Updates and Local Movements
Brighton under influenza quarantine with twenty three cases reported Monday. Mrs. Mary Bennett visits Neinkirk Okla and Mrs. Elizabeth McGuire's family hosts. others include Eugene Kisor in Washington and Carrie Wentworth from Kalona returning home. Furloughs bring Felix Paul Guy Luydin from Champaign aviation camp. Raymond Kessell moves to Foss property on Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Mary Bennett
Neinkirk
Okla
Franberry
Will Black
Merrimac
Elizabeth McGuire
Eugene Kisor
Washington
Ben Weidner
E. M. Friend
Chicago
E. W. Swisher
Ray Singleton
Richland
Irwin
Raymond Kessell
Foss
Main Street
Carrie Wentworth
Kalona
George Whistler
Kansas City
Henry Speilman
Raymond
Iowa City
Monay
Felix Paul Guy Luydin
Champaign
W. A. White
Ringling Bros Shows Close Season in Cross Ga
Sergt Neal Whistler at Camp Pike was commissioned as second lieutenant. Rebekah lodge members visited the Walton country home to celebrate Mr and Mrs Ellis Walton’s 35th wedding anniversary.
Dayton Grove Social Notes and Family Gatherings
J B Moore and family visited the Albert Dayton home in Seventy Six on Sunday. J A Walker’s children surprised their parents for Mr Walker’s birthday with about twenty attendees, a dinner, and music on the Victrola. The article also notes visits, sympathy for Mrs Will Embree, and stock shipment by Chas Johnson to Chicago Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Grove
J. B. Moore
Albert Dayton
J. A. Walker
Mr. Walker
C. A. Thrapp
Walker
Ralph Junkin
Priscilla Junkin
Julia Cavender
F. G. Martin
C. E. Baumgarten
Richland
Alsey Hopkinson
Burlington
C. C. Owen
Will Embree
John Henderson
Chas. Johnson
Chicago
Crawfordsville Notes Warm Visit and School Absence
W A Harper of Washington visited Crawfordsville yesterday. Mrs C Sommer and daughter Dora returned home after visiting relatives in Pandora Ohio. Miss Mira Shafer went to Washington, Miss Huldah Fellmer to Sigourney, Miss Harriett Pemberton to Iowa Falls, and Miss Mildred Day to Monmouth Illinois during school closure. Lieut Clement Bowers returned to Camp Taylor Kentucky after a brief furlough with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
W. A. Harper
Washington
C. Sommer
Dora
Pandora
Ohio
Mira Shafer
Huldah Fellmer
Sigourney
Mmss
Harriett Pemberton
Iowa Falls
Mildred Daymude
Monmouth
Clement Bowers
Camp Taylor
Jews in Poland and Lithuania face dire plight in 1917 mortality rise
The Judische Press in Berlin quotes a Dutch relief representative describing thousands of Jews in Poland and Lithuania as idle and destitute due to shortages of raw materials and machinery. Vilna and Warsaw report unusually high death rates with severe poverty among Jews, and mortality leaps among Jewish populations outpacing non Jews in 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Lithuania
London
Dutch Relief Committee
Judische Press
Berlin
Vilna
Warsaw
Col Brookhart Teaches at Dodge Camp
Des Moines reports Lieut Col Smith Brookhart of Washington Iowa will conduct a six weeks course in marksmanship at Camp Dodge. He has led the small arms school at Camp Perry Ohio and soldiers from Camp Dodge have attended special marksmanship courses there. Brookhart will move to Columbus Georgia December 1 to head a training camp for officers and men capable of housing 10 000 soldiers each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Smith Brookhart
Washington
Camp Dodge
Brookhart
Camp Perry
Ohio
Columbus
Slacker court in Jones county fines over 4000 dollars
Deputy Marshal M. L. Healy reports from Anamosa that a slacker court fined leading Jones county figures who favored Germany. The $4,000 in fines were not collected. defendants were required to purchase Liberty bonds. Judge F. O. Elliston presided with a jury, and Healy says the action aids cleanup efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
M. L. Healy
United States
Anamosa
Jones County
Germany
F. O. Elliston
Red Cross Nets 3373.38 At Waterloo Dairy Show
Waterloo Iowa October 16 proceeds from the dairy cattle congress totaled 3373 dollars 38 cents for the Red Cross. The two largest items were 2131 dollars from the refreshment booth and 1072 dollars from a quilt sale. Mrs Frank M Shores supervised all Red Cross efforts at the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Iowa
Dairy Cattle Congress
Red Cross
Frank M. Shores
School Men Plan To Help Farmers In Wartime Des Moines
A Des Moines committee of Iowa school leaders recommends teaching Saturdays, cutting vacations, and lengthening days to release high school boys for farm and essential labor. The plan, directed by A. M. Deyoe, urges flexible local adoption amid a 60 000 farm labor shortage as Iowa supplies a tenth of U S food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
A. M. Deyoe
George H. Sawyer
Osage
J. R. Cougill
Nevada
E. J. Pollock
Norwalk
Federal Labor Department
Deyoe
Boys’ Working Reserve
Board of Education
State Labor Bureau
State Council of Defense
Iowa
United States
Epidemic at Ames Losing Its Force
At Iowa State College the influenza outbreak among 2800 Student Army Training Corps men shows signs of fading. General James Rush Lincoln reports rapid improvement as hospital admissions drop from 168 a week ago to seven on Sunday, with 20 deaths in total and pneumonia cases declining. Dr. E W Stanton also notes the crisis seems passed and female students show no new cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Stanton
Student Army Training Corps
Ames
Ames Nurses Rush To Fight Influenza Outbreak
Doctors in Ames have stopped private practice to treat flu patients. Nurses were scarce at first as influenza threatened 50 towns, but relief arrived from multiple directions with about 20 outside nurses joining local staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Miss Erma Shaw Dies En Route to France as Red Cross Nurse
Des Moines reports Miss Erma Lavisa Shaw daughter of Leslie M Shaw former Iowa governor and U S treasurer died en route to France where she served as a Red Cross nurse. She was born in Denison traveled widely and was an accomplished automobile driver. The Shaw family lived in California during his governorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Los Angeles
Erma Lavisa Shaw
Leslie M. Shaw
Iowa
the National Treasury
France
Red Cross
Shaw
California
Washington
Europe
United States
Flu outbreak cancels Cedar Falls church dedication events
Cancellation of St Luke's Episcopal dedication in Cedar Falls due to influenza. events slated for Oct 13 16 are postponed with plans to reschedule, letters sent to participants and visitors. date may be set about two weeks later to continue the program. In Cedar Rapids Mrs. William A Foreman files for divorce citing intoxication and mistreatment since marriage, seeks alimony and custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
State Board of Health
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Dubuque
Oet
Cedar Rapids
William A. Foreman
Foreman
Knights of Columbus Initiate 250 To Fourth Degree
Sunday was Knights of Columbus day at Sioux City with a class of 250 candidates initiated into the 4th degree the highest order. Participants came from northwestern Iowa southwestern Minnesota South Dakota and several Nebraska counties. Lee J. Dougherty of Davenport Iowa master of the fourth degree in Iowa and Joe McCormick of Cedar Rapids Iowa with staff oversaw the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Knights of Columbus
Iowa
Southwestern
Minnesota
South Dakota
Northeastern
Nebraska
Lee J. Dougherty
Davenport
Joe McCormick
Cedar Rapids
Boone Under Quarantine in Louisiana influenza outbreak
Boone Louisiana is under quarantine due to 135 influenza cases among residents. There have been no deaths, but several individuals are seriously ill. Schools churches theatres and lodges are closed and gatherings are banned by order of the state board of health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. K. Bliss
Boone
Get
State Board of Health
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