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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1918
Page
7
Brief notices from Washe ington County report births deaths and personal updates across various communities. The itemized notices include local events, arrivals and departures, with names and fragmented details from multiple areas.
A large crowd attended the Pleasant Hill Sunday school convention on Sunday afternoon. Rev. Hunt stayed at the John Caldwell home overnight. Several local families visited at various neighbors' homes, including the Kebharts, Bakers, Telfords and Sneiders.
Mrs Frank Chafee of Kenelworth visits at David Woodford home. Miss Alta Morse of Lone Tree enjoys days at Lloyd Jones. S H Frazier and Wallace Savage were Washington callers Saturday. Some schools closed due to Spanish influenza. Rev and Mrs Anderson of Brighton visit Wallace Savage. Mrs R C Balderson returns from Ottumwa hospital. Miss Esther Savne of West Chester spends Sunday at home. Dan Gowey ill with Spanish influenza. Mr and Mrs H A Woodford and others visit Douds Lean to. Beatrice Holloway stays week at J B Walton home near West Chester.
Stringtown reports no school this week due to Spanish Flu though no cases are recorded. Families mourn the death of Mrs. J F Witting after a Sunday illness. funeral set for Wednesday at 2 PM at Eicher church. Monitored by local residents, the article notes community sorrow and lists visiting relatives and attendees at related events.
John Trier, a noted Dutch Creek township farmer born April 12 1891, died at 8 17 after influenza began October 8 and progressed to pneumonia. Funeral at home Friday with Rev F M Warren. burial at New Haven. Survived by wife Helen Robertson mother Herman Trier siblings three brothers and six sisters. One son William Wade died three years earlier.
Autumn weather continues as farmers shell corn while Crawfordsville high school students from Stringtown enjoy a two week vacation. Schools close due to Spanish Flu spreading through the area.
Ainsworth residents report multiple visitors from Mediapolis and Ohio. Quarantine on schools and churches suspends all preaching and public gatherings until further notice.
Oct 17 Crawfordsville scene. Rev and Mrs Bowers of Oskaloosa visited at Dr Lease home. Rev Bowers a former Presbyterian pastor here. Longs from Washington and Mrs Evans of Salt Lake City traveled on. Mrs Caldwell of Burlington with Ina of Chicago visited Ralph Borman home. Blanche Lamb and Margaret returned home near Washington. Jennie Bailey ofWashington visited friends. Rufus Bennett’s wife returned from Brighton. Funeral of Mrs John Witting held yesterday at 2 PM.
Secretary McAdoo and campaign chief Frank R. Wilson reveal the Liberty bonds drive costs and benefits. They note about 85 million dollars in advertising value for less than one million cash, with posters, cars, films, and badges funded by patriotic materials and private suppliers.
The tablets are described as easier and more pleasant to take with a gentler action and more reliable results. They cleanse and invigorate the stomach leaving the bowels natural, unlike pills which are harsher and often cause constipation. Sold at Lemmon's Drug Store.
An official reply defends the Y M C A in France noting about 5000 secretaries including 700 women, and says some sent were unfit or not suited to represent America. It cites Pershing's need for Y M C A huts and asserts inspections are possible, arguing the organization does not become a haven for vicious or slackers.
The United War Work Campaign aims to broaden broadcast awareness of the Y workers and their roles in supporting the home front. It seeks to unite communities behind the effort with clear messaging about the tasks and benefits of wartime service.
An ad describes Gets-it as a Liberty Bottle treatment for corns promising quick relief by peeling away corns. The copy emphasizes ease and guaranteed results, aiming to persuade readers to try the product.
Rev James Coleman a Baptist minister from the Winding Gulf district West Virginia has begun working in coal mines six days a week and preaching on Sundays. He logged twelve and a half tons on the first day and two tons more on the second day, with production continuing to rise.
An old advertisement touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a safe gentle remedy for kidney liver and urinary tract issues. It claims to restore vigor and health by cleansing the kidneys and urges daily use with refunds if unsatisfied. It emphasizes genuine imported GOLD MEDAL product and warns against substitutes.
In Cascade township Stuart Martin preserves a barrel of sorghum molasses made twenty seven years ago by the late Thomas Hamil. A few quarts remain and retain their original flavor, a verified tale among local records of preserved batch品质.
Cedar Rapids reports Coe College shut by the local board of health for ten days due to the Spanish influenza outbreak. Thirty five girls in Voorhees hall are ill, those well may go home. The army training corps on campus remains under quarantine with no departures allowed.
Privates Joseph L. Walter of Bridgewater and Joseph S. Wurz of Freeman, both with the depot brigade medical detachment at Camp Dodge, are conscientious objectors and have been sentenced to 15 years each at hard labor in the U S disciplinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth Kansas.
The article reports government plans to obtain reparations from Germany with Allied cooperation. Foreign Minister Stephen Pichon seeks greater authority to press just claims and push for tougher terms against Germany.
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