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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1918
Page
7
Brief items from Washington County cover comings and goings, letters, personals, births, and deaths as life events are reported in small community notices. The column gathers miscellaneous notices and updates from local residents.
Mr and Mrs John Pratt spent Thursday at the Sam Sigafoose home. Florence Gardner had dinner with Charlie Kephart family. Geo Benson attended Pleasant Hill services then dinner at Roll Gamon home and the Sunday school convention. Frank and Chas Kephart sawed wood. Art Long also sawed. Elmer Kephart family and Hell Lovelett with Lloyd Lovelett and Helen visited Frank Kephart. Elmer and Roy Kephart visits noted.
New Haven reports visitors including Mr and Mrs Ralph Reese and family of Crawfordsville and Alice and Arthur Bjork in Washington. Private Martin Wright of Camp Dodge died, having lived with Bert Smith. he had recently visited Des Moines and liked soldier life. William Dyarman of Wellington Kansas visited relatives after eight years away. Mrs Andy Augustine learns her niece Miss Belle Jay at Ames is ill with influenza. Alvin Strum returns home as Washington schools close early for influenza.
Crawfordsville on October 18 reports Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Strain and daughter Oma visiting in Washington. S. R. Harper visited in Iowa City. Rev. and Mrs. W. G. Robertson and children Margaret and Henry along with Mrs. Margaret Hull traveled to Mason City Illinois to visit relatives through the week. Rev. and Mrs. W. S. Gardner returned from a two week stay in Chicago. Miss Bessie Ingham went to Burlington for a few days at home. B. F. Dixon of Washington was a business visitor here yesterday.
The Students Army Training Corps at Iowa State College reports marked improvement in influenza. Only three to four new cases yesterday and a shrinking hospital census, with nurses arriving to assist and the death toll dropping from 23. General Lincoln says the crisis is in hand and many are being dismissed from hospital.
The organization reports rapid improvement and full cooperation. It has equipped two large residences as convalescent hospitals where men released from medical care are cared for and watched for a day or two before returning to the barracks.
The report describes first fall plowing in a corn field and a healthy wheat field near the east road with a new fence. It mentions Chas Needley returning from South Dakota, miles per gallon on good roads, Ledman gathering corn for hogs, and farm work ahead before cribbing. A closing out sale is planned for Oct 29 with 38 Poland China hogs and nine notable males.
Des Moines reports the United War Work campaign aims to raise 6.9 million dollars in Iowa. Graham Stewart warns against easy fundraising without explaining seven institutions. Henry Adams praises unity while plans outline district canvassing and a 320000 goal by 64000 Victory Boys and Girls for the drive.
Federal hearings in Iowa address excess butter profits by Swift & Co. branches in Des Moines Waterloo and Creston acquitted for most violations Cedar Rapids branch found guilty on one count overcharge of 18.58 miles. Parkersburg Mason City and Des Moines firms donate to Red Cross. A farmer Roy Klipping pleads guilty to hoarding sugar with a $50 fine.
An advertisement touts Farris' Healing Remedy as curing barbed wire cuts and wounds quickly. It offers home preparation for 60 cents and a money back guarantee. Sold by Sherman Brothers in the notice.
Lone Tree, Oct. 18, reports more than forty cases of Spanish influenza as the outbreak continues despite precautions. Most cases are mild, with several new infections daily and many early patients recovering already.
The witnesses concluded that the sixty pounds involved constituted hoarding, reflecting concern over accumulation of funds or valuables.
Des Moines reports no influenza deaths on the quarantine’s first day. Officials say cases do not indicate spread and expect the two week minimum quarantine to lift by October 24 if the trend continues.
Council Bluffs reports Miss Leah Schottfeldt, a nurse who left to aid in fighting the Spanish flu, has died of the disease. Walnut is her home. Three other Bluffs nurses still ill but improving.
A local Kaukauna advertisement features Mrs. Jay Parker praising Vinci for restoring strength from fatigue and asthma. The ad claims Vinci builds appetite, aids digestion, purifies blood and supplies iron with beef and cod liver peptones. Available through Sherman Bros and druggists. Saxol Salve also advertised for itching.
The Iowa Farmer explains that prejudice against county crop agents stems from misunderstanding their role. W H Needham of Sigourney argues the agent cooperates with farmers to supply seed stock and materials, study problems, and help solve them rather than teaching as a know it all. Farmers should reserve judgment until the agent demonstrates his real aims.
The Skeptical View cites a claim that between Germany and Austria there are about a hundred million Germans excluding Slavs and Magyars. Sir Eric Geddes testifies that Germany builds U boats faster and better, with vast steel capacity and resources, and that they possess large eastern territories for supplies beyond their borders.
The passage states that the understanding heart is essential above all, with affections serving as cognitive powers equal to intellect. It argues that the heart knows truth through affinities, while reason verifies it, and that feeling offers knowledge surpassed by logic.
Advertisement offering a mail order trial pack from Foley Co. Chicago for coughs colds and croup including Honey and Tar Compound Kidney Pills and Cathartic Tablets with a 5 cent submission and name address to Foley & Co. Lemmon's Pharmacy sells the ad item.
The Daily Iowan reports that Camp Dodge’s surrounding terrain mirrors Somme and Marne landscapes, aiding military training. Geologist Dr. George F. Kay notes the Des Moines river valley provides offensive and defensive study, while ridges and soils resemble Belgium and northern France for trench digging and water supply analyses.
Scientists emphasize prenatal mood shaping future health as popular product Mothers Friend is sold for over half a century. The method claims to relax abdominal muscles, reduce nausea and painful labor, and shorten delivery with less danger when used nightly for months before birth. Bradford Regulator Co. offers bottles via Dept. E Lamar Building Atlanta Georgia for expected mothers.
The ad claims eczema relief by a blood remedy, stating skin diseases arise from blood disorder and touts S S S as a fifty year trusted treatment. It invites readers to request expert advice from Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta Georgia.
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