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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1918
Page
7
Washington enacts a noon quarantine to keep flu from spreading as cases are still few. Keota Eagle notes precautions and optimism that the situation remains contained. The exchange column also mentions local visits and housing pride in Washington.
In Washington County a single candidate is urged for district judge Charley Dewey a county resident and lawyer with a clean character. Voters are asked to mark X for him and to look for his name on the ticket in this county oriented plea from Crawfordsville imprint.
W C Holmes and family stayed several days last week visiting relatives. They left Friday morning in their Ford for Milwaukee Wisconsin where Billy will work as a traveling salesman with a better territory.
The Keisers sold their residence to Mrs. Dick Fisher last week and have rented their farm to Hugh Jones for next year. The Keizers may not remain permanent residents of Keota presently, though a reunion is hoped when Mrs. Keiser regains health. Keota Eagle reports cautious welcome for Mrs. Fisher.
The Keota Eagle reports school closures this week due to influenza and quarantine. Superintendent McKee and teachers Miss Edith Wenger and Mrs. Mable Wright Wilcox are ill. Officials say cases rise in the countryside while town cases fall, with no end to quarantine in sight and no anticipated fatal cases at present.
Keota Eagle notes flu mostly affects younger people while old residents show immunity. Kalona News reports schools forced into vacation due to outbreak with no church services or public meetings until conditions improve, hoping for a quick, harmless pass.
Our doctors are overloaded caring for patients at home and neighboring M. D.s. Wellman Advance notes the strain as all schools churches lodges moving pictures and public gatherings are shut down to prevent further issues.
Brief notice notes only two or three mild flu cases in town and calls for efforts to prevent wider outbreak as Columbus Safeguard reports.
The Spanish influenza epidemic furrowed North English with nine deaths last week and eight more this week, totaling seventeen in town and vicinity. The North English Record reports the updated toll as officials confirm the growing impact of the outbreak.
The Spanish influenza, called La Grippe, has spread across much of town prompting school closures and suspension of all public gatherings. Homes are affected, churches and Sunday schools were not held last Sunday and likely will not be next, as a health precaution per Wayland News.
A covey of quail settled in the park and roamed the town on Sunday breaking the churchless day with their sharp “hob white” calls. The birds are plentiful this fall and are protected until 1920, according to the Richland Clarion.
The influenza outbreak has hit North English hard with several funerals last Sunday. One doctor served 240 calls in a single day, prompting the arrival of doctors from Sigourney and Ottumwa. New cases are now slackening.
The Wellman Advance notes the business boom with Wellman merchants described as up-to-date courteous and obliging. They emphasize quick sales and small profits as a competitive selling plan.
The Brighton Enterprise notes the factory is past peak season but still processing cabbage into kraut. It marks their biggest year yet, with potential tomato and pulp canning, though a can shortage halted work before season end. Four large silos will hold kraut when finished.
I C Fuller of Fremont shot a large red fox at close range while hunting Saturday afternoon. The fox was headshot and the body remained unharmed. Fuller also collected nine squirrels in the hunt. Keota Eagle.
Ross Whitacre remains in a Iowa City bank awaiting his army call and is placed in the limited service class as the last member of the Washington county pentateonia. His brother John holds a responsible post in the Army Quartermaster’s Office in Chicago.
The Brighton Enterprise notes many subscribers may drop by November 1 as all subscriptions must be prepaid. The Government War Board backs the order, and the paper plans a clean slate in the November statement to readers and patrons.
Kalona News notes attorney Irving Johnson of Oska loosa and five other candidates are running for District Judge. Voters may support Chas A. Dewey or Johnson, both non partisan, with ballots open to Democrats and Republicans alike.
A driver in Washington last Saturday drew notice by seeming too relaxed behind the wheel. One hand on the wheel, the other on her hip, she appeared at ease to the point of distraction as she handled the car.
An unidentified woman in a hammock swing veered into a waiting car. Quick braking and alertness prevented an accident, underscoring that driving requires constant attention and cannot tolerate indifference. Crawfordsville Imprint.
A passenger in a Kansas City bound train tried a dry joke by announcing an inspection of passenger grips for bone dry law violations. An Atchison deacon reacted seriously, searched surroundings, then hurled his grip from the window as the train rushed at forty miles per hour reported by the Keota Eagle.
Carl Anderson of Wellman area learns his brother Paul Anderson, who served Y M C A. workers in Russia, has safely arrived in Stockholm after Bolshevik control but was seized in Moscow and later ordered out.
Congressman John A. Sterling of Bloomington was killed when his car overturned near the Pontiae poor farm south of Pontiae. W. W. Whitmore and his wife were injured, Whitmore badly, Miss Anna Lange of Bloomington also hurt, all taken to Pontiae for care.
Katharin Breshkovskaya, famed as The little grandmother of the Russian revolution, has died of malnutrition while in hiding somewhere in Russia. The death is reported by a German newspaper received in Boston.
A Hungarian parliament session delivered a proclamation declaring Hungary an independent state. The dispatch originated in Berlin and was forwarded from Copenhagen to the Central News agency.
Paris reports two Americans killed and one wounded in German bombardment of Dunkerque with long range gun. Melbourne notes the seventh Australian war loan totals about 185 million dollars with further subscriptions expected.
President Wilson signed the bill making fraud in congressional elections a federal offense.
The hot water bottle should be filled and the stopper screwed in while cold. Heat causes the metal socket to expand, so inserting a cold stopper yields a tighter fit. Once in place, the bottle heats and expands to further prevent leaks.
The Bureau of Education calls for rigorous scientific and technical training for Americans to win the war and to rebuild afterward. It urges expanding engineering, agriculture, and modern education with a Students' Enlisted Corps and broad support from government departments. Institutions should adapt curricula to wartime needs and offer aid to able students pursuing higher technical training.
A father speaks of hidden sorrow as he says goodbye to a son going to war. He notes he must appear strong, concealing tears and loneliness while family and community expect stoic masculinity. The poem contrasts public pride with private grief and the weight carried alone.
An advertisement encourages aging men to stay healthy by keeping kidneys and bladder in check, flushing wastes, and using Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules. It promises renewed spirits, strength, and mental sharpness, claiming original imported capsules are guaranteed with money-back reassurance. Sold by most druggists in sealed packages.
A young Cambridge, Massachusetts soldier writes to his father describing faith and hope amid service. The letter expresses gratitude to God and requests prayers for his safety and wellbeing, reflecting personal courage and home ties during wartime.
Hammond Indiana October 18 Mrs Clara Barnay of Indiana Harbor mother of six children three serving in the United States army was killed at the Cudahy Packing plant in Chicago while en route to war work. She fell down an elevator shaft becoming the first worker in the region to die in the war effort.
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