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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1918
Page
8
Local notices report residents traveling to Chicago and Utah, visiting relatives, and attending events. Businesses advertise dental and health services, job openings at American Pearl Button Co, and walnut log buyers. Officials warn against burning leaves. telegraph instructions update carrier procedures.
Exams set at the Court House in Washington Iowa on October 24th 25th and 25th with sessions for Preliminary Arithmetic Physiology Agriculture and Vocational English Grammar Penmanship and vocal music.
Advertisement urges subscriptions at two dollars annually to cheer soldiers and sailors and support war efforts. Mentions agent Nita Belle Mehoon and address 59 Hed.
The County Home was closed to prevent possible influenza spread. Officials state the order will remain in force and further notice will follow. F. C. Beatty, Superintendent.
Allied units push into the town of Koedieh in the province of Vologda and move five miles south along the railway toward Velogda City. Archangel and Northern European Rus eia participate in the maneuver as forces consolidate positions near the line.
A collage of small items from The Evening Journal notes butter fat at 57 cents and highlights ads from Dean's store. It lists several local people traveling for visits, illnesses, and family affairs including Mrs. Green, Mrs. Woods, Mrs. Brady, and J. H. Squire visiting family. It mentions job openings at American Pearl Button Co and notes influenza illnesses in the Verdi community.
Relatives learn of Charles W. Arnold's death in Oswego Kansas. He was born near Washington, worked as a railroad engineer, and will be buried in Oswego. He was about sixty. Edgar Thomas Waters of Washington Iowa is listed as eligible for a second lieutenant appointment after graduating from the Field Artillery Central Officers' Training School at Camp Zachary Taylor. Waters is Ralph Minick's brother-in-law.
The regal python, native to India, is described as one of the most difficult reptiles to capture. Reports say pythons can reach up to 30 feet, with coils strong enough to crush an ox. A 10-foot specimen could strike a man and crush him, and captured snakes are often twice or thrice as long.
The article notes that the Jews learned brick making in Egypt and that brick kilns were used in David's era. It cites Isaiah complaining about brick altars and contrasts brick work with unhewn stone as directed in the law.
Special dispatch from Junius B. Wood reports the Rainbow division seizing Cote Chatillon and breaking German lines near Chatillon. Iowa and Alabama regiments led assaults across open ground and captured fifty machine guns as New York and Ohio units held positions under heavy fire.
Dispatches report the 168th Iowa Regiment, in the Argonne sector near Sedan, Chalons sur Marne, and northeast of Voulzieres, captured a machine gun position at Cote Chatillon on October 15 after intense fighting. The unit is said to be resting in a camp following the victory.
Burma stands as the world’s premier rice exporting region with Rangoon as the chief rice port. Annual exports from Burma’s four ports rival Siam and French Indo China combined, while Rangoon exports nearly equal to Siagon and Bangkok combined.
A brief aphorism notes that women admire brave men, yet audacious men attract even more attention and interest, reflecting a worldly view of courage and boldness.
Kalona residents mourn Charles Vodicka son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Vodicka died last night at Camp Dodge from Spanish influenza. He left Washington with the September 15th contingent and was in training. Funeral arrangements await word from Camp Dodge.
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy shown after the death of our husband and father son-in-law and brother-in-law Also for flowers and donations of cars Mrs John Graham and family Hugh Arthur and family
We express appreciation for kindness shown by neighbors and friends during our recent bereavement in the loss of Private Martin Wright and Etaard Elmer Wright. Mr. and Mrs. H. RR. Briinning.
One hundred seventy five triangular bandages from Wellman and the local work room were shipped today along with 207 comfort kits. The September-October pad quota of 12 200 awaits arrival. Gauze is being cut for masks, with a current stock ready for rapid assembly. Mrs J D McLaughlin and Miss Elizabeth Dawson visited Brighton, delivering cello for the Brighton pad quota, as the Brighton work room closes due to influenza.
The knitting committee has received a quota of 500 pairs of sex. The work room will be open Monday in the surgical dressings department.
Junior Red Cross urges adults to help by making light uplifting books for sick and wounded soldiers. Chicago chapter targets 39 000 books with one short story jokes and pictures, in sizes 7 44 by 104, 8% by 12 or 11 44 by 14 4, fastened or stapled.
In Algona on Oct 1 three hundred farmers met at the court house to fix corn husking prices at 7 cents with elevator and 5 cents without, 2 cents higher if huskers board themselves. An organization formed with a township chairman in each township and a fine for violations, proceeds to the local Red Cross fund.
In a brief exchange a debtor Mr Slowpay promises to return dark trousers for reseating to tailor Mr Murphy while noting his own frequent sitting. Mr Murphy replies he will receipt the bill once it is brought back, adding he too has endured a lot.
With no church services or public gatherings tomorrow, Washington observes a stay-at-home Sabbath under quarantine rules. Family services replace public meetings and the epidemic shows no new deaths. eight new cases were reported yesterday, several recoveries noted, and overall the influenza situation remains mild with few severe cases.
Miss Mary White has received letters from Floyd Banks of Company K 168th Infantry describing his recovery in a French base hospital. He writes of slow progress, missing mail, longing for pictures, and noting the hospital park Red Cross headquarters moving pictures and regular meals, with cheer about the hospital environment.
Jesse Junkin, a Black man, is jailed for murder after allegedly shooting Fred Cummings, an insurance man, following a quarrel over a $500 poker winnings. Cummings had been indicted for drunken driving. Junkin reportedly obtained a rifle from a relative before firing into Cummings’ heart.
The Douglas Starch Company becomes first to aid the city beautiful project by building a pumping station and reservoir 225 feet from the river edge. In return it will construct a five foot walk to Riverside Park and maintain a paved road as part of the concession.
A short moral exhortation from Charles King Jey urges readers to perform present duties and resist future temptations. It cautions against dwelling on unseen outcomes and distractions that cannot be understood.
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