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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1919
Page
7
A Washington County society note lists local comings and goings with personal notices including births and deaths. The report highlights residents welcomed into families and others mourned in community circles, reflecting ongoing social ties.
October 20 items include visits with Miss Dorothy. ankle sprain for Charley McKay. Ed Myall and family with Lexing ton friends. Charley Griffin moving to Washington. several families visiting Denmark and Fort Madison. Roy Dawson buying potatoes at Brighton. parties at Frank Snider home. Buick sale to Mart White. Walter Gardner inspecting Cannon farm. Mrs Will visiting mother Mrs Longer. Schiebel Bros purchase corn husker. Riley Miller at Chas Schiebel home. Newton Griffin visiting son Charley. house re shingled for Reed.
Kalona area residents share visits and travels from Iowa City to Keota to Rock Island. Otis Fry and wife plan move as he takes a new job. Ann Snider visits relatives in Ottumwa and Farrow. Alice Kemp returns from nursing niece in Iowa City hospital. L R Feldman and sister Anna Hall visit western relatives. Meliree family with Riverside trip.
The funeral for Joseph A. Fletcher at the Presbyterian church drew a large crowd. Rev W S Covert led services with a male quartet providing music. The church bore flags and a service flag while pallbearers and honorary pallbearers included local residents and veterans from the world war. An autopsy followed on Saturday afternoon.
The report details Joe Fletcher's death from accidental horse injury and lists attending relatives from Columbus Junction West Chester Wayland and Salem. It notes Dwight Nicholson starting work at Commercial Savings Bank in Iowa City and other local visits and sermons at the United Presbyterian church along with a thank offering total of 160.25 dollars.
Maple Grove notes the Washington Methodist church 80th anniversary with Rev. Stafford delivering a sermon from Psalm 91. The service drew a large crowd as the pews filled, the choir of 25 led by Mr. Thomas presented fine singing, and local residents visited afterward amid the town’s praise for the historic church.
Luther Cloughilin owned and drove a Ford Coupe, painted yellow with wire wheels and electric starter, in a minor collision where the left front fender touched a horse but caused little damage to all. The piece notes corn harvest activity and humorous references to sugarless homes and mush and milk meals.
Tomorrow Graham Theater presents a Br Lloyd Sheldon romance about true love overcoming enmity. Rosalie Lane is played by Catherine Calvert and hero Bob Storrow by Herbert Rawlinson, known for Smash Through and Brace Up.
The passage compares Roman soldiers and Spanish peasants noting diet and discipline. Romans lived on coarse brown bread and sour wine with temperate meals and regular exercise while Spanish peasants work daily and dance at night with a simple diet of black bread onion and water lemon.
The melon was cultivated extensively in France from the early seventeenth century and was known to ancient peoples from the start of the era. Egyptians grew melons, and it is said they were carried to America by the Portuguese.
A shrub used to make cassie perfume by the French has been found growing abundantly in the Philippines. This discovery suggests a new source for a historically valued fragrance material and could impact trading, cultivation, and local agriculture.
A compact quotation on how remarkable leaders elevate a nation and uplift everyone who shares their era, honoring great individuals who shape collective memory and progress.
A quip recalls John Randolph's description of Delaware as a state with four counties at low tide and three at high tide, reflecting a coastal joke about its geography and size.
The United States asks the Red Cross to locate disabled veterans and encourage them to take free treatment in public hospitals with compensation during care. About 50,000 men may qualify, yet only 4,000 have applied. many misunderstand benefits and fear civilian hospitals. The Red Cross will arrange hospital entry after exams. use of this service is expanding as part of relief work.
The article notes the Red Cross in postwar work, including recreation and occupational therapy for disabled men in hospitals. It outlines services to address home problems, legal difficulties, and other needs, funded by the Third Red Cross Roll Call from November 2 to 11.
The American Red Cross advanced about 50000 in loans to roughly 4000 disabled veterans as they adjust with the vocational training board. The loans are not charity and help when government checks miss, during school approval gaps, or when subsistence and transport are needed. Red Cross liaison officers coordinate with vocational board district officers and the public health service to aid soldiers in various situations.
The American Red Cross sent two million crates bundles or barrels totaling about 218 million pounds to twenty one countries from ten U S ports between April 1 1917 and July 1 1919. Reports to national headquarters in Washington detail Atlantic and Pacific transport after the armistice. Ships originated from New York Baltimore and other ports.
The Red Cross bought and distributed extensive relief supplies across many cities including Ton, Montreal, Newport News, New Orleans, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Seattle. The purchases supported soldiers and afflicted civilians in countries where the organization operated.
President Wilson asserts patriotism must endure peace as well as war and notes a necessary Red Cross mission before withdrawal from Europe. The quote underscores ongoing humanitarian duties and U S commitment amid postwar transition.
Light green jade is the favorite gem of China and prized by rich Chinese. Uncut jade is rare and even Hongkong jewelers mostly deal in cut stones, with importers sometimes paying high prices for finished pieces.
Robert S. Barrett reflects on perception and individuality using a dome of varied glass. Four men viewing the same dome may see distinct scenes such as a red ocean green city blue fields and yellow mountains. A rare observer might glimpse the full landscape from the dome’s top under pure light.
Briggs compares ancient warriors to modern financiers noting both invest others' capital. Fowler questions the analogy as they discuss the parallels between past great wars and contemporary finance.
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