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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1918
Page
8
Advertisement urges selling scrap iron metals hides and gunny sacks to Cohn for absolute satisfaction. It promises they buy all kinds and pay the highest prices with a prompt payment offer and a request to see the seller for prices.
An essay on temper in boxing argues that losing one’s temper weakens a fighter. It cites expert opinion and the Selomonte saying that he who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, concluding anger is a destructive master's rule.
Elmer bursts in with news of his sister's first grandchild arriving, stirring the family and neighbors as they sit in the yard. The scene captures a playful and proud moment as Elmer announces, shouting for attention to share the happy event.
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Joseph Jones, once a local resident, died at his Cedar Rapids home Sunday at 4 15 am from pneumonia after influenza. He was 30 and worked as a railroad porter on the Cedar Rapids to Burlington line. The funeral party and his widow, daughter Janise, and family members traveled to Oskaloosa for burial. Mrs Ed Jones of OsKaloosa and sisters Mrs Charles Wilson Ottumwa and Mrs Theodore Turner here will attend the funeral tomorrow. The Journal notes H L Parrott and wife ill but not confirming flu. Parrott recently promoted to Chief Clerk in the American Railway Express Co Division Claim Office. Also, G W Dodder brought in a bouquet built on pumpkins, an artistic display of flowers and pumpkins.
A letter from Dr. W G Witte of Des Moines to Dr. G H Sumner requests that medical doctors from the county be assigned to public health service during the influenza epidemic. Duties include influenza patient care and measures to stamp out the disease as the state mobilizes doctors for this emergency. It notes few may be available due to enlistments and sickness keeps others busy.
Howard Swick of Verdi was seriously hurt yesterday when a scaffold gave way during roof work. His shoulder was dislocated and he suffered notable bruising.
Cooler weather prompts a display of heavy clean cotton filled comforters and a fine assortment of blankets in the center window. Shoppers may choose from the stock and enjoy a night's rest between two blankets.
Local items report Miss Charlotte Carson visiting Crawfordsville and Mrs. E J Stewart hosting in Pittsburg Kansas. Advertisements promote Parsian Sage hair tonic and a Duroc Jersey sale by Weaver Garden with 20 boars and 40 gilts.
The 21 year old Charles Vodiska died at Camp Dodge last Sunday from pneumonia stemming from influenza. His funeral was held at 3 pm yesterday at his father's home three miles west of Richmond, with Rev. Mr. McBride of Kalona officiating. Burial followed at Nichmond cemetery.
Chairman H. H. McCleery announces the county United War Work campaign convention at the Graham theatre is indefinitely postponed because of influenza quarantine. A speaker from France was to attend. the meeting will be rescheduled after quarantine ends.
Washington county voters will decide on November 5 1918 whether the board of supervisors may buy eighty one acres adjoining the county farm for poor relief at 210 dollars per acre. The proposed tract lies north and east of the farm and is described by section township and range boundaries. A. L. Griffith county auditor notes dates October 22 29 and November 4.
Mr and Mrs Frank Giesler visited the city from Muscatine. Miss Edith and Miss Edna Hartzell returned from the Dankwardt home in Burlington. Mr and Mrs R M Milquin and son left for Belle Plaine to husk corn. Miss Marguerite Wallace visits from Waukee. Glenn McCall on furlough from Detroit. Weaver Garden sale at Wapello offers hogs. John Simpson buys Warren Moore property on West Washington. Des Moines trip for Mr and Mrs J Martin White. sale of an Overland model car mentioned.
American Magazine offers 62.00 per year subscriptions to boost morale for service members. Call Nita Belle McKeon, agent, Journal or 59 Red, 200tt to subscribe and help win the war.
Mr and Mrs J P Walker and their Burlington family were in a wreck at the White Way and Red Ball route south of Ainsworth near the J G Love home. A 12 year old boy suffered a deep facial gash requiring six stitches after the car jumped a ditch and hit a fence. The boy was treated at the county hospital. The rest of the family, visiting at Owen L Samson home, escaped serious injury. A Burlington truck took the damaged car back to the city.
A Danish patent describes immersing fish in a cold liquid to freeze them and claims this method preserves them in more perfect condition than traditional freezing. The process reportedly keeps flesh intact and prevents ice crystal damage.
Mrs. Dan T. Yoder aged 35 died at six this morning two miles north of Kalona after a week with influenza and pneumonia. She leaves husband Burton Vernie and Ardis, one son and two daughters, plus three brothers and four sisters. Services were private.
The funeral of Arlena Bush two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Bush was held yesterday in Richmond. The child died Sunday from influenza and the family faced a sudden bereavement.
The Irish steamer Dunndalk was torpedoed in the Irish Sea last week. Of a crew of more than thirty, only thirteen were rescued. Washington reports a post office plan for coast to coast airplane mail service once the war ends with daily transcontinental arrivals and through fleet stops.
A centenarian told a reporter he did not know what kept him healthy but vowed to try some good deeds again. The playful line ends with a humorous mis-spelling and an apocryphal tone.
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