Iowa War Drive Heads to Chicago Conference
One hundred executives from the War Work campaign will attend a technical conference at Orchestra Hall in Chicago on October 26. The Illinois State Council of Defense and the state board of health recognize the effort, with Seebee 1,000 workers from the event states expected to participate. The drive begins November 11.
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OHS
Cemm
Orchestra Hall
Chicago
Milnois State Council of Defense
State Board of Health
United War Work
Seebee
Heigiw
Local Notes and Ads Include Travel and Sales
City briefs highlight residents traveling to Brighton Keota and Geneseo to visit friends and attend a funeral. Advertisements promote furniture rugs Overland car for sale and hair care remedies from Lemmon's Pharmacy and J C Jaarmos's Pharmacy with promises of quick relief and guaranteed products.
First Statement Class One Men Called for Service List
The county exemption board finished assigning order numbers to Sept. 12 registrants and printed 129 class one names with their numbers. The list shows the order of call to service, with others in class two through five omitted. Includes residents from Washington Kalona Riverside Keota and Wellman along with many local addresses and names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd James Grecian
Washington
Hiram Robert Jacobs
Frederick UH. Wagenknecht
Ainsworth
Theodore B. Treischmann
Wellman
Evans Family Returns to Washington Residence
Thomas D Evans and his family, after three years in Washington and a brief stay in Des Moines, relocate back to Washington to settle permanently. Evans, a brakeman on the branch with Conductor Dowell, and wife with five children, purchase land from J. F Taylor in Highland Park and plan a bungalow with permit hoped for soon.
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Evans
Washington
Mrr Evans
Dowell
Des Moines
Highland Park Addition
French Relief Work Seeks Help For War Orphans
Mrs. R. Fe. Dougherty notes that adopters pay 36.50 yearly, with France matching to total 73.00 for each child. Each case is carefully investigated as French mothers resist asking for aid unless needed, and frugal support helps parents keep children with them rather than sending to orphanages.
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R. FE. Dougherty
Wade Page Overseas Letter Reaches Home
Mrs. Rod Page received a letter today from her son Wade Page who left the United States nine weeks ago. He says he has had wonderful experiences overseas, though not all can be told. Dr. C. S. James and Mrs. C. S. James visited Centerville and Iowa City friends and reported dry roads to Kalona but wet conditions beyond. Dr. James is a captain in the medical corps and will soon go overseas from Camp Dodge after earlier postings at Camp Dodge and the Mayo Brothers hospital.
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J. C. Foriash
West Chester
Wade Page
Rod. Page
U. S
Dr. James
C. S. James
Centerville
Iowa City
Mary Maxwell
J. R. Maxwell
Will Cook
Towa City
Kalona
Fairfield
James
L. D. James
France
Medical Corps
Camp Dodge
Mayo Brothers’ Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Camp
Dodge
Wellman Man in Influenza Victim
Res Wade of Wellman dies at 32 from pneumonia after influenza. His wife Vera Messenger Wade and two young daughters Lucile and Annette survive. Parents William and Mrs Wade, five sisters and three brothers also survive. The family moved to Mrs Messenger’s home in Wellman for care before his death. Funeral arrangements not yet made.
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Wellman
Res Wade
H. DeFrance
Everett Kerr
Jennie
Alta
Bert
Alexis
W. J. Wade
Pneumonia illness hits Lieut. Miller in Georgia
From Ft. Oglethorpe Georgia comes word Lieut E D Miller stationed there is very ill with pneumonia after influenza He is about 32 and was a prominent physician before enlistment Believed death report for Private John Flannagan may be a mistake Red Cross home service will verify Flannagan of Company K 168th Infantry enlisted spring 1917 assumed dead in France July 10 but family questions accuracy
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O. M. O'Hanlon
War Department
John Flannagan
France
John
Managan
Home Service Department
the Red Cross
Flannagan
168Th Infantry
Joshua Faris Called by Death in Washington
Joshua Faris, a well known citizen of Washington, died at 3 15 this afternoon. Further particulars will be published later.
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Joshua Faris
Washington
Washington township soldiers listed for county Red Cross roster
A roster of Washington township service members is being compiled by J. D. Glasgow of the county Red Cross home service section, with corrections or additions requested. The list includes Cyrus Birka, Henry A. Booth, Chas. Edward Brookhart, Smith W. Brookhart, Leo George Bruty, Grant Frank Barr, and many others with their units and affiliations detailed.
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Washington Township
E. L. Barthelow
J. D. Glasgow
Home Service
Red Cross
Glasgow
Dutch Creek
Cyrus Birka
Henry A. Booth
Edward Brookhart
Ordnance
Smith W. Brookhart
Leo George Bruty
Grant Frank Barr
Dennis Derr Flynn
Earl C. Galloway
M. G. Bn
Harold Ivan Godwin
337 Field Artillery
George Hindahi
Clarence Jackson
Charlies Kennedy
Koch
M. C
T. C
Elmer Bergie Larson
Howard Glen McBride
Howard McElwain
Field Hospital
John Miller
William Miller
Reno Norton
162Nd
Kerman Charlies Otto
Everett C. Peck
M. Gun Bat
34Th
Daniel Rosier
Glenn Francis Rouse
Signal Corps
N. Stephens
Bakery
ARE 41s MEN IN 4TH LOAN ORGANIZATION
Northwest, Northeast, Southeast, and Fourth Ward groups list section chairs and assistants for the 41s men in the fourth loan organization. Washington City Sales Director L. H. Wallace oversees ward leaders including W. H. Butterfield, A. J. Dawson, PD. J. Ross, and numerous aides across districts.
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C. M. Maxwell
Boyd Twinam
R. S. White
J. H. Jones
T. H. Barnes
Robi. Davis
Chas. Wickafoose
J. C. Cannon
T. H. Huston
Washington City
L. H. Wallace
First Ward
W. H. Butterfield
E. D. Morrison
Geo. F. Ross
Chas. Atkinson
Second Ward
Frank R. Sage
W. W. Wilson
Geo. Paul
C. A. Dewey
J. A. Young
R. 8. Cook
J. M. Lytle
L. E Wilson
Milan Sfields
A. E. Putnam
E. G. Fox
H. F E. Case
G. W. Griffith
Chas. Hebner
Geo. G. Rodman
Wilber Miller
Third Ward
A. J. Dawson
CC. C. Cunningham
John Applegate
Milt Godfrey
Carl Hedges
Ralph Shannon
Homer Stephens
A. &. Atchison
Bo Hammer
BE. G. Gardner
Fourth Ward
J. Ross
J.B. Crail
W. M. Keeley
Win Smouse
D. H. Wallingford
Wm. Sutherland
W. I. Eldridge
T J. Dempsey
W. R. Jeffrey
Frank Stewart
Fort Sherman
J. Rothschild
John Matthews
J. M. Bratten
Flu Improvement Reported Across Army Camps and States
Washington reports continued influenza improvement in army camps and several states. New army camp cases total 2 738 with 27 deaths. epidemics persist in Lewis Washington McClellan Alabama and Kearney California. Iowa remains serious and Ohio Minnesota Nebraska Texas New Mexico show variable trends. Reports suggest possible enemy germ release but no evidence found. Rain aids Chicago outbreak. Des Moines considers lifting flu restrictions, with football and practice resumes under limits.
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Washington
Surgeon General of the Army
Public Health Service
Lewis
McClellan
Alabama
Kearney
Cal
Connecticut
Delaware
New Jersey
Indiana
Maryland
Missouri
Nevada
North Carolina
Oregon
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Wisconsin
Iowa
Colorado
Kansas
Minnesota
Nebraska
Ohio
Texas
New Mexico
Cincinnati
St. Cloud
Minneapolis
United States
Chicago
Des Moines
State Board of Health
Tes Mérines College
Drake University
Flocal
Secretary of the State Board
Postponements Due to Quarantine Across Local Groups
The W H M S of the M EB church and the Nineteenth Century club defer meetings until quarantine ends. Chapter 4 PP B O also postpones until lifting. Viense pays hospital dues for the new year to Mrs C C Cunningham or J A Cunninghams Sons store.
Red Cross Notes Donations and Knitting Efforts
Mrs Cavender of the Red Cross knitting department reports ongoing contributions. Miss Anna PodAris donated 2.00 to buy yarn, and Miss Anna Ross of West Chester knitted a sweater in a new practical design.
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Cavender
Red Cross Knitting Department
Anna Podaris
Anna Ross
West Chester
Renovating Fox Theatre Under Epidemic Slowdown
Manager Dc A Pratt of the Fox Theatre seizes the epidemic lull to renovate the picture house. Varnish is applied to walls and woodwork while seats are removed for scrubbing and mopping. Pratt even helps with the work to hasten completion before audiences return.
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Dc. A. Pratt
Fox Theatre
Kor Quick Sale Room House on Paved Street
Local real estate item notes a room house on a paved street with electric lights and one extra rear lot offered for 2200 dollars with immediate possession through Harper and Gaudner.
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Kor
Harper & Guadnuer
Rail Traffic Boosts Through Central Western Region
Regional Director Hate Holden reports September rail traffic above normal in the central western region. The sailing day plan saves about 3 429 cars weekly, with a 19 percent loading increase for five stock and intensive loading of all commodities. Consolidation of ticket offices saves about 576 998 dollars yearly.
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Central Western
Hate Holden
McAdoo
Explosion Kills Seventy in Dessau Factory Blast
A factory explosion near Dessau in the Fide region north west of Berlin kills seventy and injures fifty others. Rescue teams work amid debris as authorities confirm the casualty figure and continue to assess the scene.
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Dessau
Tinsel
Switzerland
Berlin
Rulng
Washington County's Only Daily Evening Journal
The Evening Journal serves Washington County with local news, sports, and community notices. Readers find concise briefs on council actions, school events, and regional developments from the county seat.
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Evening Journal
Washington County
Notice to settle accounts by November first 1918
Retired blacksmith and landlord James B. Cowger demands all debts settled by November 1 1918 for the building at 1506 JAS. Bb. Cowger.
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Jas
Keokuk Presbytery Meeting Postponed
The Keokuk Presbytery of the United Presbyterian church, slated to meet in Ainsworth on October 29, is postponed due to quarantine. Public notice states the postponement affects planned proceedings and attendance.
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Keokuk
United Presbyterian Church
Ainsworth
Posiponde
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