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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1918
Page
8
Advertisements urge selling scrap iron metals hides and sacks to Cohn with high prices and prompt service. Notices mention shoe buys at Crall's, butter fat at 57 cents, and a used Overland 90 car for sale. Local names include Nita Belle McKeon Carl Combs Lyda Hellam and Anna Morford with various travel and funeral references.
Funeral services for Joshua Faris, who died at the O. L. Samson home in Washington, will be held at 8 20 tomorrow morning at the Samson home. The funeral party will travel by train to Roscoe, Iowa, for interment in Sharon cemetery. Surviving are five children, two brothers, two sisters, and a sister in Denver, with long connections to Reformed Presbyterian churches.
Local ad lists a five room house on a paved street with electric lights and an extra rear lot for 2200 dollars with immediate possession by Harper and Gardner. The page also notes Charles Warner of Clinton Louisiana recovering from influenza and various local sales pitches and notices.
The Keokuk Presbytery of the United Presbyterian church scheduled to meet in Ainsworth on October 29 is postponed because of quarantine. The decision follows health restrictions affecting attendance and ceremony.
The notice states a small stock of Buck's Buckham type heat units remains available at a price around twenty four dollars and seventy five cents.
Rex DeMaree writes from France about French railways in the front area. He notes a 44 gauge, box cars with U.S.A. marks, gates at crossings opened by an elderly man, and a cautious, safety minded system. He mentions gas defense service, meetings with Captain Pulliam and a man from Eldon, and hopes to return home by spring as German prisoners are captured. He adds a wary outlook on future moves and the danger of waiting near the line.
Notice from James Be Cowger announcing retirement from blacksmithing and requesting all debts owed to be settled by November 1 1918. Address given as 156 Jas Be Cowger.
Washington county lags in redemption and cash sales of war savings stamps. October 1 figures show $316 584 25 in cash sales toward a $450 080 quota, leaving $83 495 75 unredeemed pledges. September cash sales were $25 422 50. County Chairman Marsh W Bailey pledges a thorough check of last summer pledges and immediate action.
Do you know of a neighbor who needs a grain elevator We have an extra King Hamilton make at Ma sons Mr and Mrs H A Pauls and son Leslie went to Waterloo this morning to spend a few days with relatives Mrs J T Risk and daughter Helen went to Brighton this morning to attend the funeral of their uncle W N Hyde Mr and Mrs D Bell went to Moline this morning to visit at the home of Mrs Bell s sister Mrs Dens more Guthrie The rain detained our Smalley Reculley demonstration We will have this if weather permits Saturday afternoon Oct 26 at Mason s
Otis community readers are advised to adjust clocks on Sunday morning October 27. Three methods are offered to gain an hour: turn clocks back, advance eleven hours, or stop them for one hour. An elaborate plan by Editor J C Richardson explains how to set clocks without harming mechanisms and to avoid misalignment.
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