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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1918
Page
6
A mothering essay urges inclusive family life for children from infancy, assigning small duties, sharing labor and celebrations, and keeping children within the family circle. It emphasizes trust, keeping family secrets, and fostering a strong home bond to guide children toward maturity and faith.
A World War era sermon exhorts perseverance with the refrain keep on sawing wood. It highlights English women in the forestry division transforming shells into carbon for gas masks and urging children to gather and deliver nuts and other forest produce for Red Cross use.
The piece recalls nut gathering as a family tradition and extols the value of nuts in winter meals. It highlights chestnuts and peanuts for soups and sandwiches, promotes peanut butter for school lunches, and links nut use to patriotism and conserving sugar for war efforts.
The article outlines a treatment for early colds advising a light laxative diet with hot lemon or orangeade broth and toast. After a few days a normal diet rich in fruits and vegetables is suggested to aid recovery. It then lists oatmeals, muffins, malted milk, bacon toast, and beef meals as fueling options.
A weekly shipment of comforts and garments for French refugees was sent from St. Louis to Mrs. Birkhead in Paris. Contributors include numerous Washington residents and various clubs and societies. Dolls, rag dolls, and toys are being gathered at Dougherty store for quick dispatch to aid French children.
Mr. and Mrs. M Yard of East Main street mark fifty years of marriage with quiet family observances. Influenza restrictions and illness kept a planned large gathering from happening, yet relatives and friends sent congratulatory cards and gifts. Their life together included teaching, farming, and raising five children, with many relatives named as survivors and grandchildren.
Announcements indicate the Afternoon Bridge club meeting planned for November is postponed. The Richmond Red Cross and the Navajo club will also delay activities until quarantine restrictions are lifted.
Psychologists report some patients maintain fright of their own reflection even after relief from indigestion symptoms. The phenomenon, termed catopterphobia, links impaired eating with a lasting aversion to mirrors observed during body image changes.
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