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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1918
Page
8
Read the advertisements and notices about sales piano closings and local visits. People travel to Brighton and Delta to visit relatives while others plan shipments and services. A marriage license was issued in Columbus Junction.
An early 20th century classified item notes a For Sale Overland 90 inch model car and a phone number for inquiries. It also references a closing out sale at Caner Music Co. Five organs offered at surprising prices and land sales near the city are reported with agent involvement.
Advertisement promotes a two dollar annual subscription to American Magazine. Urges readers to send the publication to soldiers and sailors to boost morale during the war. Mentions contacting Nita Hello Mekeoon and includes unclear stray text about rent or a 59 red.
Notice to voters states a November 5 1918 election measure for Washington County Iowa. It asks if the Board of Supervisors may buy a tract adjoining the Washington County Farm for poor relief totaling about 181 acres at 210 dollars per acre. County Auditor A L Griffith signs October 23 89 with Nov 4 deadline.
Retiring blacksmith James Cowger asks all debtors to call and settle accounts by November 1 1918 after leasing his building. Located at 156 James Fer? Cowger signs the notice seeking prompt payment.
Senator Knox of Pennsylvania denounces any peace terms dictated by President Wilson alone and not approved by the Senate. He charges partisanship and politics in the peace effort as Democratic agitators prepare to respond to Knox on general peace and war questions.
Society women bartenders porters and house aids filled in to serve at a luncheon in the MeaAlpin hotel as regular staff walked out. Volunteers stepped up delivering orders and assisting in the kitchen while the crowd of guests enjoyed the event despite the strike.
In every home many phonograph records lie unused. Collect and bring your idle records to donate to our boys overseas. We will show you how to print your name on the record. Drop off now through November 2.
A Pittsburgh Courier reprint highlights Black Americans raising a million dollars for war relief and the pledge of full rights and service. It notes Black volunteers, wartime heroism by a French-honored private, and a shared resolve to support democracy and civilization worldwide.
The Lena River area near Juneau reports heavy wreckage from the Canadian Pacific steamer Princess Sophia. No survivors have been found. wireless messages indicate the vessel went down with about 60 people aboard as rescue teams search the icy waters.
Otto Toulouse received word that his brother Charles Toulouse died of heart trouble in Minot North Dakota. He was a longtime Great Northern general freight contractor and held several railroad positions over the past ten years. Charles, oldest of nine brothers, was to be buried in Sparta, HK, with Otto traveling there tonight for the funeral.
The Ad Club Publicity Committee sent 50.00 today to aid fire sufferers at Duluth Minnesota. An appeal was issued by the Advertising committee to mobilize support.
Miss Katherine Stichter distributed a statement from Dr. G H Sumner of the Iowa Board of Health to township clerks. The decision to end quarantine rests with local boards as districts assess influenza risk and schools may reopen where no cases exist.
Washington responded promptly to aid hundreds of homeless in northern Minnesota after a timber fire two weeks ago. Many perished while others lost homes and belongings as winter nears. Donations can be left at local banks to support relief for survivors.
A drive to send old phonograph records to soldiers in camps and at the front gathers momentum. Many homes hold records unused for years that would bring joy to the boys. Please notify Doy McNanara, president of the Community Club, with contributions.
Two men debate communication with Avy as one claims talkative partners reveal thoughts while the other argues silence keeps a person guessing Avy’s inner state. The exchange contrasts overt speech and withheld words.
Perry Robinson reports from Lille after German occupation detailing confiscations and terror. Wine, metals, bells, bicycles, woolens, horses and lacemaking materials were seized while art and valuables were removed. The 64th Bavarian regiment carried out raids with families torn apart and feared disappearances, though some officers reportedly showed remorse.
The letter recalls German pillage and mass deportations in Lille during 1916. It describes residents ordered to evacuate to Lille with four days’ rations, homes emptied, and women and girls seized during six nights of brutal door-to-door raids by squads of soldiers.
Lieutenant Frank Luke of Phoenix Arizona, a famed American ace, is missing since an October 20 bombing mission northwest of Verdun. He reportedly sent a note to an American observer and the formation pursued two enemy planes before their group went down in flames and did not return.
The article explains how the epithet Blue-Bellied Yankees described New Englanders due to blue laws. It notes Pennsylvania Dutch arose from German dialects, not Dutch origins, and that the term PennsylvanIa Dutch reflects language rather than nationality.
In 1747 a Berlin chemist found sugar could be made from beets, leading to steady gains through selective breeding of beets. Now beets yield sugar efficiently, with a ton derived from nine tons of roots. The average county resident consumes about two thirds of their body weight in sugar each year.
The World Outlook says Mohiuinomedanism is the aggressive religion in India with a 9 percent membership rise in a decade while general population grew 2 percent. Native Indians converting to Mohiumedans outpace Christians, though Christianity shows 25 percent growth over ten years.
The New York Music Courier records a gramophone proprietor who, after meeting the song Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes, writes to Mr. Ben Jonson care of American publishers offering to include his modern ballad in his record list for 20 dollars.
The text notes sugar derived from cane was known in China and India around 4000 B.C. The sugar cane, native to those regions, spread to Europe in the Middle Ages via Indies traders. Merchants called it honey made from reeds.
Coral reefs and islands form from coral-building polyps. These animals live in clear water no deeper than about twenty five fathoms and in water temperatures not below about sixty Fahrenheit.
A historical note lists crops cultivated for over 4000 years including almond, apple, apricot, bean, cabbage, grape, olive, peach, date, rice, sorghum, melon, wheat and others. The fragment mentions wide variety from fruit trees to staple grains in ancient agriculture.
The text argues the state should not dehumanize citizens but help them grow mentally and physically for security. It frames liberty as the true design of government and discusses the role of citizens in a free society.
A terse meditation on debt and desire noting that wealth invites greater wants. The piece ponders human impulse to borrow beyond means, hinting at cycles of financial peril and moral caution.
The newspaper L'Informat ion reports HMS Paris Detachment 2 and captures by the British and Americans, listing totals 220000, 2000, and 285000 with a total of 758000. The source says these captives represent a highly valuable coin of exchange.
The fragment states a belief that Negroes and Indiang rarely or never became bald, presenting a dated stereotype without context or attribution.
A vintage medical advertisement warns of back pain signaling bladder or kidney issues and promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Capsules imported from Haarlem Holland. It claims quick relief by attacking poisons in the system, notes two centuries of use, and offers money back if not helped. It urges buyers to ask for GOLD MEDAL and ensures box labeling.
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