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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1918
Page
5
Maple Grove camp visit urges enlistment and war support
A Maple Grove correspondent extols U S army training at Camp Dodge Des Moines Fort Des Moines and Fort Dodge praising discipline meals shelter and care for soldiers. He urges mothers to stop worrying and residents to buy War Stamps Liberty Bonds and support the Allied war effort while noting road conditions reunions and local travel observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Grove
Camp Dodge
W. C. Bryant
School of Bakers and Cooks
Y. M
Lutheran Brotherhoods
K. of Chally
Sisters of Mercy
R. R
Germany
Fair Grounds
Army Life
Maple Grove News
Great White Way
Des Moines
Harpur
Sigourney
Prairie Cif
Elerley Bishop
Local Social Notes From Young America Area
Visits and trips noted include Mr and Mrs McGarvy and sons from Davenport with Mr Pringle. Lloyd Humston returning from Illinois. Rob McCall and son George visiting Mrs Will McCall. Edgar Porter at the Junction fair. Charles Rhodebeck and Harry Crone visiting Ohio with Glen McCall at Valparaiso Indiana. Verne Anderson from Des Moines visiting Elmer Cherry. Will Leeper’s eye injury during kindling work. Sam McKee planning a Gary Indiana trip to visit Elmer McDonald and Andy McGuire families. Walter Nicholson and Claude Rhodebeck returning from the State Fair. Flora Schilling and Ruth Wolfe visiting at Will Marie’s. Cloyce Pringle home from Davenport. Ben Briley threshing near Haskins with Will Martin outfit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGarvy
Davenport
Glen McCall
Valparaiso
Ind
Verne Anderson
Deg Moines
Elmer Cherry
Will Leeper
Sam McKee
Gary
Elmer McDonald
Andy McGuire
Walter Nicholson
Claude Rhodebeck
Ainsworth notices of visits and travel
Harm Rodemaker and family visit Péoria Ill. Merl Hesselquesser and Ruth Hazen drove to West Liberty. Will Martin plows fall wheat with a new tractor. M L Jennings and Marguerite Black return from Prairie du Lac Wis. to visit Addison DeWeese and family. Walter L DeWeese arrives from San Diego for a 30 day furlough to see his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Harm Rodemaker
Péoria
Ill
Merl Hesselquesser
Ruth Hazen
West Liberty
Will Martin
M. L. Jennings
Marguerite Black
Wis
Jennings
Walter L. DeWeese
U. S. Oregon
San Diego
Calif
Clay Opens School as Meacham Teaches at Clay
Rev B Welles and family return from extended east auto trip accompanied by his mother. Red Cross lunch and sale set for Rubio on Saturday September 7. Local residents attend meetings and send children to schools in Richland and Brighton. Community shaken by a Sunday event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay
B. Welles
Red Cross
Rubio
G. W. Myers
H. A. Meacham
Baby
M. L. Sargent
Centerville
Oskaloosa
Friend
Allen
Vera Woodford
Carroll
Ruth Morgan
Josephine
Evelyn Caldwell
Pauline
Ruth
John Robinson
Walter Pepper
Richland
Jeanette
Mildred
Phyllis Woodford
Brighton Clay
Francis Meacham
Auto Train Collision Fatal Near Yeo Leaves Youth Dead
Day by the news reports an auto and train collision on the I track east of Yeo injuring Harry Elmore’s 4 year old son and killing Leland Elmore, 18, son of Amos Elmore. The auto occupants fled unscathed while the boys’ bodies were taken to Woodford’s undertaking rooms in Brighton and burial prepared after services at Howard’s Grove Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeo
Leland Elmore
Amos Elmore
Harry Elmore
Woodford
Brighton
Howard's Grove
Rural Route One Social Visits and Fair Attendance
Mr and Mrs Henry Lineweaver and son Gerald of South English visited the Ernest Carlson home Sunday afternoon. Frank Wiiora and family visited Joe Marek. Gust Hampsher and children from Mill Grove Mo stayed with Lloyd Shaw. Marek, Carlson, and Dawson families attended the state fair last week. Harley Gallagher of Grinnell visited Ed Gallagher Saturday. Milo Shalla and spouse visited Ernest Carlson Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lineweaver
Gerald
South
English
Ernest Carlson
Frank Wiiora
Joe Marek
Gust Hampsher
Mill Grove
Lloyd Shaw
Vincent Marek
Reeney Dawson
Harley Gallagher
Grinnell
Ed Gallagher
Milo Shalla
Crawfordsville Local Notes and Visitors
Everett Rhea returned home from a brief Colorado Springs visit. Rev. and Mrs. Gardner traveled to Bloomfield Iowa for conference. Jesse McCoy and Mrs. Claude McCoy headed to Washington and planned to visit Claude at Anes training camp. Clarke Gormly and Farrel Long join other boys bound for Camp Dodge Thursday. Rev. and Mrs. Hayley and son Jack went to Des Moines for a few days and expect to bring Mrs. Kortwright back. John Rickey of Winfield visited yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Everett Rhea
Colorado Springs
W. S. Gardner
Bloomfield
Jesse McCoy
Washington
Claude McCoy
Anes
Claude
Clarke Gormly
Farrel Long
Camp Dodge
P. H. Hayley
Jack
Des Moines
Lincoln rural school opens after repairs and fair attendance
Lincoln rural Route No 3 reports a fresh coat of paint, new floor, oiled surfaces, a new hitching rack, and a piled coal house as the school starts the year. Attendees at the state fair include W J Todd, J Careis, Earl Smith, Evra Smith, Jno Simmering Jr, and others. Tena Simmering to return from county hospital after appendicitis. Willa Gibson resumes school at Pleasant Plains. Prairie Flower church holds services and repainting. Baptist association to meet there. Visitors include Mrs. John DeFreeze of Waterloo, Elmer Horning family to Minneapolis for the fair, Ralph Stewart and Zeek families at Junction fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln School
W. J. Todd
Willa Gibson
Pleasant Plains
Prairie Flower
The
Baptist Association
John DeFreeze
Waterloo
Roy J. Teets
Elmer Horning
Minneapolis
Ralph Stewart
Ralph Zeek
Kate Hbishop
Grace Bishop
S. S. S. Blood Purifier Endures Fifty Years
The article extols S. S. S. blood purifier as a long trusted vegetable medicine widely sold by druggists for over fifty years. It promises impurity free blood and offers free medical advice from the Medical Director at Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift Specific Co
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
Local notes on school registrations and community visits
Irma Durst Dorothy Stewart and Edwin Neill registered for high school work Monday. W S Axel Anderson and Evelyn visit Moline with wife. Miss Carson to teach Prairie Tilower this fall. Families and friends, including the Teets Scott and Teets groups, attend a fishing party at Maelish river. Mr Cooley and family visit the Thrashers and recall old memories during a summer in Monmouth Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake
Irma Durst
Dorothy Stewart
Edwin Neill
Earl Smith
Milford
Kenneth Anderson
Axel Anderson
Evelyn
Moline
Miss Carson
Prairie Tilower
Frank Page
Ottumwa
Henness
Roy Teets
Ralph Scott
Everett Teets
DeFreeze
Faniece Scott
Cut This Out Ad Promises Money For Trial Foley Package
An old advertisement urges readers to cut out a slip and mail it to Foley & Co. for a trial package including Foley Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets. Lemmon’s Pharmacy promotes the offer to coughs colds and croup sufferers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Foley
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Entering Marguerite Clark Studio in a Grim New York Tale
Movie news describes Marguerite Clark in a dim moody studio on Fifty-sixth Street, where lights flicker over pale green complexions and lavender lips. The piece notes the surreal atmosphere as Clark speaks on fairy tales from behind a four poster canopy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifty-sixth Street
New York City
Marguerite Clark
Fairytale Star Embraces Relaxation Films in Seven Swans
Actress recalls career starting with Snow White at a New York Little Theatre in 1912 and explains her rule to produce at least one relaxing fairy tale per year. She heads to the Graham Theatre for The Seven Swans with Fatty Arbuckle billed, noting her marriage and friendship with the comedian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avondale
Ohio
Cincinnati
Little Theatre
New York City
Graham Theatre
Fatty Arbuckle Ie
Altho T
Fatty
Discharged Soldiers From Camp Pike Named
Thomas L. Burns of Des Moines and Montie J. Allison of Cedar Falls were discharged from Camp Pike today because of physical disabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Pike
Little Rock
Thomas L. Burns
Des Moines
Montie J. Allison
Cedar Falls
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Leonard Trabert
Melvin
Neb
Conrad
Ed Eicher
D. J. Alliman
Jesse Mast
Helen
Topeka
Colorado
David Mast
Ella Schantz
John Augspurgeer
Delavan
Augspurger
Joe Wittris
Eicher Chateau
Wayland
Ella
Viola Schantz
Noble
Chriss Arthaud
Oklahoma
Mary Anderson
Eicher
Chriss Eicher
Nettie Witting
P. P. Prehein
Marion
N. D
Young America
Stringtown
Guerite Clark
Miss Clark
Lemmete
Washington, Iowa
Washington Loan & Trust Company
Chas. H. Keck
Frank R. Sage
Utica Knitting CO
Broadway, New York
Tex
Resor
Formu
Brassieres
W. B
W. B. Forma
W.B. Reduso
Weingarten Bros., Inc
New York
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