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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1918

Page

6

Forty Report for Football Work at Local High School

In response to Coach Vilquain's call for players forty candidates reported last evening at the football field. The meeting featured brief talks by Prof. Case, Prof. Smith and Coach Vilquain. Strict training rules will be enforced and fans predict one of the strongest teams yet. Two teams may be fielded all season, with no scrimmage this week, only passing and conditioning. New and returning players, including captains and candidates from last year, fill out the roster as practice continues each night.

Vilquain Case Prof. Smith Washington Plany Muncon Putnam Crone Jones Neil Grecian Duke Lemsey K. Conner R. Conner Williamson Brown Busby Min Ter Welch Anderson Kigges Jugdenheimer Gardens Hendrickson Carson Eldridge Waymac Wehr Hunter Kra Gardner Waymack Kracaw Ross Maxwell Smith Vifquain

Prohibition Prophecy Promises a Moral Nation

The piece declares a sweeping prohibition vision where no breweries or distilleries operate under Old Glory. It urges statesmen and leaders to enact laws, enforce temperance, and end liquor traffic, praising the people's will and foreseeing a rainless flag over the nation. It names Mes, Nellie Hazard Bradley as a contributor.

Columbia White House Republic Nellie Hazard Bradley

Local Notes Mention Delays and Moves in Ottumwa

Ed Hartman traveled to Ottumwa on business as trains ran 20 minutes to an hour late. Dougherty Bros West Side Clothiers advertises suit making. W H Brinning and J W Martin return or depart for business. Water rents payable at Phillips Drug Store until September 15. Mrs F E Haney left Davenport after a visit. Mrs C G Sehmoeller to Richland to visit the Fred Smith home.

Phillips Drug Store West Side Square Fitz

Washington Young People to College

A list details numerous Washington area students bound for colleges and schools across the country for the upcoming year. Names span Cedar Falls Grinnell Monmouth Iowa City Ames and beyond with colleges such as Drake Vassar Cornell Wellesley and the University of Pennsylvania noted among destinations.

Washington Cedar Falls Gladys Barnoske Nita Wehr Anita Richards (Cotter Norene Schmoeller Merie Miller Edna Klein Elizabeth Bell Cornell Mabel Morton Ralph Lemley Lawrence Lemley Glenn Beenblossom Cliff Hunter Dana Hall Welesley Mass Ieanore Bailey Francis Shimer Frances Stewart Dubuque Mae McNamara University of Pennsylvania Combs Conservatory of Music Bertha Hay Omaha Ruth Anderson Mildred Stewart Chicago

Labor Day parade participants and local notices

Water rents payable until September 15. Roy Mallory traveled for Davenport this morning as a business passenger. Kenneth Thorpe returned to Fairfield after visiting the city. Mrs Claude McCoy and Mr and Mrs Jesse McCoy depart for Ames for a few days visiting Claude McCoy in service there. Jesse McCoy will travel to Missouri to buy stock.

Kenneth Thorpe Fairfield City Claude, McCoy Jesse McCoy Ames Claude McCoy Missouri

Government Seeks Walnut Logs for War Production

War Department officers Lieut. O V Cole G H Jones and Melvin Caner of Des Moines Saw Mill Co visit the city to buy walnut logs for gun stocks and aircraft propellers. Citizens with logs are urged to report them to Des Moines Saw Mill Co and cooperate with a forthcoming September 12 draft sign drive seeking wall space donations from local businesses and individuals.

O. V. Cole War Department G. H. Jones Melvin Caner Des Moines Saw Mill Co Cole Des Moines Louis Baird General Crowder Thomas Cusack Co O. J. Gude Co U.S. A Crowder Baird Washington

Mrs Annabel Marshall Returns Home From Visit

Mrs Annabel Marshall returned yesterday to her Morning Sun home after visiting friends here. Miss Edith Bailey traveled to Des Moines to resume teaching mathematics at the high school after spending the summer at a Los Angeles summer school.

Annabel Marshall Edith Bailey Des Moines Los Angeles Cal

Lowden couple visit war exhibition in Chicago

Governor Lowden and Mrs. Lowden toured the Grant Park war exhibit as guests of Samuel Kusull, head of the citizens committee and state defense council rep. They praised the battle in No Man's Land, expressing approval of the display and its message.

Governor Lowden Chicago Frank O. Lowden Grant Park Samuel Lusull Special Citizens’ Committee State Council of Defense Lowden No Man’s Land

Walker named head of coastwise steamships advisory panel

Washington Sept. 4 Will Direct Coastwise Shipping reports H B Walker president of Old Dominion Steamship Line is placed in charge of all coastwise steamships run by the railroad administration coastwise steamship advisory committee chaired by L J Spence.

Washington H. B. Walker Old Dominion Steamship Line Rairoad Administration Coastwise Steamship Advisory Committee L. J. Spence

Woman Ends Life at Hotel in Iowa City

Mrs. B. G. Foster aged thirty wife of a Wellman farmer in Iowa committed suicide in a hotel in Iowa City using a revolver. Police reported no immediate motive and the tragedy occurred on September 4. Foster had been visiting the area and was described as well known in Wellman society.

Harry Nash Monmouth City Harley McCreedy McCreedy Ainsworth Cedar Rapids B. G. Foster Wellman Sulene Iowa City

Court Adjourns to September 16 for Divorces and Probate

Court adjourned yesterday afternoon to September 16 for hearings on multiple matters including estates of Frank Havel and Susan Miksch and several school district cases. Two divorces were granted with custody awarded, and many settlements and decrees quieting title noted among ongoing docket items.

Frank Havel Susan Miksch J. R. Lease Consolidated Independent School District C. W. Orris Jeanette Strain Mary Twinam Edmund Morrison Melo Havel Edmund D. Morrison A. F. Havel Mary Harding J. H. Hesseltine Cassidy Bickford J. KE. Foss Carl Roberts Mary Ruth Merchant John M. Merchant Ida Hoover Kemper Hoover

Decrees Quieting Title And Judgments In Several Cases

Legal notices list multiple actions with decrees quieting title against Bridgeman Partridge Auld Shaw Burham Sieren and others. Defaults and judgments on notes and accounts appear against Ashby Elder Shaw Brinning and Cherry with settlements and costs noted for Kalona bank case.

Ernest L. Clarke Bridgeman & Partridge Cora Conger Jess Ashby Elder & Shannon Luella Shaw Henry Dencker James Auld John P. Sieren Charles Burham Farmers Savings Bank of Clarence W. Brinning

Woman's Home Companion Subscription Rise Notice

A notice announces a price increase for the Woman's Home Companion from 61.50 per year to 92.00 after October 1st. The ad emphasizes the change and prompts readers to subscribe before the deadline.

Subscriptions Available From Journal Agent

Nita Belle McKeon promotes renewals and new subscriptions for the Journal of 59 Red and other magazines. Limited club offers open until October 1st.

Delineator Everybody's Nita Belle McKoon Journal Red Nita Belle McKeon Journal of 59 Red

Foley's Honey and Tar Ad Warns Against Substitutes

A Lee Times ad by L. M. Miller of Wooster Ohio urges readers to use Foley's Honey and Tar for colds and sore throats. The notice warns against counterfeit products and promotes Lemmon's Pharmacy values and no opiate formula.

B. Miller R. PF Wooster Foley Lemmon's Pharmacy Advt

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