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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1918
Page
6
Special correspondence from Camp Pike Arkansas reports 127 men leaving O K 80 with 25 non coms remaining to drill new arrivals. The group shows wide national diversity with many illiterates and non citizens, while two planes are noted and music disappointment grows among troops.
The report praises Cham berlain s Tablets for aiding weak stomachs and impaired digestion. It notes many cases show lasting relief and complete recovery, with Lemmon s Drug Store as the seller.
In a western airplane factory a large share of tasks are performed by girls. They pack machine parts, protect delicate mechanisms with excelsior, handle wiring and solder joints, cut copper pieces, and sew linen wings. They prepare wings for flight.
In a terse exchange Miss Brushiey rebukes Mr Lewhesd for cold treatment and a dismissive note. He presses for conversation but she states she wishes no further communication. The lines hint at an unresolved romantic dispute and a complaint about being ignored.
The flying fish uses its oversized fins to lift above the sea surface rather than true wings. It masters a brief airborne glide before drying fins retract and it returns to the sea.
Sew and So club in Dayton Grove met at Geo Dusenbery’s home for a farewell with eleven guests joining full attendance. West Chester Queen Esther girls hosted a social for local boys leaving for Camp Dodge with Beulah Skinner singing and games like Going to Berlin.
Mrs. R T McCall Sr entertains tomorrow afternoon at East Main street home. She invites Mrs W P Johnson nee Clara Anderson of Beav er Falls Pa to call between 2 and 5.
Miss Verne Noacker daughter of Mr and Mrs Newt Noacker living northwest of the city and Lloyd Turnipseed of Wellman were married this morning at nine o clock at the Baptist parsonage in the city. Rev M R Regan officiated in the presence of Miss Edna Gingkinger and Clarence Jacobs. They will live on a farm near Wellman and begin housekeeping there immediately.
State game commission and the U S forest service protect deer elk antelope and mountain sheep in Colorado forests leading to large herds. In towns near the Uncompahgre national forest it is common to see wild animals grazing in village streets.
The note discusses how the English favor bright sobriquets and cites examples such as Abigail a tan servant a flunky a soldier called lobster for red coats. It adds that Thomas is common in Ireland and that many soldiers in the old army were Irish.
Col Arthur Lynch, member of parliament, appeals to the Irish to raise a brigade for the western front. He asks Irishmen to fight beside the Stars and Stripes, which he says shelters three times more Irishmen than Ireland. The campaign targets 50,000 volunteers and plans a special uniform inspired by old Irish costume.
Des Moines reports Gov W L Harding to decide whether to oust James M Pierce publisher of the Iowa Homestead from the state council of defense upon his return from Forest City. County leaders at a Liberty Bond rally urged Pierce’s removal for sedition and called for arrest. resolutions named committee members and urged action under the espionage law.
For diarrhoea in children one year old or older you will find nothing better than Chamberlain's Coke and Diarrhoea Remedy followed by a dose of castor oil. Keep at hand and give at first sign of looseness. For sale by Lemmon's Drug Store.
A Belgrade newspaper notice calls up the Serbian male population aged 17 to 55 for forced recruiting to harvest for Austro-Hungarian military stores. An announcement on July 28 states all persons of both sexes between 11 and 60 would be liable to be called to work.
8,000 Iowans selected for general service report to Camp Dodge this week. Army officers doubt a class two call and expect no further general calls until extended draft ages register and are classified. Next class likely late this month or October. Camp Dodge tents serve as quarantine station while weather allows.
Over County reports four local stock trucks led by John Shuman and Chas Johnson, with Augustine and Boyer, to Chicago. A corn and hog farmer profits high, Des Moines to Peoria traveler notes superior Keota corn. Harold Ross leaves as school principal for war service. Clinton Walton heads to Camp Dodge. Frank Sherbeck and family return from the west.
An eastern wife sues for divorce after finding another woman’s photo inside her husband’s watch case. The tale hints at secret lives and wonders why double lives aren’t kept openly. Read the advertisements for more.
Washington announces that President Wilson commuted death sentences of ten Negro soldiers linked to the Houston riot of August 28, 1917, to life imprisonment. Twenty defendants faced death. thirteen were executed, and six cases upheld the death penalty for cruel murder of civilians while the rest received clemency to recognize loyalty and inspire the race amid wartime service.
Senator W H King of Utah protests Senator Lewis plan to print a petition in the Congressional Record urging Ireland independence. King says it insults a key ally and opposes government stance while urging restraint in diplomatic language.
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