Recruits Eleven Men for Government Work
Sir Yarwood, district labor recruiting officer, secured eleven men for government service. Six unskilled laborers were sent to Ft. Lee Virginia last night and five carpenters will depart to Norfolk Virginia tomorrow to work in Naval shipyards. Names include Wilber Richardson Tom Austin Irwin McKeon Leland McGill Arlow Richardson Coy D. Porewan and J N Squire Clem.
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Ft. Lee
Norfolk
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Yarwood
Government Service
Wilber Richardson
Tom Austin
Irwin McKeon
Leland McGill
Arlow Richardson
Coy D. Porewan
J. N. Squire
Clem
Release Artist Defies Restraint at Graham King Show
A Graham King event offered 100 for anyone who could lock him in a barred cage for twenty minutes. Mayor Mauck promised jail locks to test the feat. King escaped in 60 minutes using his own locks. Mrs. King, the world champion lady release artist, freed herself from an insane straight jacket in twenty minutes.
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Graham
Mrs. King
Court House Cleared for Funeral Services
The court house will be closed Saturday until 1 PM due to the funeral of Mrs Foster wife of County Supervisor Burrell Foster.
Seward Gives Name Alaska to Vast Territory
The name Alaska was first applied by W. H. Seward. Before 1807 the region was known as Russian America. The word is believed to derive from the Aleut terms alak shak or alay ek-sa, meaning a great country.
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Seward
Alaska
W. H. Seward
America
Local News Briefs With Farm Sales And Visited Towns
Local notes record visits by citizens to Fairfield Oskaloosa Ottumwa and Muscatine along with a Sept 28 county home Chester White hog sale. Readers learn of upcoming Copper Clad ranges and aluminum ware offers from Geo W Stewart.
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Geo. W. Stewart
Chester White
F. C. Beatty
Estimated county registrations near two thousand two hundred
Adjutant General Lasher projects Washington county will register about 2,220 men next Thursday, aligning with local board estimates. Placards in state exemption boards will show the final counts once registration closes. Historic tallies noted include 1,700 in June 1917 and small spikes in 1918.
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Lasher
Washington County
Adjutant General's Office
Regular Meeting of Washington Lodge No. 26 in Sept 1918
Washington Lodge No. 26 A F and A M calls a regular meeting for Friday evening September 6 1918 to act on petitions and may close with Third degree work. L D Langworthy W 7312 urges good attendance.
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Washington Lodge No. 26
L. D. Langworthy & W
Courage to be true to oneself inspires daily thought
A reflective quote attributes bravery to living as one truly is. It cites J C and A W Hare as the source of the maxim about honesty and virtue guiding everyday life.
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Daily Thought
J. C. and
A. W. Hare
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