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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1919
Page
8
Noticer ro urges all Red Cross workers to appear in uniform for the county parade on September 11 at dawn. Knitters garment makers and surgical dressing workers expected in line to honor returning servicemen. Delegations from townships clubs and war workers urged to attend with banners. Mama service flags to be carried and flags provided at meeting.
An advertisement-style note encourages readers to stay updated through magazines and price lists. It mentions clubs with special rates, a contact at Journal, and an authorized representative Nita Belle McKoon. A shipment of early Ohio potatoes is arriving via Washington Elevator Co with a phone order option.
It is estimated that 600,000 Japanese are employed in seaweed industries using the weed to make police boots picture frames marbled floors and electric switchboards. A seaweed named Sugamo even substitutes for cotton.
A Vermont man boasts about his town’s spring maple sugar shipments, comparing Vermont’s reach to Ohio E. Howe’s Monthly. The remark suggests Vermont’s broader potential beyond his claim.
Miscellaneous notices show residents traveling to Davenport Muscatine Des Moines and Crawfordsville for visits work and teaching. A forthcoming sale lists furniture items including beds mattresses and a piano from Mrs James McCutcheon at 825 N Marion Ave.
A coastal stream of brief notices reports Mrs. Brinning and Mrs. Kracaw in Davenport for the day, Miss Minnie Wolfe leaving for Muscatine to shop for fall foods, and Mrs. Helen Crooks en route to Columbus Ohio with Chicago visit. Families travel from Muscatine to Yellowstone Park and California. Lieut Robert W. Mason to visit his grandmother in town tonight, as relatives return from distant visits.
The Rock Island arsenal will supply large war machines for the Washington county parade with expenses paid locally. Colonel Moody confirms arrival aboard a flat car and on time for the home coming. OEwen Hays Tracy Phillips and Frank Wells are building standout floats for the event.
A note from Harry Whittaker announces the purchase of City Feed Yard on North Marion Avenue. He pledges prompt and efficient service and invites patrons to stop by, expressing appreciation for their patronage.
E J Corn of Indianapolis replaces W M Sleeper who left for Portland Ore with his family. Corn plans to settle in Washington with his family. The piece also notes visits by Samuel A Black of Rock Island Ill and James H Young of California who are connected to Co C Nineteenth Iowa infantry and attending the Grand Army encampment in Columbus Ohio.
A hostess notes Arthur declines lemonade at a children's party and replies he does not care for it. He clarifies lemonade is fine but ice cream is his favorite treat.
Saturday’s Clay township picnic drew hundreds despite weather and conflicts with other meetings. Judge C. A. Dewey and Sergeant-Major Earl A. Moore spoke at the program while local musicians Katie Black, Gladys Grant, Max Waterhouse, and Edith Jones performed. Levitt Barnes chaired the event, signaling support for the coming county celebration.
A wave of self inflicted deaths in Germany after the peace treaty floods the press with daily crisis reports. An engineer’s family of four including three boys ages nine to thirteen died from gas poisoning. two boys resisted and were found with throat injuries. Within six hours after discovery, many inquired to rent the apartment, showing callous public interest.
A Chicago Tribune note recounts a door to door canvass where a boy explains his dog Laddie is barking as a form of exercise, assuring the canvasser the animal will not bite.
A claim attributes a woman speaking longer to using less force than a man, suggesting speech duration correlates with force. The text presents a gendered observation without further context or evidence.
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