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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1918
Page
7
Neighborhood News Briefs report today on community happenings across local districts. Readers learn about upcoming meetings, school activities, and small-scale initiatives shaping daily life in nearby neighborhoods.
NewsLetters reports personals births and deaths in Washington County. Updates cover residents moving births new arrivals and obituaries with concise notices from local sources.
Mrs. Harry Rittenhouse visited her mother Mrs. Arnold for two weeks in Richmond. The Pete Shillig family moved back to Richmond. A Wednesday dance was held here. Frank Welte’s sons are stationed at Camp Dix, N J. Locals traveled to Washington to see boys leave for Camp Dodge. Vera Saforek began Fairview school. Maude Welte attends Fairview in Johnson county. Henry Keenig stayed with nephew Will Lintz before Camp Dodge. Bess Keifer visited Washington with brother Will. Pearl Sharpe of Washington visited locals. Mrs. Lloyd Stragner and Mrs. Joe Saforek met Thursday. Joe Selement has a broken wrist from a bicycle accident. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shalla welcomed a baby girl. Charlie and Blanche Spevacek started Kalona high school. Clarissa Radda and Edythe Chez go to Washington. Joe Spjke of Nebraska was buried here. Frank Chez Sr. has several broken ribs from a recent auto crash.
Mr and Mrs Otto Kemp of Columbus Junction spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Will McClintic. Grover Springman of Washington visited his mother Mrs Laura Shafner. Mrs Will Rauscher and her two daughters Ruth and Kathryn plus Mrs Fred Rauscher of Lockridge were at Henry Speilman home Sunday. Felix Paul returned to Iowa City after visiting Henry Speilman and families in Columbus Junction and Fairfield with Will Edmondson home from Montgomery Alabama on furlough. Mrs W K Harras came back from Delta after visiting her mother Mrs George Ball. Reva Davis returned to Minneapolis after a week with Imogene Seeley. Albert Saunders and wife moving to country home southwest of town.
Saturday event in Rubio Rubio drew strong attendance with many items sold and re sold. A mud turtle fetched about five dollars and the sale totals reached nine hundred eighty six dollars and thirty six cents.
Rev. P. H. Hayley traveled to Burlington for the Keokuk Presbytery fall meeting. Mrs. L. C. Woodburn returned from Riverside visits. Mrs. Andrew Brown of Washington visited sister Mrs. F. E. Young. Mrs. Ella Proudfit returned to Washington after a brief stay here.
Notice to Highland township voters that an election will be held at Center school house School District No. 5 on September 17 1918 from 4 to 7 PM to elect a member of the County Council of Defense Citizens Committee.
You can treat a horse with Farris Colic remedy at home. Drop on the tongue and relief comes in about thirty minutes. For sale by Sherman Bros. Ad.
A rallying wartime message echoes George M. Cohan while urging Americans to buy Liberty Bonds. The call emphasizes patriotism, urging every Yankee to contribute until victory, noting funds aid troops in France and deter the Kaiser.
Draft recruits march across Camp Wadsworth in Spartanburg under a sergeant who shouts intervals to keep squads apart. A rookie complains about missed spacing, prompting the captain to order a medical exam and insist on an interval. Later the captain grants a 15 minute interval for a talk with Captain Coffin.
Marines at Paris Island in eight cycle training play a luck ritual. When a recruit’s hat is blown into the bay, hundreds of straw hats follow, bobbing on the waves as recruits cast hats to the receding tide for luck.
In overhead telegraph systems practical tests show about 400 mites as the maximum operable aerial wire length using double current Rey-Morse apparatus. The highest permissible voltage in use is 120.
Registration opens Thursday at voting places for males aged 18 to 45 by September 12. Exemptions include those already registered and military personnel in service. Registrants must carry certificates and present them to police if asked. Local boards announce registration sites and advise mailing registration forms by September 11.
Washington D C Sept 10 The article analyzes how new war taxes for the United States World War effort compare to the financing of the Spanish American War. It notes the last 16 million dollars of Spanish American War debt paid recently and outlines the Dingley tariff and the 1898 internal revenue measures including a 200 million dollar bond issue and a 50 million dollar defense appropriation. It highlights the inheritance tax on estates and broad stamp duties on documents, tobacco and liquor, and various professional and commercial activities.
The philosopher Hegel completed his principal work on the eve of the Battle of Jena as cannon thunder roared. Noise provokes thought and can interfere with sleep. avoid maintaining strong emotional attachments to ideas to prevent wakefulness.
Advertising chief says good campaigns reflect public wants rather than push store goals. He urges avoiding ads that merely correct purchasing mistakes.
Ten thousand testimonials praise Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children as a safe reliable remedy. The ad claims the powder relieves bowel and digestive issues and urges mothers to keep a box on hand at all times. Available at druggists everywhere.
An Amish delegation from Wellman Kalona Cosgrove Parnell Richmond and surrounding areas met in Frytown Johnson County to warn Amish and Mennonite farmers that non combatants or slackers must be removed from labor on farms. Employers were given time to return workers to Camp Dodge or face further action.
Waterloo prepares for the ninth annual dairy cattle congress from September 30 to October 6. Representatives from Mississippi valley state dairy councils will discuss industry issues with prominent breeders and government officials. The event features a large exhibit space and demonstrations in cheese, butter making, home canning, and a pure food show, with speeches by Premier Norris of Canada and Governor Harding. Exhibitors from twelve states already plan to attend as entries close and premiums are offered.
Exhibitors totaling more than $8,000 are listed for prize money alongside awards from national breed associations and clubs. The event features entries across multiple cattle classes and showcases a broad slate of awards.
A hard up author responds with cool defiance to a landlord pressing arrears. He says he will pay once the publisher offers money for a novel, which he will send after finishing the work, once a suitable subject and inspiration are found.
Charley tells his grandmother he does not want needed gifts. He explains he will get those from his mother anyway, seeking something else instead. The exchange captures a playful family moment about gifts and expectations.
The article discusses the designation of skilled farm laborers versus inexperienced help, defining a skilled worker by strength, intelligence, and experience. It questions whether enough skilled workers exist to meet agricultural needs and whether farm families bear heavier draft pressures on labor and children.
A Belgian farmer left quicklime near a shed. Snow fell on the lime overnight, heat built up and ignited the shed, burning it and its contents to ash.
A 19th century advert claims catarrh cannot be cured with local applications and must be treated internally. It asserts Hall's Catarrh Medicine works through the blood to mucous surfaces, is from a Toledo company, and promoted by physicians with tonics and purifiers. The notice also mentions Hall's Family Piller for constipation.
A testimonial claims long term stomach trouble improved after six weeks on Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. The user says they now perform housework and tend two cows and chickens daily. The ad asserts the remedy cleanses the intestinal tract and relieves many stomach and liver ailments, with a money back guarantee. Sold by Lemmon's Pharmacy and druggists everywhere.
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