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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1918
Page
8
A crowded column lists purchases and services from Crall's and West Side Clothiers, travel notes, soldiers abroad, and community notices. It mentions Miss Helen Anderson returning from Des Moines, sorghum from Cold Bros Coppock, prices, and local business ads. Also records several families traveling to camps and cities for training, school moves, and letters from overseas.
A Bostonian discovers in a New England town a former townsman and police officer in a new uniform on a walking beat. The officer explains he is pensioned by Boston and now works locally, prompting questions about abuse of the pension system.
Washington issued a wartime order to curb gold bullion issuance at Philadelphia Denver San Francisco and the New York assay office without a license. Ray mond T Baker directs mint to halt most gold uses except regulated purposes. Jewelry making and other crafts face curtailment to boost wartime credit. licenses may be requested from the War Industries Board.
Washington draft officials ask draft boards to reopen all cases of skilled railroad employees. They will determine anew whether each man is entitled to exemption from military service.
Stockholm reports that Russian women are increasingly shaping events, their influence seen as hastening the end of the Soviet Republic and challenging the dictatorship of the proletariat.
Ohio State Journal reports a stance asserting that forceful feeding of a wife’s relative was never necessary. The piece emphasizes medical ethics and suggests the claim reflects broader debates on coercive means in care.
Private Victor Freding of Company K 168th Infantry writes from the front describing a German paper claiming thousands of French captur es and a drive toward a town. He recounts heavy bombardment, aerial activity, gas, and movements of reserves, with casualties and a long troop redeployment.
A. W. Mc Culley moves from the city and places for immediate sale a beautiful home on West Washington Street. Arrange an appointment with Harver & Gardner for details and a viewing.
Rev C A Bingham will present a patriotic lecture with stereopticon views at Prairie Flower church Friday September 13 at 8 o'clock. Admission is free and an offering will be taken at the close of the lecture.
Taxpayers are reminded that September is the final month to pay taxes without incurring penalties. The notice urges timely payment to avoid charges and mentions the standard due dates and contact points for inquiries.
A fragment from Uncle Eben presents the idea that talkative and silent men alike keep others guessing about their thoughts. The quotation contrasts those who fill conversations with silence and inferred motives.
Mrs. James McCaleb of west of town received a letter written August 15 from her son in a base hospital. He says he is healing, soon headed to a replacement camp, praises care, notes dry weather, recalls crossing the Marne, and promises to come home safe after the war.
The text argues that sketches or initial drafts in painting and embroidery reveal carelessness and disappointment. True pleasure in craft comes from respectful, dignified, and honorable approach to work, avoiding sloppiness from the start.
Seventy five thousand Cleveland and Cuyahoga county draft registrants of deferred classification organized into the Liberty army in a large local gathering. The group plans to sell Liberty bonds Thrift stamps and war fund subscriptions and serve as home guards, with H B Rhode promising national reach from Washington to lead the effort. Almost every man aged twenty one to thirty one not in active service joined the movement.
Bulgarian carpets, woven since the 1878 liberation, have evolved from domestic use to refined products. In the last decade the industry has advanced in design, texture, and style, surpassing Turkish, Romanian, Serbian, and Grecian carpets.
Use a cloth dipped in a drop of milk to rub over the hearth stone after applying it. This prevents the white from coming off.
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