Registration Drive Set for Men 18 to 45 Across County
Tomorrow, men aged 18 to 45 must register at voting sites in four wards of Washington and nearby districts. Registration runs 7 am to 9 pm with locations at the fire station, Mauck store, Harper Gardner office, and Haight store, plus No. 11 school house in Washington township. Sheriff McCarty warns slackers to register, with an expected total between 2,000 and 2,500 countywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
O. K. Mauck
Harper & Gardner
O. F. Haight
Washington Township
McCarty
Foley Advertising Offer for Honey and Cough Remedies
An old advert promotes Foley products including Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets. Lemmon's Pharmacy runs the ad inviting readers to mail in a slip with name and address for a trial package from Foley & Co Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Foley
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Cheer Up Card on Draft Regrets and Odds
A witty World War I era card mocks the draft, listing layered two chances at each stage from registration to death. It lampoons fate with a grim arithmetic about being drafted, sent abroad, shot, or dying, ending with “if you die you still have two chances.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Football season opens Sept 21 with Keota opener
Principal Williamson has completed the 1918 football schedule for Washington High. The opener is September 21 at Keota, followed by six home games among ten total contests. A strong second team is planned, with richland and wellman-West Branch negotiations under way, and tryouts continuing as players prepare for two squads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson
Keota
Fairfield
Washington
Iowa
Rich*land High School
Richland
Wellman and West Branch
How New Registrants Will Be Placed When Classifications Are Made After Registration
Washington county registrants will learn their draft classifications from a published list. Classifications cover five groups from single or married without dependents to dependent and special categories. The rules include exemptions, dependents, skilled and unskilled labor, and federal or state service considerations.
Washington Men Plan Tonight’s Register Demonstration
Plans call for about 500 men to register for military service tomorrow. They will meet at the court house at 7 30 p m form a parade through the business district with band and drum corps. Addresses will follow in Central park by Col C J Wilson Capt J A Young A R Miller and W H Butterfield. Rev G L Eaton resigns pastorate at Washington Christian church to take new post in Memphis Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Court House
Central Park
C. J. Wilson
J. A. Young
A. R. Miller
W. H. Butterfield
Preview of Changing Weather Prompts Colds and Cures
By the changing of beds and the weather I took a very bad cold and sore throat. Four doses of Foley's Honey and Tar put me right in a day's time. It pays to get the genuine Foley's and avoid substitutes and counterfeits. Lemmond's Pharmacy ad mentions no opiates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. TB. Miller
Wooster
Wriiten
Foley
Lemmond's
Advt
Large Antung Consular District Described
The Antung consular district covers the southeastern Manchuria area about twice Vermont in size. It is mountainous with a sparse rural population. Communication inland relies on crude native carts except for a 10 mile South Manchuria Railway section and the Yalu river boundary on the east.
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Antung
Manchuria
Vermont
South Manchuria
Yalu River
No Immediate Steps Yet For New Pastor At Washington Church
Washington Christian congregation plans no rapid steps to hire a new pastor as months pass before a settled minister is expected. The church is healthy financially numerically and spiritually and would suit an ambitious preacher. Members respect Mr Eaton's decision to leave while regretting the Eaton family's departure.
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Eaton
Washington Church
Center Point
Iowa
Estherville
Bloomfield
Altoona
Winterset
Ohio
Colorado
Washington Christian Congregation
Memphis
Community group notices for September 12
Local entities announce meetings and gatherings on Thursday September 12. Eureka Ladies Aid Mrs Alice Grosseup Cedar Township Knitters Mrs Joe Shalla Brighton Township Knitters Mrs Lewis Duke Ladies Aid Christian Church Good Times club Red Cross Poinsetta club BR C club I O O F Chapter J P ER O meet at Mrs Helen Crooks home with place change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka Ladies Aid
Alice Grosseup
Cedar Township
Joe Shalla
Brighton
Lewis Duke
Helen Crooks
Presbyterian Choir Rehearsal and Rainbow Club Meeting Notice
Regular choir rehearsal set for 7 20 Thursday evening with all members urged to attend due to a business meeting. Registration day means Rainbow Club meets Friday at 2 p m at Mrs Will Knox home 7812.
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Presbyterian Choir
Rainbow Club
Will Knox
Douglas Fairbanks Stars in Mr Fixit Photoplay
In the new photoplay Mr Fixit Douglas Fairbanks portrays a character who proves happiness is a habit earned by helping others. Set among New York's wealthy society, the tale contrasts banter and jealousy with his deft fixes of hearts and situations amid aristocratic turmoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artcraft
Mr Fixit
Douglas Fairbanks
Mr. Fix-It
New York
Mr Fix It Transforms. Fairbanks Stunt Thrills Slums
Allen Dwan writes and directs Mr Fix It with Fairbanks climbing a clothesline and swinging rooftops in a fight against gangsters. Supporting stars include Marjorie Daw Wanda Hawley Catherine MacDonald Frank Campeau Leslie Stuart and Fred Goodwin. Graham show Friday and Saturday offers five vaudeville acts and Nick Sweet comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Fix-It
Allen Dwan
Mr. Fairbank
Marjorie Daw
Wanda Hawley
Catherine MacDonald
Frank Campeau
Leslie Stuart
Fred Goodwin
Nick Sweet
Seth Green Father of Fishes and Dry Method Pioneer
Seth Green famed as the Father of Fishes for long service and success. He began experiments in 1864 and discovered the dry method of top regeneration later used in trout culture. His early work occurred at Caledonia Creek hatchery and he led artificial shad propagation in the Connecticut River in 1867 per W. W. Wood in the American Angler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth Green
Caledonia Creek
Connecticut River
W. W. Wood
Vinegar Plaster Trick for Cracks
Instructions advise using vinegar instead of water to mix plaster to create a putty that stays workable for 20 to 80 minutes. This vinegar plaster can be pressed into cracks and smoothed with a table knife before it sets.
Gramophone Seller Proposes Ballad for Record Release
The New York Music Courier reports a gramophone proprietor who, after meeting about a song titled Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes, wrote to Mr. Ben Jonson via the American publishers offering to add his catchy new ballad to his record list for 20 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakespeare
New York Musics Courier
Gramophone
Ben Jonson
Chicago News Quarrel Over Opitious Facts
A terse Chicago News note reports men arguing about opitious matters and fighting over what they term facts. The short item frames a chaotic dispute centered on credibility and interpretation.
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Chicago News
Condition of Life in Soil Explains Growth Requirements
Air and moisture enable soil life but do not constitute life. Warmth is essential, and active life requires growth. a dead soil shows inactivity and inaction.
Worth While Quotation From Solitudes of Ety Streets
A clipped quotation recalls the army of the Lonely Polls drawn from vast solitudes of the streets. The fragment hints at a civic or political mood reflected in a solitary observation.
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Frank L. Wilson & Co
Washington County
Evening Journal
Oskaloosa
Centerville
Ambrose
Weat Liberty
West Liberty
Ft. Madison
Ottumwa
Winfield
Columbus Junction
Vilquain
Ball Park
Macon
NR. Jones
J. Putnam
C. Neill
Duke
Lemley
Crone
Grecian
Doran
Swift
Anderson
Minner
St. Conner
K Conner
McConnell
P. Putnam
Welsh
D. McCreedy
M. McCreedy
Waymack
Green
J. Jones
Hendrickson
Ross
BE. Neill
P. Brown
Hunter
Wehr
United States
State
Territory
District of Columbia
G. L. Eaton
EBVEN
Ing
Missouri
G. Lolin Eaton
Christian Church
Kream Krisp
Warren Cash Grocery
J. H. Baird
Iowa Gas & Electric Co
Gott
A. J. Waldschmidt
Inquire Journal
Poland
China
J. D. Martin
Rodney Rabenold
Haskins Mutual
Timothy
Eli Jackson
Chas
Vondrasek
Riverside Phone
Riverside
Chester
Geo. MeAvoy
Turkey
F. A. Donaldson
C. R. Connor
P. J. Hanley
Jones Auto Co
F. & M. St. Bank
Win Smouse
West Chester
Dusenbery
Ott Patterson
Chalmers Grocery
Milwaukee
Frank Page
Todd's Corner
Genginker Farm
H. D. Smith Garage
Ladies Aid of the
Methodit Church
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Order of Worth Matron
Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church
Charles Sloat
Good Times Club
Garment Department of the Red Cross
Elmer Mason
Poinsetta Club
BR. C
Sir Herbert Belfield
Sir Herbert Eversley Belfield
K. C. KB
Great Britain
South Africa
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