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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1918
Page
7
Local briefs from Washington County cover letters to readers, including births deaths marriages and society notes. Short items list residents’ comings and goings with dates and places mentioned in concise notices.
Des Moines visitor Mrs H A Zager stays with John Kinsinger south of town. Thornburg schools hire Thomas Green as Sept. official. Maude Durst of Columbia MO visits parents David and Mrs Durst south of town. Keith Rushing of Chicago store visits Humeston relatives. Marie Plank and Anna Hochstetler visit Lee Stutzman family Wellman. A A Warner and family visit Chicago. Anna and Sylvia Enfield travel to Iowa City. Virell Hochetetler to Muscatine to study business. Otis Pry wife and children visit Marion Snider and Albert Fry homes.
Elias Williams returned home from Chicago after stock work. Mrs. Hannah Kurtz of Wayland and her daughter Mary King visit. Gardner reunion at Lexington. J A Matthews home near Ainsworth visited by Fred Sipe Henderson and Mary McCall. S T Cs hosted by Mrs S C Fletcher. Mrs. Robert Rhea of Wyman guests here. J Nicholson ill then improved. Local youths eye military training at Iowa City. Visitors in Washington Saturday. I K McHenry returns from Washington. Mildred Daymude at Monmouth. Huldah Fellmer resumes teaching with Myrtle Griffith substituting. Grace Lease home from Winfield to teach near Winfield. Delbert Maxwell of Ames on a short visit.
Misses Isabel Neal and Viola Owen visited Sigourney for a weekend. Mrs. Mary Greee and family went to Burlington by automobile. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Denker on Sept 12. Mrs. Jim Frain returned to Fremont after visiting relatives. Mrs. Lester Haner returned from Williamson after a few days with her mother. Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Woodford and Hattie Hill visited Burlington. Hicks from Chicago visited his mother Mrs. Aletha Hicks. Mrs. Thornton Sweet of Washington visited Mrs. Baxter Ingham. Mr. and Mrs. T. Thompson and family also mentioned.
A list of residents and relatives visiting Burlington Muscatine and Davenport areas with brief notes on departures to Camp Cody Camp Pike Parsons College and Vic tor. mentions include Miss Mabel McCarty new stenographer position in Burlington and Rev Vernon Pike farewell party at the M E church with light refreshments and a move to a new field in Victor.
Havre notes show Mr and Mrs Tom Stewart and Walter visiting relatives in Richland on Sunday. Rob Ferguson of West Chester visited Ode Ferguson home. John Jones and family own a new Ford Sedan. Red Cross group met with sixteen ladies sewing and socializing. Mrs Frank Mayhew visited relatives in Washington. Dave Ferguson visited Emma Sage in Washington. Calupa family from Richmond Davenport visited John Putman Jr. home along with Louis Protzer and baby.
Kenosha resident Arnold Broz spent a week with cousin Mrs John Putman Jr and family. Washington visitors Miss Reed and Miss Ione Root called on Ben Miller. John Reeves plus family visited Wesley Bannen. Will Stafford sold calves to Abe Swift. Peter Witting and Vernon visited Noble. Ed Lins near Ainsworth faced a no go Ford rescue, pulling by Howard Witting and Lloyd Easter to Crawfordsville. Ed invited to return.
Ainsworth residents and visitors are named as M G Thompson travels to McCombs and Bushnell Illinois while Miss May McLaughlin visits Keota. Local residents plan trips to Davenport Chicago Fairfield Washington and Rock Island. Ailing Rev W R Jeffrey of Sheldon Illinois is staying with relatives and seeks recovery.
Mrs W Boyer and Mrs Tressa Dayton and Mrs J D Dayton with Davy arrived back Thursday morning after a lengthy trip through the area.
Merle Crayne and wife and Ernest Miller and wife came back from Des Moines Friday evening. Jim Lewis and wife of Oskaloosa visited here Sunday and appeared younger than before. John Snyder of Keota spent over Sunday and Miss Lucy Pierce of Washington visited friends and the school Monday. O. P. Brumback was home over Sunday. Several locals went to Washington Saturday evening. The new preacher failed to arrive for Sunday services at the M E church but services are planned next Sunday both morning and evening. Forty one registered here on the 12th.
Richmond held its second Red Cross sale of the season in the park on September 12 1918. A donated colt by Mr Fred Redda topped the auction along with grain fruits and baked goods. Proceeds totaled $129 50 with $21 raised by Union Hall refreshments. Bennett Stock Co premiered in Richmond that evening.
Donors contributed half the proceeds, totaling roughly $165. The Richmond Band provided the music for the event, contributing to the fundraiser’s atmosphere and support.
An advertisement urges readers to cut out a coupon and mail it to Foley Co. in Chicago for a trial package of Foley remedies including Honey and Tar Compound Kidney Pills and Cathartic Tablets. Lemmon's Pharmacy promotes the offer with a printed call to action.
The text notes that oars first propelled ships independently of wind and links this to later land vehicle propulsion. It claims Blasco de Garay made the earliest known attempt at this propulsion in Barcelona in 1583.
The text notes Chester as a likely first center of horseracing in England with a 1609 mayoral prize promoting a contest, marking the sport’s early establishment in the city.
Sam Flickinger of Millville New Jersey says Vinol cured his hay fever after weeks of sleepless weariness. He worked at Golf Links but had to rest. after three bottles he is healthier and stronger than in twenty years. The ad urges others with hay fever to try Vinol sold by Sherman Bros. and druggists.
J M W and engineers staged a side by side test in a ten below zero room using a stiff eight cylinder engine. Prest-O-Lite outperformed the competitor in four runs with clear speed and power advantages. The piece urges readers to join the Prest-O Lite service network.
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