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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1919
Page
7
Comings and goings section notes local movements and social updates in Washington County. Includes births, deaths, and personal notices among residents, with brief mentions of families and community ties.
The board of directors has erected a flag pole at the Clay school house. Numerous locals noted visits and travel as residents attended events and family members visited in nearby towns. Governor Harding and party were expected to visit Clay school Monday afternoon per plans.
Sept 16 notes from Noble Soble report Joe Alliman and wife back home with daughter after months away. Freeman Frey and family visited Co A Rich home near Brighton. Krabill and families plus others hosted gatherings in Winfield and Havre over weekend. Mary Bigham returns from Ohio to hometown. Tom Holland of Wyman and families visit in the area. Edd Elricher and Rieh families join Graber home gathering.
Rural route notes show Pleasant Plain school fed last Wednesday due to few scholars. Families like the Nelson Evangelistic group plan meetings at Prairie Flower church this week. Local residents including the Andersons, Weeks, Squires, Bishop, Minner, and Phillips family members are mentioned visiting and helping with basic tasks in the neighborhood around Washington Wellman Kalona and Brighton.
Miss Anna Infield returned to her work in annity after a visit with her parents. Miss Elsie Anderson of Polk Nebraska visited her father BE A Anderson. Frank Chabel was a business visitor in Riverside. Zeva Bush left for Washington to study at St James business college.
Oscar Lane and George Stewart of Washington visited H. V. Beck’s home in Kalona with friends. Mrs. C. T. Dunlap and her daughters Bessie Adams and Glee Dunlap joined a Wesley McKray visit. Clare Smith left for Bonaparte Indiana to begin a third year as Bonaparte schools teacher. Christina Lentz returned home to Cedar Rapids after visiting the Wm. Enfield home. Joe Miller and John S. Yoder and wives just returned from a four week western trip via Colorado and Kansas visiting relatives.
Mrs George Cardinal and daughter Betty of Chicago and Miss Charlotte Wilcox of Davenport nieces of S S Wilcox visited at the Wilcox home Thursday. The W C T A bake sale at the co operative store Saturday afternoon and evening. Mrs R B Carlson and two children of Harvey visited here a couple of days with Mr and Mrs Grover Neiswanger. Mrs Laura Chambers was a Washington visitor Monday. M L Olds visiting relatives in Centerville.
Friends receive cards announcing the September wedding of Mable A. Jeffrey of Mt. Pleasant to Russell Earl Harrison on September 16 at Mt. Pleasant. They will reside at Winfield. Hospital No. 26 unit with Red Cross ambulance and US Army truck arrived from Mt. Pleasant and camped on school grounds. They did not perform a planned demonstration. Red Cross provided a six oclock dinner at the hotel. Mrs. N. E. Lease returned from Washington after a visit. Rev J H McCormick and Mrs Caldwell visited W H McCall in the evening.
Des Moines reports Dr. C. H. Sumner secretary of the state board of health has not named doctors to serve as influenza representatives. Appointees must dedicate full time, receive four dollars per day plus travel expenses, and focus solely on influenza cases. Applicants' belief they can work part time is rejected.
Des Moines reports Governor Harding proclaims Fire Prevention day on October 9 with school activities and statewide campaigns. Fire marshal Tracy prepares 235000 posters. Iowa saw 4393 fires last year causing 6.44 million dollars in losses despite Cedar Rapids starch plant blaze.
Des Moines will host the Mississippi Valley conference on tuberculosis September 22 25 and 24 with over 500 delegates from Iowa Ohio Indiana Illinois Nebraska Missouri Kentucky South Dakota North Dakota Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan. Sherman C Kingsley presides with clinics and examinations offered by eminent clinicians.
Roy Cooper, hired as engineer for William Harrison near Collins, Nebraska, faced a boiler explosion after starting up a shredder. Aiming for 125 pounds steam, the boiler reached 130, exploding instead of releasing pressure. Cooper suffered permanent facial and shoulder injuries and has sued Hansen for 10,000 dollars.
The article notes Victoria Regia plants in India produce leaves several feet wide with buoyant edges that can support a child. It describes the leaves curling at the edges and forming bowl-like shapes.
An old time advertisement touts S S S as a purely vegetable blood purifier for improving circulation and vitality. It claims to cleanse blood and strengthen the system and invites readers to request free information from the Swift Specific Co in Atlanta Georgia.
Western Star reveals Louis Bennison as federal marshal in High Pockets a Betzwood western drama. Katharine MacDonald stars as the tenderfoot ranch girl opposite Bennison with a strong supporting cast. Fox Theatre shows Thursday afternoon and night.
At a mass meeting in Sigourney the mayor urged purchasing six acres on Voorhauer property for Memorial hospital. The owner donates 500, residents must raise 7500, a soliciting committee was formed, and a county election is expected to authorize hospital construction.
Professor A Henry of the Royal College of Sciences for Ireland states in Country Life that cedar ages based on heartwood rings range from 2230 to 2500 years. The largest cedar measured is 13 feet in diameter in Lebanon, with growth possibly slower than sample trees abroad.
Washington March 17. A deficit of more than 3 billion dollars by July 1 1920 threatens the treasury even if Congress adds no more appropriations. Chairman Good of the appropriations committee told the house that greater economies are needed across government departments. He cited 1920 expenditures to June 30 at 10 831 201 585 against estimated revenues of 7 239 928 240 and urged strict economy to ease unrest and high living costs.
On the Newton-Baxter road near Edward McElroy’s farm four miles north of Newton, Charles Richards and his wife of Grinnell were injured in a two car crash. Everett Richards and a baby passenger escaped injury. The dust reduced visibility and contributed to the collision between a northbound Ford driven by Everett Richards and a southbound Oakland from Grinnell. Both cars were badly damaged and the Richardses were hospitalized in Newton.
Keokuk Iowa voters will decide on a city hall memorial to World War I service members with women voting without registering. Armistice Day events include homecoming for service personnel, continuous Vau deville, free admission for veterans, a big fried chicken or turkey dinner, a parade in uniform likely, a dance, and a possible speech by Governor Lowden of Illinois.
The northern district of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and neighboring states ended its eighth convention in Charles City accepting the English conference memorandum, establishing English on the synod floor and creating an English recording secretary post. Officers named include President F. R. Duerschner and Vice President C. A. Harrer.
Paris reports Bolshevik leaders in Russia order strategy to control lawless executioners used by Soviet tribunals. Fifteen sailors employed as guards at Petrograd under Djerjinsky and Peters attempted to execute prisoners but faced machine gun fire and surrendered, being marched to Boutirky jail.
Temples in China place a bell at the entrance for worshipers to ring by pulling a rope as they enter. The action is believed to notify the gods of the seeker and invite their attention to prayers.
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