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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1918
Page
7
Community notes list visitors and residents in Maple Grove and Washington including Bureh, Mehefee, Hanley, Kreger, Miller, Hradek, Meyers, Shaffers, and Boice. War effort themes appear with Red Cross, sugar sacrifices, bond drive, and local activities. school begins with Ruth Oldfield as teacher. phone line work and hospital visits noted.
Maples Grove reports nine Washington county youths from English River township among six sent to Camp Dodge on Sept 5. The group includes Edward Chaulapa William Lintz Alphons Dewey Igumir Vacha Earnest Kloppfer Lloyd Shalla Guy Feldman Joseph Triska and Charley Vodicka. The piece lauds Iowa boys and notes 102 English River men have joined the service, plus local war efforts and early 1918 tire anecdotes.
The George Dusenbery estate farm and stock sale held last Tuesday drew a large crowd and reported solid sales across the items offered.
L A Stephens and wife left for Washington to visit daughter Mrs. D A Peterson who hosted her father’s eightieth birthday. Stephens born in Dark county Ohio, moved to Oregon township as a child and stayed. J W Sands and Mrs. W A Walker visited Washington. Jesse Marr returned from Canada to oversee farms. Mr. and Mrs. F R Grimes and children came back from Allerton. Mrs. Milo Patterson visited her ill mother Mrs. Stephen Hawkins. Everett Shearer hosted a noon luncheon with guests and music. M L Miller and wife returned from Chicago where their son near the Great Lakes is doing well.
The Maxwell descendants gathered at Mrs. J. Carson Duncan's home near Columbus Junction on Saturday for their annual reunion. About fifty attendees shared a long-table dinner on the lawn, with devotional time and talks by G. M. Welch of Omaha and Rev. S Boyd Johnson of Columbus City. Families represented included Rickey McCulley Patterson Kelly Walker Maxwell Phea Fleming and R N Johnston among others.
Joplin Missouri reports 120 railroad shopmen at Harrison Arkansas on strike idle for 26 hours stopping all trains on the Missouri and North Arkansas line. The stoppage disrupts traffic across the route as crews refuse to work. Authorities monitor the protest as talks continue.
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