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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1919
Page
9
The Washington County society page notes arrivals and departures among residents. Births marriages and obituaries appear with local family names and community events. Community clubs and gatherings are listed with dates and host organizations.
The Rev Mrs Barnett and her wife arrived from Lone Tree with household goods not yet arrived. An army medical unit left for Washington. The town woke early to reveille. Frank McCoy arrived from Martinsburg. his wife, visiting J A Moorhead, suffers hay fever and asthma.
W C Beauchamp and A F E Horton attended the soldiers' home-coming in Winfield Saturday. Mr and Mrs Homer Pfieffer visited the A L Koch home. Lloyd Jones and family drove Irene to Washington for tonsil and adenoids surgery. Residents attended the Washington home-coming last Thursday and Mary Wilson of Thayer visited Leo Barnes and C H Brinnings. Reverend and Mrs Wells and family were visiting Grinnell this week.
The marriage of Miss Edna Knittel to Edward Bueh rk was held at St. Mary's Church with a reception at the bride's home. The report lists attendants, attire, and guests from Davenport and Iowa City. Also noted is the funeral of Mrs. Joseph Norris from Riverside with details of birth, marriage, children, and survivors.
Mr and Mrs Brown return from a month away with daughter Mrs Bruce Mooney and family. Also mentioned is an ambulance and a ship or flight reference, alluding to city events.
Henry Foster moved from his south side home to an Iowa City hospital Monday in very serious condition. Dick Wiltsie and family plan to move from Muscatine to Wellman soon, occupying a northwest desert residence. Wes Whetstine and family are moving to Iowa City this week.
Des Moines reports Creston moves forward with a six story fireproof hotel costing 250000 dollars. The project was funded in a single evening at a public meeting highlighting Creston growth and local support.
Four young women from Shiloh IL report a cow ate their clothes while they swam at a local hole. A neighbor’s cow is also upset by eating buttons hooks and eyes. They walked home in bathing suits about a mile and a half, with the town noting its opinions on bathing attire.
Arch bishop Jose Moray del Rio in Mexico City issued an open letter criticizing current fashions and urging parishioners to avoid exaggerated outfits and have children dress modestly. He called modern styles an advance toward paganism and urged churchgoers to wear traditional veils and mantillas in church.
The Property Owners Federation states that the Red Plague fund will pay for arrest and conviction of any incendiary in the Associated Towns, under section 3 of the Articles of Association. Every fire tax payer contributes to numerous criminal fires, wherever they occur.
Iowa adjutant general Louis G. Lasher proposes national guard service medals for five to twenty-five years of service including time on the Mexican border and in World War I. Medals issued only if discharged guardsmen rejoin active national guard or reserve within one year. Sections 48 and 49 would formalize medals and extended service periods, pending committee and legislative action.
Paris dispatch reports Capt. Andre Tardieu stating during the chamber debate on ratification of the German peace treaty that French war losses reach 26 percent of mobilized men. He adds that fifty seven percent of all men under age twenty one with the colors were killed.
In Cedar Rapids on September 18 a Mar ion district court action seeks appointment of a receiver to wind up the Trinity Development Company, a $44 000 Mt Vernon dominated venture born from the Iowa Pecan Company. Plaintiffs charge mismanagement and diversion of funds tied to a Texas plantation project near Libertyville, where Dr N W Hill's son Fred vanished with 44000, prompting stockholders to push court action and halt asset sales.
Philadelphia entomologist Herman Hornig warns of a widespread flea problem affecting 5,006 homes. He urges persistent indoor control using flypaper and coal oil as part of a citywide effort to reduce the nuisance. Read the Evening Journal.
Fairfield aims to build a junior high school to relieve severe overcrowding. A circulating petition seeks school board steps toward construction, likely prompting an election if signed. The district already owns enough land for a modern building, with nearby cities having better facilities.
In Waterloo the surplus army food sale failed to deliver any food, tying up housewives money with no returns. Washington dispatches cite lack of interest as the reason for curtailed sales, a pattern possibly echoed elsewhere and leaving the parcel post sale of foodstuffs a costly fizzle.
In Marshalltown on September 18 the $50,000 city hall bond measure was approved by 286 votes in a 598 total turnout. All wards except the Fifth supported the bonds. the Second ward provided the largest majority with 137 for and 33 against. Only seven women voted in the election, with one in the Second ward voting yes and six in the Third ward, one of whom opposed the bond.
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