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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1918
Page
7
Short notes from Washington County cover births deaths marriages and community updates. Details include person notices arrivals and departures as residents share news of local families and neighbors.
Ainsworth reports a successful lot sale in the new town addition with prizes including a fifty foot front lot won by Alfred Riddington. J W Parrow and wife plan a visit in Reynolds. Crawfordsville notes visits from W J Keifer and Vaughn Long and funeral attendances for Jas Maxwell.
After eight months at William Fox studios Theda Bara stars in Salome to be shown tomorrow and Saturday at the Graham theatre. Fox says the film combines Bara’s vampiric artistry with a strong story to deliver dramatic impact alongside spectacle with two daily performances and reserved seats at Lemons Drug Store.
Mrs Martha Ann Anderson 71 died at her home 501 South Avenue D from apoplexy after a brief illness. Funeral at 4 p.m. Friday private at the residence with interment in Woodlawn cemetery, pastor Dr J M Wishart officiating. She was born December 11 1846 in Grandview Iowa and married Robert C Anderson in 1898. he died in 1901. Survived by sisters Mrs Addie Jibson and Miss Gertrude Kendall, a longtime Centenn ial school principal. She belonged to First United Presbyterian Church and was known for her Christian character and quiet life.
Northeast Iowa saw heavy rains up to nearly three inches in Floyd county while the rest of the state endured cool cloudy skies and frost in the northwest on the 12th and 16th. Corn maturing slowed with only about 60 percent safe from frost as fodder and silage cutting progresses along with winter wheat seeding in moist areas.
John W. Davis of West Virginia and solicitor general is chosen to succeed Walter Hines Page as ambassador to Great Britain. He has arrived in Switzerland to lead the American delegation at the Berne conference on exchange of prisoners of war. Davis is forty five years old.
The Harding vs Hesseltine trial continues with post noon sessions in a rear court room while the main hall serves a Liberty loan meeting. Numerous estate matters are set for hearings and probate, with several guardianships and executorships approved or awaiting notices. Criminal rulings include guilty pleas for obtaining money by false pretenses and incest, with sentences and appointed counsel noted. Civil action Pauls Lumber Co versus George F Anderson et al permits amendment of the petition.
Senator Thompson of Kansas, back from abroad, told the senate that the submarine menace is no longer a serious threat. He cited positive knowledge that half of Germany's submarine fleet, never more than 820 boats, has been destroyed or captured by the Allies, crediting the navy for this loss of the outlaw craft.
The ash tree harms vegetation beneath its shade while few plants grow under a yew. The observation notes differing impacts of tree species on undergrowth in a garden or landscape context.
A conservation campaign calls for saving seeds and pits such as peach stones prune pits hickory and walnut shells to produce wood charcoal for gas masks. Merchants are asked to place collection receptacles in stores and to deliver dried pits to public collection points in Washington. Red Cross will assist shipments.
The Graham Theatre upgrades daily improvements with a feature orchestra. Bert Madison, eight years with Mahanna & Ogle, joins as drummer and xylophonist, replacing Forest Jacobs who moved to Mason City. Chicago musicians will soon join the ensemble. Washington may boast one of the state’s best orchestras.
A brief quotation attributed to Muskin urges that proper occupation makes work enjoyable and fruitful, likening amusement to petals blooming from labor.
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