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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1918
Page
8
McNamara's A Florence Smokeless Oil Heater promises warmth for homes during cool evenings. This device delivers efficient heat with minimal odor, helping families stay comfortable without excessive fuel use.
Local brief items include ads for rugs and shoes at Crall's Fox and Dewey. crafts and framing at Graves' studio. bakery and cake sales. an ad for pasture land in a timber sale on September 26. travel notes on residents visiting Crawfordsville Lockridge Madison Vassar and Des Moines. updates on soldiers overseas including Lloyd David Rittenhouse and Clarence L Baker. births and family visits. and several residents traveling to visit relatives or resume study at the University of Wisconsin.
Readable snippets show bakery ads for Cook's and Monday specials, town notices on shipping, rail and employment, plus residents traveling to Chicago Milwaukee and Atlantic. Notables include Hays guests, Merle Steele overseas, Haskins hire, nurses training at Camp Hancock, and local tradesmen changing shops.
A room at the Commercial Club will host government tests in the Better Babies movement. Mrs C A Dewey chairs the effort assisted by local doctors and nurses. Examinations begin next Monday afternoon and mothers will be notified in time.
Notice of the death of W. H. Hoffstedtier and funeral plans. The funeral will be held Saturday at 10 o'clock in Fairfield. Also announced is the 8. E. Iowa Horticultural Society annual meeting in Albia September 24 to 26 with A. J. Waldschmidt and S. B. Dewey in prominent roles.
Ragan had surgery yesterday at Washington Boulevard hospital Chicago to remove one eye after an infection from a splinter in his eye. His son Charles Ragan traveled to Chicago Wednesday night to be with him during the operation.
District court remains in session with the Foss versus Roberts case on trial. John Moorman was granted a divorce from Anna Moorman. Testimony was submitted in the Ira J. Reiner versus Wm. J. Reiner annulment of marriage case.
A light frost occurred last night but caused limited impact. Practically all corn in the area remained beyond danger, with minimal losses reported in the section.
The Tifton Gazette recalls a Macon scene where a street organ man and a monkey affected cotton prices. Municipal law once barred the organ grinder but later allowed him after paying a substantial license.
Rabbit hair supplants wool in Australia’s felt industry where 30 factories operate using rabbit fur. It is said to be superior to the finest marine fibers and millions of rabbit skins are processed annually.
The natives in Indo China’s Hanoi suburb Village due Papier make paper from the bark of a mulberry species along the Black River in Upper Tonkin. About 2000 to 8000 residents rely on this traditional craft for their paper production.
A single London manufacturer turns out nearly a thousand million matchboxes each year, signaling a dominant production capacity in the industry and a steady supply for markets at home and abroad.
The text notes that the English favor sobriquets and recounts nicknames for a chambermaid Abigail a dunky and a lobster based on attire. It also mentions the soldier called Tommy a common Irish name Thomas cherished in Ireland and among old army ranks.
Mabel recalls mortifying moment at the Pouch mansion as her gown constrained her to hide a laugh in her glove while Flo asks what happened.
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