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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1944
Page
3
A devotional line notes that gratitude grows with blessings, asserting that if we are thankful in proportion we may forget nothing and give great thanks unto the Lord. The quote ends with a citation to Psalm 109 30.
A collection of light verse and commentary touches on frogs signaling spring, Washington politicians, and hobos, then shifts to war effort observations. The piece cites public notices from Iowa towns, Costa Rica highway woes, labor quality, and civilian life, noting shortages, restaurant strain, and the April rain amid a wartime mood. It ends with comic quips from papers in Grenleaf Kansas and Oskaloosa.
A local man gloomily recounts a day chasing a doctor who would allow smoke. A telephone operator brags of linking to town’s best fanciful outfits. The crowd muses that many married men feel richer as bachelors. Some people resemble price lists needing discounts.
Mr and Mrs Karl Little plan to expand their building into a two room display for furniture. Tom Duncan occupants prepare to move May 1 to the former Tom Cantoni home on South Third Avenue. The Joneses own the present house. Yard space and picnics spark small town life amid jokes about mushrooms and aging.
A mailed column blends domestic vignettes with social observations about weather, rationing talk, and a playful anecdote from The Ladies Home Journal. It mentions Cherie Anne Joiner’s birth on April 6 with her mother Josephine McElhinney returning to Iowa City, while Joe and Tom McElhinney serve overseas or at sea, signaling wartime context.
A collection of jokey lines and aphorisms surfaces, including quips about trust in marriage and self tolerance, mixed with stray business maxims and a misfired thought on incubator chicks. The fragmentary prose hints at editorials or a light column but yields no coherent story or clear news item.
The Milwaukee Road commits to meeting the needs of military personnel while maintaining reliable service for all riders across its territory including the Way Station where the pup meets trains and the Big Town area.
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