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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1944
Page
4
A small Myrtle eCleary circle meeting of the Presbyterian church discussed plans for next year. A booth at the fall bazaar was approved and dues may rise to boost membership. Interwoven talks on Indians Spanish and Negro missions sparked lively discussion.
The piece warns that using too little soap harms cleaning and wastes what is used. It also debunks unwrapping cake soap to make it last, noting drying removes soap properties. Proper use requires soaking longer in water to produce good suds and maintain cleanliness.
A comparison to post-World War I suffering notes Armenian starvation and heavy losses in Poland and Serbia as a warning about current occupier regimes.
Contact lenses grow in use in the United States with about 10,000 wearers. Advances in lens design fitting techniques and solutions improve eye comfort, allowing long wear without discomfort.
Railroads transport 55 percent more freight than during the last war with 22 000 fewer locomotives and half a million fewer freight cars, delivering the improved volume at reduced expense.
Mrs. Eva Livinger of Toledo was struck and killed by a Northwestern freight train at 4 p.m. Tuesday while walking west of town. Coroner Harvey Jones said the engineer reported the woman stepped off the tracks as the train approached and appeared to throw herself in front of it. The freight train was headed west.
Mrs Livinger, arriving from Chicago, intends to work as a housekeeper for Vince W Krubl in Toledo. Krubl reports she appeared in good spirits as events unfold on 14 March.
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