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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1948
Page
7
Poultry shipments include 21 trucks with varying hens and broilers. Hens listed: leghorn 25, hybrid 28, colored 40, Plymouth Rock 44, White Rock 44, Springs 47. Ducks 34, ducklings 34, light ducks 24.
In Indianapolis seven ex servicemen on the American Legion uniform committee prepare to decide tomorrow the new dress for 290 all female posts. They aim for a modern below knee skirt with a flared blouse and a so called derriere constraint.
Riverside mourns Russell Cummings 57 who died at St Anthony s hospital Rock Island He was a World War I veteran and worked as a linotype operator at Augustana Book Concern Burial followed at Chippiannock cemetery Funeral services held at Hodgsons funeral home Also notes on high school softball tournament bee sting incident and local gatherings without major detail
The Rural Electrification Administration approved a 200000 dollar loan to Hancock County Rural Electric Cooperative in Garner Iowa to extend electrical service to farm areas.
The French naturalist Georges Cuvier (1769 1832) perfected comparative anatomy and could reconstruct a full skeleton from a few bones. He is hailed as the father of paleontology as later scientists studied animal life history.
A native Madagascar palm offers practical aid to travelers by storing rainwater in leaf-stalk sheaths, yielding edible seeds, and providing thatching material for huts, serving as food drink and shelter for wanderers in the wilderness.
Funeral services for Mrs. Maria K. Schwier daughter of Mr and Mrs John Lunow Bennett Iowa were held Monday April 26 at 2 pm Rev George Griesse of St Johns Lutheran presided with burial in Ida Grove cemetery Born March 17 1888 she died April 23 1948 Survivors include brothers Ernest Washington Henry Lunow Tipton sisters Mrs Margaret Dettman Mechanicsville Mrs Louisa Sweck Loudon and Mrs Emma Schnack Davenport Pallbearers were Walter Schmidt David Greenwald William Schumann Helmut Rolls John Hayward and William Rossow.
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