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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1945
Page
3
A 1945 column mix critiques Japan on peace moves, urges production to curb the black market, and warns against wartime overreach while predicting jet travel. It laments juvenile delinquency, praises barefoot feet, and discusses military discipline, conscription, and postwar demobilization impacts. References Goebbels hate propaganda, Allied trials, WAVES, and views on health insurance.
In a wartime tale a soldier credits winning a medal to a single act that saved his regiment. Asked how he did it he replies he shot the cook, a surprising, ironic turn that frames his feat.
A private tutor describes the student as being literally stranded on languages and questions if he is getting well grounded. The exchange highlights frustration and concern over language learning progress.
Customer asks if the hair restorer works. Druggist recalls a man who opened a bottle with his teeth and woke with a mustache. Historians say women used cosmetics in the Middle Ages and still do.
A courtroom exchange features a judge questioning a police officer about a man with three wives. The officer cites bigotry, the judge rebukes the remark as a pun on trigonometry rather than bigotry.
A passenger overheard a porter cautioning to give a woman a wide berth as she boarded the train, highlighting tense social dynamics and a sharp remark amid travel.
Dialogue snippet shows a brother who became a doctor thriving financially. He tells some patients there is nothing wrong with them, hinting at arrogance or complacency in his success. The exchange underscores differing views on medical care and perceived competence.
A heated exchange centers on a romantic dispute as one partner insists on denying the other’s love while confessing to preserving every letter exchanged. The dialogue reveals emotional tension and claimed devotion within a strained relationship.
A gentleman sought the correct plural for mongoose. He wrote to a dealer asking for two mongoese and tore up the note, then tried two mongooses. Dissatisfied, he rewrote: Sir, Please send me a mongoose, and by the way, send me another.
Katherine Holcomb of Washington shares a cousin Ralph Ateni’s navy letter from the Pacific describing a village visit. The party of about 25 traveled by boat, saw natives and Filipinos, huts, palm-frond roofs, and a village run by Australians. The note notes hospital, police, curio shop, and cultural differences including dress, tattoos, and crocodile carvings.
North Carolina stands out by completing every blank in the national census of farm products. The report lists crops grown across northern and southern regions, reflecting full participation.
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