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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1943
Page
5
Burlington Hawkeye Gazette notes a fatigued medical corps officer who traveled from Cincinnati to Chicago with a violent patient and a disruptive woman occupying his reserved seat. The piece ends with a social commentary on specialists and public harmony.
A mosaic of brief notes on wartime issues and readers letters. Topics touch on synthetic rubber, quail and partridge stocking, Italian commands in the Balkans, and public views on price control. Miscellany includes WAVES attire, emotization claim, a Teeland postcard line, skirt length debates, and POW repatriation concerns.
A Lake Mills Graphite essay argues that farmers laborers and businessmen focus on their own interests. It urges readers to understand others concerns and suggests higher living if people try to see issues from another’s perspective.
Many residents report basement flooding after Monday night’s heavy rain. nearly everyone kept dry basements except a few. The piece notes the widespread impact and villagers’ surprised admissions of water intrusion.
A wartime quip recounts how soldiers joked that cooties affected math during army life. The joke frames cooties as adding to troubles, subtracting from pleasures, dividing attention, and multiplying woes.
A comic exchange has Arlette asking about speed and the aviator replying that he once survived a shipwreck with a dozen beautiful girls, noting a rescue ship as the fastest traveler in that situation.
A 1870 tribute delivered at a Warrensburg Missouri court trial is noted. The account highlights respect for the deceased and commemorates a community figure, reflecting local sentiment during the legal proceedings. The excerpt preserves historical tone from the period.
A legal tale recalls Mr Vest defending a dog owner suing for 150 dollars after a hunting dog was killed. The jury awarded 500 but the judge cut to 150, later referenced in a Senate tribute eight years later. The piece includes a meditation on loyalty, reputation, and money. The text ends with a reflection on the single loyal friend.
A famous passage by Senator West of Missouri extols a dog in unwavering loyalty. It asserts the animal remains beside its master through poverty, illness, and death, guarding and watching even as friends abandon him. The piece frames the dog as a model of constancy and devotion.
The passage lists crops suitable for ensiling from bloom to firing stage including wheat oats barley rye in early bloom timothy orchard grass and combinations with weeds and other grasses. It also notes corn sorghum Sudan grass and millet before severe firing.
A small spark from rubbing a cat’s back can ignite vapor from gasoline cleaners. Gasoline and similar cleaners evaporate quickly and fumes travel to open flames, causing explosions, frequent deaths, and serious injuries.
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