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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1942
Page
4
A series of light anecdotes and jokes set in wartime contexts. A lone Irish soldier jokes about digging his garden for guns after a censored letter. a teacher hints at herrings birthing 2 000 fry. bar banter and dating misfires play out in quick punchlines.
Commentary from Marshalltown Times-Republican laments wartime government waste and rising taxes while urging retrenchment in non essential spending. It critiques federal programs, union wage demands, and the push to maintain morale through government bodies, noting potential postwar economic challenges.
Funeral services for Amos M Weaver were conducted yesterday afternoon at L A Jones funeral home led by Dr R C Keagy of the Methodist church. Pallbearers were six Knights Templar in uniform led by A W Yard George McDaniel Will Carson Tom Carris Russell Goodin and John Winga. Burial followed at Elm Grove cemetery with Masonic lodge service under T L Brookhart. Claw Wing Birds Sought by Scientists in South America and British Guiana as they seek hoatzin to prove reptilian ancestry claims.
The piece details Professor Bert Daugherty visiting Wyman for two months with cousins the Millers, notes his sunburn and cheerful mood, and recalls his Washington Academy tenure. It also covers Phil Mercer’s promotion in Chicago, Alice Gibson Mercer, and family ties in Washington. A dog and a donkey story from Phil Mercer’s boyhood adds local humor, plus notes on Rev. Donald Irwin’s army chaplain call and birthday tributes to Jo Ellen Pickens and Ella Warren.
Dentist claim average decay counts show men averaging sixteen decaying teeth and women eleven, highlighting gender differences in dental health observed in the study.
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