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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1942

Page

5

Route 3 News and Family Happenings at Milton Mass

Route 3 reports a August 4 gathering with Dr and Mrs Miller and the Rogers and Brown families of Wellman. The Browns left after dinner for Mr Browns carpentry work in Wahoo Nebraska. Charles Mass birthday on August 9 prompts message from old friends. Furnisher Tractor Mick Dewa supplied a tractor for threshing as clutch failed on Ed Squires machine.

Bernice Mass Ts. Miller Etta Rogers Charles Brown Wellman Milton Mass Brown Town Wahoo Neb Nebraska Brownest Meredith Mass Ivan Mass Hammer Albert Mass Mass Charles Mass West Broad St Oho School of Aeronautics Columbus Ohio Furnisher Tractor Mick Dewa Ed Squire Inglewood California W. S. Norris Hastings Riverside Iowa City Norris Guy Thompson Des Moines Marcella Thompson Mary Pogge Mercy Hospital Davenport Mrs A. H. Pogge

May Snider Sells Property but Operates Next Door

May Snider, operator of the Wayside Inn, sold the property but continues to operate on the neighboring Edmondson property.

May Snider Wayside Inn Edmondson

Taken By Death After Long Illness

John W. Pigg of Riverside dies at age 78 after two years at the county home near Washington. Funeral held at Trinity Methodist Church with Rev. Fitzsimmons and Rev. Crozier. Burial in Riverside Cemetery. Survived by three sisters and numerous relatives.

Riverside Trinity Methodist John W. Pigg Washington County C. F. Fitzsimmons W H. Crozier Fitzsimmons J. M. Soukup William Sims Joseph Linsley William Tener Claude Flynn Omar Younkin Washington Grace Fannie (Pigg) Plummer

Salmon life cycles by species and years to spawn

The passage states that salmon have distinct life cycles ending in spawning and death. Red salmon mature in four to six years, Chinook in three to seven, Pink two, Silver three, and Chum four years.

Dietary habits of sparrows revealed in study

About a third of the food of native sparrows consists of insects. The bulk of the vegetable diet is grass and weed seeds.

Aesop Said to Be Hunchbacked Greek Slave

The article notes a longstanding claim that Aesop the famed Greek slave credited with fables was a hunchback, a detail discussed as part of historical legend and attribution debates.

Aesop

Kerosene Aids Linoleum Washing For Easier Cleaning

If kerosene is added to the water used to wash linoleum it loosens dirt and makes washing much easier. The note suggests a simple cleaning enhancement for household floors.

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