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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1941
Page
5
Community notes describe a handmade linen button from Ireland used on pillow slips with intricate buttonholing. Local residents share news of military training for Robert Stirling and social visits, including gatherings at Shalla and Zieglowsky homes and paint updates on farmsteads.
Original notice in the district court lists plaintiff Dale Mitchell against multiple defendants including Oliver Clemens Jane Clemens Thomas A Sharp William Gormley Andrew Ferguson Mary Ferguson John Tucker Thadeus Moore and Thaddeus Moore December term at Dale Iowa filing details and service requirements provided by court clerk.
California tennis stars Frank Kovacs and Virginia Wolfenden announced their marriage on July 14 in Indianapolis. The couple were photographed in Rye New York where both played in the grass court championships.
Petition filed in Washington County Iowa district court seeks to quiet and confirm fee simple title to described real estate against named defendants and unknown claimants. The suit alleges record title errors and seeks full relief with defaults if defendants fail to appear before September 1941 term. References Richard A. Stewart attorney and dates July 29 through August 19, 1941.
Shiloh notes show Bill Rawn visiting Ralph Schoonover Friday. Fae Schoonover returned after visiting Bette Sho walter in Rock Island. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Caldwell and Billy returned from a Des Moines park reunion then Dows to see Frank and M rs Qual ders and Tama on the return. At the Sigafoose home Howard and Mrs Sigafoose with L. F. Sigafoose and Jean Sigafoose visited Sunday.
Sunday visits spanned multiple households with the Sigafoose and Showalter families visiting in Illinois communities. The Davison Rich reunions drew relatives from Weathind and Toledo collaborations, and pump repairs were performed for L R Donaldson. Families from Moline Rock Island and Washington attended gatherings and chores over the day.
A motor truck owned by August Dowe of Ellenburg New York returned after repairs and, with steering gear failure, careened from a highway onto the lawn smashing through the front door of his farm home causing damage though no injuries are mentioned.
A step by step home technique describes folding a large rectangle of paper into a cone or cutting cardboard into the shape of a tie. The form is placed inside the tie, flattened to fit, laid on a smooth ironing board with a damp cloth, and pressed to shape the tie.
Prairie Center reports C Wittmer of Havre will quit his cream egg and grocery route after eight years. A Wellman, Iowa City bound substitute will take over the cream route, carrying bredd butter and cheese. Sam Jr plans to study medicine at University of Town Iowa City. Other items note threshing averages, family visits, a sick yearling, a lightning strike on a milk cow, and chickens moved from brooder to barn.
The U S census bureau reports 305381 eating and drinking establishments and 57902 drug stores in the United States.
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