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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1949
Page
4
An editorial laments chasing shortcuts and urges returning to known routes. It recalls Old Rip the horned toad hoax, warns youth about bank robbery, critiques government waste after Hoover’s call for reform, and cautions against a growing welfare state advancing under cover of help.
Westchester reports the school lunch program is ready for opening day August 30 with meals at 25 cents. Tickets cover two weeks and must be purchased in advance. enrollment for eighth grade and high school indicates August 22. Registration and updates note recent classroom painting and a new west entrance.
Rambler notes surprising origins of lodges in Hawaii 1841 and Washington Iowa 1851. Hawaiian master LeTellier established a lodge on the Ajax in Honolulu harbor. Washington’s lodge No 26 of the grand lodge of Iowa dates to 1851. Gordon Rothschild reports on Masonry leaders and family ties across Iowa Hawaii and South Dakota.
Inquiries about a missionary sister in Iran note she plans to return by air in late September or early October. Her itinerary includes brief stops in Scotland and Switzerland en route to the United States, with the journey arranged for travel home.
A Red Oak writer extols the pleasures of touring dirt and county roads in Iowa over main highways. He notes uphill and downhill passes offer new vistas, arguing beauty lies beyond Little Switzerland and northeast Iowa, and recommends leisurely drives when no specific destination exists.
The text highlights Benjamin Franklin as a pioneer of American firefighting and notes Peter Stuyvesant as organizer of the first volunteer firemen. In 1736 Franklin helped establish Philadelphia’s Union Fire Company, a volunteer brigade that served for over 80 years.
International report notes ex housing official William Maher telling a Senate committee that someone in the administration perhaps in the White House arranged a meeting to lift a construction materials ban for Tanforan race track in California during a shortage.
Chemical weed control is not a substitute for good farming it is a part of good farming Losses from weeds and undesirable plant growth are as great in the aggregate as those from insects and diseases The farmer's demand for herbicides ranks second only to demand for mechanization.
Samuel Colt conceived the revolver cylinder from a ship's wheel and carved a wooden model before securing his patent in 1836.
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