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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 1948

Page

8

Local notes share visitors births and travels in Wayland

Wayland residents report visits from Ohio Indiana Iowa and South Dakota. A baby girl named Lucy Anne weighed 7 lb 3 oz was born to Orval Miller. Several families attend Shrine Penny Sale in Davenport and a Young Married Peoples Class picnic honors the Wyse family.

Nellie Widmer Wayland Eldred Berkshire Stevie Billy Hileman Dianne Kauffman P. J. Alliman Fargo North Dakota Maynard Wyse West Unity Ohio Olive Wyse Goshen Ind Amos Wyse Lila Lorene Miller John Miller Hurley South Dakota Mr. Miller Alvin Graber Joe Beachy Near Riverside Ben R. Roth Lucy Anne Orval Miller Jennie Farmer George Wintzell Mechanicsville Wana Barbara Roth Colorado Davenport Jim Magdefrau A. B. Magdefrau Ted Tschantz Mar A C. Wenger Thurlone Myers William Brooks Delbert McGuire J. R. McWhahan Sugar Creek Earl Swartzendruber Robert Frances Duenbostle Grace Augsburger Mary Mast Sterling Illinois Amasa_ Miller Willis Troyer Anni

Local Social Rounds Include Visit From Germany Visitor

The column lists dozens of August social visits across farms and towns. Lydia Rediger of Germany arrived for a three month stay with her sister Mrs. C G Widmer and family. Florence Bergh returned from a tour of New England and Canada. Several families hosted relatives and friends including the Quaifes of Ames, the Berry family of Mediapolis, Mrs Warren Bergh, and the Crile reunion at Fairfield. First Lighted City Sunbury Pa noted as the first U S city lit by electricity.

Versary Troyer Lydia Rediger Germany C. G. Widmer Florence Bergh Creston Creston Junior College New England States Canada Eo. Quaife Ames Warren Bergh Quaife Henry County Air Jesse Berry Mediapolis Sam and Warren Bergh O. C. Boshart Hope Bedwell Casper Wyo

Lutheran Ladies Aid at Eshelman Home in Merrimac

Mrs Roy Eshelman hosted the Lutheran Ladies Aid in the church parlors on a Wednesday afternoon in Merrimac. Attendees included visiting Mr Lloyd Nida of Newton and Mr and Mrs Fred.

Lutheran Ladies Aid Eshelman Carl Amrine Merrimac Roy Eshelman Lloyd Nida Newton Fred

Green Grass of Wyoming opens at the State Theatre

Peggy Cummins Charles Coburn and Robert Arthur star in Twentieth Century Fox Technicolor filmization of Mary O Hara best seller Green Grass of Wyoming opens Sunday at the State Theatre. The film completes the trilogy begun with My Friend Flicka and Thunderhead Son of Flicka.

Peggy Cummins Charles Coburn Robert Arthur Wyoming Twentieth Century-Fox Mary O'Hara Miss O'Hara New West Flicka Thunderhead

United States Produces Large Cotton Cloth Output

The United States yields nearly 12 billion linear yards of cotton cloth annually, reflecting vast textile production capacity and industry scale across the nation.

United States

Hog feed protein guidelines by weight class

Hogs weighing 75 to 125 pounds should have a feed containing 16 17 per cent protein. Above 125 pounds 15 per cent is satisfactory.

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