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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1941
Page
6
A community column recalls a safety message urging pedestrians to obey traffic signals, noting fines for crossing at red lights. It also reports social updates from local families, sales of household goods, visits, and residents preparing to relocate or travel.
Rev and Mrs John Nye returned from a Lada Illinois vacation this week. Mrs Charles Derkins of Iowa City and Jack Derkins of Joliet Illinois visited late in the week. Ronald Moore disclosed a Skelly Oil station detail from Home Oil. A E Sands and son Neal visited Keota to see Sam Sands brought home from Lincoln Nebraska due to long illness. Mrs Harvey Sands visiting for a few days.
Local governments including counties and cities carried combined debts of 126.98 dollars per person. The figure highlights mounting fiscal obligations at subnational levels across the United States.
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