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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1946
Page
5
A Wayland incident reports Nebel being thrown from a tractor pulling a wagon when the brakes were slammed, causing a fall and the wheel to run over him near the Wayland creamery. It also notes community visits and local travels of residents, plus a profile of John Jay of Toledo employing blind workers.
Gracehill items note Alice Strohm from Chicago visiting her brother C A Strohm and Mrs Strohm. Ida Du Prez of Muscatine visits sister Mrs Chas Harvey. Numerous Aug 14 to Aug 14 gatherings include dinners and Sunday visits with the Harvey, Pardon, Donaldson, Woodford, Eyestone, Seethout, Waterhouse, Strohm, and Boone families across Washington Brighton and Davenport.
Sour milk can replace sweet milk cup for cup to lighten and flavor breads, gingerbread, and spice cake. Use 1 2 teaspoon soda per cup of sour milk, or 1 4 teaspoon for milk just turning sour. Too much soda causes bad flavor, odor, and yellow color. Mix soda with dry ingredients to trap gas for leavening.
Agriculture officials advise to pull up mature vines with attached fruit and hang them in a dry moderately lit area such as a garage. The green fruits will redden on the vine and tomatoes will keep for weeks in this method.
The article notes gloves as an ancient item of clothing with cave dwellers wearing them. It emphasizes how primitive societies valued hand coverings, suggesting gloves appeared in early human attire and served practical purposes.
The text traces the growth of job printing from a small sideline in early 19th century newspaper shops to a distinct industry by 1880 with 58.5 thousand wage earners in about 8.5 thousand book and job shops. By 1937 the sector employed 192 thousand in 13.9 thousand book and job plants.
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