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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1941
Page
4
A light humor column shares a definition of a parking space and a string of jokes. It includes two pub seating gags about Irish and Scottish travelers signing their names and nationalities and a light quip from a dishwasher about affection and practice.
A tribute to Don Sherman highlights his quiet Christian leadership and YMCA presidency from 1924 while detailing a Norwegia n mayor’s account of Nazi oppression. The piece cites a Military Affairs Committee minority report by congressmen including Thomas E. Martin and others on U S defense strength and policy.
Official notice to citizens of Washington County states that Iowa Southern Utilities Company requests a franchise from the Iowa State Commerce Commission to erect and maintain electric transmission lines across public lands and private property in Washington County Iowa. The filing, from Centerville, Iowa, outlines the route starting at the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of Section 34 and proceeds along highway and land boundaries.
A visitor tests his early round with a wild swing on the first tee and remarks the course is at least two inches lower than the one he normally plays on. The brief quips capture a mix of humor and observation from a social page.
A joke on devotion opens with a lad’s affection for his lassie and an artist’s love for art. A woman feeling unwell after a social event was advised by her doctor to drive home, get dressed, and go to bed. The Iowa Commerce Commission set September 9, 1941 at 10 am in Des Moines for a franchise hearing with written objections due five days prior.
Switzerland recognizes three official languages with cantons aligned by neighbors. French cantons border France, German cantons border Germany, and Italian cantons border Italy, with residents typically speaking the neighboring country’s language.
Local column recalls church exhibits at the basement of the Methodist church and the 4 H club girls work while praising the Red Cross booth. Mentions Lincoln School on South Town Avenue, Sunday tent services, and a cold note from Mrs. Lavingston in San Francisco. Also reports turkeys hatched at Maple Crest Hatchery and a grape juice pie recipe.
A Richmond Times Dispatch item comments on the blurred line between real life and fiction as it appears in world affairs and photography portraits, noting how events often rival imagined stories.
Australia plans to export short wooled sheep skins suitable for making coats to the United States. The initiative aims to expand trade in raw wool products and tap demand for premium outerwear materials.
A survey finds women purchase 85 percent of bridge books and hold about 97 percent of bridge teaching positions with around 90 percent of pupils being women. The top players remain predominantly men, a mystery of science.
Con stance Harris, statistician for a Providence newspaper, reports Rhode Island has no women who work as plumbers. The state lists 23 women paper hangers, 14 women undertakers, 7 women porters, 4 women stonecutters, 4 women forest rangers, 2 professional fisherwomen, and 2 women auctioneers.
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