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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1942
Page
4
Editorials urge cheerful letters to troops, emphasize mail as vital, and call for continued home front sacrifice. They note 18.5 percent of year firings involve under 21, discuss youth discipline, and urge bonds and patient leadership. They warn of shortages, skepticism, and the need to keep public trust during war.
A cartoonish dialogue contrasts a daub of red paint on a woman's nose with street vanity. A middle aged woman loses balance and falls from a window into a garbage can. A passerby comments Americans are wasteful and the woman is good for ten years yet.
A young woman recalls meeting a handsome officer who complimented her, and her mother urges caution and distrust of any man who begins to deceive at their first meeting.
A humorous dialogue features Uncle Eli and Jim debating how to stay peppy past 100. Eli jokes about negotiating endorsements with cereal companies while Joe notes improvements as a local manufacturer hires unrelated workers.
A brief, anonymous exchange shows Timmy accusing a draftee of flirtation while Timmy reveals he was caught, not the other way around. The dialogue hints at romantic complications and social tensions surrounding a draftee.
A classroom joke shows a teacher explaining fortification and ratification. Joany misreads fortification as a big fort and guesses ratification as a big rat, highlighting a playful misunderstanding of word meanings.
Barber teases Sambo about dirty shirt. Porter jokes a mad wife busy with washing explains the pile. Simple humorous exchange in a domestic setting.
A village shop changes ownership and faces a slow payer. The customer asks to send six tins of salmon with a condition to forward a check if good. The new proprietor replies with a punning reply offering a check if the salmon is good, reversing the deal.
At Columbus Junction on August 18, 18 teams entered a two division pulling contest. In the light division Clinton Harrison Maxwell Batavia took first with Harri Hanna second. Gale Dickinson Pleasant Plain fourth. In the heavy division F B Martin Fountanelle first. R E Peters Brighton second. Harold Humston Washington third. Walter Perry Dallas City fourth. Winners were announced during the society horse show Friday evening.
A tribute to Mary Louise Sawhill at Mrs. Boyd Berdo’s South Iowa Avenue home recalls her late childhood here and her many journeys. Updates note her brother’s camp in California and upcoming Canadian/Dakota visits before she returns to teach.
The Honey June sweet corn developed for the South is said to resist drought and produce more ears. Reports indicate a fair crop of roasting ears despite no rain from planting to harvest.
The line cites a castle named Doubting Castle owned by Giant Despair as described by John Bunyan in his allegorical tale.
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