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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1947
Page
4
A collection of reflective vignettes covers faith, aging, and community life. It contrasts modern mass production and high prices with unemployed wages, notes pride in U S industry, and warns against door to door peddlers lacking local accountability.
A column recalls saving melon seeds to feed red cardinals in winter and notes a Florida 4-H boy Raleigh Thompson feeding his pigs chocolate cookies to fatten them. It mentions a Wellman area high point in Washington County for cooling nights and camping ideas.
Gracehill residents recall a supper at the John Hough home where Bobby Ray Hough celebrated his second birthday with family including his great grandmother Ida Hough and grandfather Ira Hough. Nearby relatives and friends from West Chester Elgin Bethany Cantril Burlington and Davenport join the social rounds and visits across the area.
A boy feeds pigs a mix of chocolate cookies noodles beef broth peanut husks and powdered milk with two extra delicacies before market. Raleigh notes the diet adds weight at low cost raising a pig for about $8 and selling around $23, as with the 235-pound pig sold last week.
Ira Miksch, this week. Mrs. Opal Hamilton of Iowa City is spending the week with her sister, Mrs. Virgil Pardun. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Bell and Robert of Sigourney spent from Thursday till Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Pardun.
Rev A E Parsons leaves Duanesburg New York to lead United Presbyterian church in Columbus City and will preach first sermon September 7. He was educated at Westminster Seminary Philadelphia 1939 and served as missionary in Kentucky and Houston mission superintendent. Parsons and family plan to move September 1.
Their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Ralph Lowe Jr and family at Clinton Mo visited the Mrs Lens Owens home before returning home. Mrs Amelia Wehmeyer and son Herman Naper Neb and Mrs Fred Palmer Fulton NY also visited. Mr and Mrs George Mintoyne moved from the K H Robert son home to the Mrs Mable Smy lie apartment.
Lexington families enjoy summer trips with Bill Martin in Colorado W F Flynn and N MacGugin in California John Flading family back from Wisconsin New playground equipment to be installed at Lexington school John Flading to use new trailer house during Des Moines fair week Creamery picnic at North English and Harper picnic dinner attended Mrs Frink visiting in W F Irvan home
Rates list per three months by carrier in Washington and outside zones. In Washington district 1st and 2nd zones priced at 6.00 for six months 28.50 for three months. All subscriptions payable in advance with $22.60 and $10.00 shown in the text.
The husband is in Washington, D.C., for instruction related to his new job, as stated in the clipping.
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