This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1948
Page
4
Editorials discuss the 15th meeting of the Three-Quarter-Century Club with 130 plates served. Members value friendships and visits over formality, and the piece notes socializing, new dresses, and neckties, plus a playful cider anecdote involving Ralph Shannon and Prof Law.
Bruce Cowden recalls attending the Journal Three-Quart er Century club meeting where members aged 75 to over 90 reflect on past community leadership. He notes the cheerfulness, renewed friendships, and shared memories of Washington’s prewar era, before cars and planes changed life. A reader praises the column’s old days depictions and engaging subjects.
A reader letter corrects the use of the word tinkerer in praising Max Lee’s repair work at Lorden music shop. The piece also recounts old papers found by Doc Lee, detailing Senator Brookhart’s 1912 rifle marksmanship team with Lt. Le Roy Schilling and Sgt. John E. Jackson, who later joined the Olympic team in Stockholm.
Marvin Crull of Columbus Junction and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Ross and Alice Stronghurst return from a three week motor trip to the Pacific. The Helverson family from Lemar and the Park family from the first of the week hosted callers. Burcet Johnston and sons plan move to Joliet Illinois for a junior college teaching post after earning a University of Iowa master’s degree.
The Aug. 30 start for Cotter School with Supt BE G Kewley stated, high school enrollment Aug 24–27, and lunch service beginning Aug 31. Soybeans should be inoculated before planting with inoculum sold at eastern Kansas seed stores. An ad touts TE-OL antiseptic claimed to kill athlete’s foot quickly, sold by Geo L McDaniel, Druggist.
The 50 attendees gathered for the annual reunion of the descendants of Parkis and Jane Shields Woodruff at Columbus Chautauqua Park. Officers elected included Mrs. Grace Hanft as president Chalmer’s Daily as vice president and Mrs. Juanita Wasson as secretary and treasurer. The 1949 reunion is planned for Rock Island.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.