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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1949

Page

6

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The Washington Evening Journal lists subscription rates with 2 class mail options. Carriers in Washington pay 2 per week or 12.50 per year. The paper notes Inland Daily Press Association and other affiliations.

Washington Evening Journal Washington Iowa Elder, Shannon & Co R E. Shannon Dave R. Elder Bruce C. Cowden Charles Morris W. J. Shannon Max Marble Iowa United Press Inland Daily Press Iowa Daily Press Iowa Press Audit Bureau of Criculations

Venice Motor Cars On The Grand Canal Stir Curious Glance

A reporter describes Venice adapting modern transit with motor boats and two blue cars topped by a toothpaste advertisement, parading on barges along the Grand Canal as old habits give way to new devices. The piece notes Venice’s traditional foot travel amid the strange spectacle of a car barge and urban novelty.

Italy Les Bow Grand Canal Venice Durban

Weekly and September Livestock Sales and Estate Auction

Community sale every Friday at Whittaker sale barn and livestock sales on Wednesday at Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction Iowa. Thursday sales at Kalona Sales Barn Kalona Iowa. Tuesday 1 00 pm Ollie Livestock Exchange Ollie Iowa. September Dairy Cattle Sale at Keota starts at 1 00. Henry and Bud Trier September 13 closing out sale of 218 acre farm 136 miles east of Brighton starts at 1 30 John E Dunbar Estate.

Whittaker Midway Sales Columbus Junction Iowa Kalona Ollie Livestock Exchange Ollie Keota Henry and Bud Trier Brighton John E. Dunbar

Venice and Milan contrasts in travel and art

The writer sketches Venice clinging to medieval habits despite tourist gondola taxis and modern pressure, Milan as a modern 20th century city with Da Vinci’s Last Supper rebuilt, and Florence’s riches. He also notes hybrid seed corn adoption in Europe under Marshall Plan programs and co operative French farm groups aiding smallholders.

Venice Florence Milan Rome Leonardo da Vinci ECA Agricultual Paris Europe United Hybrids Iowa France Italy Austria ECA Advisors

First Atlantic Flight Thirty Years Ago Recalled

Thirty years after John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown completed the first nonstop Atlantic flight the event is remembered. They flew a Vickers Vimy from St Johns Newfoundland to Clifden Galway in 15 hours 57 minutes with excess fuel and overload.

John Alcock Arthur Whitten Brown St. Johns Newfoundland Clifden Galway France Science Museum London Atlantic Col Charles Lindbergh New York Paris

Home Remedies For Poison Ivy Discomfort

The guide suggests washing exposed skin promptly with laundry soap or kerosene and applying a 10 percent potassium permanganate solution to itchy areas while avoiding eyes ears and nostrils. Raking soda or epsom salts dissolved in water may ease discomfort. Seek a doctor for severe cases.

Local Drugstores Offer Phillips Pioneer Medicine

Sold in Washington by Phillips Pioneer Osincup Walgreen Drug Stores or your own drug Hist as advertised in local listings.

Washington Phillips Pioneer Osincup Walgreen

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