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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1943
Page
4
A column blends verses, personal illness humor, and civic reflection. It notes farmers preferring self reliance over subsidies, contrasts rural neighborliness with city life, questions labor disclosure practices, and cites wartime views from multiple newspapers commenting on postwar policy and subsidy debates.
A jumble of humorous vignettes and wry reflections on daily routines. Musings cover aging, dress, breakfast rituals, and clever lines from encounters, including a Washington girl and her grandfather and a jab at future smoking plans. The notes blend humor with social observation.
Mr. and Mrs. John Shalla and Mrs. Emma Bopp hosted twenty guests for dinner on South Iowa avenue on Tuesday evening. Cards followed, with other residents noted in attendance.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hopping of Riverside welcomed guests at a family dinner honoring the birthdays of their daughters Mrs. Tommy Lombardi of Brooklyn New York and Marjorie Hopping. A two course chicken dinner followed by social time and a large birthday cake centerpiece. Additional guests included the Clark Hoppins family from Columbus Junction Oscar Geret and Larry Riverside and Charles Custer of Washington.
Dinner guests at the Bovee home and Christmas color displays mark a quiet spell. The McCalls left for Florida, while Oscar Jugenheimer’s brain tumor worsens at seventy seven with care from Mrs. Elmer Mason. Fred Downing cameras Sunday papers for the Des Moines Register as Mr. and Mrs. Richard Johnson resume gadabout life after selling their grocery store.
The Presbyterian church invites attendees to Wednesday night prayer at seven thirty led by Dr Eastwood who also leads a short Bible study. The sessions are brief and aim to provide spiritual refreshment. A reader notes ration slip dates are tracked and reused after expiry as a routine practice. Flowers prepared at a shop are later questioned for provenance with some wreaths claimed to be bought elsewhere.
Muscatine police charged Clarence Secrist a local florist with petty larceny for stealing wreaths from cemetery graves. He is free on a $100 bond after investigators found a large box ready for shipment to Indiana and additional wreaths at his home.
The self propelled torpedo was developed in 1866 by Robert Whitehead, a Scottish engineer, marking a milestone in naval weaponry.
Advertises Carter's Little Liver Pills as a double action laxative and bile flow stimulant. Claims they relieve headaches low spirits and fatigue by clearing the intestinal tract and increasing liver bile flow, with a 25 cent price at any druggist.
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