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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1931
Page
4
A garbled OCR page mixes quips on traffic laws and vision with wartime slang, a payroll jab, funeral notices, and obituaries. It mentions a funeral at Clay cemetery, survivors including Ferne Howard of Monmouth and relatives in California and Iowa, reflecting a small town newspaper snapshot.
Obituary notices describe the death of Mrs. Mary Lou Sargent at center mile home after a sudden illness. It notes her service as a teacher in Clay township and many terms in local schools and her late husband Sergeant in 1848. The second fragment recalls burial at Clay and a long life of teaching and community work.
Crawfordsville December 3 report details River Side bova and girls high school teams securing victories. Cyclones 59 to 10 and Cyclones 6 to 19 to 18 mark decisive scores as both local squads field full rosters. Upcoming games scheduled at Wyand Friday night and with Wayland here.
The program featured displays of clubs fairs and light reading with guests Mrs Stites and Mrs Bullers serving tea and cookies. Attendees included Lee Pruitt of Ottumwa and Mr and Mrs W A Tracy of Mt Union as part of a basketball series held Tuesday evening. Lisle An Syl named bass singer in A Cappella at Wesleyan News Mt Pleasant. Winterset Doctor Burton D Little dies.
A woman reports losing 47 pounds by taking Kruschen Salts for three months. She weighed 217 pounds with abdominal pains before and after use feels stronger younger and lighter. She credits the product with improved health and appearance and notes a single bottle costs 85 cents at Mt Lemmon's Pharmacy. Diet tips accompany the claim urging light foods and avoiding pastry fatty meats potatoes butter and sugar.
A fragmented text mentions a person born on a date or place near Askaloowa with unclear details. The snippet suggests biographical notes but lacks full names, events, or context to identify a clear news item.
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