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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1946
Page
6
The fragment hints at a Blondie comic feature by Chic Young involving a humorous feud or decision plot. No clear event or date is readable, but the strip appears within the usual Sunday comic page context. Further readable lines would clarify the specific gag and characters involved.
In 1881 McCormick arranged for a license to manufacture the Apple by type of twine binders. He entered the 1881 harvest ready to do battle with his main competitor William Deering.
Local lines announce Golden State Limited No 3 and 4, No 39 and 40 not stopping at Washington. Eastbound buses depart from Washington at multiple times with Chicago as final note. Tickets available at Bus Depot and North Side locations for long distance travel coast to coast.
Figs provide high calories and are rich in iron and calcium. They have long been recommended for their laxative properties and are available fresh plain canned or dried.
The timetable lists departures and arrivals between Washington Cedar Rapids Iowa City Mt Pleasant Fort Madison Macomb Quincy Ill and other cities with multiple daily runs from key depots at 107 W 2nd. Tickets are sold at the local depot.
County officers and Washington Independent School District leaders are listed with titles and names. Includes county attorney John Owen and county auditor Fred Bourgeois, district superintendent W A Erbe, principal Ethel McCreedy, school board members, and Masonic lodge officers.
Community notes recount memories of December cold snaps and a Los Angeles antique repair shop run by a heraldic artist. The letter mentions weather lore, Margaret Wise Brown, a couple’s marriage history, local visitors Leland and Jewell Carris, growing interest in natural gas, Santa Claus day in Washington, and a daily reminder to be merry for others.
The film The Diary of a Chambermaid arrives Thursday at State Theatre in a Benedict Bogeaus presentation with Burgess Meredith Paulette Goddard and Hurd Hatfield in leading roles. Adapted from Octave Mirbeau the drama follows Celestine as she stirs passion among four suitors at a country estate, ending in a dramatic climax during a family vacation.
Ken Reynolds reports Mr and Mrs Murray Smylie of Washington visited Mrs S G, sharing a social call and updating local acquaintances. The brief notes highlight community ties and familiar names in the area.
A list of upcoming livestock and farm sales across Iowa towns including Whittaker sale barn Columbus Junction Kalona Wellman Washington and Wayland. Entries note sale dates December 4 to December 19 with times 11:00 to 12:00 and agents such as Mrs Hattie Kessel Leo Sharp Wiles Bros M W Miller and Orr & Daering.
Chemists report a simplified technique to isolate pure bean mosaic virus from the common bean and suggest the method can be applied to study viruses causing human diseases.
Four million four hundred thousand rural children attend school in forty thousand consolidated schools. They require eighty thousand to ninety thousand buses that travel about twenty five miles daily one way for daily trips.
At Crawfordsville on Thanksgiving Day children of Mr and Mrs F W Fletcher gathered for dinner the year except the Clarence Fletcher family of Moline. Rev Howard F Ball is enjoy-
Mr and Mrs C C Moorhead moved into their new home the former United Presbyterian parsonage this week.
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