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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1944
Page
4
A collage of observations on aging and society notes the pull between push and pull toward success. It reflects on freedom of the press in Europe and the United States, leap year notions, and shifts in employment and debt as postwar realities loom.
Gracious service and smiling words drive customers, not only price or stock. Rev. and Mrs. Norman G. Webster of Worthington PA share a poem about Courtesy urging shopkeepers to treat customers well to encourage return business.
In Bald Knob Arkansas a moviegoer complains about seating high above the crowd during a gasoline ration rush. A white haired teacher at a table grins as the applicant holds up a coupon amid a crowded rush, signaling a small wartime humor.
An old drug advertisement claims Carter's Little Liver Pills increase digestive juice flow, easing headachy and upset feelings. It promises relief within minutes and urges purchase at drugstores for 10¢ or 25¢.
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