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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1946
Page
4
A concise 1946 column blends political critique with everyday notes. It questions labor and government relations after the coal strike, comments on Stalin rumors, and notes local infrastructure progress like Rock Island’s North Iowa Avenue station. It also touches on tax policy shifts for corporations, whiskey stockpiles, and a light jab at a Hollywood profile habit.
A collection of quips about bachelor life love and marriage pairs with sharp definitions for terms like Civil Service and Imagination. The humor centers on age mismatches, courtship fears, and social sayings in a small town voice.
A collection of short witticisms and exchanges including a mother's intuition versus transparency, a swim comparison, a child’s Santa and bread question, a voter quo from a vet, a playful candidate quip about Saint Peter, and a note on a young woman returning to a parked car in a restricted area.
A distressed woman observ es a stolen car report and contacts a traffic officer after noticing her vehicle missing. An hour later the car is driven to her door by an unidentified person, with police involvement noted.
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