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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1943
Page
4
The column muses on cold winter sounds and moral duties as World War II reshapes life. It bleeds into views on parental delinquency, voting, price controls, modernization, atomic power, and aging with quotes from readers and editors across several papers. It reflects a period tone, linking home front sacrifice, scientific promise, and political cautions.
Prairie Flower residents host dinners for Ernest Knupp before his San Diego enlistment and celebrate community members. Pfe Eugenia Smith arrives from Fort Des Moines for a weekend visit. Ward Benson on furlough from Canada visits family. Christmas programs planned at the Prairie Flower church and a baptismal service is noted.
A jumble of home life vignettes from wartime days. Ella Warren makes pineapple cookies but Mrs. Ruddock of Massachusetts urges more than a half cup of pineapple. Mrs. Ramseyer praises cranberry relish. A boy with a giant cookie jar at Peters hardware wonders where the cookies go. A laundry delay disrupts a social meeting, while gas rationing shapes daily errands. War bond plans and a white elephant sale appear amid Christmas preparations. In Abilene John and Heinie Lytle hear WHO announce Uncle Alex Lytle’s death, linking to Mayor Lytle of Washington. Local rentals shift as H M Eich er’s former house nears January 1st with new tenants planned.
Almanac style note by Alvin Hasty from Homestead Farm dated December 15. Describes furnace fires as omens before a storm and contrasts sparks and pops with impending weather. Mentions basement furnace as a sign and hints at small domestic weather lore.
A narrator notes barometer like signs and stormy farm conditions influencing people. Describes soldiers overseas and Christmas greetings, prayers for protection, and memories of the fallen. Reports a Washington county land sale of 48 acres at 14,400 dollars and a nearby 48 acre tract at 300 dollars per acre.
Dayton Grove report: the So and Sew Club met at Mrs. A. KE Knotts with Mrs. Trena Oldfield. Thirteen members, one guest Mrs. Bishop, and three children attended as gifts were exchanged. An all day gathering with Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hammond was planned for December 14.
Mrs Bish op joins club and members enjoy refreshments after a meeting. Mrs Walter Leet and sister visit with their sister Sadie Nott of Fairfield who has been ill. Mr and Mrs Charles Thapp in Washington for a morning call. Lyle Daryl and Leo Oldfield visit Irena Oldfield and A F Knotts. Leo to camp Dec 14. Knauss family expresses thanks for sympathy after bereavement.
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