National debt exceeds farm property value and future budget headaches
The piece notes 67 billion dollars in present value debt reflecting a figure larger than half the assessed value of all U S real and personal property and 10 billion more than all farm property. It argues postwar finances will be a major challenge and lauds American free enterprise and civic clubs for shaping citizenship and resilience. It cites Dr Frederico Pinedo praising American wealth distribution and mass amenities while urging preservation of freedom and private enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Frederico Pinedo
Pinedo
Rumors of Huge Airship Dwarfing All Past Craft
The piece forecasts a new airship under construction with a wing spread as wide as a public square and payload capacity nearly double the largest planes of today. It predicts planes may circle the globe without refueling, notes war will boost air navigation, and suggests Washington may become a travel hub as universal air use approaches.
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Globe
Washington Air Field
Syria's Record Dates to 2245 B C and Nimford
Syria's historical record stretches further back than any nation with origins traced to 2245 B C when Nimford founded Babylon. The page notes Syria turning another history‑making chapter as it preserves ancient chronicles and cultural legacy.
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Syria
Earth
Nimford
Babylon
Tips on batter streaks and serving meals at home
A cake streak arises from incomplete blending especially with yolks. Beat batter longer to avoid streaks. When hosting solo, serve the first course in the living room with fruit juice or soup as a practical time saving measure.
Humor and Wit Across Everyday Life
A collage of jokes and quips about inventors, misheard words, daily worries, and social quirks. Puns about Edison, bigotry, and trigonometry mix with funny hotel doors fairy tales and kitchen humor. The piece ends with playful lines on bread, butter and domestic life.
Fragmented Satire and Notices in a 1900s Paper Snippet
A mosaic of quotes and quips appears from a Richmond Times-Dispatch fragment. It mentions an insurance statistician, a murder trial reference, a clerk handling forms, and playful asides about marriage, beauty, and hats, with stray lines about a milliner and a landscape gardener.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Christmas Program Planned by East Highland Pupil Group
Miss Partington and Oak Grove No. 1 pupils prepare a Christmas program for Monday December 22 at eight oclock. Joseph Mincer and August Hartwig report they are well and gaining weight. Local visitors include Gail Murdock family Clement Rummelhart and Clemintine at Mrs Mary Dvorak and Anna Rath households. Clement and brothers plan to leave Monday for Neushon Missouri to do painting. Lewis Beranek assists at Henry Prymek farm. Teresa Lear and Joe attended Frank Kron funeral in Richmond Friday morning.
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East Highland
Junction School Plans Nativity Pageant
Columbus high and junior high music departments present The Nativity pageant at the high school on Sunday December 21 starting at five o'clock. Genevieve Fedderson directs the production replacing the usual winter operetta. Columbus schools close Friday afternoon for holidays.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Columbus High
Genevieve Fedderson
Columbus
Locals share weekend visits and health notes in Conesville area
Calif. visitor to Conesville calls on parents and relatives. Nurses Wilma Gabriel and Juanita Logan from St. Francis Hospital spent the weekend with George Gabriel. Max Heither and Verne Heither visited Conesville families. Matilda Hendrickson stayed with Blanch Masonholder. Lena Lowe suffered paralysis at home Saturday. James Allen Jr. and wife left for Columbus Georgia for work. Silver Leaf Rebekah lodge members and families held a 6 30 dinner at Odahollow dining hall with gifts exchanged. William Luckey, Iowa University student, returned home after illness.
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Calif
Otto Kemp
Conesville
Wilma Gabriel
Juanita Logan
St. Francis Hospital
Maccomb
Ill
George Gabriel
Max Heither
Verne Heither
Matilda Hendrickson
Here
Blanch N Masonholder
Lena Lowe
Silver Leaf
Rebekah Jiodge
Oda
William Luckey
University of Iowa
Personal Snap Shot Match Book Covers Gift Idea
You can have your favorite snapshot reproduced on individual match book covers for personal use. An ingenious hostess gift is a set of covers decorated with pictures of her child or home.
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the Evening Journal
Washington County
Elder, Shannon & CO
Bruce Cowden
North
Marion Avenue
Washington
Iowa
International News Service
Towa Daily Press Association
Des Moines
James
Washington Rotary Club
Rotary
Washington Club
Kiwanis
Lions
Y’s Men
Free Enterprise IN Action
America
Industrial Review
Joe Palooka
Thomas A. Edison
Scott
Carnegie
Baptist
Farmer Wheatbread
Jasper
Farmer Corntasse
Santa
Westing House
Iowa Southern Utilities CO
Margie
Fostoria
Westphal the Jeweler
U.S. Defense
Junction
P.B.O. Sisterhood
Wilma Northey
Marie Overholt
Edith Orr
Arnold Edwards
California
Ada Kemp
San _ Francisco
Ing
Austin Collings
Swailes Implement Store
Lone Tree
Georgia
James Allen, Jr
Columbus, Ga
Mr. Allen
Cooperative Service Co
G. B. Holden
Mgr
Defense Savings
Savings and Loan Association
Washington, D. C
Hickam Field
Hawaii
Hickam Airfield
Uncle Sam
Pacific
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