This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1945
Page
8
West Chester high school reports attendance back to normal after flu. Miss Isebelle Combs hosts a faculty Christmas party. A March of Time film The Nations Capital was shown. The Christmas program includes music, dialogue and crafts. Holiday break starts December 21 with return January 2.
Illinois and neighboring states produced a record 462,780 tons of green peas in 1945, surpassing the 1942 high of 423,910 tons by about 9 percent. The 10-year average from 1934 to 1943 was 287,270 tons.
Residents share updates on travel and family news. George MecCaleb returns from Wichita while Amy Shutt closes her mother’s Oakville house. several move into properties bought by neighbors. Officers elected for Orient Lodge 365. Melvin Arthur reports W. Trotter’s husband in a German hospital after infantry wound.
Round Grove report lists Warren Norton and John Irwin selling fat hoes and Russel Jones trucking them to Ainsworth. Skubal brothers sold 102 head while Albert Taylor and Don Lemley shipped stock to Washington. Mrs John Skubal sold 80 broiling chickens. Marvin Larson harvested corn and moved from Lloyd Edwards place to a farm near Grandview. Dean Zachs rented Edwards farm for the year and will move soon. Mrs Owen Wehr spent time at Grandview helping care for relatives.
The piece notes visits between local families including the Skubals and Mathers, and mentions a Sunday dinner at the Nicholson home. Snow and road conditions accompany holiday decor updates with lights shared among neighbors, plus school program plans by Gladys Boyd and Harrison School pupils.
The narrator recounts a plan to gently tap an offending bulb to reconnect tiny wires, reviving three dead bulbs. When that failed, tin foil was placed in the socket and a replacement bulb used, targeting a single bulb on the string. That night the grandmother loaned a festive fluorescent bulbs string for a charming Christmas display.
East Sunset column reports Saturday supper guests at the William Kramer home in Winfield. Dale Bales and Christmers truckers headed to Chicago with Seattle. Mary Virginia Twinam attended a 4-H club party at Lincoln school. Mrs. Harry Jones celebrated a birthday. Ivan Hahn family moved near Washington. Possible return of Ervin Sommers to the farm next year. Mrs. Louis Hileman visited Bettendorf sister. Walter Rich family attended Stout Christmas dinner near Hedrick.
Report notes scarcity of ordinary Christmas tree bulbs and hopes for more decorations by next Christmas possibly via Santa Claus or the O P A.
No one knows who the 14 winners will be until the last votes are counted.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.