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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1936
Page
6
In Columbia Missouri a Paine friendship centers on Sabra Ann Gordon and her calf. The text notes a bond between a calf mother and her offspring amid community memory of livestock care.
Community notes from Highland report Mr and Mrs Robert Wells and Mrs Milt Wollrab visiting Wilbur Chalupa. Several neighbors share Sunday meals and tasks as heavy snow limits mail delivery and road access. Observes ongoing winter conditions and local travel efforts.
Eugene Stephens accompanies a shipment of hogs to Chicago the first of the week. He visited briefly with his sister Mrs. John Elliott at Xenia before returning home Tuesday. Ralph Morris attended a sale.
David Livingston of Chicago Illinois arrived in town last evening to attend the funeral of Mrs. D J Palmer.
Inspector and Miss Julie Martin interview Mrs. Sardoni at her brick four apartment building. The talk focuses on Miss Sinclair’s callers, including Perkins from a local high school, and Sardoni’s movements after eight thirty. Sardoni explains she moved to California to start anew after an Ohio divorce.
The Journal presents a brief from D. F. Macon detailing subscription updates and reader service notes. It outlines call-in options, renewal reminders, and the contact details for subscription inquiries and adjustments.
Ralph Shannon recalls a Minnesota town visit where a traveling man stayed in a drafty hotel room and warmed by a stove. The scene sparked chatter on politics and church matters as locals discuss Steve Jones running for governor and others seeking roles in public life. People from Crawfordsville, including the Peoples Savings Bank crowd, were present as blasting powder was weighed by Shaffer Bros. at the scene.
A five year old boy Cloyde Willits dressed warmly walks toward a local store to fetch groceries for his mother. He points to Sert Willits his grandpa and shares playful family chatter about his father and relations.
Ainsworth area report describes Jesse Marr near the Marr farm walking swiftly, locusts of farm life including Elliott Stephens in Ainsworth, stock shipments by Sam, Mrs Stephens reading material and a subscription for the Evening Journal. Fire at Fletcher Motor Co Crawfordsville and local sales of Dougherty and Waggoner horses near Washington are noted Along with travel from California, a Dallas flu hospital update, and antiques curiosity including Clyde Heston’s leaf-shaped woodwork and a Seth Thomas clock.
Prices paid at local market list items from Reister including Sweet Cream No 1 Sour Cream and No 2 Sour Cream 84 and 82 cents per pound Henny Brown Eggs 20 cents per dozen Leghorn Hens 12 cents per pound Heavy Hens 13 cents per pound and assorted poultry items Ducks Geese and related poultry priced by size and variety
W Henss reports deep snow and impassable fields making town travel impossible. Residents along routes from 161 to Wyman andRussell Zickafoose’s home faced drifts, with a water tank buried and a straw pile nearly unseen under the snow.
Mrs Charley Curtis and Chris Jr are mentioned in a brief note praising their warmth and hospitality during a visit. The fragment highlights appreciation for their home and a fine horse.
Geo Yeager recalls his father’s death in 1885 on April 25 as heavy snows prevented a farmer from wetting near the field end while sawing oats. Ira Norlyke and Jay Evans receive thanks for fatherly advice at the Standard station in Ainsworth on the road home. F G McCelland Washington R 2 requests the Journal be sent out as they are snowed in.
K Frank notes Clyde Rouse’s rural home on R 2 is buried by snow with the path cleared again this morning. M C DeLong previously lived nearby, now unseen amid drifts.
A classroom joke where a teacher asks Susie about her father’s prayers. Susie replies that at supper he exclaimed Good Lord Were gui beans again revealing a humorous mishearing of a common prayer phrase.
In a playful exchange, Goofus asks about a dog hanging his tongue and Rufus answers that it balances the tail, using humorous wordplay to entertain.
A roadside grave for Lyle Sullens, former Grinnell High athlete, is marked by a highway sign reading think. Officials have not disturbed the grave after a fatal auto motorcycle crash.
A candidate announces seeking the Republican nomination for county attorney at the upcoming June primary and asks for voter support. The statement emphasizes candidacy contingent on Republican voters and expresses appreciation for backing.
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