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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 19, 1948

Page

6

Public Hearing Set Over Franchise for Haskins Streets

The Iowa State Commerce Commission schedules a March 9 1948 hearing in Des Moines on Docket E-8374 for granting a street and alley franchise to operate in the village of Haskins and surrounding Sections 3 13 14 15 16 17 18 24 34 35 36 of Township 74N Range 6 7 W. Objections must be filed in triplicate five days before the hearing.

Said Township Range Crawfordsville Said Township Seventy-four Haskins Iowa State Commerce Commission Des Moines Iowa

D Colton Hospitalized Has Two Operations

Denny Colton four year old son of Mr and Mrs Merle Colton underwent an operation for hernia and a tonsillectomy at the county hospital Thursday morning. He is recovering nicely. Denny's grandmother Mrs Elvin McGrath ofROUND GROVE, Feb. 17.

John Skubal Round Grove Denny Colton Merle Colton Denny Elvin McGrath Ralph Edwards Marion Ferguson Iowa City Wm. Zachs George Helen Dean Zahs Ralph Boyd Cleo Orris Sam Boyd H. M. Boyd Muscatine Donna Boyd Hilton Coon Bill Crandall Washington Peres Skubal Jim Colton Bob Greene Jim Jones Connie Skubal Colton Arnold Nicholson Cotter Westminster Guild

Marine Corporal Kron Takes Part in Coast Amphibious Maneuvers

Riverside reports Marine Corporal Edwin J. Kron son of Mr and Mrs Clair Kron joined amphibious maneuvers off Camp Pendleton California aimed at readiness for west coast operations Kron serves with Marine Photographic Squadron 254 at El Toro Further items note St Marys guild bake sale plans and local family updates including moves and school activities.

Estelle Critz Riverside Edwin J. Kron Clair Kron Route No. 2 Camp Pendleton California Navy Marine Corp. Kron Marine Photographic Squadron 254 Marine Aircraft Group No. 33 Calif St. Mary's Guild St. Mary's Kiefer Hardware Maynard Schneider Margie Street Hills Schneider Riverside Public School Milo Miller and Sons Milo Miller Goshen Indiana

Uses of Electricity Shifts Rural Power Focus

Completion of rural power line construction will not end rural electrification. It will shift emphasis to developing more farm uses of electricity, a field barely scratched.

Community and Farm Auction Listings Across Iowa

Weekly sales at Whittaker sale barn and Midway Sales in Columbus Junction plus Kalona and Ollie sales weekly. Monthly closingout and public auctions listed with dates from February 20 to 25, including Knotek Bros Timm farm sale and Wead farm closing outs near Washington and Sharon. Specific times and locations provided for each event.

Whittaker Sale Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction Iowa Kalona Ollie Livestock Exchange Ollie Hi Dollar Sales Company Sigourney Wellman Roy W. Eckhardt Watkins West Chester Willard M. Hole Knotek Bros Rubio Valley Church Washington John A. Luithly Wead Stalder & Neff Sharon Raymond R. Brenneman

Production of magnesium on commercial scale in Germany in 1913

Magnesium metal first produced commercially in Germany around 1913. Its initial main use was photographic lighting, as the powdered metal produced an intense white light when ignited.

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