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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1941
Page
4
A devotional piece from February 28 1941 weighs war hysteria and economic fears across the nation. It questions executive war powers and the Lease-Lend debate while noting inflation risks and practical self reliance. It cites Germany under dictatorship and praises U.S. highway progress funded by a gasoline tax with Iowa’s share and concerns over driving safety.
Bethel residents report plans for the annual church dinner and meeting to be held the second Wednesday of March at noon. The notice by Ruth Gideon sits among updates on flu illness, recoveries, and local weather preferences with several families listed as affected but improving.
Bill Wilson new manager at J C Penney mailed copies of the journals Greater Washington edition to friends in Green Bay Wisconsin with notes promising a special edition when available. The page also includes a string of jokes anecdotes and short vignettes about everyday life and public figures.
The column records residents at social gatherings and daily tasks. Mentions include Earl Kolosick helping Ernest Green with baling, the C E s meeting at Alvin Kephart home led by Maurice Meyer, and several visits and birthdays among neighbors.
A grivet is a guenon allied monkey common across equatorial Africa. It has white chin and whiskers a forehead band and white underparts with olive green head and back.
Practical guidance on building a comfortable durable poultry house with proper fencing floors and walls. Includes tax rules for losses under sections covering business profits fires storms theft and wagering transactions with criteria and examples.
West Virginia reports the lowest sanity average in the United States with 168 insane per 100 000 inhabitants reflecting a troubling health statistic for the state in this historical record.
Landscape notes a cooperative dinner hosted by relatives for Mr and Mrs Fred Coakley in landscape on Feb 27. Attendees included Mr and Mrs William Black from Cuba Ul and other relatives sharing a noon meal to mark the couple’s 25th anniversary, with the real date Feb 22.
Mrs Hiram Coakley and extended families from Washington Kalona Wellman and West Chester gathered to honor the honorees who were presented with a beautiful chenille bed spread. The attendees included the Coakleys Brumback and Shalla families along with Dorothy and Owen, reflecting a community celebration.
In Wellston on Feb 27 families move to farms in nearby areas. Helfrichs depart Brumbach place for Havre vicinity. Sidneys relocate near Packwood with Dale Robertson taking the Johnston home. Mikschs shift to a farm near Ainsworth and Edward visits grandparents Ira Miksch. Banks moves into Joe Wehr house in Hard Scrabble. Neighbors assist moving to Mt. Pleasant. surprise party honors Sidney Johnston with local families attending. Scouts meet and lunch at Rev. Earl Dale home. community meeting planned at Wellston schoolhouse on Feb 28.
Crawfordsville February 237 Mrs J W Rich Rev and Mrs Lester Bill Mrs Rose Moohead Nellie and Mabel Anderson Mrs Clarence Lowe and Mrs Hurley Bloomquist attended the Methodist conference. Melvin Mohr of Springville Iowa a weekend visitor at the Henry Cheney home. He is a coach at Springville School. Edith Miller sold her household goods at a public sale Monday afternoon due to moving. Mrs Ed Rickey of Winfield spent Monday with Mrs Doll Swartz.
The first importation of Dutch belted cattle arrived around 1838. In 1840 P. T. Barnum brought in importations for show purposes.
The article notes that extreme heat caused 1,487 deaths in 1930, far more than the 337 deaths from excessive cold, highlighting heat as the greater peril to public health in that year.
Mr and Mrs Orville Leinen moving near Sigourney honored at a farewell party at their East 76 home Saturday night. Friends attended including Mr and Mrs Lawrence Bermel Mr and Mrs Victor Hess and others. A lunch and card games followed with high scores claimed by Mr and Mrs Robert Stephens.
The article notes that heraldry as an art traces back to Charlemagne circa 800, marking a foundational point in medieval heraldic practice.
After a powerful tremor in Baiga territory, men of the tribe hammered nails into the earth to firm the ground and restore stability following the quake.
Police surrounded a cabin near Echo Lake Pompton Lakes N J for three hours blasting with tear gas. Two boys Emmet Jones and William Hunter both 14 of Paterson admitted stealing cars and fired more than 100 shots at officers. Inside the cabin five .22 rifles and three shotguns were found.
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