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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1945
Page
4
Certificates no longer required to recap or purchase used farm implement tires and used passenger car tires and inner tubes. New tires and used truck tires still require certificates and prior inspection to obtain.
W Livingston provides abstract services from office 204 West Main Street located one block east of the Court House. Phone 147.
The notice lists city leaders and department heads including the mayor city clerk city treasurer city solicitor superintendent of water and a group of named officials and staff such as Lloyd Lytle W H Fulton G P Weldin Henry Bailey P L Jordan Hancher H H Reister and A L Griffith for the local government roster.
The notice lists biannual vehicle inspection or 5000 mile milestone, and outlines validity for Gasoline A Coupons No. 14 4 gals through March 21, various non-highway gas coupons, and R-1 R-5 coupons. It states heating season coupon periods with 10 gal units valid through Aug 31, 1945 and Dec 18, 1944 to Aug 31, 1945, urging use of Periods No. 4 and last heating season promptly. Sugar Coupon No. 34 Book 4 5 lbs now valid.
Washington Lodge No. 26 A M regular meetings on the first Friday each month at Morrigan. Jr., W M. A W. Ward, secretary.
The timetable lists westbound Golden State Limited No 8 and Southwest Express No 6 and 11 daily, with regular stops. eastbound Southwest Express No 12 and Californian No 44 daily, plus Golden State Limited No 4 and note No 8 serving sleeping car and coach passengers. It notes No 8 stops Washington for sleeping car passengers and No 48 stops Washington for coach passengers, with No 4 discharging California passengers only.
A dense timetable lists daily trains and buses serving Washington with departures to Davenport Kansas City Davenport Chicago and Chicago routes. It notes mixed trains No 429 and No 430, local west and eastbound services, and BURLINGTON ROUTE schedules plus Bee Link Transit buses to Iowa City Cedar Rapids Mt Pleasant Fort Madison and Winfield Burlington.
New blue stamps C2 to G2 and red stamps T5 to X54 become valid on upcoming dates while old stamps remain for specific goods. Shoe stamps No. 1 No. 2 and No. 8 in Book 8 are valid for one pair each. loose stamps must be removed at purchase. Auction notices list Kalona Riverside Wash area closures with times.
Community sale every Friday at Whittaker sale barn. Livestock and public auctions listed near Packwood Washington and Columbus Junction with dates in January. Transactions include closing out sales 11:00 start times and multiple auctioneers Brown Bruty Klotz Duncan Hendrickson Meeks Stewart Chatfield.
The great composer Beethoven displayed signs of deafness when he was twenty eight years old, a notable early hint of the lifelong hearing loss that would accompany his later work.
A local public notice for the George W Brown Estate announces a start time of 10:30 for proceedings. Details reference the Brown estate and related administrator actions.
Jan 15 closing out sale seven miles NW of Washington starts at 11 00 Frank Scranton Brown and Bruty auctioneers Jan 15 closing out sale on W R Jeffry farm 34 miles north of Ainsworth on paved highway no 218 starts 11 00 Jeffry and McGinnis Klotz and Duncan auctioneers Jan 16 closing out sale miles S W of Washington C W Shaffer starts at 11 00 Bill Bruty auctioneer Jan 22 closing out sale eight miles N of Ainsworth on 218
The entry lists Milton Birka and Klotz Duncan as auctioneers with directions “2 miles east on oil.” The fragment suggests a sale notice or property auction detail with these parties and location cue.
The article notes that over half of all U S corn and 90 percent of corn in the corn belt are hybrid varieties, reflecting a strong shift toward hybrid seeds in major growing regions.
Advice urges using an umbrella or coat to shield wool items from rain. Wet wool coats should dry at room temperature away from radiators, then be cleaned.
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