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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1949
Page
7
Ad rates printed per word with a 0.5 dollar minimum charge. Three day and five day runs offered. Ads accepted before 1 30 p m guarantee same day publication. For more information call Adtaker at 6 or 54.
Mrs. Wm Bartnicki and Jimmy of Michigan City Indiana visited Dec 28 to join Ed and Mam Murphy for Christmas. The Haskins Sunday school held a program and donated food to the pastor’s family. Birthday money and local visit details follow with multiple relatives and snow observations.
In Pilotburg a heavy snowstorm brings extra work for farming residents. Mrs Iona Oldfield hosts the Pilotburg Ladies Aid on January 6. Christmas gatherings united members including Ralph Oldfield and families, Olin Bishop, Carl Oldfield, Clyde Crile and others for a supper and gift exchange. Kenneth Peters and children visited Powersville to see his ill father.
British troops use guava powder as a vitamin C source. Four ounces of powder protects a soldier against scurvy for nearly three months, boosting health in the field.
The writer outlines a reverse unfolding mystery set in a haunted manor with Princess Marjorie and a villain in armor. Key scenes include a stairway confrontation, an armor dagger, and a dramatic sunset confession as the plot pivots toward an action driven climax.
Community and public animal auctions scheduled weekly at Whittaker Kalona Keota Junction Midway Ollie Hi Dollar and Wayland areas with special sales by Don Meyer Hershberger O Loughlin Crane Lewis Davis & Son. Dates include January 1949 listings and times from 10 30 a m to 12 30 p m with multiple county locations noted.
Esther Lindenmeyer enrolled at the University of Town spent holidays at the I. E. Coffey home and visited Davenport and Chicago. Her parents F. M. and Lindenmeyer winter in Seattle with Ruth and sons John and Fred. Mabel Robison of Moline, formerly Brightom, was a dinner guest of Rev. and Mrs. Pike. Wayne Wehrle and family of Kansas City are spending Christmas holidays at West Chester.
Readable fragments mention the parental homes of Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Pike of West Chester and Mrs. Elizabeth Wehrie of Wellman, highlighting family connections in the local notice.
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