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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1947
Page
5
A 1947 editorial urges timid readers to take a public stand for decency and righteousness, insisting personal courage aids life and community integrity. The piece is presented as guidance from the National Editorial Association, highlighting civic responsibility and moral action.
The late Caroline Hayes left the tract to Washington County as a timber reserve named Caroline Hayes Timber Reserve with a condition to keep it in a native, largely wild state. Proposals call for a winding road and brush clearance to improve accessibility while forestry advice is sought to preserve its beauty for future generations.
A string of comic lines and brief vignettes from radio yawns to courtroom quips and travel mishaps. Jokes range from a bootlegger’s tale to a betwixt nations pun about Ye Olde Tyne Tea Shoppe and a Zion National Park wind anecdote.
The annual poultry show in New York City features Australian soprano Jean Love with the Rhode Island Red grand champion Jerry. The bird is insured for $5,000 as over 5,000 chickens participate in the event.
A young politician joys over a state legislative nomination while friends toast him. A Verona court scene has Dante replying to the governor about character, suggesting mutual likeness. A wife complains of golf and a husband jokes about staying at home and bribery.
Fire underwriters warn of rising losses from 255 million dollars in 1937 to 484 million dollars in 1945, highlighting a troubling trend in fire insurance costs.
A guideline cautions not to hurry thawing by soaking meat in water, whether hot or cold, as this method leads to loss of natural juices and quality. It emphasizes safer thawing methods to preserve texture and flavor.
Entrepreneur George Westinghouse founded about 60 companies to develop inventions across electric marine and rail transport, as well as natural gas industries.
Shortening seven eighths of a cup of lard or home-rendered rats provides the same shortening as one cup of butter or margarine. Veterinarians warn rats on farms raise disease risk and livestock losses, naming calves scours, mastitis, ringworm, tuberculosis, bang’s disease, coccidiosis, infectious bronchitis in chickens, swine itchinosis, and related illnesses.
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