The Rocking Chair Brigade and Wartime Patience
A Davenport Times column comments on war work and home front strain, noting labor shortages, government wage controls, and civil patience. It praises volunteers in Red Cross roles, nurses returning to duty, and community tributes at a grave service for L. S. Patterson, honoring civic service and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle-West
Grace Brinning Richards
St. Luke's Hospital
Davenport
P. L. Etter
Red Cross
Roger Sherman
L. S. Patterson
F. W. Eastwood
YMCA and YWCA cooperation boosts gymnasium work
At the YW board meeting interest grows in gymnasium efforts and the joint Y M and Y W activities are praised as strong and worthwhile. The note urges sharing Brigade addresses of friends away from here and to read the Classified ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.W
Y.M
Birthday party for Joan Sheraden noted in Rabio area
Louise and Evelyn Sheraden hosted room II pupils for Joan Sheraden's birthday on January 1. Guests enjoyed games ice cream and cake. Other local events include visits from relatives, illness notes, a Keota funeral, the birth of Gene and Nan Snider's son, and workers ordered to nine-hour days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Lambert
Rabio Town
Louise
Evelyn Sheraden
Joan
Donnie Long
Evelyn
Fred Thompson
Jennie Hawthorn
David Thompson
Marjorie
Washington
Bdker McClurg
Marie Peiffer
Myrtle
Raymond Steinbeck
Ray Calister
Keota
Emma McClurg
Jennie Hawthorne
Blanch Steinbeck
Amy Schmitter
Leora Jandyke
Nan Strickland
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the Evening Journal
the Home Daily Newspaper
Washington County
Elder, Shannon & CO
Bruch Cowden
Publishers News Editor
North
Marion Avenue
Iowa
United Press
National
Iowa Daily Press Association
Des Moines, Iowa
James
John
Acts
Burlington Hawk-eye Gazette
America
R. W. Gallagher
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
China
Webster City
Freeman-Journal
South
Fairmont Sentinel
Keene
N.H
Eagle Grove Eagle
Post Office Department
Douglas McMurtie
McMurtie
Chester Patterson
Glenn Laffer
Joan Sheraden
Milford Watson
Ida McClurg
Vera Bond
Anne
Mourer
Batts
John Shields
Buel
Joe Palooka
Ham Fisher
Say
Joe
Champeen
Knobby
Lissen
Lemme
Palooka
U.S
Palookal
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