Community notices from Washington Iowa in 1946
The column records weddings and engagements including Nellie Cherryholmes White and Walter Smith at the Methodist parsonage, travel updates with students in Iowa and Colorado, visitors at the Schantz and related families, hospital notices of births and ailments, and local club activities and engagements. It notes members traveling between Ames, Des Moines, Perry, Riverside, Monmouth, and Chicago, with several public and military service references and New Year celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Cherryholmes White
Walter Smith
Smith Farm
Dusting Cloths From Galt Bags
Launder and hem the bags from galt products instead of discarding them. The treated fabric makes durable dish and dusting cloths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galt
Visual Illusion of Line Orientation and Can Shape
Observers note vertical lines seem taller than horizontal lines and a tall narrow can appears larger than a wide squatty can of equal capacity due to perceived height and width differences. The effect highlights how form factors influence judgment of size.
Weather Forecast Brief
General forecast indicates fair conditions tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures rise slightly with a milder night and a warmer day ahead, providing comfortable weather without extreme cold.
Prisoners escape from Los Angeles jail after sawn bar
A guard at Lincoln Heights Prison, Los Angeles, J H Clark, reports two inmates escaped by sawing a cell bar. They dropped 20 feet from a second story cell block, ran across the yard and scaled the high wall to gain freedom. Meantime Monmouth College student Marcia is in fifth grade.AMrs. E M McConaughy returned home from Chicago after visiting Mr and Mrs William McConaughy and son Steven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Dodd
Monmouth
Ill
John D. Kern
Robert
Dorothy
Marcia
Kern
Baptist
Osage
University of Illinois
Lincoln Heights
Los Angeles
J. H. Clark
Local births and admissions reported at area hospitals
Hospital updates list multiple births including a Baylis daughter in Keota born 11:49 yesterday morning weighing seven pounds six and a half ounces and a Wellman son born 3:45 this morning. Also notes numerous medical and surgical admissions and recent discharges across Crawfordsville Brighton Richland Wellman Keota and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Hospital
Robert Davis
van Buren Street
Davis
National Food Store
Hildreq
Davises
Gary Wayne
Blanche Small
Wellman
Norbert Hamaces
Route One
Don Kiesey
Second Ave
Jerry Moore
Richland
Lyle Crawford
Robert Varney
Seventh St
William Matucha
E. Main St
Leonard Baylis
Keota
A. D. Rathmel
Crawfordsville
Leo J. Fritz
Brighton
Carl Amrine
Glen White
Howard Benn
Norma Payne
Fifth Ave
Steven Marr Wood
Daryl Wood
Ainsworth
Nellie Anderson
Leo Hall
Joyce Fritchen
Earl Hoover
Winfred Norenberg
Leroy Morarity
W. Monroe Sr
Nellie Harding
John Swift
Chicago
Walter Horning
Washington
Evelyn Linnenkamp
A. H. Luers
Arden Jones
Cranberry Steamed Vudding by Mrs Jane Wilson
A memory dessert described as a pudding with cranberry flavor. Mrs Jane Wilson served the steamed steamed dish at a Livingston Christmas meal and praised its moderate richness and excellence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Wilson
Barkley Proposes One-a Cookie Duster for Congress
Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky introduces a new item for the 80th Congress. In response to voter demand for change in November elections he offers his old colleagues a single cookie duster as a symbolic gesture.
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Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
International
Mistletoe Beliefs About Fertility in Islanders
The piece notes mistletoe's reputed fertility powers affecting plants animals and humans. It cites an Torres Strait island belief twins result if a woman touches or carries mistletoe. An 18th century Country Magazine article calls kissing under mistletoe a likely proof of prolific fertility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torres Strait
Lamps in Thousands of Types Made by One Company
A single electrical manufacturer produces as many as 10 000 lamp types. The firm emphasizes breadth of offerings across consumer and industrial markets and notes ongoing expansion of its product line.
Butter Sugar Cream Mixture From Simple Steps
Melt half cup butter in double boiler. Cream with one cup sugar and talo from fire. Add half cup sweet cream. Mix well. Serve warm.
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Fox
Frank Morgan
Keenan Wynn
Cecil Kellaway
Audrey Totter
Gladys Cooper
Chan
Sidney Toler AS
Charlie Chan Moreland Sen Young
Pige
Casey E. Jone
Korea
Lucy Jones
Ed Schantz
Clarence Seagren
Charles
Darrel Rinehart
Dixon
Arlis van Sant
Karen
Betty Jo
Frances Schantz
West Point 4H
Jeri
Judi Anderson
Mary Ann Bauer
W. O. Rehmeyer
Monahans
Texas
Ila O’loughlin
Robert Arthur
Lawrence Whisler
Iowa City
Boulder
Colo
University of Colorado
P. F. Whisler
Robert McLaughlin
Herbert Gould
Lexington
Will
Iowa _ State college
Ames
Goulds
Delbert Daniel
Janet Cumming
Colorado Springs
Colorado College
H. W. Cumming
Everette Bowen
J. F E. Wright
University Hospital
Edith Gillespie
Donald Hofmann
Louis McCutchen
Ira Morrison
Jean Atchison
Joan Michels
Bonnie Simpson
Paul Peiffer
Katherine
Suzanne Fisher
New York City
Elmer Fisher
Fortune Magazine
Suzanne
Fashion Institute of Technology and Design
Helen Louise Stewart
Everett K. Stewart
William F. Monnier
United States Navy
San Diego
J. H. Doyle
Navy
China
Capitola Flynn
W. F. Flynn
Robert Frink
Lucille Duwa
Lawrence Duwa
Leroy Duwa
Albert Duwa
Riverside
L. L. Loveless
Marjorie
Loveoo
Grant Johmston
Birmingham
California
J. M. Kelly
Marengo
J. W. Lonergan
Will Kelly
Kelly
James Kelly
Hoover Funeral Homes
Des Moines
Jerry
Jamay
Lawler
Lloyd Marek
Ed Gilmore
Long and Hotle
Champlin Hatchery
Vinton
Austin McDowell
Wtae
G. C. Springian
ELM Grove Cemetery CO
Frank L. Wilson
Sec’y Treas
Esot Servie
Richard McCleery
Freeman Peet Denning
Sue Kirkwood
Lyse Knox
Iyi
Ryan
Atlantic City
Blue
Monmouth College
E. M. McConaughy
William McConaughy
Steven
BROWN
E. C. Whiting
Washington St
Larry Glen Martin
Stokers
Eddy
Bush
Iowa
Washington Federal Savings and Loan Association
Washington, Iowa
First Mortgage
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