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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1941
Page
3
A church column notes a flu threat and urges precautions amid unsettled weather. It also discusses wartime thinkers predicting civilizational change after the conflict and questions whether such changes will improve our way of life, urging readers to focus on immediate concerns.
A Grinnell Herald-Register column laments the annual tax season burden. It jokes about Schedule A and tax forms, calls for government process simplification, and imagines Santa delivering enlightenment to cut ambiguity in tax rules.
A collage of humorous lines and quips follows a judge admonishing an intoxicated man, a Minneapolis billboard idea, a dogged nose joke, and exchanges about hats, gender, work effort, and a jurist’s weary plea. A Niagara Falls tour tale and quick one liners on convicts, girls and marriage conclude the item.
Mrs Bud Nickel suffered a heart attack Wednesday and is in serious condition. Town residents report visitors and gatherings at multiple homes including Delbert Maxwell and Cray households. Entomologists note mosquitoes prefer horses and cattle to humans by about six to one, with pigs and dogs also favored over people.
An advertisement touts 666 liquid or 668 tablets and 666 salve or nose drops as remedies that relieve cold symptoms on the first day. The copy emphasizes rapid relief and includes product variants.
The text describes a pre 1800 New England house custom of hanging near the door a fire bucket made of fine leather, painted with a name, motto or crest. It notes the bucket as the prized firefighting equipment and a status symbol in homes of that era.
In Washington County Iowa John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance sues unknown claimants to the southwest quarter and northwest quarter of the southeast quarter Section 33 Township 76 North Range 7 West to establish full fee title and bar all adverse claims, with a March 1941 court term set and notice to appear by noon March 10 1941. Also describes Masonic lodge installation events and Dayton Lodge officers for the coming year with a post meeting luncheon and social activities.
Wallace Deuel, Berlin correspondent for the Chicago Daily News, has returned to the United States and writes uncensored war news for a syndicate. He is wed to Mary Virginia Smock, daughter of Harry W. Smock of Chicago, linking Deuel to Keota through marriage.
A US industry insight notes chemical production now exceeds 7000 pounds per minute across the nation, underscoring growth and significance for future economic development.
Dayton Lodge No. 51 and Wellman Chapter No. 211 Order of the Eastern Star held a joint installation Tuesday night at the Masonic hall with 125 attendees. Charley Livzey served as installing officer, Frank Brush as installing marshal, and Mrs. Calvin Griffith as organist. Mrs. Dan Steiner installed the worthy matron, with Mrs. Rollie Erb present.
A locust swarm estimated at 22 miles in length was sighted recently over the Transvaal region in South Africa, alarming farmers and prompting monitoring by local authorities.
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