This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1946
Page
4
A Nation Editorial page mixes faith with social commentary and wildlife notes. It extols talking to God, mocks endless self-help lessons, then laments wasteful human behavior toward wildlife and criticizes labor disputes and government plant seizures with regional newspaper voice.
A collection of short, comic anecdotes. A sign reads Ladies Ready to Wear. A airline clerk asks a doctor about laryngitis and gets a prayer. A Broadway producer muses on the word optimist and eye doctors. A drunk chases a fire engine shouting about peanuts. A renting agent asks about a dog and piano. A child complains buttons are behind, leaving mom puzzled.
A fragmented text notes a recurrent line about a shower bath and burning, then asserts the average minister’s salary as about $1500 with a cryptic claim of evidence about a jack in the mulpit. The excerpt ends with a stray term VOL dot om.
Funeral services for four month old Vincent Jerome Pacha were held at St. Joseph's Church Hast Pleasant Plain with Rev Paul Wettgstein officiating. Vincent born Sept 11 1945 died June 19 from whooping cough and pneumonia. Survived by parents and ten siblings. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery.
Edith Reed visited the Rennie Dawson home after traveling from Washington and Iowa City to see relatives including Mrs Ed Gallagher Velma and Kathryn. The piece notes funerals for Grant Pearson and Ed Gallagher and mentions I F Lambert’s recent death.
Reading OCR fragments shows a note about a person named Mening Althoug leaving a place near Jackson township and leaving many friends behind. The text is incomplete but implies a community departure.
The Grace Hill Ladies Aid Society held a day meeting with sixteen members at the Grace Hill home of Mrs. Nelson Woodford. They packed two comforters for European relief, collected donations, and planned two kerosene stoves for farm sale lunches.
An all day meeting scheduled at the Community building includes a sack lunch. Roll call will be 2nd Timothy.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.