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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1947
Page
4
Keots businessman Norbert Flanders opens a locker plant in Brighton. The event, announced by Mrs Edna Crile, marks a new local manufacturing facility and economic opportunity for the area.
Ira Schafer opened a Brighton locker plant after buying the former Wim Rauscher feed store. Since Sept 19 1946 he installed new slaughtering facilities including a cooling room sharp freeze and 300 lockers. He already runs locker plants at Keota and Richland and plans a tanning plant at Keota. Nearby, Ira Schafer bought the Leonard Bomber farm west of Brighton. Mareh E Edmondson traveled to Columbus with his mother Mrs. Edmondson. Mrs. Margaret Peterson of Pierson visited family Dot and Frances Meacham west of town.
The text states love birds are parrots and belong to a small short tailed parrot family. It notes their classification within the broader parrot group and highlights their compact tail as a distinguishing trait.
Amos Graber of southeast of Wayland lost ends of two fingers on his left hand Thursday forenoon when they were caught in a tractor fly wheel. The middle finger nail and part of the bone were removed and about half the nail on the third finger. Local families are noted as visiting relatives and attending events in Des Moines and St Johns with references to a fatal plane crash near Patterson Field Ohio and other community happenings.
Chic Young comic strip notes Blondie attends an insurance meeting on Tuesday. Mrs. Walter Otto of Omaha visits her brother Hoberman and family. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Shubardt and baby visit relatives in Texas. Dion Boshart family spend two weeks in Excelsior Springs Missouri. C. J. Schantz returns from a ten day stay there. James Magderrau, new barber graduate from Cedar Rapids, joins Dutch's Barber Shop with Thurlowe Myers.
Phosphate fertilizer was manufactured in Germany by heating raw phosphate soda ash and sand in a rotary kiln. The fertilizer is reported superior to superphosphate in acid soils.
A tip suggests using a small paint brush dipped in furniture polish to clean dust in tight corner spaces and along edges of floors and furniture.
About 30 million people out of 139 million participate in some form of financial plan for protection against sickness.
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