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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1945
Page
4
A collage of quips on neighbors marriage and theater talk, plus war notes on Wallace and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, a telephone calling anecdote, and a drinking tale. The piece blends social commentary with political debate and light humor.
Dixie Dugan notes Democratic and Republican voices condemn Wallace for the Commerce post arguing he lacks national trust. She cites calls for more sound business and less government, reflecting broader concerns about leadership and policy direction.
Fragmentary text shows a conversation about a riddle and a string of unrelated lines. It mentions whistling and a cryptic creature with 24 feet green eyes and a pink body with purple stripes. No clear event or proper names emerge.
A wife jokes she will give her husband a box of cigars but has secretly taken from it for months without his noticing. Two stuttering blacksmiths finish a heated steel piece and joke about re-heating it. A soldier blames late trains for his tardy arrival, saying a Confederate troop train passed by toward Gettysburg.
Britannica notes the wild potato likely hails from Peru or Chile and has grown for centuries, supplying global stocks. Some authorities credit Sir Walter Raleigh with introducing potatoes to Ireland and England, while others claim Sir Francis Drake did so in 1580.
Mrs Pearl Dean of Portland Oregon visits the Les Alliman family in Wayland with her daughter Mrs Lester Alliman for several weeks. Doris Kigsti celebrated her 18th birthday on January 21 with a party hosted by her mother Mrs Emery Eigsti. A pinochle gathering hosted by Supt J Wesley Pritchard featured high score by Everette Hileman and low by Lyle Zehr. Relatives learn Mrs Clayton McKenzie suffered a stroke January 19 and is staying with daughter Mrs Grace Truitt in Battle Creek Michigan. Ruth, RN, returned from Glendale California and has enlisted in Army Nurse Corps. Duane Clark welcomed a daughter born at Henry County Hospital on Wednesday.
John Van Sant baled at Clarence Shaffer farm near Coppoock after a large sale last Thursday as the Shaffers plan to move to Washington. Numerous local families and relatives gathered for Sunday dinner at the John Van Sant home. Cadet Nurse Vivian Dold from Burlington visited Evelyn Dold. Ed Schantz did summer butchering.
Mr and Mrs Roy Davison spent Saturday with Fred Edwards in Pleasant Plain. Russell Davison helps Charles Davison with timber and saw logs. Sgt Denzel D Leeper of Mt Pleasant has returned home on a 30 day furlough from overseas after 30 months with the US 15th Army Air Force Bombing Group. He will stay with his parents Edwin and wife in Mt Pleasant along with relatives. Ralph Kauffman aided with butchering at Harold Kauffman home near Wayland. Joe Smith and family of Keota and Dale Wiggans of Mt Pleasant Ray Manning at his home. Hal Ricks and Mary Joe visited Paul Wolfe home in Washington. Gleede Dold and Evelyn, Mrs Fred Dold, and Christina Carlson visited Edwin Leeper in Mt Pleasant. Mrs Frank Manning remains poorly.
Nuts can substitute part of the fat in a recipe as pecans are over 70 percent fat and walnuts hickory filberts and butter nuts exceed 60 percent fat.
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