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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1949
Page
5
Reminiscence recalls a bygone era with ice cream cones made by a roaming vendor, milkmen delivering by horse and cart, a plush cape, market trips, and family moments. The narrator contrasts past simplicity with modern crime excuses and reflects on everyday joys and losses. It notes people, places, and small rituals from childhood and neighborhood life.
Joe DiMaggio homered with two on in the seventh as the Yankees beat the Red Sox 6 3 in Boston. Viv Raschi earned his 12th win, DiMaggio his fourth homer since returning from heel injury and his ninth RBI in the period. The rest of the page covers Tigers, Senators, Phillies and Braves actions with multiple key performances.
The RKO Radio film The Set Up delivers gritty boxing drama led by Robert Ryan and a tense battle on screen. The production uses stark realism and compact pacing to heighten suspense and plunge audiences into a hard edged fight world.
Audrey Trotter stars as a veteran fighter in a tense arena drama with a powerful climax about exploitation by a manager. Supporting players include George Tobias Alan Baxter and Wallace Ford in a feature tied to Whip Wilson at Fox theatre.
Mrs Nettie Bk Lewis entertained a group of cousins at her Columbus Junction home in honor of Mrs Frank Letts of Miami Florida. Attending were Mr and Mrs Fred Shannon Waterloo Mr and Mrs Floyd Edmondson Ainsworth Vr and Mrs Frank Hauenstein Mr and Mrs Earl McBride of this community. The Westminster guild of Cotter Presbyterian church will meet June 30 with Mrs Thelma Levore.
Muscatine households host relatives and friends including Mr. and Mrs. Rex K Schafer and son, Mrs. Louis Pugh, and Mrs. Marvin Brockway in Excelsior Springs and Bellevue hospital patients. Rex and family traveled to Madison Wis with Mrs Sanford returning home after her surgical stay. Manatt welcomed a daughter born June 19 at Bellevue hospital Muscatine. Community groups share gatherings with Presbyterian and Priscilla club events, teen piano students perform, and local visits by the Hering, Mason, and Jugenheimer families.
In Havre on June 29 the Wittmer family heard the joyful news that their son Dr Samuel Wittmer and his family, recently from Germany, had landed in New York and would be home soon. Mrs Leena Mason and children were visitors, Ruth Rich visited, and P P Graber of Crawfordsville joined the Wittmers for Sunday supper.
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