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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1952
Page
5
Classified ad notes flowers for all occasions at House o Flowers with phone 594. Also advertises a Hoosier kitchen cabinet in good condition listed for sale and calls after 5 pm to 4503.
A Davis Creek reader recalls a strange early morning animal sound waking her family on June 30. The note describes a whistling cry like Mawh and mentions later local visits, a groundhog near their cherry picking scene, and a coon seen after a shot. The column ends with condolences on Mrs. William Kucera’s death at Mercy Hospital, Iowa City.
OCR text shows mixed corn trading notes with several percentage shifts and dates such as 180% 1795 and 1803, declines of 14 and 15, and later 173% 1723 and 5 percent off on March 1. The fragment mentions months like December and May and references Ly Outs and unspecified units.
Mrs and Mr Or Buffington longtime Spring Run residents will mark their golden wedding anniversary on Wednesday July 9 with a home celebration. The couple has lived seven miles south of Columbus Junction since their marriage. The item notes local social happenings including August Foss building a house, Winsfield weddings, and Gordon Pine visiting Flint Michigan after returning from Phoenix Arizona.
Entomologist Dr Harold Gunderson of Iowa State College reports 100 percent corn borer emergence statewide with leaf feeding on 0 to 10 percent of plants in southern and central Iowa and 26 to 80 percent feeding in northern Iowa, with bee masses more scattered in the north.
Riverside high school class of 42 celebrated their twenty fifth graduation anniversary with a Sunday reunion in Iowa City park. 25 adults and 20 children attended a noon basket dinner and program with three graduates sharing memories.
July auctions list multiple closing out sales for household goods at addresses in The Pines and East Main Street with start times 11 00 a m and 1 20 p m. Other notices include Hillhouse and Campbell sales, plus weekly livestock sales at Midway Columbus Junction Kalona and Ollie.
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