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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1945
Page
4
A collage of notions from proverb and culture to politics and science. The piece riffs on chiggers and health tips, debates presidential term limits, economic ideas, and foreign policy stance toward China, ending with a travel anecdote and a satirical dining car exchange.
The tournament began recently and has run for about a week. Play typically starts around 1 30 p m and goes until about 4 p m each day with interest from observers noted.
Informal central park bench tournament uses a hollow white lone piece replaced by a smaller black marker. Jumps reusing captured white pieces minimizes confusion. Uncertain owner and season outlook. Theo Turner’s лидership uncertain. Fairfield challenger once beat locals. Also wartime food notes praise cracklings and simple fare amid shortages.
The text notes hamburger as a casual family staple and warns it is not fit for company. It says even a hint of hamburger at a butcher shop brings a town rush from distant areas and that hamburger is viewed as more ostentatious than point free chicken in high society circles.
A reader puzzle describes a man selling eggs to three customers with halves and halves of eggs, ending with zero eggs and no breakage. Determine the initial number of eggs. The item notes a prize for correct solution and mentions a substitute conductor in the column.
Prairie Flower reports a steady stream of visitors at the newly opened Huber log cabin and its antiques. Local families and relatives gathered for Sunday calls, dinners, and birthday greetings among other social visits. The area notes hog sales, travel from Ottumwa and Des Moines, and a Prairie Flowers school board meeting at C E Jarard home.
Westchester July 9 workmen from the Coffey lumber yard are putting a new roof on the old red brick school building. Homer Porter owns the building and uses it as an elevator office and to store stock. The building is commonly called the red brick building.
Mrs Pearl Mollen and her family have moved from the Atwood property to the Tom West residence. The Keller home is noted as the new address for the Mollen family’s settlement.
Mrs. Anna Krotz hosted guests from Chicago and Wichita while Mrs. James Birka and Mrs. Mary Veggy were patients at Mercy Hospital Iowa City. Visits came from Mr. and Mrs. Francis Messenger, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vondrasek, Linda Zugg, Mrs. Katherine Thomann, and others, with families hosting and traveling between Riverside and Town Cry.
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