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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1944
Page
4
Court House opens weekdays 1 to 4 p m and Saturdays 10 to 12 m for public access. Tires certificates no longer needed for recapping truck tires and inner tubes needed to purchase.
Periodic tire inspections are discontinued but records must be kept. Vehicle inspection is required before certain tire replacements. Fuel, sugar, meat stamps and other assorted coupons have validity dates and limits, with detailed book and stamp codes and expiration windows.
Washington Lodge No 26 A F A M announces regular meetings on the first Friday of each month. D Morrison Jr serves as Worshipful Master and A W Yard as secretary with current officers and meeting details.
The note lists trains including the Golden State Limited, Southwest Express, and Californian with times around 1:55 a m 3:50 p m and 2:34 a m plus daily departures and exceptions. Agent Goodlander notes duties and route details for Goodland.
A dense listing of rail and bus departures from Washington, including West Bound No. 3 and No. 25 Southwest Limited, East Bound No. 8 and No. 26, and Burlington local buses 2 5 7 10 with times to Davenport Kansas City Chicago Cedar Rapids Iowa City Fort Madison Winfield and Sigourney.
Housekeepers learn that adult moths do not eat fabrics. They lay eggs whose white hatchlings, the larvae, wreck wool, feathers, and hair by feeding. The larvae cause most damage to garments and furnishings.
Pleasant Hill July 10. Mrs. Clyde Lambert reports a lawn supper given by Mr. and Mrs. Homer Kephart and Mildred for Alvin Kephart who leaves for the army Sunday. Guests included Roy and Velma Kephart, Phyllis Crone, Jake Earnest, Naomi Kephart, Grace Sigafous, Maggie Kephart, Melville Donaldson and family, Jerry and Gerald, Cathryne Caldwell, and others.
Community updates from Wellman July 1910 report Mrs E Fleming seriously ill in Iowa City after surgery and junior society activities. Red Cross aid to Schick hospital Clinton. Local Legion officers named. Dean Wilkins returns from the South Pacific for training in San Antonio. Community events include tea, lunches, health conference July 12, and Baptist Dorcas Missionary notes.
Minneapolis specialist H L Hoff man will demonstrate his Rupture Shields without charge at Hotel Braz elton Mt Pleasant Iowa on Tuesday July 18 1944 from 10 AM to 4 PM. He notes ten years in the territory with thousands fitted and urges early attendance and cautions that neglect can cause weakness backache and other pains. He invites those with large ruptures especially after prior surgeries to attend and mentions associate L A Rice.
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