Three Quarter Century Club meeting and fiscal outlook
The Journal highlights the Washington County Three Quarter Century Club meeting as a warm gathering of residents aged seventy five and older. It shifts to a fiscal summary for 1941 noting a $5 billion deficit and an expected $11 billion deficit in 1942 with total 1941 outlays around $12.6 billion and receipts near $7.0 billion as war orders lift the economy.
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Journal
George Kerr
Washington County
Washington
Notice of Probate of Will in Washington County Iowa
An instrument purporting to be the last will of Ralph L. Livingston died 1940 was filed July 21 1941 in Washington County District Court Iowa. The hearing to prove the will is set for 9:00 a.m. at the Washington Court House. interested parties must appear to show cause why the instrument should not be probated.
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Iowa
State OF
Washington County
Ralph L. Livingston
Court House
Washington
District Court
Baking Tomatoes Made Easy in Muffin Tins
To bake tomatoes or peppers without wobble place them in muffin tins to hold them upright and steady during roasting.
Lost in Translation Pills and Peculiar Tales
A mixed fragment from a vintage column contrasts misread prescriptions used as railway passes and social invites with light cartoons. It includes a jokey grocer exchange, a lovesick optimist, a neglectful bachelor, a seafaring boy at the helm, aging health cautions, and a forgetful husband seeking whereabouts at luncheon.
Polite mishap at dinner ends with quick fix
A boy at a dinner with a distinguished family friend spills meat while cutting. He assures his mother he behaved well and explains he just said something to cover the slip.
Do You Know Health Q and A on Botulinus Poisoning
The county health unit explains botulinus poisoning as an acute deadly toxin from poorly processed canned foods. It grows in protein rich foods. proper processing at 180 Fahrenheit for ten minutes kills it. Taste or smell won’t reveal contamination. process home canning safely.
Injures Left Wrist in Fall on Cement When Rope Breaks
Mary Nick was thrown onto cement when a rope broke while pulling up an awning at the Park hotel in Wellman on July Fourth. She suffered a left wrist fracture and a chipped bone in the same wrist. The item also lists a long recap of local visits and events around Wellman, Fairfield, Keota, and nearby areas during early July.
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Wellman
Mary Nick
Park Hotel
Nubians and their empire between Egypt and Abyssinia
The Nubians formed a powerful empire between Egypt and Abyssinia from the Sixth to the Fourteenth century, later conquered by Arabs.
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Egypt
Abyssinia
Smiley Burnette Tops Cowboy Star List in Motion Picture Herald
The Motion Picture Herald names Smiley Burnette in its annual top ten cowboy stars, the first comedian to earn the honor. Burnette, famed as Gene Autry’s comic partner, features in Republic’s musical Western The Singing Hill now playing at Fox Theatre through Tuesday.
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Motion Picture Herald
Smiley Burnette
Gene Autry
Republic
Smiley
Frog Millhouse
Love Crazy at the State Theatre
William Powell and Myrna Loy return as a comic couple in Love Crazy at the State Theatre through Wednesday. Powell plays a man who feigns madness to avoid divorce, leading to a spree of misadventures and fake lunacy as alienists debate his sanity.
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William Powell
Myrna Loy
State Theatre
Powell
Jack Conway
Powell-Loy
Gail Patrick
Jack Carson
Florence Bates
Sidney Blackmer
Vladimir Sokoloff
Kathleen Lockham
Fern Emmett
Joseph Crehan
George Meek
Mr and Mrs Marsh Seriously Injured in Auto Accident
J A Marsh learns his son Charles Marsh and his daughter in law Mrs Charles Marsh were seriously injured in an auto crash near Farmington Minnesota. The report comes from Ainsworth. Other notes mention visits and travels of local residents in Davenport Newton Crawfordsville Newton and Chicago.
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C. Marsh
Ainsworth
Minnesota
Ruth Norris
J. A Marsh
Charles Marsh
Farmington
Minn
Davenport
BE. R. Rhodes
Mary Chihak
Nettie Griggs
Cleo
Newton
Lee Norris
Fred Orris
8. K. Orris
Crawfordsville
Moore to visit for a few and Ronald returns home
The note mentions Moore planned to visit for a few days and Ronald returning home during the week.
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Moore
Ronald
Coins Minted by the Can From 1001 B C Era
Coins were minted by the Can as long ago as 1001 B C era about 3,000 years past, highlighting ancient minting activity.
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Can
Alma
Bristol Tennessee Closer to Canadian Towns Than Menua Tenn
A fragmented note states Bristol in Tennessee lies nearer to several Canadian towns than to Menua Tennessee, highlighting regional proximity and potential travel routes.
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Bristol
Tenn
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