Petersen Sheep Company and Iowa’s rising lamb trade sketch
A Washington columnist recalls J. C. Petersen’s sheep business, noting Iowa’s growing feeder-sheep imports from the West and the role of Petersen’s operations in expanding local profits. The piece blends personal anecdotes about Petersen, his Okoboji cottage, and lake life with reflections on mercy, truth, and everyday observations.
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War drain on funds dominates public discourse
Newspaper clippings note war costs as a major burden, citing an 85 percent share of government spending from the nation’s founding to now for war effort and postwar recovery. The quotes contrast gendered attitudes and business reluctance to hire, reflecting wartime strain on society.
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Memoir of a Gas Incident at Washington High
Recalled eight column banner story about hydrogen sulfide gas at Washington high school causing student and teacher illness. Dean Harlan Mead helped collect facts for the Journal. the dispatch described Miss Lucy Stahl and students treated at the hospital, details of first aid, evacuations, and subsequent recoveries.
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John Applegate
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Peter dJungbluth
Helen Jungbluth
Katheryn Hensler
Maurice Libe
Lawrence Mallory
Madsel Brown
Vacation on the Move Through Washington on 92
Residents describe packed vacation traffic passing Washington on Route 92 with cars loaded for trips and boats in tow. The piece notes early risers, the July 17 circus posters, and a boy watching the event unfold, then shifts to picnic season and food waste, earthworms, a wedding prank on East Main Street, and a two hour Rossi circus performance with elephants and trained animals.
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Washington
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Troop A Tops V F W To Forge Four Way Tie In League
In a Green Field doubleheader Troop A defeated V F W 2 to 1 in extra innings to join three other teams in a four way tie for the league lead. Washington Cubs outslugged Visiting Wellman 18 to 1 in the nightcap.
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Civilian vacancies sought for overseas army work
The Department of the Army Overseas Affairs Branch seeks qualified civilian men and women for the Army of Occupation in Europe and the Far East. Posts include architectural civil and mechanical engineers radio program director informational specialist public health doctors and nurses education specialists clerks stenographers and typists. Interviews in Des Moines July 2 16 for Iowa applicants.
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Army of Occupation
Des Moines
Iowa State Employment Service
Fire Destroys Wakenda Club in Des Moines
Lightning set fire to the Wakenda club in Des Moines killing power for more than two hours. The two-alarm blaze damaged an estimated 500000 dollars and injured four firefighters, with two still hospitalized. About six club members fled into the rain before the rambling building was destroyed.
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Iowa Delegates Back Truman at Democratic Convention
Iowa's 32 Democratic national convention delegates vote to cast their 20 votes for President Truman and delay any vice presidential selection until Alben Barkley is confirmed as a candidate. Carroll Switzer is chosen to second Truman's nomination if invited to deliver a second speech. The credentials committee backs Breen Hedrick against seating the anti Truman Mississippi delegation, 15 to 11.
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Jewish Troops Capture Shafa Amr in Northern Palestine
Jewish forces seized Shafa Amr ten miles east of Haifa, a main Arab base in northern Palestine, as part of a southeastern push from Haifa. Arab bombers attacked Haifa for the second straight day, anti aircraft fire challenging their raids amid UN ceasefire efforts.
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Palestine Front
United Nations Security Council
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Galilee
Arab Army of Liberation
Jawzi Kawki
Michigan Has Longest Coastline Among States
Michigan holds the longest coastline of any state with about 1600 miles of shore. The vast shoreline extends along the Great Lakes and includes numerous bays and inlets.
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Oil Transport by Water Emerges in Early Pittsburgh Era
Oil delivery began in the 1860s with Pennsylvania wells flowing. Flatboats steered by poles carried oil down the Allegheny River to Pittsburgh. Deepening channels through dredging later made water transport a major factor in distribution.
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