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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1947
Page
4
Editorial notes the county built Washington County Hospital with county funds, overcoming opposition. It highlights the hospital’s 35th anniversary as a milestone toward bigger, better things and praises its ongoing public service and homegrown origin.
The piece lauds the county hospital’s ongoing growth with increasing patient load including newborns in the baby department. It questions discontinuing the institution, noting past investment by Washington County and urging readers to consider the hospital’s value to the community.
A column recalls homesickness lifting with family return and shares a reader’s tale of Washington girl longing for home. It then covers Homer Stephens and wife storing 28 quarts of canned beans, jokes about favorite bean varieties, and cautions about propagandistic seed catalogs promising easy harvests.
A Washington department store uses a woolly white floor blanket to study plant climbing methods as shoppers tread paths. After two weeks of wear the blanket will be cleaned and re displayed to reveal effects of foot traffic. A worker warns against over full paint buckets on ladders while a manager notes rearranged counters and wider aisles planned to ease shopping.
Joe says give me your red tie and I will have as many as you. Jim says if you give me one, I will have twice as many as you. Let J and j be their counts. Then J = j and j = J − 1? Solve: Joe gives one, Joe has x−1 and Jim has y+1 with x−1 = y+1 or y+1 = x−1. Also if Jim gives one, Jim has y−1 and Joe has x+1 with y−1 = 2(x+1)? No. Correct solution: Joe has 3 ties, Jim has 4 ties.
Des Moines reports provisional Iowa data show declines in both marriages and divorces during the first five months of this year. Officials cite lower wedding licenses and administrative delays as contributing factors.
The Town Council of Ainsworth Washington County Iowa will meet July 28 1947 at 8 PM at Town Hall. Taxpayers may be heard for or against the proposed expenditures for the year starting April 1 1948. A detailed receipts and disbursements statement will be available. Charles Jenkins Town Clerk.
State vital statistics show 881 marriages and 2 255 divorces in Town for January through May, down from 11 628 marriages and 4 756 divorces a year earlier. Dr. Loren Chancellor cites tapering wartime highs and predicts a return to normal by year end. February peaks for marriages at 2 143, May tops divorces with 765.
A group of Rock Island farmers protested a 2 percent inspection fee on milk deliveries, arguing lack of representation in spending. They pressured the city council to reconsider the ordinance adopted last month, noting the fee would be unique in the area and warning of consequences if enforced.
Farmers would take their mill and their trade to other cities, seeking new markets and opportunities beyond local towns. The note indicates a shift in commerce as traditional milling and trading routines disperse to urban centers.
An article notes the Atlantic Ocean is about 60 percent as large as the Pacific but averages 112 percent as deep, highlighting its greater average depth despite smaller size.
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