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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1948
Page
6
The piece blends reflections on faith and progress with social commentaries. It critiques contentment as hindering achievement, mocks political divisions and the Southern stance on the New Deal, and notes coal miners’ wages while warning of another potential coal strike.
In 1901 the Milwaukee road planned a Davenport Ottumwa cut off via Muscatine and a three mile south route near Washington. Citizens lobbied for a survey to include Washington, leading to two engineers visiting and a 1901 contract for Washington construction. The project spurred camps, heavy horse labor, and a forecast over two million dollars in local expenditures. Plans for a union station circulated as towns like Haskins Rubio and Grace Hill formed along the line.
In the county’s early settlement days rumors circulated about a railroad reaching the area. Speculators imagined lines crossing key routes, influencing land values and community growth as settlers weighed the potential impact on trade and development.
A Frankfurt reader recalls American artist Paul Fontaine praised by critics for abstract paintings. The works were hung upside down at the exhibit, prompting light satire on modern art while the scene near the Farmer's store features Beverly Wead painting a reversed looking glass window message. Mrs Ezra Widmer visits Journal offices in Wayland with her two bright grandchildren, drawing pride from their smiles.
A carnival scene features a man in a Turkish cap claiming zodiac effects. He targets Maureeca Binford born December 16 and predicts a late year cycle of good fortune for Sagittarians. The note ends with a brief Russia fact from the daily department.
The Dailey Bros Circus trains in 25 double-length cars carrying 25 elephants and 100 plus horses. It will set up at the Armory grounds with main tent and wild animal menagerie, offering performances at 2 and 8 p.m. Doors open an hour early for inspection. free tickets for children bringing an old Indian head penny to Chief Yellow Eyes.
Paul Kelly wraps his starring run in Spoilers Of The North at the Fox Theatre and takes a hunting and fishing break. After weeks of rugged outdoor locations he treats himself to a vacation from the demanding film schedule.
On the set of The Bride Goes Wild Van Johnson endures a dramatic prop trick as seven hundred ants are shown climbing his neck. Director Norman Taurog and the MGM prop department coordinate the shot with June Allyson co starring in the romantic comedy.
Director Taurog tests a gag using ants and molasses on Van, as The Bride Goes Wild follows a prim country girl who travels to the city and meets a playboy bachelor. The film marks first on screen pairings from a prior success with High Barbaree, featuring Haime Cronyn Una Merkel Arlene Dahl and Lloyd Corrigan.
The 1901 paper cites excellent prospects from an Illinois Central route connecting St Paul and New Orleans, with a Washington boom foreseen after Milwaukee railroad expansion. It notes strong demand for residence properties and town lots, praising spacious additions soon filled with homes and brisk land sales up to $105 per acre near town and $90 per acre eight miles out.
A Washington Evening Journal layout lists staff roles at Shannon & Co publication with editors managers and a note on newspaper affiliation and rates. An odd closing line in the text suggests a surface remark about women with scholastic degrees followed by a humorous maxim about foot care and corn coverage.
Mr and Mrs H W Mineart joined Mr and Mrs Edgar Rotzinger for a birthday dinner at the Country club near Sandy Hook to honor Mrs Rotzinger and her mother Mrs Chris Mineart. Attendees included the Vincent and Howard Mineart families and Nancy Mineart. A binder mishap injured D W Queker’s finger.
The text notes Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod in 1752 and claims it remains functional after about 180 years of use. It asserts proper installation yields near perfect performance, with an estimated 99 out of 100 success rate on barns and similar buildings with minimal metal in the structure.
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