Beautified Stockyard Park Blessed by Local Gardener
Washington County News Review highlights J Moore, Armour yard hog buyer and manager, who landscaped a scenic park amid the Rock Island stock yards. He drafted the plan in 1934 and, with W E Pearson’s help, built a rustic bridge and planted roses irises and petunias. Moore, with 15 years at Armour, dedicates hundreds of hours and hundreds of dollars to the garden.
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Rock Islands
Il Moore
Arm and Company
Moore
W. E. Pearson
J. Moore
Rock Nd
Washington
Frork
West
Washington Street
Country Club
Armour and Company
Journal carrier boys bid for state war bond sales crown
The Journal team enters the final three days of a six month campaign to sell war stamps and bonds in Iowa. They’ve surpassed last week’s total and aim to finish before 10 p m Saturday. The caption lists 17 carrier boys including Rob Skipton and Joe Sweet with note that some pictured are substitutes.
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Journal
Iowa
Rob Skipton
Joe Sweet
Bob Dodder
George Doran
Harold Gilmore
Ronald Baker
Charles Minick
John Watson
Dale White
Dick Green
Jack Fields
John Minick
Jack Martin
Carl Cross
Dick Dodder
Gwen Moore
Jim Easter
Journal Office
Headquarters Iowa State Guard unit pictured training at Camp Dodge
The Headquarters Company first battalion Iowa State Guard with 33 members attended the Camp Dodge state guard ops camp learning home defense tactics. The unit lists 55 men total with several not attending. The photo shows members by rank and name across back middle and bottom rows with Captain Miller and officers identified.
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First Batallion
Iowa State Guard
State Guard
Camp Dodge
Iowa
Washington
Hubert Wilson
Wilbur Bruty
Raymond Kerr
Ronald Lewash
Edward Chabal
Walter Yoder
Henry Hotle
Charles Atkinson
David Jackson
Koya Leslie
Ronald Bd. Cox
Donald Southwick
Max Haifley
Richard Dawson
Clarence Messenger
Marion Turnipseed
Ray Glider
Gaile Watsa
Donald Doran
Charles Truba
Donald Kiesey
Robert Friedel
Harold Jarvis
Cook
Glen A. Haygreen
Harry L. Whittaker
Wilbur
All-Woman Jury Drawn in Clark County War Trial
Clark County witnesses an unprecedented all-woman jury in the Don Davis Jr. v. U M Bell case. Trial Judge Homer A Fuller notes it is the first such jury in his knowledge for the district. The piece also reports on wartime letters from Mrs Kermit ARld and Grace Vincent in Khartum Egypt, and a local newspaper’s wartime challenges in Walcott and Keota.
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Clark County
Don Davis, Jr
U. M. Bell
Homer A. Fuller
Keota
Grace Vincent
G. Q. Vincent
Khartum
Egypt
Color perception shifts in low light
The eye's sensitivity changes with illumination. Under twilight levels the eye favors greens and blues, and in very dim light becomes especially blue sensitive. This shift can make familiar objects hard to recognize in blackout conditions and may make people fail to recognize their own houses in dim light.
Marion Town for Four Weeks
A brief notice indicates that Marion Town will be in effect or related event for a four week period. The item appears as a continuation from page 3 of News Review. No additional names or dates are legible in the fragment.
Surgeon Droz to serve at Great Lakes Naval Hospital
Herbert A. Rice has gone to Chicago to report for active duty as a surgeon at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station hospital. His wife Maxine Barden and children reside at 504 South Marion Ave. The family previously rented a furnished home in Roseau Minnesota.
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Herbert A. Rice
Chicago
Great Lakes Naval Training Station Hospital
South Marion Ave
Rice
Maxine Barden
Bill
Barbara
Herbert, Jr
Susan
Roseau
Minn
A. Keith Droy
A. Keith, Jr
A. Jobei
Lake Forest
Henry Berdo
Dr. Droz
Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Evelyn Marie Mauer Elected to Washington Junior High
Evelyn Marie Mauer has been chosen for a teaching position at Washington junior high for the next school year. She will replace Ferne Thompson who moves to Ottumwa schools. Mauer previously taught in Mallard, Iowa.
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G. G. Vincent
United Presbyterian Board of Missions
Grace Vincent
Luxor
Egypt
Khartum
Soudan
America
Evelyn Marie Mauer
Washington
Ferne Thompson
Ottumwa
Miss Mauer
Mallard
Iowa
Deaths of the Week feature Dusenberry and Wolfe deaths
W. L. Dusenberry former resident and brother of Mrs. Ted Dalton and Lee Dusenberry of Washington died at Flint Michigan at sixty eight. Funeral services were held here. Kiming Mae Wolfe born here in 1868 daughter of Samuel and Anna Wolfe died in Chicago where she lived with her brother Tom. Funeral service here.
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Ted Dalton
Lee Dusenberry
Washington
Flint
Mich
Kiming Mae Wolfe
Samuel
Anna Robinson Wolfe
Chicago
Tom
Dog Senses Named as Sharper for Ears and Nose
The article notes dogs see the world in black and white yet detect luminous and shadowy patches beyond human perception. It states dogs compensate for lesser vision with superior ears and nose.
Card of Thanks from Clara Faulkner
Clara Faulkner extends thanks to all who remembered her during hospital stay. Gratitude is expressed for the many acts of kindness and visits that made the days pass more pleasantly.
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Clara Faulkner
Ancient milk delivery through history
Throughout Asia and eastern Europe Genghis Khan and Mongol warriors relied on dried milk in their rations. In the Middle Ages dairying flourished as cows were moved from house to house to milk customers directly.
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Asia
Europe
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