Oh Boy Root Beer Sparks Local Store Buzz
A small town store promotes its cooler days with friendly notes inviting customers to try a new Oh Boy Root Beer. Shoppers are urged to visit and sample the beverage as a refreshing treat.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1940
Page
6
Oakland Mills near Mt Pleasant offers ideal park picnic spot
Rothschild promotes Oakland Mills State Park four miles south of Mt Pleasant Iowa as a safe shallow swimming area with clean water, shade, and amenities. The 85 acre site features a custodian, drinking water, picnic facilities, cabins for rent, boating, fishing, and woodland trails drawing families from southeastern Iowa for day outings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rothschild
Washington
Oakland Mills
Mt. Pleasant
Skunk River
Oakland Millis State Park
Iowa
Top on hogs six sixty per hundredweight
Market note reports hog prices at six dollars sixty cents per hundredweight as the day closes. Weather outlook calls for partly cloudy skies and continued warmth through the night.
The Wellman Advance Feline Philosopher
In Around the Town a kitten praised for curiosity and optimism illustrates lessons humans should learn from animals. The column notes the cat tirelessly explores familiar places and finds beauty in the everyday world. The piece hints at Monroe, author of that famous remark, as context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman Advance
Editorial on Monroe Doctrine interpretations and two ocean navy
Humeston New Era editor cites varied readings of the Monroe Doctrine amid US German clashes and Hitler’s novel twists. He urges a two ocean navy and Christian nations upholding Christ’s principles to abolish war, while noting British naval strength amid war expectations. The piece also mentions H. P. Allen’s Riverside Leader view on Britain’s security and a St. Louis driver’s Wrong Way Corrigan stunt near Bettendorf ending near Little Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Hitler
Monroe
Great Britain
H. P. Allen
The
Riverside Leader
Davenport
Martin Vincent
St. Louis
Corrigan
Little Rock
Ark
Bettendorf
Vincent
Washington Lodge No. 26 Regular Meeting Notice
Washington Lodge No. 26 A F and A M holds regular meetings on the first Friday of each month. Worshipful Master Ard McBride and secretary A W Yard are listed as officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Lodg
Howard McBride
W. M
A. W. Yard
Rail and Bus Schedules From Washington and Beyond
Local and long distance trains stop daily at major points with variations by direction. California and Knoxville branches list regular daily stops, with a Davenport Kansas City local service timed in the morning. Burlington Trailways bus lines show departures from Washington at 6 08 a m 8 12 p m and 2 58 p m with noted routing and timing adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden State Limited
Washington
Galle
California
Burlington
Injured Man Held After Des Moines Doctor Visit
Floyd Burnett 24 of Muscatine went to a Des Moines doctor's office for treatment after a cut left leg a sprained left ankle and a bullet hole in the leg were reported. He was ordered held at Broadlawns General Hospital where high fever and possible infection from the leg were noted by detectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Floyd Burnett
Muscatine
Broadlawns General Hospital
Burnett
Broadlawns
Market prep for fruit wax before sale planned
Apricots cherries plums peaches pears and apples will be waxed before moving to the market in the future. Mr and Mrs Al Redeker and
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Redeker
Incomplete Rural Visit Notes and Threshing Report
A fragmentary diary style record notes visitors including Mrs Elmer Wulf at a home of Mr and Mrs Jess Meeks. Charley Weber helps. Ernest Green baled for Donall Brown Oscar Davis and Bohus il Kos. Threshers report oats of poor to fair quality due to bugs and dry weather. Ruth Gideon called on Mr and Mrs Ivan Marston. Grove Letts combined per Charley Kolesick and John Robiss oats. results were fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Wulf
Grand Meeks
Jess Meeks
Charley Weber
Ernest Green
Donall Brown
Oscar Davis
Bohusil Kos
Ruth Gideon
Ivan Marston
Ruth and
Mae Gideon
Davis
Charley Pleecker
Gideon
Harry Stevens
Detroit
Mich
Fairfield
California
Alice Rothlisberger Spends a Weekend with Miss Vacha
Alice Rothlisberger spends the weekend in Cedar Falls visiting Katherine Vacha and friends for Katherine's birthday. Together with the Gideon and Longer families, local visits and small social calls fill the weekend diary entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Rothlisberger
Miss Vacha
Bethel
Cedar Falls
Katherine Vacha
Katherine
Alice
Frank Longer
Walter Longer
Gideon
Ruth Gideon
Elsie Wallace
Washington
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Omaha
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Grove
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John Robiss
ACE Brigade
Oakwood, Wellman
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Knis
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