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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1940
Page
5
Appreciation notes state nearly 100 percent attendance during the Battle Creek celebration. Chairman Joe Warnock installed a sign at the post office corner reading Let’s All Go to Danbury, and nearly all of Battle Creek responded.
July 24 report notes threshing finished on Clay south street and families gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Pfeiffer home for cake and ice cream. Other local items include missionary society meeting, arrivals and visits from Danville Olds Salem Mt. Pleasant Richland, and multiple family events.
Franklin District reports threshing and combining are in full force as of July 25 with workers busy in the fields. Mrs. Howard Hoyle notes active harvest efforts across farms and the pace of work picking up in warm weather.
Mrs. Allen Hibbert of Ogden narrowly escaped serious injury last week when eight quart cans of yellow wax beans exploded in her oven. Glass and beans scattered through the kitchen and pantry in the accident.
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