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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1942
Page
6
About 700 hunters active in the Spotted Bear area near Whitefish Montana report 107 elk killed this season. Rangers note last year many carcasses were left, but 1942 campaigns were largely well equipped to haul out kills and some hunters hunted elk for food.
Shortages of rubber labor trucks and paper threaten a shift away from home delivery toward every other day service with zoned sales areas and fewer special deliveries. War factors overshadow longer running changes in fluid milk distribution including paper instead of metal containers and rising wholesale deals, with many reforms likely permanent while some may prove unsatisfactory.
A cotton economist notes linters hulls and oil from cotton seed are expanding uses beyond lint. Linters yield plastics and rayon fiber. hulls feed livestock and packing. oil serves cosmetics and greases. cake and meal support feed and fertilizer. Cotton cloth and cordage enter new industrial roles.
Rural briefs note a new technique from Virginia Polytechnic Institute cuts cheese making time in half and sells at a premium.
When lime builds up inside a tea kettle a strong solution of vinegar heated in the kettle will remove the deposits. The procedure uses heat to dissolve mineral buildup and restore kettle efficiency.
Mrs Richard Arthur improves in health and can handle most home duties again. The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Russell Jones is Susan JoAnn. Mrs Jones and Susan plan to return home on Sunday. Paint workers apply second coat of white paint to Maude McGuire residence. Freda Van Horn Homer Lowry and Rev and Mrs M A Robeson visited the James Clegg home Monday evening. Miss Van Horn remained in the city.
Poirot interviews Ted Bigland at his father's farm and questions Nurse Hopkins as he pursues the Mary Gerrard case. Ted recalls Mary's charm and hints an accident or jealousy may have played a part while Roddy Welman seeks reassurance from Poirot on Elinor Carlisle's alleged poisoning.
The column lists visitors and travels of local residents including the Clegg and Davis families. Mrs Norma Clegg and her sons plus relatives depart for California for a month visiting sisters and relatives, others host guests in town, and plans for club and aid meetings are noted. Local youths and parents spend weekends with relatives, shop visits in Washington, and brief furloughs.
Long list of Sunday and weekday visits picnics and family gatherings across Stringtown with names Rich, Welty, Leiehty, Schantz, Davison, Widmer, Yoder, Rapp, Lang, Leichty, Nickolous, Rin ner, Gugel, Widmer, Suter and Wenger. Also notes about a California convict statistic and a Masonic lodge meeting details.
Partial timetable notes show daily and regular stops for R J P Weethcard and Golden State Limited services. Entries list stop times such as 3:57 p.m. and 11:69 p.m. for No 1 Local, and 3:08 a.m. for No 4 Golden State Limited with destinations including California passengers and Washington discharge.
Sunday evening visitors were hosted at the J. J. Rich home with Clifford Young and Duane Widmer spending the evening at the Jess Peck residence.
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