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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1948
Page
6
May 31 report states Max Heither has bought the Joe C. Schoch estate residence in Columbus City. Mrs. Schoch will live with her daughter Mrs. King in Muscatine. Mary Seherff of Rocks MN is also mentioned in the fragmented text.
Brief items note Ford of Ill visiting Columbus Junction, alumni banquet attendance, Martyn Tyler's summer work in Alabama, Lt. (jg) Parsons and family on leave from San Diego, Mrs. Lucille Patton of Chicago visiting, funeral of Mrs. Newberg in Mt Pleasant, and general notes on Indonesian farming, hotel smoking laws, and carpet options.
Advertising copy warns that kidney disorder allows waste to remain in blood causing backache aches rheumatic pains and edema. It urges asking a druggist for Doan’s Dean’s Pills as a stimulant diuretic trusted for over 50 years to help flush waste from the blood.
A Michigan man earned a patent for a machine that dispenses newspapers. A customer deposits a coin pulls a rod and retrieves a single paper.
Journal lists weekly sales at Whittaker sale barn on Fridays and livestock gatherings at Midway Sales Columbus Junction Kalona Ollie Sigourney and Hi Dollar in Iowa. June sale of 40 dairy cows near the courthouse starts at 12 30 p m with Jay Brewer listed.
The U S department of agriculture reports farm costs have climbed from nine to twenty five percent annually since 1939 and are now at historic highs.
Americans now consume eight percent more food per person than in 1941 and sixteen percent more than the 1935-39 average, reflecting growing demand and dietary changes in postwar years.
Iowa reports more than 9 641 miles of primary roads and 92 921 miles of secondary roads in a state survey. The figures highlight extensive highway infrastructure across the state.
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