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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1949
Page
4
A reflective paragraph contemplates how our lives are remembered through kind acts and thoughts, linking personal conduct to the enduring record in scripture. It cites Psalm 40:7 about being written in the book, emphasizing enduring memory through virtue.
A narrator reflects on aging and domestic routines as his life settles into a steady rhythm. He notes the burden of housework and caretaking, visits by neighbors, and family ties that endure despite distance and time. Mr. Bennett’s retirement at Ohio Wesleyan and Willard Acehie’s Shenandoah publisher background frame discussions of tradition, community, and road safety pledges for youths.
Ted Eggers, once a Washington horse shoer who moved through Davenport and Davenport with a long career, traveled to California this week to settle in Pasadena. He recalled a display of 26 horseshoes made to study shoe shapes and shared memories of early North Marion Avenue shops and the Fields garage era. He later ran weather-strips, then worked in a motion picture machine plant while maintaining horse-shoeing ties with Al Fields and Alex Nelson.
Mr. Eggers recalls George Teas, Al Fields, Clark Long and Jim Comger as blacksmiths in Washington. He notes the 80 cent to 1.60 dollar shoeing payments, time for shoeing, and shifts away from farm shoeing to race track fittings. He favored gait-correcting work and cites Washington as once a major horse shipping center.
A family note blends playful brag with baby Cheryl Ann’s growth past the three month mark. The writer jokes about grandparent bragging while detailing her doubled weight, late night cravings, and contentment after feeding Carnation formula.
Pleasant Ridge June 9 Jimmy Kauffman, son of Mr and Mrs Ed Kauffman, is a tonsillectomy patient recovering at home. Numerous relatives and friends visited or called on the family over Memorial Day weekend and nearby days, including Mrs. James Marsh, the Fannings, Hesseltines, Chalupas, and others. Several trips and visits across nearby towns are noted as families attend funerals and spend time with relatives.
Hollywood makeup artist Frank Westmore faced a unique challenge for Eagle Lion's Hollow Triumph, applying powder with a jeweler's magnifier to a live ant to ensure it reads on camera. The article also previews MGM's Little Women with June Allyson, Peter Lawford, and Elizabeth Taylor, noting Alcott's life and the film's cast.
Homemakers visit Palmer Home for problem solving on household storage. Ruth Foster notes June 14 open house from 1 to 4 30 pm with Mr and Mrs Fred Palmer ton. Demonstrates linen storage center with shallow drawers to prevent wrinkling and a pull out sorting board behind glass doors for pieces.
The article notes an actor making his American screen debut as Professor Bhaer alongside Mary Astor as Marmee Lucile Watson as Aunt March Aubrey Smith as Mr Laurence Elizabeth Patterson as Hannah Leon Ames as Mr March Harry Davenport as Dr Barnes and Richard Stapley as John Brooke The production and direction are by Mervyn LeRoy A quip cites a handshake weight average of 45 pounds for a woman and 80 for a man.
Foot and mouth disease is a highly contagious global threat to cattle swine sheep and goats and other cloven-footed animals. The United States has mostly remained free thanks to preventive measures by the Bureau of Animal Industry, despite nine limited outbreaks noted.
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