This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1948
Page
5
The text discusses the cow supplying one-fifth of the nation's diet and providing substantial cash income to farmers. It notes hair and table products worth TOT million dollars and emphasizes the cow's growing importance in life and economy as science reveals greater value.
Iowa Dairy Month message from Frank Barker notes per capita use of fluid milk tops 200 quarts yearly for years. Evaporated milk hits 18.5 pounds, hot cheese 8.1 pounds near all time high, ice cream over 50 pounds annually. butter remains challenged by price but offers value. Iowa dairy trade supports $38.9 million weekly cash income.
Realart Pictures presents Trail of the Vigilantes at the Fox theater starring Franchot Tone in his first Western lead. Tone heads a strong cast including Warren William Broderick Crawford Andy Devine Mischa Auer Porter Hall Peggy Moran and others as comedy and action blend under veteran director Allan Dwan. Tone plays an undercover agent sent by a city newspaper to the frontier inquest of a reporter’s murder.
The State screens Walt Disney’s Bambi in vivid Technicolor with standout scenes of Faline’s chase by bloodhounds and a forest fire climax. The film, released by RKO Radio, marks multiple Disney firsts including its selection as a novel adapted for cinema. Author Felix Salten wrote the original novel.
A historical note states that Egyptians used a crude form of line fishing, outlining early origins of this fishing technique and its development in ancient practice.
A chart reprinted courtesy of Hoard's Dairyman uses 1948 U S Bureau figures to show how soybeans support streptomycin growth. A bean derived nutrient substitutes meat extract to mold Streptomyces, potentially doubling yields. Streptomycin helps infections resistant to penicillin and sulfas and may aid tuberculosis recovery.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.