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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1946
Page
5
A June 26 1946 installment urges readers to remember children as gifts from God and to raise them with responsibility. It calls for parental care and national effort to foster a hopeful future for the young generation.
A column surveys Des Moines growth and parking ramps, urges modernizing small cities, and weighs wartime themes from Bikini tests to code talkers. It cites state capital expansion, broad infrastructure needs, and critiques of postwar economic forecasts amid policy debates.
A California man jokes about electric dishwashers amid food concerns, contrasting waste with need. An adjutant finds a bed of strawberries and claims them for himself as days pass. A British regiment occupies a ruined village in WW Europe to discover only a cow remains.
The speaker recalls writing a posted notice that warned any strawberry thief would have their cow shot. A judge joked about fines and a past speeding incident in the same era, reflecting frontier justice and local color.
A playful exchange centers on the idea of marrying a lawyer who argues. The bride contemplates wedlock to a man who is a lawyer and argues, while the suitor jokes about lawyers charging a fee for their disputes.
At busy stations a patient passenger complains of two hours delay while the station master boasts twenty years on the job and an unshaken vow to wait for trains, igniting a competitive race to catch the next departure.
A wartime scene recalls a transportation driver and a lieutenant halted by a Ross Roads sentry. The men pass ritual checks then joke about future stops and charity over fertilizer. The passage ends with an odd lettuce preparation tip about removing the core and placing the cone under running water.
A reader offers practical refrigerator advice urging Sue to consider a Servel gas refrigerator. If unavailable, use the existing unit temporarily. The writer states a Servel will relieve refrigerator worries for good once obtained.
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