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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1940
Page
6
Mrs. Frank Stransky reports busy farm life in Pilotburg as crops grow despite pests and moles. Haying and corn cultivation continue while women preserve produce from straw berries to cherries. A recent rain aided fields and visitors from Chicago joined John Lang’s family last weekend.
Mrs Frasmere will visit Yellowstone Park for sightseeing while their Chicago home awaits. Reverend Conant and DeKoping families attend local church services, and Pilotburg Sunday School begins at 9 30. Children's Day program set for June 30. Families host birthdays and dinners with relatives visiting from Iowa Virginia and Illinois. Local residents share picnics visits and farm life stories including Marion Stransky and Phyllis Stransky remarks about words and an umbrella gag.
June 26 updates list Sisters Mary Naomi and Mary Clarissima teaching at St. Mary’s, with Sister Clo tildis in Colorado for health. Mary Klein of Seattle visits Riverside relatives as do Monsignor Bernard Jacobsmeier at St. James, celebrating Rev. Henry Corcoran’s 25th ordination anniversary. Mrs. Dick Conklin and Carol visit from Mount Vernon, Dorothy Fitzsimmons visits Iowa City, and William G. McCreedy returns from time with his daughter in town. Arthur Schnoebelen and family from Iowa City spend Sunday with local relatives in Chicago.
C E Gray of Oakland visits his mother in Columbus City this week while enroute east. Miss Anna Orr of Albia visits Miss Nellie Moore and Miss Bessie Moore. Alta McAfee returns from Omaha. Albert McKean's siblings in Kansas City and Merna Gilkey return from Ft Wayne. A Briggs siblings visit in St Paul. Hipple guests in Columbus City. Marjean Tisor starts Mercy hospital nurse training. Ruth Delzell travels to Boston to visit her son. Joe and Laura Doe visit Columbus City. Emma Linn to celebrate 88th birthday. The Old Clifton club meets July 1 with the entertainment committee.
Mrs Elizabeth Florang is spending a few weeks with her daughters Mrs George Wickster and Miss Louise Florang in Iowa.
The total cost of the largest telescope in the world, located in Pasadena California, is projected at about 12 009 000 dollars. The figure underscores the scale of the project and the investment required for the facility.
Crater Lake in Oregon formed by natural water collection in an extinct volcano. It is among the deepest in the United States with a depth around 2000 feet.
Australia reports its wool output climbed from 143300 bales eleven years ago to 238000 bales today. The nation remains its own third largest customer, with only France and Great Britain buying more Australian wool last year.
A probate requirement ensures any will presented is probated to safeguard the deceased’s wishes and the heirs’ rights while guaranteeing taxes are assessed and paid. The process serves to secure proper legal settlement and fiscal obligations.
The government collects roughly one million dollars each month from internal revenue taxes on cosmetics, indicating steady consumer demand and steady tax income.
The article notes that the castor plant supplies materials for lubricants medicine flypaper paints soap linoleum printing and sulphonated castor oil showing its industrial versatility and wide applications.
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