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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1944
Page
5
A digressive column blends wartime fears with notes on migration, fascism, and a forecast of Thomas E. Dewey as Republican presidential nominee. It cites Rome Nero parallels, blockades against Japan, and current editorials from Davenport and Oskaloosa papers.
A civilian narrator in a Fifth War Loan piece abandons plans to cash his bonds after a dream about front line danger. A sergeant intercepts a private in a fox hole who aims to shoot a sniper to fund a vacation, insisting someone back home wants his money now. The section mixes wartime humor with a grim memory of conflict.
A traveling one-ring circus arrives in a hillside town. The locals identify all band instruments except the slide trombone, leaving an old settler recalling past shows and curious notes about the misidentified instrument.
A collage of quirky lines and reminiscences cites A H Dix and Ras tus with a doctor visiting to discuss a birth, a duck in the road, and a mud ship joke, ending with appreciation for ecards and kindnesses shown during a Washington hospital stay.
In a sewing circle exchange Ruth notes Mrs De Murr rarely speaks, preferring to sew. A report mentions one of their vessels stuck fast in the mud, signaling a mishap at sea.
A note of gratitude from Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Grawford and Maxine for the food deeds and beautiful floral offerings received in their Great Borrow. The remark mentions concern that horses are susceptible to injury from spoiled feeds.
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