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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1948
Page
4
Editorial draws a moral from Proverbs 20 2 about rulers provoked by tyranny and the people’s sorrow. It urges caution in leadership and reflects on regional grief. The piece ties biblical warning to contemporary governance.
A Philadelphia convention recap shows Dewey securing all 1094 delegate votes with strong Iowa support rising to his side on later ballots. Warren was nominated as vice president by acclamation after Stassen faded, while Dewey and Warren were warmly received by a crowded hall and Mrs. Gertrude Bowman offered insights from public life.
An old souvenir program from Washington County Iowa marks the September 11 1919 Welcome Home event for World War I veterans. Col C J Wilson served as president and Major J D Glasgow as marshal with committees spanning finance entertainment publicity and grounds. The parade pageant and musical features included the fifty fourth Regimental band from Ottumwa and the Washington Concert band. Notable acts included Harry Rich and a grand patriotic pageant at Sunset Park with addresses by Col.
A large catfish weighing seventeen pounds and one ounce was entered in a city anglers contest near Columbus Junction on the Iowa River. Ed Sorrell reportedly brought the big fish from the river, and the live weight diminished briefly with each breath on the scales. West Chester announces a Friday and Saturday carnival, the first in twenty years, recalling a 1928 pavement celebration and a family memory of watching the event.
A casual family note extols bananas as filling and nutritious with vitamins A C and B. The writer reflects on wartime scarcity and the fruit’s satiety value, then muses on pasta’s playful label strands and strands of food fun.
The account recalls Matthew A Tinley who led the 168th Infantry in France and a large Washington crowd at a park picnic. Marsh W Bailey presented war medals to soldiers and others, with an official photo taken. A boxing exhibition, baseball game, and a two-part church dinner preceded an 8 30 p m fireworks show on the Todd place west of North Marion Avenue. The writer recalls Sunset park and the Berdo place displays and hopes for grand-scale future fireworks.
Poem by M. G. portrays five old mail boxes as gossiping elders. They sit in a crooked line at a crossroads under snow rain and sun. They await the mailman with patient chatter about neighbors.
A group of 192 friends led by captain C. C. Niffenegger visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Booth Monday evening for a charivari. After greetings, they went to the Miller garage for treats. Eldin Bauer family and Lon Bauer family attended a Des Moines reunion. F. M. Lindenmeyer joined Isaac Sprague in Sioux City this week.
The cotton aphid or cotton louse also known as the melon aphid appears nationwide. This small sucking insect is a general feeder damaging cotton and harming okra melons squash cucumbers and other cucurbits. Its color ranges from light yellow to dark green or nearly black.
Wilton Junction businessman R. Schehneackloth, 40, died in Mercy hospital from burns after he threw kerosene on hot coals at a Cedar river summer cottage north of Muscatine. His son Charles, 15, was in critical condition. Neighbor Herb Thede helped pull them outside and roll the boy to extinguish flames.
The Washington Evening Journal lists staff roles including Shannon as publisher, Dave R Wider as managing editor, G Cowden as editor, Charles Morris as news editor, W J Shannon as advertising manager, and Max Marble as plant superintendent. Published afternoons except Sundays and entered as second class matter under March 3, 1879. Subscription rate is 25 cents per week by carrier in Washington.
Harrison Rogers aged 39 died suddenly of a heart attack at his Wichita Kansas home. He was the son of Dr. E C and Louise Rogers formerly of Cotter and Columbus Junction. He is survived by his widow Ruth Bates of Wapello and two sons and a daughter, plus his mother now in San Diego California.
Scenic Monument Valley hosts the setting for Fort Apa che filmed by John Ford and Merian C. Cooper with John Wayne Henry Fonda Sterling Hayden and Pedro Armendáriz in the cast. Vera Ralston stars in The Flame opening at Fox Theatre with gowns by Howard Greer and modern styling.
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