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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1942
Page
4
Exclusive interview with Geo L McDaniel, a Wisconsin muskellunge angler, as he recalls landing a 33 pound musky last week. Fellow eyewitness Thompson J Brookhart confirms catching two muskies, 20 and 15 pounds, during the trip.
A quirky exchange contrasts gratitude for grapefruit and sugar with the high cost of living in America, noting it costs more to live here than elsewhere yet is considered worth it. A playful dialogue ends with a joke about manuscript rejection by an editor.
The verse argues that ease yields a lack of true manliness and strength, claiming good timber and strong character grow through adversity. Refrains praise endurance through sun and cold, rain and snow, stating both tree and man gain resilience from storms.
Funeral services for Mrs Lydia F Lutz were conducted at ten this morning at L A Jones funeral home with Dr R C Keagy in charge. Pallbearers included Howard Mangold Roscoe Robertson Jake Seethout Lee Sanders Henry Sheets and El mer Swickard. Burial followed in Keota cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs Mary E K Thompson were held yesterday afternoon at the L A Jones funeral home conducted by Rev R C Keagy. Burial was in Kingston cemetery with Ernest Salladay Myron Salladay Lewis Rath and Glenn Green as pallbearers.
Marilyn Bell presents a humorous column detailing quirky encounters and social quirks of local figures. The piece offers light gossip and witticisms about notable residents and recent happenings in town society.
The article profiles Dr A W Crow known as Doc or Arb to friends an osteopathic physician with roots at Purdue and Grinnell College He set Iowa hurdle records and earned coaching ties His hobbies include food his new granddaughter Robin Taylor and dumplings He enjoys a lively debate and reads the Want Ads.
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