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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1939
Page
8
D D Stephens reports on new farm inventions including a lighter wagon built from old automobile wheels and an auxiliary cab heated for cold days. The item notes Dewey Jr has added a truck cab to his Farmall with a self starter and lights for the tractor.
In Bethel district on March 1 Kenneth Ornduff reports two sets of twin calves born within two days. The item notes local visits, illness, and various neighbors stopping by homes in the area, with several names and towns mentioned. A brief rural community snapshot closes with continued local activity.
East Highland residents report Sunday gatherings at several homes. Raymond Lorack and family and Ray Forbes groups visited James Dvorak senior while Frank Mincer and grandson Gary Gene stopped by. Betty Lantz plans a move to Elmer Kolosick farm for seasonal work.
Mrs. Sam Conant, 70, rode in an emergency caravan through a blizzard to a hospital. A Paton resident, she had an appendectomy after an 18 mile trip as shovelers, two wreckers, and an auto helped clear a blocked road.
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