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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1948
Page
4
The piece argues a life of harmony justifies existence while a selfish view corrupts the soul. It cites Matthew 5 6 and blesses those who hunger and thirst after righteousness as they shall be filled.
The column recalls March 4 1925 the Coolidge inauguration broadcast and past memories. It notes the era’s radios few homes had and a family birthday intertwined with the event. It then pivots to light quips about Fisher socks and man catches for girls with knitting gear.
A regional trend in Iowa's Washington county favors transporting rural pupils to town schools rather than maintaining one room districts. Five district merger forms Prairie Flower in Cedar and Jackson townships, while others contract with adjacent towns for tuition and bus service. The move aims at economy and efficiency though gradual, with new county board of education overseeing surveys, road conditions, and population centers to guide consolidation.
The Staging of Desire Me creates a Greer Garson led set for MGM. Two hundred men labored four months on the largest studio construction to date. On Lot Three a faux village lines a harbor with twelve boats, plus farm and fairground sections and multiple sound stages across adjacent lots. The Monterey coastline features in the production.
Irving Pichel, famed for speech and drama, lauds Merle Oberon as the purest English diction among picture actresses. Pichel directs Oberon in Temptation, an International Picture opening Sunday at the Fox Theatre, where she plays a guileful British adventuress entangled by fiery passions in an Egyptian desert setting.
The tip suggests adding orange or grapefruit juice over canned or cooked dried fruit just before serving to enhance flavor and brighten the dish. This quick drizzle provides a fresh citrus note and a lighter finish.
In Maryland in 1732 tobacco was declared legal tender for all debts including customs dues and salaries of state officials and church ministers. The measure treated tobacco as currency within the colony.
A summary notes numerous active canoes under the American flag in Alaska and Hawaii. It recalls Mt Lassen’s eruption from May 1914 to June 1917 in the white man’s time. It also mentions Crater Lake’s minor under surface signs in 1945 near Mt Mazama.
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