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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1971
Page
7
A readers narrative traces unemployment pressures and economic shifts from farmers to urban workers. It warns municipal distress from welfare policies, laments farming decline, and sketches a surreal roster of future farm related roles from straw tossers to livestock photographers and cattle buyers amid a changing agricultural economy. The piece interweaves social critique with pop culture riffs and speculative futures for rural labor.
A satirical cartoon by Al Nelson critiques government and agribusiness. It imagines professors seizing control of the USDA Grading Department, describes seed salesmen doubling prices, and parodies rural labor and federal rules. The piece lampoons ecological testing and low-cost food substitutes amid agricultural industry changes.
Crawfordsville March 4 Mr and Mrs Robert Howell returned home February 27 after spending the winter in Auburndale Florida They visited friends in Sarasota Fort Myers Zephyr Hills Plant City and Lake Wales and saw the Citrus Festival in Winter Haven Also noted are birthday and local visit details involving family and friends with hospital updates for Sharon Lee Johnston and other community news
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