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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1948
Page
8
Ten years ago today Mr and Mrs Wm Shannon and Mr and Mrs Raymond Minick arrived home from Chicago where they attended a national beauticians convention.
Store advertises quick service for customers to bring in Kodak films with plentiful supply of popular sizes on hand for processing and pickup.
The forecast calls for continued cold tonight with mostly cloudy skies and light snow possible tomorrow.
The article explains Indian summer as a recurring autumn warm spell with irregular timing and variable length. In the United States it typically appears in late October or early November with hazy skies and no rain, a similar Central European condition called St Martin's summer also noted.
Iowa Southern Utilities outlines expansion projects with new equipment at Ottumwa Centerville and Creston plants. A 10 000 KW turbine and boiler begin this fall, a 5600 KW turbine and boiler, and dual fuel generating units are installed. The Davenport Des Moines line will extend to Kansas City to enable pooled power exchanges among the three major plants.
The Iowa Southern Utilities outlines a 1949 40,000 KW unit in Davenport and a 1950 50,000 KW unit in Des Moines. The system links Des Moines Davenport and Kansas City into a new power pool, aiding communities served. They stress long term planning with orders placed years in advance for generators transformers and gas pipe. Home office attendees included H L Mann George T Perrine and Robert Webb with others from Washington district.
Wrap each tomato in paper and store indoors in a cool place. Bring them into the kitchen a few days before use to ripen. Stored this way they can be kept for several months. Ohio leads in registrations and transfers of Percheron horses and exports breeding stock to Latin America.
Lead had major prewar use for storage batteries representing about 30 percent of 655000 tons. A new battery charger designed for farm use restores the efficiency of an average truck car or tractor battery in 12 hours.
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