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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1946
Page
8
Everette R. Chorpening and Dorothy Livesey both of Washington secured a marriage license at the courthouse.
Riverside March 13 William Wingler sold the Henry Klein farm southeast of Riverside to Frank Halter. Halter, partner with Mr. Draker, has a farm near Ainsworth and will take possession this month. Wingler buys Fred Yords home near St Marys church grounds and plans to move. Mrs Mabel Meer announces engagement of daughter Ida Meer to Jesse Grout.
Weather in Washington shows mostly cloudy and mild conditions with rain expected tonight. Market note mentions hog price at 14.85 dollars.
The marriage event will be held on Saturday March 23 at the Evangelical church in Shar northwest of Riverside. Attendees traveling from out of town for the funeral of Joe N Waldschmidt include siblings and relatives from Dubuque Iowa City Rock Island Council Bluffs and Hills. Armbruster and Grecians are among local residents visiting relatives amid news of deaths and furloughs.
Des Moines March 14 UP The state conservation commission announced two new fisheries biologists and one resignation. Tom Mohen Cresco named lake biologist and will study major fishing lakes. Harry Harrison Ames named biologist in charge of major fishing streams. Both based in Des Moines. Mort Sumner conservation officer resigns to pursue private business. veteran of World War II and served since 1940 with duties in Dubuque Delaware Floyd and Chickasaw counties.
Ames Iowa March 14 UPI R K Bliss director of extension service at Iowa State college said a state garden committee would be named at a Des Moines meeting Saturday inviting all gardening groups and interested parties The meeting follows a telegram from the Department of Agriculture urging continued state county and city garden committees during 1946 to boost the nation's food supply Discussions will cover the world food situation views of radio and press on the 1946 garden program and Home Garden contributions with cooperation from the Department of Agriculture highlighted.
An item notes a death by own action described as unknown among the Ute Indians of New Mexico. The brief lacks names dates or locations beyond the reference to New Mexico tribes.
Bliss announced an outline of the extension service gardening program. He expected more gardens to be planted during the war years and noted growing vegetables would reduce grocery purchases, freeing food for overseas shipments and lowering homemaker costs. The extension director predicted more sugar for canning, estimating about 10 pounds more per person.
An advertisement extols Buckley’s Canadies Cough Mixture for immediate relief from coughing and chest congestion. It emphasizes no syrup, economy, and strong sales in Canada and the U.S.A. with pricing noted as 45c and 8i, urging readers to buy from druggists.
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