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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1941
Page
7
A speaker recalls valuing daily chats with many people in a town. He notes that in his long eastward travels and time in New York he has lost the familiar acquaintance he once enjoyed. He laments missing the simple friendliness of neighbors and street conversations.
A narrator recalls walking city streets and looking for familiar faces. Day by day no one is known, turning crowds into mere faces and creating a sense of isolation in a crowded place.
A speaker contrasts urban advantages with the value of known neighbors and everyday conversations. He recalls wishing to restore those days of friendship and social ease, suggesting greater fulfillment comes from simple, personal connections.
Texas claims the shortest state highway in the nation, a two block Huntsville street designated as State Highway 219. It departs from U.S. Highway 75 and ends at Sam Houston's grave, per the California State Automobile Association.
Molene, off Brittany, normally hosts about 70 residents, but now only women and children remain as all men have been conscripted into the French army. The island’s population has been reduced to a civilian mainly female and juvenile community due to wartime service.
A 40 foot statue of Christ sits atop Mount Cristo Rey near El Paso, depicting Christ on a cross of peace as a prominent summit landmark.
The word robot is credited to the late Kare Capek for his play R. U. R. The term describes mechanical automats built to handle labor and warfare duties around the world.
Chicago markets report March prices for hogs cattle and sheep with receipts and gains. Hogs around 7.85 to 8.20 for 180 240 lb. 7.35 to 7.60 for 270 330 lb. sows 6.90 to 7.35. Cattle steady with fed steers 10.60 to 11.00. choice steers 13.25. weaners 11.00 to 12.00. Sheep 11.00 to 11.25 for red wooled lambs. ewes 6.00 to 7.00. Estimated Saturday receipts cattle 200 hogs 300 sheep 1,000.
In Chicago on March 21 the grain market showed mixed moves as wheat corn oats and soybeans posted varied open high low and close levels. May and July wheat traded around mid 80s while corn hovered in the 64 ceiling. oats slipped late as soybeans hovered near 1.04 to 1.08 dollars per bushel.
Chicago price report lists cash grain asks for corn oats and soybeans with mixed lots and varied moisture notes. Corn ranges include 70 63 and 66 percent while oats show several white and red lots from 34 to 40 percent and soybeans around 1.05 to 1.06.
Eggs receipts reach 27 184 cases with 18 percent each for extra firsts and firsts and 16 percent dirties. Poultry market shows irregular with 37 trucks receipts and small hens 21 and heavy hens 18.
Sheriff W. XK. Tice and Woodbury deputies chased a bandit after a Wednesday bank robbery at Farmers Savings Bank in Pierson, taking $1,200. A Morning Side ravine clue mentions a suspicious man aiding a stuck 1938 black sedan with Nebraska plates.
Carroll Iowa area reports 72 year old J Herman Wuebker a retired farmer and church caretaker died in an auto collision two and a half miles northwest of Mount Carmel. His son in law Floyd Sehrad drove the car and Leo Mieland 36 a farmer near Arcadia was seriously injured. Coroner C C Sullivan and Deputy Sheriff Arnold Witt investigated the rural intersection crash.
Aluminum Company of America advances a hydro electric development at Nantahala North Carolina as part of a $150 million Southeast defense expansion. The Nantahala project will have the highest head of any power project east of the Rockies in the United States.
Debris at ancient mica dump sites in North Carolina reveals extensive mineral operations by Native Americans, marking mica as one of the state’s earliest mined minerals.
The report notes that young women represent under five percent of the population and urges health classes in high schools covering diet, tobacco, alcohol, sleep, and clothing. It also calls for parental vigilance for lassitude, temperature changes, or appetite loss, and recommends tuberculin testing with chest X rays as indicated, especially after exposure.
In Columbus Junction Mrs. Jacob Smice announced the marriage of her daughter Evelyn I. Brown to Albert J. Cameron of Matterville at Kahoka Missouri on March 5 with Rev. H. C Guthrie officiating Attendants were Louise Hill Kahoka and Ralston H Meek Washington The couple will reside in Rock Island Illinois Jimma Beckman Chapter Order of Eastern Star held its annual school of instruction March 19 in the Masonic hall with sessions and a dinner served at 6 30 PM Visitors from Wapello and Ainsworth attended
In Prairie Center on March 21 Mrs Wes Meyers was elected president of The Sunshine community club at their last meeting. Hostess was Mrs Marshall Koehler. Neighbors invite greetings as new locals settle in. Community updates include visits and illness notices among residents.
The article lists tobacco cement and steel as the safest industries in the United States with emphasis on safety factors affecting workers and production.
Ex state senator John J. McClure arrives at the Delaware County Courthouse in Media Pennsylvania for the open of his trial with six others on charges of perpetrating a $625,000 fraud in selling the Chester Water Service to the Chester Municipal Authority. He pleads not guilty.
Joyce Gault sprained her ankle jumping from a hay mow and now uses crutches. Also notes Burling district meeting attendance and mumps case as well as a funeral in Winfield for Alvin Pittard. Pittards formerly lived in the community.
Sunday dinner guests at the Myral Smith home included Mr and Mrs Fred Spangler and Harold. Ernest Baker began work for Wilmer Lauderman for the summer, his third year there. Mrs C T McCoy attended a Legion Auxiliary meeting in Crawfordsville. Families visited and helped with papering and wood cutting at several homes around West Sunset.
The text notes that average weekly earnings for motor vehicle factory employees were $11.50 in 1904 and increased to $32.30 by 1940, highlighting substantial wage growth over the period.
Anton A Kupka died in Iowa City at University hospital. Funeral services were held at Kalona Methodist church with an Odd Fellows graveside service at Richmond cemetery. Born June 2 1849 in Czechoslovakia he came to the United States at 17. Surviving children include Joe Adolph Mary Tillie Nasedley Anna Melack Kolosick. wife Ama Shalla and an infant son are dead.
A small hole in your umbrella can be mended quickly with a piece of black court plaster placed on the inside. To restore some of the original look, open the umbrella and rub it with a clean cloth dipped in tea with a dash of ammonia.
Forbes magazine reports a study of 170 corporations listed on the New York Stock Exchange show only 20 percent mail quarterly statements to stockholders while 18 percent offer semiannual statements.
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