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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1946
Page
8
A Washington column shares light vignettes from daily life. A mother collapses from overwork after a letter from a daughter, a snow storm memory is recalled, and local habits on shopping shoes and silk hose are joked about. The piece notes temporary mood shifts and small domestic Scouting concerns with papers and magazines.
Only 49 percent of the nation’s 1,928,000 miles of county and local roads have all weather surfacing while 73 percent of municipal streets and alleys total 304,000 miles with concrete asphalt tar coating gravel or stabilized earth surfaces.
Edwin Waldo Ford died at age 87 in Riverside after a long illness. The private funeral will be Sunday at 2 PM at Riverside Trinity Methodist Church, with burial in Riverside cemetery. Ford, born Nov 29 1858 in Johnson County Iowa, lived his life in Riverside. survived by wife Barbara Ann Feldman, two sons Irvin and Harvey, six daughters, a sister, ten grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
The United States holds about half of the world’s 26 billion long tons of phosphate rock reserves. Three-fifths of American deposits lie in Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming, with the remainder in Florida, Tennessee, Arkansas, South Carolina and Kentucky.
A concert featuring the School Singers and accompanying acts is announced with lists of performers across junior high choirs and girls glee club. Directors and accompanists are named, highlighting a community music event likely in a local school setting.
The article notes phosphates touch many daily items from alarm clocks to toothpaste and detergents. It cites rustproofed metal parts and phosphate softened water, phosphate detergents, phosphate aided matches, and ammonium phosphate slowing flame spread.
Farmers can beat corn borers only through cooperative clean plowing programs. A single farmer makes little impact as borer moths migrate between fields and farms in spring, requiring collective action to reduce infestation.
The Netherlands is the most densely populated country with 712.3 persons per square mile in 1944. The United States averages 45.5 per square mile while Greenland remains the least dense at 0.6 per square mile.
Massey Station in Dubuque County reports its first spring brush fire death. Matt Gansemer, 75, was found near a brush pile by his nephew last night. Sheriff Leo Martin said Gansemer may have been cleaning around his cottage when the blaze broke loose.
Slice large carrots crosswise into thin rounds Chill thoroughly in the refrigerator in ice water if not very fresh Spread with peanut butter A simple tasty addition to a canape tray
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