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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1949
Page
6
Corporal Jimmy Keller seeks to improve camp life with a plan for better reading space and a horseshoe area. Sergeant Dikes, wary of bending rules, insists he goes by the book and doubts the idea can succeed.
Jim Graham, a corporal in a wartime camp, builds a memory of home by writing letters to his mother. He earns trust by organizing shelter improvements for the men, becomes acting sergeant, and crafts messages that keep Ma hopeful as he faces the front.
Gilbert Hynes imprisons his wife Serena for six months in a remote cabin to enforce a stark life. As snows trap them, Serena endures with quiet resolve while Gilbert battles control and soon confesses love, revealing a hidden settlement nearby and an unexpected twist.
Betty Lou Johnston daughter of Mr and Mrs H E Johnston Crawfordsville and Calvin Eichelberger son of Mr and Mrs William Eichelberger Wayland were married last Sunday at 2 pm in a candlelit postnuptial home ceremony. Rev Simon Gingerich and Rev Willard Leichty officiated. The couple’s attendants included Donna Eichelberger and Alice and Anita Hichelberger. A lunch for 30 followed, served by Mary Frances Keith and Mrs Harold Graber.
Farmers who feed and manage cattle properly ensure steady milk yields. Proper care, nutrition, and ongoing attention sustain dairy quality and profitability for operations large and small.
In 1550 Catherine de Medici popularizes ice cream in France. The dish arrives via a recipe carried from Asia by Marco Polo, marking an early form of the frozen dessert in European courts.
Canned salmon loaf offers a versatile fish course with 1 pound cans used to make six servings. The recipe combines salmon with celery parsley onion and rice baked in custard cups or a loaf pan with a milk mushroom soup sauce, served with watercress and asparagus tips.
Trains roll over the Wabash railroad right of way as four unions end a week-long strike. G H Sido says freight trains run now and passenger service will resume this afternoon. Union officials representing 3 500 engineers firemen conductors and trainmen agreed to return to work with no loss of seniority while negotiations continue to resolve grievances.
Edward Lee Curl of Des Moines confessed to stealing 5300 in U S savings bonds from Capitol Printing Co last Saturday. He admitted breaking in and taking six bonds in 100 and 1000 denominations, then tearing and flushing them down a hotel drain.
A note suggests using a little powdered glue instead of soap to wash glossy finish on painted floors walls and woodwork as grievances fueling a strike continue a week. The item reads like a practical tip amid ongoing worker protests and labor actions.
Israel and Lebanon signed an armistice at Ras En Naqara in Lebanon near the frontier. The pact follows a February deal between Israel and Egypt and is sponsored by the United Nations. Both sides accept the current frontier and agree to withdraw any troops within 10 days.
A wedding cake topped with miniature bride and groom marked the ceremony after the first slice was cut by the couple. Mrs Dale Johnston and Mrs Alia Eichelberger served the cake. The bride, Crawfordsville High School graduate, works at Sheaffer Pen in Mt. Pleasant. The groom, Wayland High School graduate, is D.H. 1A supervisor in North Henry county. They plan to reside on a farm three miles southeast of Wayland.
Farmers should provide soil as a preventive for pig anemia only from grounds not recently used by hogs to avoid worm eggs. Using contaminated soil risks introducing parasites into baby pigs and undermining health.
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