Kalona Sees New Homes and Businesses Under Way
Kalona sees multiple new homes and business buildings under construction this spring. Families move into completed homes of Aaron Spicher and Albert Miller, with others nearing completion. A brick home by Donard Batterson is underway, and the Kalona Co operative Telephone builds a new business district building.
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Kalona
Aaron Spicher
Albert S. Miller
S. W. Miller
Donard Batterson
Kalona Co-operative Telephone Company
Gates Implement and
Chevrolet Company
Farmers Savings Bank
Kaiona Savings Bank
Washington resident to Palo Alto council candidate
Judge John L. Springer, long-time Washington resident, is a candidate for Palo Alto city council in the May 10 election. He studied at Washington academy where notable figures include founder Samuel E Mekhee and Principal J T Matthews. Springer later earned legal degrees from Iowa and Stanford universities and previously served as a California judge. Also noted is Merle Gallagher’s transfer to chief of ground service at Cleveland airport for United Air Lines, described as an expert and long-time aviation employee.
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California
Washington
John L. Springer
Palo Alto
the Academy
Nannie Springer
Philippines
William Howard Taft
Islands
Iowa
Stanford
Cleveland
Merle Gallagher
United Airlines
Merle
Washington High School
United
Boston
Pickles in American History From Colony to Industry
An eastern railroad magazine notes pickles as a long established American custom predating the Revolution. It cites Jefferson Washington Adams and Cleopatra praising pickles and says colonial gardens aimed to provide them. Michigan leads production with 40,000 acres of cucumbers. planting begins in June with crop rotation and clover as a best-following crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia
Sally
George Washington
John Adams
Julius Caesar
Napoleon Cleopatra
United States
Michigan
Pickles Touted For Nutritional Value In Diet
An article outlines how cucumbers become dill sweet and sour pickles through salt and vinegar processing. It asserts pickles offer nutritive value beyond a mere appetizer, noting vitamins and minerals highlighted by a Michigan university professor after a three year study.
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Michigan University
Fancy pants diaper line marketed amid wartime textile claims
A textile mill promotes pastel tinted fancy pants diapers for babies described as vat dyed fast colored and laboratory tested sold mainly through a Dallas department store. The item highlights wartime clothing and consumer demand amid shortages while warning about safety and rising travel.
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Dallas
Texas
Donkey Joke Highlights Married Life Contrast
A comic exchange on a country road contrasts rising divorce trends with most couples staying together. A heated argument ends with a joke about a donkey in a field and a quip about a relative by marriage.
Claudette Colbert Embraces Modern House Tech in Films
The actress appears cooking on an 188 model wood range in The Egg and I, a stove requiring constant stoking. In Family Honeymoon she uses electric appliances and a fully modern home as she reunites with Fred MacMurray at the State Theatre.
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Free MacMurray
State Theatre
Washington Evening Journal staff and subscription rates
Washington Iowa based newspaper notes editors and staff roles including Shannon Elder and Cowden. It lists subscription rates per week by carrier and per year by carrier in Washington with various pricing tiers and tax details.
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THF
Washington Evening Journal
Washington
Iowa Elder, Shannon & Co
EK. Shannon
Dave R. Elder
Bruce C. Cowden
Charles Morris
W. J. Shannon
Max Marble
Iowa
United Press
Inland Daily Press
Iowa Daily Press
Iowa Press
Iowa Press Ass'n
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Cowboy Roy Rogers Rides Through Wide-Location Hollywood
Roy Rogers known as Hollywood’s most traveled cowboy star. His Republic film The Gay Ranchero in Tru Color is playing at the Fox Theatre. Most Roy films are shot on distant location sets rather than Hollywood backlots.
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Hollywood
Roy Rogers
Republic
Fox Theatre
Roy
Travel totals show vast miles logged over the year
The report notes 23 400 miles in one year of comings and goings, plus 11 500 miles during an East coast tour with a thrill circus and 18 000 miles from a rodeo trip. A few transcontinental business trips account for approximately a final amount.
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East
Grand total reaches 76 900 miles
The mileage tally climbs to 76 900 miles, driven by the latest update and contributing to the overall figure of 76 900 miles.
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Mom
B. Way
Kaiona
John Strack
van Lines
Washington Transfer
North Avenue
Randle
Clyde Tucker
Tait
Washington Dairy
Radio 114
BABY
Brooder
Ramseyer
E. Wash
Sentinel Radio Sales & Service
South Ave
W.L
Little
Washington Concrete Co
12Th St
Rock Island
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffrey Bldg
Theo. B. Bailey
Morrison & Morrison Attorneys
E. D. Morrison
E. D. Morrison, Jr
Morrison Bldg
W. Livingston
Robert Day
W. Main
George F. Morrison
G. Gifford Morrison
J. Co. Penney Co
Paul V. Shearer
John C. Owen
Side Square
Wendell L. Shaffer
Hotel Washington
Optometrists
C. S. Lemmon
John W. Lemmon
East Side Square
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic Physician
F. G. Livesay
D. C
So Lowa Ave
Karl EB. Frederick
Madison
Journal
Bruce Cowden
Bettie Griggs
Walter Droll
Edith Morgan
W. H. Barnum
Paul Phillips
Sarah Peck
Darlene Hanson
Donald Bean
Edith Roth
Board of Education
Chicago
Lyle Moomey
C. B. Moomey
Clair Grout
Riverside
W. ©. Yoder
Wayne Wasson
Wellman
Jay Eastman
Weller Snyder
Harold Stumpf
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
L. J. Strickler
Mari Ion
Cedar Rapids
H. L. Walker
V. 0. Hochstetler
Kk. Grady
Avenue
Dept
Brooklyn
N.Y
A. F. Ligotti Co
Jaime
Atents
C.O.D
Java
Sumatra
Britain
Australia
Frank Ulish
Safety Education
Claudette
Claudette Colbert
Ture
Anne
T. W. Harwood
Iatet Coe
Ghick CO
Phone
Reisters
West Chester
Kalona Sales
Chrysler
Enache
Miller's Garage
Virtue Ally
West Chester, Iowa
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