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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1947
Page
5
A collage of reflections from readers and clippings covers civic budgets, Russia’s aims, immigration of ideas, and garbage disposal. Topics include sanitation funding, labor shifts, housing, education versus liquor spend, and youth guidance with notes from historians and local columnists.
A bus station scene from last week features a rose coat and laughing eyes as a cheerful man with a young son shares warmth on a chilly morning. A city salesman promotes a portable typewriter, praised for travel ease, but the buyer dismisses it as useless for a man who never goes anywhere. A walnut secretary desk with sentimental value from Mrs. Foster Bickel becomes a prized family heirloom.
A doctor attending a confinement asks for a corkscrew a screwdriver and a chisel and mallet as he tries to open his medicine case. Betty, reared in California, notes the contrast in spring excitement for a newcomer in the Middle West with new signs of growth daily.
Merna Gilkey daughter of William Gilkey Columbus Junction and Mrs George Kraus Fort Wayne Ind was named outstanding member of Columbus high school class of 1947 by the local P E O chapter. She received a $5 cash prize and had her name engraved on a silver trophy amid a chapel announcement attended by faculty students and P E O members.
Extension nutritionists state potatoes do not fatten. One medium potato has about as many calories as an apple or banana. The extra calories come from gravy butter or other fats added.
A Twentieth Century Fund analysis projects TV service reaching 100 million people within five years. It forecasts annual sales of 3.5 million television sets and total retail revenue between 600 and 700 million dollars.
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