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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1946
Page
3
A May 11 1946 publication presents a religious meditation urging believers to pursue purity, renounce envy greed malice and sensuality, and embrace spiritual rebirth and the hope of divine purification as in 1 John 3:3.
Clark Gable and Greer Garson star in Adventure directed by Victor Fleming. The film pairs the box office favorites as Gable plays a rough sailor and Garson portrays a temperamental librarian in a lively MGM drama opening nationwide.
Trigger the clever film horse trained by Roy Rogers headlines Republic’s musical Western Along The Navajo Trail opening Sunday at the Fox Theatre. Joan Blondell Thomas Mitchell and five Oscar winners join in a cast blending romance adventure humor and drama.
Mary Darlene Meuth and Rex E. Widmer were married at the bride’s Brighton home Wednesday afternoon. Rev. K E Voss officiated a double ring rite as the bridal party stood before white spirea with spring flowers. The bride wore a white floor length rayon chiffon gown.
The report describes the wedding with a fitted bodice and full skirt, finger tipped veil, and a bouquet of lilies of the valley pink snapdragons and shower drops. Bridesmaid Dorothy Hopkins and best man Duane Van Winkle are noted with ushers Katherine Jeane Barnes and Emily Fern Stephen. The couple left for a Burlington trip and will reside with the groom’s parents while he returns to farm work. Mrs Widmer is a Brighton high school graduate and he is also. He received his discharge from the air corps in April after nine months overseas.
The passage lists individuals and couples including Moxley and Robert Jay, Mr and Mrs Ralph Stephen, Mollie Tierney, Keota, Mr and Mrs John Beenblossom, Mr and Mrs Ralph Williams of Washington, Mr and Mrs Lewis Nebel and family Wayland, and Mrs Voss, indicating a social or community notices section.
The article notes that farmers got about 40 cents of the consumer dollar in prewar years and shows 1943 figures at 32 cents. Data point contrasts farmer earnings with wartime economic shifts influencing prices and producer income.
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