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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1941
Page
4
A collection of lighthearted quips and cartoons from summer postcard messages and family humor. Bits about daily bread from heaven, Santa, and babies, plus farm and village humor. A waiter’s pun about hens and eggs, and a country boy milking jokes, end with a cheeky missive about debts and a wry note to a creditor.
In a New York talk Hoover urges realism on war, backing Britain with aid but cautioning against immediate U.S. entry. He calls for more U.S. defense production, warns of Japan, and questions mobilization timing amid global tension. The column notes other editorials on neutrality talks, Hess, and domestic shortages.
Mr and Mrs Joe Wieland and sons visited Ralph Wieland. Virginia Spielman stayed with Wilbur Chalupa. Gail Murdock visited Henry Prymek. Mrs Charles Van Auken visited Orville Hill. Several locals visited Sylvia Weber at Mercy Hospital Iowa City. Frankie Mincer and James Dvorak’s army travel noted.
Fragmentary text references a figure named Osceola and a place Cha Ka Sto Glay. The passage describes deep swamps and a village, with a note on syllables and a claim the name has not appeared in print.
The Pueblo Indians kept turkeys long before the Pilgrims arrival. Turkeys were assigned rooms in the pueblos and valued mainly for their feathers, treated as sacred by the communities.
A village school room concert features Sandy the bagpiper as the crowd heckles him for another rendition of Annie Laurie. A jokey exchange about a truck collision and ducks lightens the mood while a fisherman in a river recounts a racially charged joke. Mrs Jones is mentioned in passing.
A Pallas News quip about buying peace ends with a comic scene. A couple's cough is mistaken for a hen house sound, causing neighborly banter and a humorous misunderstanding between Jones and his neighbor. The piece blends domestic life with a punchline about a hens coop in the yard.
The Great Salt Plains in Oklahoma cover about six by eight miles and present a level, table top like surface.
COUNCIL BLUFFS The Iowa state board of education awarded a design and supervision contract for a new $125,000 agricultural building at Iowa State college to Beutler and Arnold of Sioux City. The Ames building will replace one burned last winter. The board also accepted the resignation of Andy G. Woolfries as assistant director of WOI radio, effective Aug. 1, to enter commercial radio work. A successor has been chosen but not announced yet.
Blencoe farm owner Wilbur Nielsen, president of the Neilsen Company, completed the sale of a 480 acre farm for forty thousand dollars marking a notable transaction in Iowa rural real estate. The deal reflects market demand for agricultural land and potential expansion for local operations. Nearby lenders and brokers report steady activity in the Blencoe area.
The Construction Co. of Blencoe signed a contract to lease the 489 acre Weith farm located a mile and a half from Blencoe. The announced purchase price is about 40,900 dollars.
Garden experts predict Alabama could see a ten millionfold increase in vegetables, asserting supply growth will dwarf current state production and reshape local agriculture.
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