Editorials Reflect on Faith Community Life and Labor Strife
A May 19 1947 editorial blends moral reflections with local civic notes. It praises compassion and faith while urging civic restraint, highlights a Chamber of Commerce folder promoting Washington County, and notes labor strikes, Wagner Act debates, and calls for balanced legislation. It closes with religious exhortations about love and understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Washington County
Chamber of Commerce
Thomas
Musings and Local Color From San Pedro to Garden Thoughts
A potpourri of hometown notes spans San Pedro relatives in fishing lure making to carnival tickets and rustic wisdom. Observations on gardening nitty gritty mix humor, quotations, and light reflections on plant timing and mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Pedro
Cal
W. H. Mitchell
Crawling and mud packs spur playful midlife questions
The dialogue playfully touts crawling on the ground to reduce aging fears, jokes about mud on knees, and questions juror style about age. A line notes a church burning in 1994, adding a misfit historical detail.
Spike Jones Band in Ladies Man at State Theatre
Spike Jones and His City Shelters star in the romantic comedy with music Ladies Man at the State Theatre with Eddie Bracken Cass Daley and Virginian Wells. The story follows an Oklahoma farmer who strikes oil then goes to New York to spend his fortune as Spike performs Holiday for Strings and Cocktails for Two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Spike Jones
State Theatre
Eddie Bracken
Cass Daley
Virginian Welles
New York
Spike
Zany Band Performs Inimitable Stage Act
The zany band showcases its original style with Jones and company in IT Gotta Gal I Love. Dancer Johnny Coy and the attractive blonde Virginia Field fill featured roles in the performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones and Company Co
North
South Dakota
Johnny Coy
Virginia Field
Sed Egg Record Farm Poultry Eggs Hit January High
Sed Egg Record Farm reported poultry flocks six percent smaller than a year ago yet produced the highest January rate in history and set a new monthly egg production record.
Washington Evening Journal Subscription Rates
Washington area readers learn per week and quarterly rates for home delivery in Washington and outside zones. The notice lists carriers, annual, semiannual, and quarterly plans with payment terms and subscriber responsibilities.
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the Evening Journal
Washington
Lowe Elder, Shannon & Co
Fh. Ie
Shannon
Dave St. Elder
Bruce, Cowden
W. J. Shannon
Max Marble
Iowa
United Press
Inland Daily Press Assn
Iowa Daily Press Ass'n
Iowa Press Ass'n
Audit Bureau of Circulations
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Jesus
Ted Coffman
Journal
Linotype
New York Herald
Lincoln
Marshalltown
Council
Truman
Omaha World-Herald
Congress
Knoxville Express
Oskaloosa Harald
Cincinnati Enquirer
Liberty
Are
Peter
John
Blondie
MAMA
Chic Young
Dagwood
Mixie Dugan
Ole
Kansas
Rev. Stevens
Scott Furniture CO
R. G. Wessler
East Second St. Call
Sterling
Yoder
Ramseyer
Hatchery
Wash
Qates
Spike Jones Band
Theodore B. Batley
Morrison & Morrison
Edmund D. Morrison
Edmund D. Morrison, Jr
Morrison Building
S. W. Livingston
Robert Day
W. Main
George F. Morrison
G. Gifford Morrison
J. C. Penney Co
Paul W. Shearer
Court House
Limestone
Kaser
West
Ceubat
Willis Richards
Erwin Bros
Washington, Iowa
Iowa Southern Now
Cally
Westinghouse
Betty Crocker
Brown
Brown Finance Co
By McEvoy
Striebel
George J. Krogmeier
DDS
Optometrists
Cc. S. Lemmon
John W. Lemmon
East Side Square
S. Iowa
F. G. Livesay
Etd. Co
Iowa Avenue
Wayne
South Ave
OLOGY
Mary Lee
Hollywood Box
Hollywood 28
Calif
Harry
Rayburn Land CO
East Side Sq
Washington, Ia
Barden Insulation Service
C. B. Clark
Keota
BABY
New Hampshire Reds
White Rocks
Austin Whites
White Leghorns
Rock
Red Cross
Reister Hatchery
Walter Nicholson
South Second Ave
Washington Dairy
Reister Bros
Creamery
Washington Concrete Co
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