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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1947
Page
4
Editorial notes May as convention season and contrasts American meetups with totalitarian control. Comments on rail travel, hotel shortages, newsprint prices, and advances in printing tech including automatic typesetting and photo-electric engraving. Predicts a modest recession but overall optimism and view of steady capitalism.
A reminiscence piece notes twelve to eighteen inch asparagus stalks from the Elder garden and humor about Dave Elder’s roast beef award. It trails into a river pilot’s stump encounter and a weather quip, then a mother and son cap shopping moment and a Burlington bus breakdown.
A playful verse on losing voice and turning to writing. The speaker laments a broken ability to speak yet celebrates the pen as a substitute for expression, noting how signs and quiet words become the new voice. The tone is light and cheeky, nodding to the old adage that the pen is mightier than the sword.
The fragment lists three logic statements about card positions on a table. It notes a four to the right of a three, a four to the left of a four, and mentions a spade relation. The incomplete item ends mid sentence.
A brief puzzle note asks for three ecards based on card positions. It states there is at least one spade to the right of a spade and mentions a left of a heart, inviting a solution to the trio of ecards. The message ends with a hint of publication timing tomorrow.
Betty Hutton and Sonny Tufts headline the Paramount comedy Cross My Heart now playing at the State Theatre. The plot follows a chronic liar who fakes murder to aid a romance while attorney Tufts believes her tale, leading to acquittal and a renewed after finale.
A lighthearted page mentions a playful double feature title in a 1950s style review. It hints at romance themes and upbeat mood, noting the phrase echoes a common entertainment trope. Readers glimpse a cheerful, era-appropriate tone without details.
County Auditor reports in favor of vacation of East 12th Street from North 2nd Avenue to the West side of North 4th Avenue in Highland Park Addition Washington. Objections or claims for damages must be filed in the Auditor's office by noon July 12, 1947, or the road will be vacated. Also notes wartime transport expenditure figures and totals.
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