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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 03, 1944

Page

5

Campaign opinions and voter turnout urged in Iowa county

The piece notes calls for full participation in the upcoming election, highlighting a 13 000 ballot goal and urging courteous treatment of student canvassers. It discusses campaign dynamics, desertions in unions, and range of views among Democrats and Republicans, with quotes from figures like Clair A. Williams and James A. Farley.

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Local notes mix wedding news and oddities from town

Mrs M W Bailey reports her daughter Josephine and Mr Meschter rented a Chicago apartment at 2836 East 77th Place. Joyful gifts were shipped. Jay Sproatt in Iowa City is said to be very low. A Washington woman’s hat feather sailed on a puddle like a boat in rain. A bride with many gifts married quickly and left for winter.

Jay Sproatt Iowa City Blanche Guthrie Miller Chicago

Hay Rack Edges Painted For Dryness and Longevity

A flat bed hay rack uses painted board edges during floor assembly to keep edges dry and extend service life. The practice helps protect wood from moisture and reduces wear over time.

Corrosion Loss in Unpainted Steel Structures

Unpainted steel or iron structures incur corrosion loss at 2 percent of material value per year, potentially costing the United States up to 500 million dollars annually.

United States

Late cotton planting raises bol weevil damage risk

Historical notes indicate that delaying cotton planting historically increased vulnerability to bol weevil damage, suggesting timing affects pest susceptibility and crop losses.

Card of thanks for D. L. Carbaugh

We thank neighbors friends members of the A F and AM lodge No 6 employees of the Milwaukee and Rock Island Railroad for sympathy kindness flowers shown during the illness and bereavement of our husband and father D L Carbaugh Mrs D L Carbaugh and family

A.F. & A.M. Lodge No. 6 Milwaukee and Rock Island Railroad D. L. Carbaugh

Grasshopper as fishing bait for summer fish

The gauzy-winged green grasshopper with yellow and red markings is recommended as bait for catching many fish, using a long-handed fine mesh net. It fails for Muskie and large lake trout which stay deep in summer. ignore the larger gray brown grasshoppers with black and yellow wings as they only catch occasional mud cats, channel cats, or suckers.

Mayan 18 Month Calendar Still Used in Guatemala

The Mayan calendar of eighteen months of twenty days each with five extra days per year remains in use in the Guatemalan interior. It notes the calendar structure and continued cultural use within regional communities.

Guatemala

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