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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1944
Page
6
Letters from Key West to Des Moines share calm resilience amid war. Readers describe simple pleasures, family concerns, and local happenings as civilians face travel restrictions and hopeful reunions. Barbara Glassburner’s disappearance and quick return add a light but real note.
An intelligent woman explains she never searches for misplaced items. She waits and lets them turn up of their own accord, preferring not to waste time on fruitless hunts.
Local business houses White's Store R. J. Williams Rathmell's Market Farmers Produce and Henss Hardware will be open Wednesdays and Saturdays starting November 27. Community notes report marine corps Sgt John Be Atkinson leaving for New River North Carolina with his nurse wife, and local visits from Mrs Bruce Hanna and daughters Connie and Sharon. Revival services at the Methodist church concluded despite rain with sermons on the Power of Satan. 4 H county meeting at Washington attended by Joan Maxwell Joyce Lucy Gault Nancilee Anderson and Mrs Frank Gault. Funeral services held for Mrs Ochitree in Iowa City. School dismisses Wednesday evening for Thanksgiving vacation through Friday.
In Riverside, on November 22, the two year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Weber wandered into a hog lot and was bitten by dogs. The family dog stood by the child, protecting her from further injuries while the mother found her unconscious. Clifford Murdock, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gail Murdock, has become office boy and bookkeeper at the F W Schnoebelen locker plant and hatchery, succeeding Francis Baschnegel who resigned.
Corporal George Siawson and Mrs Siawson from Biloxi along with Marie Tener of Marshall Ohio visited Bertha Tener and relatives before returning home. John Horak residence owners Bert Kron move into new Riverside home. Agnes and Theresa Brophy of Davenport visited with Leo Brophy family. Lyle Lowe and family spent Sunday with Clarence Lowe. Maurice Krabis attended Wayland high school operetta Friday night.
Private Don McArtor of Camp Fannin Texas arrived home Thursday evening to spend a ten day furlough with his family the Lyle Lowe household and will join a Thanksgiving dinner at the Clarence Lowe home on the holiday Also noted are local families hosting guests and travel to Des Moines for events with several farm and social visits reported during the period
Homestead Farm November 26 reports a Kentucky clan of 13 children producing 105 first cousins through generations. The piece notes untraced branches, counts uncles, aunts, and grandparents, plus tobacco use and a lung anecdote, then asks about land description knowledge among Washington county farmers.
A partial, fragmented rural text discusses land sections and 40s in the northwest area, asks about family names and ancestors, recalls religious commandments, and comments on quail and pheasant hunting. It mentions hunters pursuing birds and fur bearing animal hides amid brief notes on farming and seasons.
The notes describe Charles T. Thomas and his Banks of Crooked Creek run log cabin as an ideal Iowa home. He claims it stays cooler in summer and warmer at 10 below winter than local wooden structures. The piece wonders about a log cabin born generation today in Washington County.
The Soviet Union remains the top sunflower producer with Argentina ranking second. Romania is third in production, followed by Bulgaria, Hungary, and Yugoslavia as the remaining nations growing the crop commercially.
Nodular worms inhabit the sheep large intestine. Immature worm nodules render the organ unusable for surgical sutures and for sausage casings.
Mr and Mrs Dale Mitchell celebrated birthdays at a Wednesday supper hosted by Fred Eisele. The event honored Dale and Mrs Fred Eisele. Charlie Zieziowsky family visited John Zieglowsky’s. Fred Eisele traveled to Chicago to visit a sister. Don Neff family Norma Smith shared a Sunday dinner at Milton Smith’s. Frank Pratt family joined Bob Huddelson’s birthday supper.
The article states Romans were unfamiliar with shoes and sandals until their encounter with barbarian peoples. It emphasizes the spread of footwear concepts after contact and may discuss cultural exchange and trade influences.
A sales notice promotes Tromone a medical formula combining vitamins and hormones for middle aged men. It claims to restore youth zest vitality and pleasures and urges following label directions. Sold by Geo L McDaniel Druggist and druggists nationwide.
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