Washington Iowa looks to lure industry amid decentralization
In a voice from Washington Iowa, the community imagines smaller plants spreading countrywide to boost living standards and lower costs. The piece links decentralization to wartime shifts, cites the Masonic Temple fire turning ashes into progress, and notes Gallup poll accuracy and Roosevelt's 54.6 percent national lead amid a wartime backdrop.
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Gallup
Iowa
Roosevelt
Willkie
Mr. Gallup
Obituary of Gerta Doolittle Shahan of West Chester
Gerta Velma Doolittle daughter of H M and Winifred E Doolittle born June 15 1903 in Cass township near Webster City Iowa attended Cass Center church since age 14 and taught in Hamilton Wright and Avery schools. She married Paul R Shahan May 22 1988 and lived in West Chester where funeral services were held. She is survived by her husband her parents and siblings.
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Westchester
Paul R. Shahan
Washington County Hospital
Navy
Webster City
H. M. Doolittle
Leon
Wayne
Keith
Lois
Doris
Gerta Velma Doolittle
H. M
Winifred E. Doolittle
Cass Township
Iowa State Teachers College
Drake University
Des Moines
Beta Gamma Kappa
Hamilton
Wright Counties
Avery
Church of Christ
Cass Center
West Chester
Serjeant Laurenz Introduces Helpful Exchange
A brief dialogue shows sergeant Laurenz greeting Ham Fisher and offering assistance. The exchange conveys friendly acknowledgment and willingness to help with a task.
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Sergeant Laurenz
Take Time to Live
Poem by Thomas Curtis Clark in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat urges readers to savor life and faith hope and love despite cynics. It celebrates human brotherhood, contentment, duty, and the world’s gifts, contrasting with materialism and doubt.
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Thomas Curtis Clark
The
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Woman reads India allows goat marriage claim
Mrs. Timothy J. Tuffley laughs at a newspaper item about a woman legally marrying a goat in India. Timothy Tuffley replies that such marriages occur worldwide.
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Timothy J. Tuffley
la Mesa
India
Timothy
Two Irishmen Joke Testimony and Transplant Query
A humorous exchange about two Irishmen ends in a legal caution on perjury while a letter ponders the grafted eye and its possible reactions. Other anecdotes include office boy wit, business advice, and a couple of seaside quips, all in a miscellany style typical of a read issue.
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Earth
Neptune
Railroad timetable notes routes and departures across lines
A dense schedule lists trains and buses with daily and except Sunday patterns. It names train numbers such as No. 8 Golden State Limited and No. 2 Local, along with calendered stops and departure times. It includes branch services at Knorville and Westbound Davenport Kansas City local departures and Burlington Trailways local bus times from Washington.
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Golden State Limited
Washington
B&b
California
Knorville
Davenport
Kansas City
East Sound
Kansas City-Davenport
W. C. Bell
Burlington
Omaha
Chicago
Washingtop Ee
Treachery of the common cold warned by health department
The Towa state health department warns that a cold can mask serious infections such as pneumonia influenza measles and diphtheria and urges rest isolation and early immunization. It cites risks of outbreaks and stresses parental action to immunize children promptly after six months. Thanksgiving updates from West Liberty and Donnellson are noted.
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Towa
Health Department
Washington County
Diphtheria AP low in US four week period
Public health report shows 1316 diphtheria cases in the United States for the four weeks ending October 5 the lowest on record for this period. Comparisons are 2296 309 and 2849 for the same period in 1939 1958 and 1937 indicating progress from toxoid vaccination but caution that many parents still skip immunization.
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United States
Washington County
Educational Prize Awarded Miss Blankenhorn in Four H Contest
Miss Maxine Blankenhorn of Columbus Junction was among five recipients in Iowa for a Four H club educational prize award funded by the Rock Island lines. Winters selected by P C Taff of Iowa State College extension service will attend the Four H club congress in Chicago from November 30 to December 7. Also noted are visits from Evan Shahan of Iowa City and Northwestern University medical student John Huston recovering in Chicago.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Maxine Blankenhorn
Scott Blankenhorn
Rock Island Lines
Chicago
Winters
P. C. Taff
Iowa State College
Ames
Evan Shahan
Towa City
Beatrice Shahan
John Huston
College of Medicine
Northwestern University
John Billings
Doss Gourley
Avard
Okla
Charles Billings
Anna Mulhern
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Mees Dugan
Mister Richo
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County Elder, Shannon & CO
Bruce Cowden
Publishers News
North
Marion Avenue
United Press
Iowa Daily Press Association
Chamber of Commerce
America
Local Chamber of Commerce
Journal
Washington, D. C
Italy
Joe Palooka
Ham Fisher
Yessir
Nephe
Tracy Perkins
Coronet Magazine
Pat
Mike
Fiji
Pete
Australia
Washington Lodge No
Howard McBride
W. M
A. W. Yard
Louisville Courier-Journal
L. Goodlander
C. F. Anderson
US A. Om
Reesiz
Mark Schafer
West Liberty
Glenn James
Chad
C. E. Hanft
BE. H. Wiegner
Ruth
Edward
Donnellson
Miss Blankenhorn
P. L. Etter
Schite Electric Razor
Owi
OWA Southern Utilities CO
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