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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1944
Page
6
A devotional note urges readers not to feel alone on Thanksgiving with the message that the Father loves them. It quotes John 16 27 and encourages drawing near to God as a steadfast companionship.
A collage of wry observations on day offs violence safety and leadership fills a page. Anecdotes about Tommy Dorsey facing a nose cutting charge and self fined driving schemes sit beside moralizing editorials on farm safety and wartime resilience. The piece ends noting chaplains providing Bibles to soldiers before battle.
Fragmentary note appears to describe a midn hour scene with fighting men. Text hints at a narrative moment possibly from a dramatic piece or poem but lacks clear names, places, dates, or outcomes to confirm specifics.
Grace Hill Ladies Aid society met to plan Christmas events at the Community building. Seven members attended an all day meeting with a sack lunch. The Christmas party is set for Wednesday afternoon December 13 with a secret sister gift exchange under thirty cents. Refreshment committee is Mrs. Paul Harvey Mrs. Bd ibe and Mrs. Walter Jones. They also discussed the Christmas Eve program for the children.
An advertisement promotes Doan’s Pills for kidney related backache and general fatigue. It explains kidneys remove acids and waste, noting daily urine output and symptoms like swelling, night trips, and headaches. It urges readers to ask druggists for Doan’s Pills, claiming long standing effectiveness.
The Prairie Flower youth group met Tuesday at the N J Benson home with 36 present. Leonard Booth led the song service featuring a Merrie Ellen Zaring and Booth duet and a Dale Walling piano solo. Rev A B Did dames led the devotional, then games guided by Leota Fishburn, Darlene Hampton, and Jerry Gardner.
V F W Post and Auxiliary held a November social at K C hall with about 50 attendees. Members packed five boxes of homemade cookies for service members in U S camps and prize winners were Mrs William Kos and Norman Schoonover in pinochle.
A concise note lists citronella lemon grass and vetiver as essential oils used in making menthols perfumes insect sprays and related products. The passage highlights their role as base materials in fragrances and repellents.
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