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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1944
Page
4
A long, fragmented page blends local news notes with social commentary and humor. Items include city council adjournment, war fund drives, Want ads as economic barometers, and quips about soldiers, mothers, and everyday life amid wartime.
Shiloh residents share a letter from Capt L D Brown arriving from India mentioning Virginia Schoonover’s good trip and service entry. Items cover illness, visits, neighbor Mrs L B Donaldson’s passing, farm sale, extended family travels, school visits, and nursing staff Chloe Fae Schoonover’s training.
L B Peterson sold his 160 acre farm six miles southwest of Columbus Junction to H W Beck of Burlington for 225 dollars per acre. The Petersons will move to New London. Also listed are local social and civic notes including club officers, military leaves, property trades, and personnel changes in Columbus Junction.
Ellen Schantz, daughter of Mr and Mrs Dave Schantz, will be one year older on Sept 29. The Schantzs visited Ottumwa with his brother and family Sunday and Monday. Howard Sigafoose and family attended a dinner in Washington. Clarence French and daughter Louise and Norman Schoonover were guests near Coneville last Thursday. They met Mr and Mrs Deppe of Topeka, Kansas. Norman had previously visited while a patient at Winters General Hospital.
The Lutheran church at Muscatine hosted a service Friday in honor of Lieut Gov Robert D Blue. Rev W H Parker, former pastor of Cotter and Bethel Presbyterian churches, and Mrs Parker of Glidden joined the weekend visit at Cotter where Parker preached on Sunday. Max T Gipple, patient at Schick hospital Clinton, spent a
A brief line notes that an individual spent a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gipple, reflecting a family presence in the community coverage.
Tensions shattered the longtime friendship between Joe and Knobby leading Joe to enlist in the French Foreign Legion seeking a drastic change. The move signals a dramatic personal turning point for Joe as he seeks distance and a new identity abroad.
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