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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1948
Page
6
Badminton, the popular indoor game, traces its roots to centuries ago in India where it was known as poona. The sport evolved through British colonial contact and later spread globally as a formal game with standardized rules.
Wiebber mission society of the Eicher church packed five large cartons of used clothing and shoes for MCC relief to Akron Pennsylvania. Members assisting included Mrs. Raymond Rich Mrs. Elmer Graber Mrs. Otto Frey Mrs. Margaret Witting and Mrs. Warren Schlatter. Additional local social notes follow with visits and church events.
Weekly sale dates span Kalona Wellman Fairfield Wayland and Wellman with auctions and purebred sales listed. Events include purebred hereford, Holstein, Pol and China boar sales, Aberdeen Angus dispersion and Poland China cattle auctions scheduled October 11 to October 19 at various barns and farms in Kalona Wellman Wellman and surrounding towns.
Secretary of Agriculture notes a drop in Far East food output. Before the war the region exported 4.25 million tons annually, much to Europe. In 1947 it became a net importer by 6.5 million tons, reducing potential exports by about 11 million tons, more than half of US exports.
Washington Iowa auctioneer GEO F CLARK urges buyers to contact for sale terms and schedules as he promotes forthcoming auctions in the local region.
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