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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1948
Page
4
The piece surveys army veteran bonus plans in Minnesota Iowa South Dakota and Nebraska with constitutional amendments and school bond issues. It notes little campaigning due to confidence in victory and warns inflationary risks while urging voters to weigh costs and benefits in November.
A small booklet circulated by Wayne Marston offers nonpartisan election information just before the 1948 vote. It covers candidate ages, war service, electoral votes, notable presidential facts, and party histories, noting younger Dewey and Warren beside older Truman and Barkley and detailing key figures and records from U.S. presidency history.
The text recalls John Adams defeating Thomas Jefferson 71 to 68 in the electoral college and notes the 1800 election where Jefferson and Burr tied with 73 each, Adams 65, and Pinckney 64, leading to a contingent election.
Mrs. Harry Campbell of Burbank California praises her October Iowa trip noting its beauty and plans to return in spring. She laments fall color absence in California and jokes about Christmas card hurry and other seasonal habits.
A booklet notes a roster of the vice presidents and the presidents wives. It highlights repeated surname Smith appearing in the list. Abigail Adams is identified as Abigail Smith and Margaret Taylor as Margaret Smith, illustrating surname overlap among historical figures.
In a critical passage a mouse is described as a wary, clever creature whose home in a church triggers seedy impressions. The text traces his life haunted by traps and screams while he tends to feeding baby mice, enabling their futures elsewhere. The speaker asks provocative questions about humanity versus animal status.
Historical ad snippets show patent medicines linking fatigue to bodily imbalance. The note reflects shifting beliefs as science advances, contrasting past ideas that fatigue stemmed from overwork with later medical understanding.
A Washington man describes his marriage with a joking line about meeting his wife while driving, continuing to run around together for a time before marrying, and now she runs all over.
A poem extols a man for honesty in dealings and teaching in Sunday school. It notes his thorough training from youth and his habit of not returning borrowed books or letters. Friends sing his praises and he remains dependable, though he keeps letters.
Fossil crinoids show dull colors while living specimens likely wore rainbow stripes spots and patterns including silver black white and brown. Underwater crinoid gardens resemble bewitched fields of wildflowers. Crinoids, unlike plants, must catch food with their long branched arms above the calyx.
Ngauruhoe and Tongariro rank as the two largest volcanoes in New Zealand’s North Island. Tongariro, larger, sits in the volcanic belt near one of the region’s fiercest eruptions in 1886 when Tarawera’s blast transformed local geography. Ngauruhoe erupted on April 30, 1948, the first such event after years of quiet.
Reports from Asbury Park to Cape May detail enormous catches of swordfish and fighting bluefin tuna near shore. Fishermen note several 700 pound plus fish taken as boats work along Jersey banks and coastal villages.
Spas in Great Britain use natural mineral water for internal and external therapies. Bathing establishments employ medically certified staff and feature the latest scientific devices. They treat gout arthritis fibrositis paraplegia hypertension skin diseases rhinitis pharyngitis laryngitis.
Cotter high school finished its season with six wins and two losses. Both defeats came against Crawfordsville. Wins included 14 to 5 over Letts and 7 to 6 and 4 to 1 against Grand View. Tom Skubal pitched in all games with T Zieglowsky also pitching. Basketball practice will start soon.
Cotter high school junior class to perform The Great Ben Allah at 8 p.m. Friday November 5 in the high school auditorium. Cast includes Bob Peters Don Hendrickson Joan Stapp Harriet Jones Alice Orris Eleanora Miller Frances Owens Tom Skubal Darlene Stapp Lee Zaruba with Richard Zieglowsky as stage manager. Tickets go on sale Friday October 29.
A Belgian built the first real motorcycle in early 1900, soon followed by a similar American model. George Hendree of Springfield Mass. became the first American to produce a definite motorcycle, starting in 1901 and完成ing in 1902, naming it the Indian motorcycle. Early machines used a crude belt drive.
In the first Idaho territory production of William Tell two performers had to travel forty six miles to obtain fiddle strings for the musical numbers. The article notes cooking tips for vegetables to preserve vitamin C and flavor.
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