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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1941
Page
4
The piece recalls a message by the late Iowa publisher and U.S. Senator to grandchildren turning twenty one. It reflects on youth and age, proposing that if reborn at twenty one a man would repeat past mistakes and aim for more, stressing hard work, sport, and nonfinancial standards.
Funeral services for John W Nisle were held Sunday afternoon at the L A Jones funeral home with Rev Alfred Trenerry of the Baptist church officiating. Pallbearers named Harry Stacy Walter Kleese Walter Leet Willard Leet Dr D D Davis and A W Yard. Burial followed in Elm Grove cemetery.
The American Chemical Society reports soybean meals contain nearly as much vitamin B as wheat germ and nearly as much vitamin G as lean meat or milk on a dry basis.
A reflective piece outlining a twenty one year olds creed to build fortune by personal strength and effort. It emphasizes self reliance, steady work, prudent friendships, staying rooted at home, and cherishing family, health, learning, and faith while pursuing a meaningful life in America.
The 1940 census reports 1 060 507 355 acres in farms across the continental United States. Crops were harvested from 321 747 900 acres of land.
Both sides of a Venetian blind slat can be washed at once using a new sponge rubber tool and dried with another device. The invention simplifies cleaning by handling both faces in one pass.
Sweden faces coal and coke shortages prompting reduced industrial activity as factories trim operations. In Oska Japan a separate relief event fed about three thousand vagrants with potatoes and potato soup.
A Washington businessman visiting Burlington saw a fish market sign offering Fresh Perch at 20¢ a pound. He later learned perch was already available in Washington for a similar price, prompting plans to shop closer to home. Private Pop Johnson of Company D, 167th Infantry, Camp Blanding, Florida, sent a note hoping for a pen pal. The reply from Lieut. Col. James A. Webb offered two weeks’ K P, signed as commander of the regiment.
A war front style report details a June 1 baseball game between the Dinnburgh Cubs and the Devork Dodgers near the city outskirts. Starting pitchers Wilson and Smith, with Dodger victory 5 to 4 per Deyork officials, and Cubs 6 to 3 per Dinnburgh dispatch.
A string of satirical snippets and mock portraits appears in the Boston Herald style page. Jokes touch on comrade Joe winter plights Russian plains frigid assets and domestic life with wife, doctor, and baby in a light political humorous vein.
A mother speaks to her young daughter about a book described as lovely yet sad. The girl warns the tale ends sadly because the character dies, implying a tender, domestic exchange about reading choices and consequences.
A maid boasts of Continental experience, claiming foreign dishes break the same as English ones. A new club member asks about the treasury, and the treasurer notes a current deficit, asking for a contribution to cover it. The passage also cites prewar US factory spending and tenancy shares in farms.
The 1940 census lists Alaska's population at 72 524 with 39 170 whites 15 578 Eskimos 11 283 Indians 5 599 Aleuts 263 Japanese and 633 of unknown race.
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