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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1941
Page
12
A reader complains pedestrians ignore signals causing traffic hazards. The column reports on neighbors moving rooms, engagements, upcoming weddings, and local jobs while recalling past park improvements, housing trends, and family news from Washington and Davenport.
Mrs. Dorothy Anderson, director, says New York designers will fill American women's needs with inclusive fashion. The institute will survey preferences, address size styling, and plan a basic wardrobe while urging mid season, smaller group launches for fresh, timely dresses.
A Wednesday report notes a cautious English farmer cultivating one and a half acres of sweet corn to sell for 115 cents per cob. An writer explains the dish as boiled cobs served like jacketed potatoes with butter, pepper, and salt, nibbled at the ends.
The Mississippi State penitentiary functions as a profitable institution. It raises cotton bringing in $350,000 annually to cover expenses and leaves a net profit of $80,000.
The United States Navy discharged three members of the 1940 Naval Academy graduating class due to physical disqualifications chiefly defective eyesight.
The term livery derives from the French livre meaning to deliver or distribute, reflecting its historical use in ordering and provisioning services. Evolving through medieval English usage, it signaled the conveyance of goods and uniforms tied to service.
A Dungeness fisherman baited lines and left them overnight as the tide rose. In the morning the catch lay sealed in ice blocks, trapped by the freezing melt.
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