Troop A and VFW win in city softball action
Troop A defeats Iowa Southern 5 1 to stay in top league spots as VFW edges West Chester 10 5. Cole allows five hits for the Troop while Green yields six. Orr and Dawson combine on the mound for the Vets who move to ten hits allowed. Burroughs pitches for West Chester and gives up 13 singles through seven innings.
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I.S.A
V.F.W
West Chester
Iowa Southern Boys
Cole
Green
Orr
Dawson
Burroughs
YMCA Tournament Game Halted With Presbyterians Leading
A YMCA boys softball game at Greenfield was halted after two and a half innings with Presbyterians ahead 13 to 10. City league games interrupted the schedule. the contest will finish Thursday at 6 45 P.M.
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Y.M.C.A
Greenfield
Presbyterians
Baptists
Smoking tobacco output near 1947 totals 105 million pounds
Production of smoking tobacco in 1947 is estimated at 105 million pounds, essentially matching the 106 million pounds produced in 1946. The figure reflects stable output in the tobacco sector across the two years.
Yanks to Open Crucial Series Against Red Sox
New York faces Boston in a night game opening a three game set with the Red Sox holding a game and a half lead. The Pirates seized second in the NL with Ostermueller pitching and a triple play turning the Cards. Sid Gordon shines for the Giants in a doubleheader sweep over the Phillies.
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Yanks
Red Sox
New York
Sept
New York Yankees
Boston
Cleveland
Detroit
Braves
Dodgers
Brooklyn Dodgers
Pirate
Cincinnati
Pirates
Brooklyn
Fritz Ostermueller
al Sehoendienst
Cards
Marty Marion
Musial
Stan Rojek
Johnny Hopp
Sid Gordon
Giants
Phillies
Philadelphia
Gordon
George Heppelwhite and the Adam Style Influences
George Heppelwhite was a practical cabinet maker and designer who first created strictly in the Adam mode. He later developed his own treatment of the shield-back chair and originated designs for a sideboard evolving from Adam’s three-piece side table and two pedestals. He influenced English cabinet making from 1760 to 1805.
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George Heppelwhite
Adam
Heppelwhite
Notice of Probate of Will in Washington County Iowa
An instrument claiming to be the last will of Mary A. Fox, deceased, dated October 10, 1931, was filed and read. A hearing to prove the will is fixed for September 14, 1948 at 9:00 A.M. in the Washington County Court House before the District Court or Clerk.
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Iowa
Washington
Mary A. Fox
Court House
District Court
Said County
R. R. Noonan
Is This Your All Star Team
Deadline nears for entries in the Washington Softball All Star team contest. Readers are urged to submit official entry forms before next Saturday September 10. A sample lineup lists Schmitt in right field Dawson in left field Lowe in center field Knight at third base Putman at second McFadden at first Dunwoody at short Hyde catching Green and Ross as pitchers with Sam Batterson as manager.
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Washington
Journal
Greenfield
Schmitt
Dawson
Lowe
Knight
Putman
McFadden
Dunwoody
Hyde
Green
Ross
Sam Batterson
Three Wheel Riding Plow Patented in 1884
G. H. Hunt secured a patent for the first three wheel riding plow in 1884 marking a milestone in agricultural implements. The invention introduced a novel rider mechanism improving field work efficiency.
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G. H. Hunt
Columbus Community Club Hears Talk on Conservation of Soil
Columbus Junction details include Sheldon Hawkins elected president of the Columbus Community Club at the first fall meeting. Don Howell becomes secretary and treasurer. A soil conservation talk and slides were shown from the Mediapolis program. Several residents returned from vacations and moved or visited nearby towns.
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Columbus Community Club
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Sheldon Hawkins
E. S. Groben
Don Howell
Mediapolis
Faculty of Columbus
Harley A. Henderson
Richard
Phillis
F. J. Pine
Leslie Orr
Simpson College
Louis Harbison
California
Phoenix
Ariz
M. G. Sanford
W. L. Sanford
Baptist Church
Baptistown
N. J
Congregational Church
Barreveld
Wis
Paul Bennett
Lubbock
Tex
W. R. Luckey
Virginia Ogier
Chicago
Lee Ogier
Billie Jean Reece
The
Columbus Gazette
Columbus High School
Texas
Milton Collum
Houston
Dean Dodder
H.A. Harbison
William Brock
Richie
Bellevue Hospital
Muscatine
Faye Hanft
Dayton
Wye
Bert L. Lewis
Wichita
Kas
William D. Lewis
William Fulton
Michael
Columbus City
Magnetite ballast replaces iron ingots in ships
American ships now use magnetite ballast instead of pig iron ingots and scrap steel. The Interior Department notes wartime necessity drove the switch as scrap and ingots were scarce, with magnetite mixed with concrete proving a cost effective substitute. Much of the ore comes from California and Nevada hills.
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Pacific
Department of Interior
California
Nevada Hills
Britain’s wartime shipping and housing tolls revealed
The report states that over 11 million tons of Britain’s 22 million tons of shipping were sunk in the war. Four million homes were destroyed or damaged by enemy action. Nearly a million people were killed or severely wounded, including 148 540 civilians and children. Virtually every city and town faced air bombing damage.
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Britain
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Green Field
B. Edmondson
Clark
Mitchell
Bostwick
Redlinger
Glasgow
Grandon
Booy
Randall
Seaaint
Dowis
Goldsmith
Custer
Mangold
Moore
Troop
Longer Cole
Glasgow Glandon
See
C Nicola
Davis
Bealer
Fuhr
Hampsher
R. Farrier
Butler
H. Mineart
Burrouhs
M. Mineart
Joe Bauer
D. Farrier
Epgi
Bauer
M. Knight
Mineart
Chic Young
Vai
Jixie Dugan
Pereek
Idole
Voy
Striebel
Mister Phil Jackson
Oldsmobile
Club
Esul.bu
Ealer
Oldsmobile Co
East Main
Washington, Iowa
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffrey Bidg
Theodore B. Bailey
Morrison Building
W. Livingston
Robert Day Attorneys
W. Main
George J. Morrison
G Gifford Morrison
J. C. Penney Co
Paul Y. Shealen
John C. Owen
South Side Square
Wendell L. Shaffer
Hotel Washington
Optometrists
Emmon
John W. Lemmon
P. L. Etyer Gster
Athie
F. G. Livesay
D. C
Spinal Distortion
M. H. Sartor
Logan
Klein Klothing Ko
W. KR. Hayman, P. Ss
Side Sq
Pleasant
Triet Court
Washington Dairy
the Journal
Reister Bros
Washington Concrete Co
St. and
Rock Island
Tait Radio & Appliance
N. Lowa
Geneva
Sentinel Radio Sale & Service
South Ave
W.L
Col
Little Phone
Geo. F. Clark
John Bick
Ave
McAllister Seed Farms
Mt. Union, Iowa
Walter Nicholson
South Second Ave
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