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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1949
Page
6
The narrator recalls Toledo, Ohio as a midwestern city with friendly clerks and a view of Iowa as western. They note the lake region refineries and coal docks as striking contrasts to Iowa’s farm economy, reflecting on blizzards in the storm area and the shift from east to midwest perception.
A travelogue describes urban and rural ease of movement aided by maps. It recalls Toledo and Detroit visits with markets selling eggs and poultry, peppers, melons, flowers, and a costly ostrich egg incubator at the Toledo zoo. It ends with a playful note about Detroit zoo pigs and a desire for horses.
Community Sale every Friday at Whittaker sale barn and livestock sales weekly at Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction Kalona Ollie and other locations. September events include Kalona Horse Sale 1:00 pm and several farm closings at Brighton Wellman and West Liberty with start times 10:30 am to 1:90 pm. Prices and exact details listed by estate and auctioneers.
Dan Dailey, starring opposite Betty Grable in When My Baby Smiles At Me opens Sunday at the Fox Theatre. After hosting a late studio party he faced a six am call and endured a cold shower scene recorded for the Technicolor film.
Round Grove reports Paul Edwards suffered cuts bruises and a fractured jaw Thursday afternoon after falling from a haymow and striking a metal basket. The incident is noted amid local community news as neighbors share farm shipments and social events around September.
Havre story notes a large Wittmer family gathering at the S. C. Wittmer home for Labor Day weekend. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Wittmer and sons from Renwick join Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Wittmer and Wayne from Quincy Illinois along with Rev. and Mrs. H. J. Sehrag and Lois Priscilla of LaPorte City.
The column lists neighbors visiting each other in Washington Mediapolis Crawfordsville and Grace Hill. Names include the Wittmer Eisele Westen Mason Hering and Stover families along with Ruth Atkinson and Ruth Zehr. Mentions of a rodeo trip to Wapello and teaching duties at Mediapolis appear alongside recent relocations of Donald Lins and the Lawrence Watson family.
A Smithsonian report by Dr. Leonard P. Schultz notes that Lake Maracaibo blends salt and fresh water, hosting both sea and river species adapted to the brackish and fresh environments. He argues the lake and nearby Gulf of Venezuela are among the nation's greatest natural resources.
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