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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1949
Page
8
Paul Makushak, 33, of Brooklyn New York, who had lived in a cubicle in his mother’s home for nine years, is released from state hospital and said to be improved though not cured. He now assists in his father’s dry goods and cleaning shop.
One hundred years after Walter Hunt received patent No 6663 for the Volition Repeater, historians note it introduced the lever-action repeating rifle. The design evolved with fixed ammunition, influencing firearm development and history across the world.
You are advised to load your camera with Kodak Verichrome film this fall and winter and bring the exposed rolls to the store for developing and printing.
An overview of lever-action rifles from the Henry and Winchester generations through Browning, detailing key innovations such as Henry’s rim-fire cartridge, Model 18 66, Model 18 73, and the Model 94 in smokeless powder. It notes Truman receiving the 1.5 millionth rifle and the gun’s enduring status as a top deer rifle.
The article notes that over two thousand years before Christ bronze pins with spring and catch mechanisms closely resemble today’s safety pins. Museums display many such relics, featuring plain or open points and similar construction.
Prairie Flower notes Alice Marie Finke returns to ISU after a week’s vacation. The column covers Labor Day gatherings, weddings, dinners, fishing trips, state fair attendance, church activities, and teaching updates at Prairie Flower and Mt. Pleasant schools.
Admitted Sunday Charles Anderson city medical. Dismissed Sunday several residents including Mrs Tom Randall and daughter city Mrs George Horn and daughter Washington Mrs Everett Rich and son Washington Mrs Charles Leedom and daughter Keota Charles Wolfe Ainsworth. Today Etta O Loughlin to Al Logan home Ernest Perrin and daughter Wellman Births Saturday Bert Causton Keota a son at 145 pm Don Gardner city a son at 245 pm Sunday Charles Wulf Ainsworth a daughter at 948 am Today Donald
Mrs Bertha Stiles of Tampa Florida visits Wayland friends the past week. Nearby trips include Keosauqua Kohaka Keokuk Navoo and Ft Madison. Chicago College enrollment for Marty Wittmer. state fair attendance noted. new daughter born to Marvin Roth. community chili supper planned Sept 14.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Joe West in the city at 8 40 a m. A son arrived at 9 24 a m for Richland family.
Uncle Elmer Sandburg and cousin Willer Bennett from Rowan Montana visited with grandson Donald Warburton, after a trip to Lima Ohio to purchase a school bus. Mrs Wenger had not seen these relatives in forty years.
Hog feeding pastures play a key role in sustaining summer hog diets by providing fresh forage and reducing supplemental grain needs. Farmers report better weight gain and feed efficiency when pastures are well managed and grazed with proper rotations.
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