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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1946
Page
5
The text emphasizes preserving the dignity and sacredness of the family as essential to humanity’s progress. It cites the Bible, Deuteronomy 5 18, urging adherence to moral conduct including not committing adultery.
Fairfield Iowa plans mimic Washington centennial efforts in 1939 with bearded men and frontier log fronts. The town decorates stores with old-time canopies and signs as it recreates a frontier look and encourages visitors from nearby to compare archives and past journals.
Washington Iowa hosts a fall festival not billed as giant but rich in old fashioned community spirit. The event follows recent centennials, with local leaders pushing recreation for youth, planning for a wading pool, and a prompted report to engineer Howard Green for future central planning. Former President Hoover criticizes Yugoslavia relief AID, urging US funds to stop as harvests improve.
Local users report clear private car communications with the new two way telephone system. The commentary suggests the device transmits instructions as if a passenger in the back seat.
A collage of light end jokes spans daily life from a dry goods store runout to hospital bills and a dieting punchline. Jokes touch on ice cream, relief, debts, sponging, a lawn birth, woodland green fees, a growing son, a new maid, and a clerk’s missing penknife as the office boy lends a battered blade.
Headlining Mike McDonoughs annual event on Sunday September 22 at Oxford, the WHO radio show features Jerry Smith Zelda Scott and Happy Al Bel with entertainment by A J Duffy the circus clown and a variety of horse disciplines including pony and draft shows steer riding and jumping horses.
A Canton Illinois farmer transformed 600 acres of abandoned strip mine land once deemed worthless. He paid $5 an acre, sowed sweet clover with a hand seeder, added grasses by airplane, and now the land yields nitrogen rich soil and annual profits of about seven dollars per acre. Similar lands exist nationwide, offering opportunity to producers everywhere.
Cut steak portions and flour. Brown onions in lard, sear steaks, layer onions over meat, add tomatoes, then bake slowly at 350 F for 2 to 3 hours. Dice vegetables can cook with meat in last half hour. Serves six to eight.
A playful motto in a local column suggests aiming high leads to progress and advancement. The piece frames ambition and forward motion as guiding principles for readers.
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