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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1944
Page
3
In 1944 two hundred farmers and merchants meet for fellowship signaling a new era of town country cooperation. The piece praises reduced distrust, shared goals, and a unified community, while urging voting participation and cautioning against apathy at the polls. It contrasts wartime demands with political debates and references Rexford Tugwell and New Deal themes.
The note presents a compact maxim from a School Boy about self discipline. It pairs a casual philosophical line with a playful signoff and suggests a lighthearted guidance on habits.
A young man jokes about insuring himself against workplace friction after venting his ire to his employer. The exchange frames a lighthearted take on job stress and protection at work.
The remark notes that some skeptics think panhandlers perform cooking while others view them as a social issue. The comment highlights attitudes toward poverty and outreach in public discourse.
A warden leads a tour as a woman points to two inmates darning stockings. The guide explains they are his wife and daughter who assist with prison welfare work, inviting the visitors to meet them.
A resident near a railroad yard writes to the company complaining that the switch engine makes persistent noises all night. The letter lists dinging, banging, hissing, puffing, grinding, clattering, screeching, and shouting sounds, asking why such racket continues through the night.
In a kitchen tour, a sergeant mockingly calls a fruit pie putty, prompting the cook to reply that if putty then it must be peach. The apple pie then supposedly tastes like parvasin, while a five year old Willy, crying, tells his father he had a dreadful scene with his wife.
A customer complains that farm products cost more, with farmer Jones agreeing that rising costs force farmers to know the botanical names of produce. The exchange highlights price pressures and the practical impact on farming knowledge.
A lively summary notes the cast led by Gordon Oliver Elaine Shepard Wally Brown Alan Carney and Marcy McGuire with Freddie Slack and his orchestra in the RKO musical comedy Seven Days Ashore about a sailor who pledges undying love to three different women. The plot hinges on mistaken dates and comic file exchanges as Brown Carney and others contribute their famed humor amid a bustling maritime setting.
Riverside readers report parish events in Richmond and St. Mary's Church, with pastors Monsignor Bernard Jacobs Meier and Rev J J Fath attending a Holy Trinity supper. Also listed are visits by Homer Prymek visiting Des Moines veterans and Mrs Mamie S Scott visiting from Iowa City, plus family updates and a stray zoological insect reference.
Wyman residents send several youths to college or teaching posts including Doraine Old at Mt. Union Norman Davis at Winfield Jean and Adeline Humphreys at U T C Cedar Falls and Frieda Rees Evelyn Johnston and Ina Jean Lantz at A C Davenport Etta Mae Lantz teaches near Haskins and others visit relatives in Burlington Muscatine and Chicago while local athletes report two high school baseball wins this week.
The notice explains that certificates are no longer needed to recap tires and purchase inner tubes or farm tires. It lists inspection requirements, coupon validity dates for A, B, C, H, E, RR, T, and sugar Book 4 coupons, and periods for canning sugar applications with Spare Stamp 87, plus indefinite validity for several stamp books and items.
To mend small holes, cut a square patch larger than the hole, ravel a quarter inch of edge strands, bend them at right angles, center the patch over the hole, press wires through, and clinch the ends inward to hold the patch.
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