War talk and farming fear in Iowa field notes
A column blends wartime commentary with rural life, noting air pictures, crop hopes, and foxing on corn fields. It critiques Dan Tobin and the Trucking Commission, compares labor actions to strikes, cites farm rats costing millions, and ends with a rural quip on colored chicken breeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Tobin
Little War Labor Board
The
Trucking Commission
Frank Tobin
Little Steel
War Labor Board
Commission
John Lewis
Dan Tobin
Congress
Washington
Midwest
Comeback Talkative Lady and Fisherman Confront Sea Justice
A talkative lady taunts a fisherman about his catch. The fisherman retorts that if the fish had stayed silent it would not be dinner. The exchange frames a witty moral on restraint and consequence.
Patter of Fathers Fathers and Folks Lane Through Humor
A jumbled humor piece recounts bragging about dads, jokes from a school setting, and a wartime classroom scene. It includes lines about poets, songwriters, ministers, and a remark on gender at Oxford with anecdotal quips from teachers and students.
Rotary Club Dinner Highlights Faculty Guests
The Rotary club hosted teachers from public schools as guests at a seven o'clock dinner in the Y M C A community room. It was ladies night with wives present and included introductions of new teachers and music by Mary Broghammer and Helen Caldwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ancy Woolfries
WMT
Rotary
Woolfries
Waterloo
Irish Sea
Des Moines
Y. M GC
Charles Davis
Sl. M. Schell
Washington
Mary Broghammer
Helen Caldwell
Bertha Ross
M. W. Alsip
Ethel Anderson
Mary O'Neil
Bernice Quintus
Edith Strait
Jean Westphal
Robert Young
Sche
Clinton
C. A. Boice
Read It Backwards Suggestion In Ancient Text
A scholar studies the phrase evol dua sessik and, after a moment, smiles and returns it with a trick suggestion to read the words in reverse. The moment captures a breath of playful cryptic study within a larger exploration of enigmatic inscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evol Dua Sessik
Poppy Seller Tricks Nurse With Bribe
A nurse sells poppies to a man who offers five dollars to be nurse if he later becomes ill in a hospital. She agrees and names the maternity hospital, slipping the bill into the collection box. A joke ends with a student quip about reading fluency and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S.S
Maternity Hospital
Miss Cherryholmes Weds Dr. V. Seibert in Chicago
Miss Bonnie Jean Cherryholmes, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs L A Cherryholmes Ainsworth, married Dr Virgil E Seibert son of Mr and Mrs Virgil F Seibert Chicago in a 4 30 pm ceremony Saturday Sept 23 at Second Baptist Church Chicago Rev B I Diman officiated The bridal party included Jean Link LaHarpe IL maid of honor and Dr Charles H Ketteman USNR Chicago best man The bride wore a powder blue wool suit with black accessories and a talisman rose corsage
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.A. Cherryholmes
Ainsworth
Bonnie Jean
Virgil E. Seibert
United States Naval Reserve
Virgil F. Seibert
Chicago
Second Baptist Church
B. 1. Diman
Jean Link
LaHarpe
Lillian Reed
Charles H. Ketteman
J.g
Medical Corps
N.R
Joe Palooka Command Performance In Los Angeles
A fragment from the Joe Palooka strip shows dialogue set in Los Angeles with characters discussing troop movements toward the Pacific. The panel hints at wartime messaging and military avenues in a wartime era cartoon strip.
Floor covering seams advised across floor boards
Floor coverings manufacturers recommend laying floor coverings crosswise to floor boards to prevent seam openings when boards contract or expand with weather changes.
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the Evening Journal the Home Daily Newspaper
Washington County
Stannon
Bruce Cowden
Publishers News Edita
Fort Marisa Avenue
Iowa
United Press
Adv
Iowa Daily Press Association
Eph
Frank Miles
Roosevelt
Hillmans Hillman
Truckerse A. F
L. Union
House of Representatives
H. Carl Anderson
Minnesota
Department of Agriculture
United States
Fureka
Fido
Imi
Billy
Johnny
Oxford
International Institute
St. Louis
Hawaii
Rotary Club
Miss Reed
U. S. Naval Hospital
St. Albins
N.Y
Seibert
Crawfordsville High School
Burlington Protestant Hospital
Austin High School
Central Y. M. C. A. College
University of Loyola Medical
Jack
V.O
Washington Dairy
Miss Cherryholmes
Dr. V. Seibert
Paul Horak
West Side Square
Pittsburgh
Sorrell Auto Parts
West Madison
Journal Building
Joe Palooka
Los Angeles
Pacific
G.1
Nether
States
Joe
Amike
Dixie Dugan
By Mevoy
Striebel
School
Thornton & Minor
McDaniel's
Derful
Sutton
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