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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1944
Page
5
A rambled column in a homey, old style voice parries memory rhymes and a sensational tale of a man who claims to have killed many birds and baked them into a pie. It weaves jokes about birds, letters, inheritance tax, and a Washington woman’s quips about longevity with notices of a marriage in Iowa to Dr. Harry I McCulloch and Helen Reeves King.
The Pennsylvania State college has awarded 30,586 degrees since 1855, with 24,502 going to male students. Historically men outnumber women by four to one, a ratio that persisted through the current war period.
Brighton mourns as Andrew W. Duttweiler is laid to rest Tuesday afternoon. Attendees from distant towns include Kessel and Crile families, Norton, Beenblossom kin, and local friends. The event coincides with community notices of club meetings, births, and social visits.
Robert on fur lough visited Brigh ton relatives including Rev and Mrs Wm Noland and daughter Beja Ann. Beja Ann and Mrs Noland traveled to visit Mrs Noland’s parents J F Koch en route to Ackley Iowa from West Liberty. G G Vogt left for Dalhart Texas after a week with A A Knerr’s family. Wm Kessler andMrs Kessler returned from a weekend with son Arthur Kessler’s family at Agency.
Dayton Grove residents recount weekend visits with neighbors at Thornburg and Harper Keota area. Donald Bishop recovering in Galesburg Ill hospital, while Maxine Crawford attends college in Omaha. Mrs Crawford and daughter Maxine plan to return to Rose Hill after two weeks in Omaha.
The article advises dropping vegetables into boiling water while still frozen and cooking briefly to preserve nutritive value. It emphasizes avoiding thawing before cooking to maximize nutrients.
A nutrition note describes fats and oils from peanuts as highly energy-dense. It states they deliver about twice the calories per unit compared with proteins starches or sugars.
Mrs Mary Ross purchased the residence in the north part of town from her brother BE Bauer. The Churchill family had occupied the place for several years. Also noted are hospital visits, club activities, and local social happenings around West Chester including Iowa City trips and Presbytery attendance.
Snowball News reports a series of local visits and greetings. Guests included Glenn Knupp and family at a South Eastern Cooperative service meeting, plus Plecket and Pleeker family visits in Everette Pleeker and Carrol Sass homes near Iowa City.
JoAnn Virginia Sheetz and Janice Fry from San Francisco report they are all fine and enjoying ice skating, writing to friends and relatives here about their status and leisure in California.
The passage cites National Safety Council figures comparing accidental death rates per 100 000 population. It notes Germany 43 4 in 1936, Japan 44 0 in 1938, while the United States stood at 72 3 in the last year reported, making the U S one of the highest on record except Chile.
Richard Trevithick began experiments in 1801 to transport coal by rail. On February 15, 1804 his first locomotive made a ten mile trip in Cornwall England. He built three of these early engines and one named Catch Me Who Can drew public excitement in London.
A vintage advertisement touts Tromone a medical formula of vitamins and hormones promising renewed zest for middle aged men. It claims added years do not subtract from pleasures and urges following label directions with sales by Geo L McDaniel druggist and druggists nationwide.
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