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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1977
Page
3
A compact editorial note links Revelation 3 20 to personal faith inviting Christ into home and heart. It includes Red Blanchard comment on choosing future spouses and Lucille Ball quip on surviving without a good man, highlighting light humor about marriage.
The Washington County Fair week included two granddaughters with blue ribbons. A granddaughter learned knitting from Granny, and another received two Indian arrowheads for her rock collection. The writer praises corn and tomatoes, mentions Early Girl Rutgers and Early Annas tomatoes, and notes a Big Red Record Breaker plant.
A U.S. court examined deed restrictions on property use, deeming a five by five by seven foot concrete dog house a structure and banning it. A swimming pool with a bubble top and tall fence was also considered a structure, while a tennis court with a chain link fence was allowed. The judge said the deed’s purpose is to keep views clear and uncluttered, and if in doubt the owner may do as he pleases. The piece closes with a Mark Twain anecdote and local newspaper staff details.
Advice column style piece listing ten practical tips for husbands to maintain a strong marriage. Includes reminders to celebrate milestones, avoid jealousy, stay present, communicate, and express love regularly. The piece also features reader questions about dating someone younger, honesty about age, and a friend who cheats, with Abby offering blunt guidance.
A column by L. M. Boyd explores how suspicions in marriages hinder harmony and contrasts inmate tattoos by crime type. It blends quips on public figures, TV heroine appeal, and games like bridge and chess, ending with a mailing address in Weatherford Texas and a 1977 copyright.
In a bridge problem, South is nonvulnerable and West leads the jack of hearts. Declarer can make four spades by a sequence after East wins the first heart and returns another heart, allowing a spade three from dummy and a deuce from hand, followed by ruffs and careful discards to exhaust diamonds and clubs while a trump trick is saved. This 1977 King Features Syndicate item explains the defense and winning line.
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