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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1969
Page
4
In the Washington County Fair section the Historical Society booth sells The Loudest Quacking Ducks pamphlet by Kathy Fisher detailing 1865 fair highlights 423 entries and $900 in receipts. The piece notes street improvements on East Main and Sunset Park hills easing driving, plus a debate over fair premiums favoring fast horses over crops.
The Washington Evening Journal in Washington Iowa provides contact and staff information including editor David Elder, advertising director William Shannon, news editor Charles Morris and local advertising Bob Shaffer. It notes publication afternoons except Sunday Christmas and July 4th and lists postal and association affiliations.
A department store buyer notes turquoise outsells other colors because it adapts to different tints for each wearer. The column also ponders insomnia in dogs, dice odds, Robespierre’s orange peel record, Paul Revere’s horse, bound feet history, the Marcel wave, oysters, and elderly driver insurance findings. Readers may send questions to L. M. Boyd.
August 1 notes from Crawfordsville area residents include Mr and Mrs Wilbur Wheeler staying with Mrs John Pryor in Mt Pleasant while Wheeler commutes to work and Pryor's mother recovers from illness. Guests from Norfolk Virginia visit Howard Moore family. Legion members attend Cedar Rapids convention and Don Harmeyer is installed Department Commander.
Weekend camping at Hidden Lake in Illinois with Mr and Mrs Howard Anderson and Mr and Mrs Donald Sands and families joining Mr and Mrs John Foster and Gail. Local notices include society workshop attendees at Wapello Methodist and naval leave news for Ronnie Coon returning from Vietnam duty aboard USS Richard S Edwards.
Mr and Mrs Wes Sojka and family traveled to Charleston South Carolina with their granddaughter and family from Riverside. They will visit Norman and Bob Sojka’s homes and other relatives while there. The week included gatherings with friends at Bess Burichs and trips with Iowa City relatives.
A trio of Dear Abby letters cover marital strain and social etiquette. A Cleveland reader worries over her husband’s World War II uniform obsession, Palo Alto readers seek party guidelines after a divorce, and a Beverly Hills writer asks about dating while a husband is MIA in Vietnam. Abby advises medical care, proper party pairing, and maintaining marriage until widowhood is declared.
Iowa State University researchers will report on high moisture corn feeding and other tests at the 1969 Cattle Feeders Day in Ames on August 28. The event runs 8:30 to 3:30 with experimental cattle displays and noon campus talks. County Extension Director Jim Frier notes the program targets beef cow calfmen and cattle feeders, with several studies including 600 pounds per acre from southern Iowa pastures.
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