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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1964

Page

5

Let the words of my mouth and meditation be in tune

Editorial notes quote Psalm 19 14 and reflect on a devout stance in daily thought. The piece mentions a saved man living by divine desires and briefly references golf matches reaching at least the seventeenth hole. A local mother lent maternity clothes to an expectant candidate and plans to reclaim them for her fourth child.

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Purely Personal Highlights From A Busy Local Page

A collage of light social notes features Becky Berdo’s 1936 heat story, Franklin J. Berdo family anecdotes, a highway patrol speeding tale, and a noisy golf tournament finale with teens and elders. PSA-style quips mix with a Wall Street Journal quote and local garden gifts, plus a comic courtroom twist from Sam Binns.

Nature Scenes and Stamp News From Our Week

A week of close encounters with wildlife along rural trails and at home is paired with notices of philatelic releases. The author describes muskrats, birds, a fox, rabbits, wood ducks, chipmunks, jays, quail, and a pheasant while highlighting stamp issues from Kennedy and Eleanor Roosevelt and CEPT Europa sets. The piece urges conserving natural areas and fosters a backyard wilderness mindset.

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Contract Bridge Strategy by B. Jay Becker

North deals as 4 Spades contract. The article explains defensive and offensive plays to salvage tricks when facing adverse distributions. It emphasizes ducking the queen of diamonds, ruffing, finessing, and careful trump management to avoid a club loss and possibly make the contract.

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Iowa's Hawk-Eye Burdette The Middlerib Philosopher

Bob Burdette, famed Iowa humorist and Hawk-Eye columnist, rose from Peoria to Burlington shaping Midwest wit. Born 1864 in Green County Pennsylvania, he became Iowa’s beloved Roaming Robert and later Reverend Burdette in Los Angeles, dying in 1914.

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