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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1975
Page
4
A mixed page with editorials on loving one another and personal responsibility, plus praise for advertising, and notes from 1875 and modern Bicentennial efforts. Includes local social history, library fund drive, Blair House restoration, county history work, potato yields, livestock losses, and a report from a Riverside Feast. Also lists market prices, a labor strike anecdote, and a late-night baseball note.
Abigail Van Buren offers family and relationship guidance in a 1976 Dear Abby column. The excerpt includes a father seeking harmony after his son's impulsive marriage, a Detroit reader worried about a potential housekeeper theft, and a teen asking about reclaiming old letters, with Abby advising direct confrontation or evidence-based action.
LM Boyd presents a witty column excerpt arguing compulsive housekeeping does not stem from weight. He riffes on natural selection, giraffe necks, and a Punchline of folklore, ending with a tidbit on origins of the phrase bring home the bacon and a note about copyright.
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