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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1976
Page
4
Washington Iowa edition reflects on applying 1 John 3 18 in daily life. The piece contrasts children’s classroom show and tell with adults demonstrating kindness through actions rather than words. The writer laments overwatering tomatoes yet treats caring as essential, tying faith to practical care.
A personal column notes oversized tomatoes from neighbor Ben Gingerich and John McGill, both weighing about two pounds. The writer touts porch tomatoes, counts daily fruit, and jokes about overwatering and neighborly scrutiny while sharing humorous garden anecdotes.
Vera Stutsman Smith recalls a porch garden experiment in Malvern with Rick planting large pickle cracks a coal shuttle and redwood planter on the front porch for tomatoes. They notice black bottoms on many tomatoes when watering the soil only after advice from John Click. The effort blends gardening quirks with a light hometown chronicle of porch produce and neighbors.
Jan Rossen recalls 1976 when Jeff leaves for college, changing family routines and finances. The piece contrasts relief with longing as the empty chair, quieter house, and halved grocery bill highlight the emotional cost of a child’s departure.
A father recalls his daughter’s nightly prayers, describing her unique line about the movie industry. The girl asks for forgiveness not only for trespasses but also for those who press trash upon us, revealing a humorous, age tied perspective.
Eddie gathered abandoned shopping carts and sold them after market refused payment. Court found theft. finder has title against thieves but owner retains true title when known. Rewards create a lien for the finder until paid. Public service feature by ABA and Iowa Bar Association, 1976.
A string of punned mini stories features a tree surgeon with branches, a math-blame divorce, a dog at a flea circus, a podiatry book of footnotes, a hamburger caper dubbed short order crook, GM raffling a church to cover debts, a beer filled waterbed, a Weight Watchers dropout, a small claims divorce, a hobby farmer sportsman, odds from feathered chickens, and a hex education witch doctor.
A reader asks whether to tell visiting parents about a missing five dollar bill suspected to be taken by their 13 year old son. Abby urges caution and due process, questioning the boy while presuming innocence absent proof. Additional letters critique a money hungry son in law and a widow who visits bereaved families nightly, with Abby offering practical social guidance and condolences etiquette.
Love and War reports surveys on husbands telling wives about other women and on wives’ early love for their babies. It notes three quarters of new mothers answered yes to instant love while six percent discuss attractive coworkers and hints at the longest nonrepeating word trivia.
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