Purely Personal and a Quiz Prize Plot mix
A reader recalls a long distance call offering a two year Popular Mechanics subscription for answering which hand holds the Statue of Liberty s torch and a push to subscribe to other magazines. The piece also mentions the Sock em Syndicate investment club reinvesting ten dollars per man into one stock and a misprint in a classified ad listing stones instead of stoves causing embarrassment for Sam Simmering.
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Washington
Sock
Sam
Couple loses Christmas card address list
A local couple kept envelopes from out of town Christmas cards for address details. Last Christmas the husband compiled a master list and discarded the envelopes. He now cannot locate the list and faces a difficult search to retrieve the addresses.
Remembered Hawkeyes and local life in small town notes
A nostalgic column surveys holiday door prizes, a December license plate pursuit, and light city quirks. It recalls a dog door prize mischief, Dave McGaffey’s early morning license plate quest, mail from suppliers with dimes for coffee, and a tribute to the book 75 Years With The Fighting Hawkeyes. It notes historic Iowa games, Rose Bowl stars, and prominent University of Iowa letters and freshmen numerals.
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Dave McGaffey
Court House
Dave
Dick Lamb
Bert McGrane
Take His Own Medicine Doctor mocked for illness at meeting
A local physician attends a meeting with a bad cold and receives no sympathy from peers who tell him to go back to his office and take his own medicine. The exchange underscores harsh professional attitudes within the group.
Letters To The Journal On City Firearms Bans
A reader questions the city ban on firearms at the city dump and the Country Club rule forbidding guns there. They note paradoxes in residents’ hunting rights versus using private or city lands and urge a local firing range as farmers largely allow hunting yet dislike gunfire on their property. The letter comments on firearm culture and safety groups.
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Country Club
Washington
YMCA
Isaac Walton League
Hand Shaker Foiled By Crowd At Johnson Limousine
A would be pickpocket in Los Angeles reached for a wallet near President Johnson s passing limousine and instead found his hand being pumped by Lyndon B Johnson. The incident reflects stern street level crime response and hints at taxpayer risk when targeting politicians.
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Los Angeles
President Johnson
Thought for the Day on overcoming and divine victory
A devotional meditation urges overcoming all conflicts through faith, promising victory in physical, mental, moral, and spiritual conquest when aligned with God. It frames life as a struggle and cites Revelation 2 7 about the tree of life in paradise as a guiding promise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thousand Island
Family Tree Musings Stir Reflections On Ancestry
The writer recalls Word Weavers lessons on genealogy with Mrs. E. E. Ward, pondering 126 possible ancestors and how genes shape identity. Libra birthday notes, pirate legends, and zodiac traits mix with family Thanksgiving visits in Georgia and Richland as relatives gather and discuss lineage.
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E. E. Ward
Readers praise Presidio magazine from Fort Madison prison
Ramblings from readers in a Fort Madison Iowa penitentiary publication recount praise for Presidio. Letters describe prison life lessons, jail dining reforms, furlough ideas, and an inmate request to return home. A Thanksgiving meal snapshot and a Chicago obituary note close the column.
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Presidio
Fort Madison Iowal State Penitentiary
Callers Sunday in McCampbell home
Keota scene reports visits by Marvin Walker family Eldora with May Marr and Charles McCampbell hosting. Ruby Sharp checked into Mercy hospital Iowa City for observation. Des Moines Mike Heisdorffer Walburga visited Wellman rest home with Mary Aller. Indiana’s Charles Bond and parents visited Keota then returned home for Thanksgiving dinner with Phyllis Ballard family.
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Keota
Marvin Walker
Marsha
Brenda
Eldora
May Marr
Charles McCampbell
Ruby Sharp
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Mike Heisdorffer
Walburga
Phyliss Ballard
Charles
Indiana
Dan Mayer
Des Moines
Hank Mayer
Bing Mayer
New Embossed Envelopes to Debut in 1965 Stamp Corner
Four new embossed envelopes will be issued in January 1965 under a contract expected to save the Post Office Department about 3 million dollars over four years. First day issues include a 5 cent eagle envelope in Williamsport Williamsburg Pennsylvania and a 4 cent frigate Old Constitution envelope with a 14 cent Liberty Bell. A 5 cent air mail envelope with a red design debuts January 7 in Chicago with first day cover remittance details.
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Post Office Department
Williamsburg
Pennsylvania
Washington, D. C
Washington, D.C
Chicago
Ill
United Postal Stationery Society
Bidding Varieties Mark 1962 Masters Trials Hand
Experts show differing bids in seven-table round of trials to pick the American international team. North-South struggle with overcalls and diamond fits as East-West secure a few heart and diamond results and several outliers.
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King of Hearts
North
South
East
Hearts
North East South West
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Hod) Rice
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Jim Gilchrist
Charles Snyder
Doug Whitehead
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MR. Paluyaa
Ham Fisher
Iday
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Ferrell Long
Richland
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Chicago Tribune
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Miller
Carl Guthrie
Oak Park
Monmouth College
Carl
Hazel Stewart Alberson
Hazel Stewart
Wisconsin University
McCampbell
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
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John XXIII
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Germany
John F. Kennedy
Berlin
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Paraguay
Kennedy
Werner von Braun
Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
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