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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1963
Page
4
The editor reflects on a family birthday exchange from December 1963. He recalls joking about his son-in-law reaching a quarter century, trading playful taunts and light verse about aging, while noting it’s nicer to be younger than older.
A set of reminiscences about Keith Molesworth, Bears quarterback, from his hometown supporters. He is praised for speed and skill after facing the Packers, with notes on his early career at W H S and Monmouth College, and a wish to meet him in the locker room. It includes local anecdotes and a lighter aside about a sanitary truck driver and a Wisconsin voting scene.
Edwin and Barclay Coppoe from Cedar County Iowa joined John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859. Edwin was executed on December 16 1859 and Barclay died later after fleeing to Canada and later serving as a Kansas Volunteer before dying in a train wreck near St Joseph Missouri. The story highlights Iowa sympathy for abolition and the northern push against slavery.
A collection of light vignettes and quirky observations from daily life. A friend jokes at the Sanitary Landfill about trash, a TV reference to a Gleason remark, a cat presenting a mouse, a gimmick offering free coal shovels, and playful notes about flowers toys and family.
A cluttered column notes Thanksgiving visits and weekend plans of the Palmer family and local residents. It lists the Keota area gatherings with Jim Palmer and Brenda, plus relatives from LaGrange, Batavia, Wellman, Washington, and Des Moines visiting or joining meals.
A church page urges readers to remember Psalms 9 18 and act as God’s almoners by aiding the young weak and unfortunate. It emphasizes compassion and charitable giving as a daily duty.
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