Readers weigh preserving City Hall as museum hub
Washington readers urge saving historic City Hall for a southeast Iowa museum on Highway 92. They cite tourism potential, shared memories of Camp Fire Girls, Wickes Dance Studio, and local gatherings as reasons to form a museum society and raise funds before City Hall is lost.
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City Hall
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Washington County
Highway 92
Camp Fire Girls
Blue Birds
Camp Fire
Washington
Wickes Dance Studio
Contract Bridge B Becker Five Hands Practice
South opens after passes with five hands. 1 You have two clubs and poor support so bid three clubs. 2 With three hearts you bid three clubs then three hearts if possible. game prospects improve. 3 After passing you should bid three hearts now. 4 With four hearts you jump to four hearts to force game and avoid partner’s overcall.
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Dreamed in colors and other odds by a 1970s column
A collage of quotes on dream color theory and psychology, a folksy aside about ten thousand dollar bills and four million in circulation, plus notes on ballpoint versus fountain pen sales, beauty creams and frostbite risk, and a card game hand. It ends with a vignette about hamburger origin myths and Walter Anderson with Billy Ingram funding White Castle.
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Walter Anderson
Billy Ingram
White Castle Food
Almanac key dates for December 10, 1971
The item lists notable historical events on December 10 including Mississippi’s 1817 statehood, the 1898 end of the Spanish American War and territorial transfers, the 1901 Nobel Prize distribution start, and 1941 Luzon landings. It notes Emily Dickinson’s birth and zodiac sign Sagittarius.
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United Press International
Emily Dickinson
Mississippi
Spain
Guam
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Philippines
United States
Alfred Nobel
Luzon
Local notices and trivia from The Washington Evening Journal
The page lists publication details for The Washington Evening Journal, pricing, staff roles, and distribution. It includes brief items such as a nickel price reference, a quip about cold hands, Mae West teeth, and trivia on 18-year-old adult status with a Vermont example, credited to L. M. Boyd from Fort Worth.
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Vermont
Pushy mom courting disaster for daughter
Absent a decisive marriage push from a Minneapolis mom, the daughter waits for love. Abby advises against pressuring unions and warns that rushing may leave more grandchildren than expected. A reader questions a spouse’s hidden numbers prompting a blunt, practical response.
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Abby
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Mom
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