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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1973
Page
4
Washington Iowa editorial reflects on God speaking through creation Psalm 19 1 and urges readers to listen and observe. It quotes Sinclair Lewis about the trouble with the country and notes holiday health tips stating glasses affect vision after being emptied several times.
A passerby recalls a child sliding in snow then licking it as if ice cream, a brief cheerful moment. The note shifts to a meditation on language evolution from Indo European roots to English, highlighting borrowings, neologisms, slang, and how languages change to meet technological needs, or fade away.
A high school English class preview shows a film built on an educational TV program where a linguist explains how a single proto language, spoken about 3500 BC by roughly 100000 people, broadened into English, Russian, Czech, Greek, French, Latin, and Sanskrit through widespread migration from a beechwooded highland between the Black Sea and the Baltic.
The Oelwein Daily Register cautions Hawkeye fans to temper hopes about a new coach. With the 1974 schedule locked in, Iowa opens Sept 14 versus Michigan, then UCLA Sept 21, Penn State Sept 28 and USC Oct 5. The piece argues major schedules are fixed years ahead and there are no magic wands for improvement.
An AMA Health feature offers simple holiday eating rules by nutritionist Dr. Philip L. White. He compares calories to a savings account and urges limits to prevent body fat gain. The piece lists calorie counts for common festive foods and provides contact details for Today's Health Magazine and publication sources.
A letter from John Doe recounts a high stakes bridge hand where four spades went down after a diamond lead and a ruff, with a psychiatrist diagnosing the dream as caused by a misplay of discarding a heart on the third trick. The author asks Becker for guidance after lengthy sleepless nights and a craving for an explanation printed in the paper.
A collage of quips and trivia from L M Boyd touching marriage myths. famous families. milk bath lore from Flo Ziegfeld era. anatomy of drumsticks. coyote vs wolf speed. Mount Airy origins of Chang and Eng. and the rarity of letters Q X Z plus the author’s Fort Worth address.
A letter-writer warns against overreliance on calculators after a price error at the store. Abby confirms brains need exercise and caution. A breast cancer survivor shares reconstructive surgery benefits for morale, noting eligibility varies. A reader frets about the three-times-a-bridesmaid superstition and whether to accept a March wedding invitation. Abby suggests declining the bridesmaid offer and offers personal reply via mail.
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