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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1969
Page
4
In the Washington Iowa Evening Journal a Christmas thought piece reflects on Pauls prayer life and holiday humor. A lighted cigarette in a fleece boot sparks caution about hazardous boot linings. The paper jokes about mixing up Chile and Chili and recalls a youthful editor mispronunciation in a lighthearted correction note.
A 1960 University of Iowa calendar item claimed a December 23 seminar titled Bioluminescence in the Proboscis of Rangifer Tarandus by S. Claus from U.N.P. Medical Amphitheater at 10 a.m. sparked disbelief among faculty who doubted a North Pole department and a red nosed reindeer expert. The next year the calendar omitted the seminar.
Community notices from Wayland and nearby towns recount prenuptial courtesies for Mrs. Katie Wenger celebrating her 87th birthday with family hosts in Wayland and Washington connections. Events include Christmas season gatherings, hospital news, and social visits featuring the Wenger, Schlatter, Boshart, Davison, and Mann families along with multiple local households.
A team of New York doctors reports weight gain first shows around the midsection then prominently on the face, followed by the legs and arms, with thighs last. The piece also surveys quirky questions and trivia sections from a vintage column.
A bridge table scene unfolds with South bold in bidding Two Diamonds countered then Six Notrump suggested. The narrator recalls his wife doubting the hand while he contemplates a curse of aging and the sin of doubling, winding up in a tense, personal moment.
Keota reports Christmas concert by University of Iowa School of Music at the Iowa Memorial Union in Iowa City with Ron Romine, a freshman and member of the Oratorio Chorus. Also notes birth of Shawn Raymond Hagist and local elementary Christmas program outcomes.
A reader recalls a village wedding tradition of money and a wooden mixing bowl as starter gifts, noting 17 bachelors in her grandmother's village and the old rite's meaning. Abby columns revive confidential letters about faith after a brother's Viet Nam death. Paul A. Mundt and wife transfer Lot 2 in Wellman's First Addition to Wellman.
The Washington Evening Journal of Washington Iowa lists staff roles and affiliations including Editor and Business Manager David Elder, Vice President Advertising Director William Shannon, News Editor Charles Morris, Local Advertising Rob Shaffer, and Superintendent Howard Hazen. It references standard press associations and wire services and notes publication details and posting authority under the 1879 act.
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