Christmas Dog Caper and Schoolyard Tales
A column shares lighthearted hometown vignettes. Mrs. Rosemary Berdo’s Christmas dog photo spoil leads to a clever rescue with Jenkins becoming a prized portrait. Charlie Ragan recalls a long-ago calf caper at Foster Ott Drug Store, with local humor and a preacher’s son. A Washington lad reads comics, trading old issues for barber shop profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Berdo's
Jenkins
Jane
John
Charlie
Old South School
Foster Ott Drug Store
Washington
Local Doctor Recovers After Self Inflicted Carving Injury
A local medical doctor cut his hand badly while carving a roast and needed another physician to sew and bandage the wound. The injury is now healed, and the surgeon is back at work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D
Expensive advice over a bridge card dispute leads to bill
Milo Sorden recalls two friends arguing how to cut a deck. They wrote to a bridge expert for guidance and received a letter of explanation plus a $50 bill. An attorney confirmed the debt, noting the adviser earns his living giving bridge advice, and the friends paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo Sorden
Stamp news and stamp issues from around the world
The article notes the 5 cent American flag stamp releasing January 9 in Washington with an initial 400 million print run and first day cover options. It also lists Burundi and South West Africa stamps, Portugese Guinea reptiles, Monaco birds, Venezuela tropical birds, and a wedding anniversary report from St. Louis highlighting Mr. and Mrs. Chaudoin and their children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Post Office Department
Washington
D.C
Portugese Guinea
Monaco
ST. Louis
UPI
William B. Chaudoin
Merrill
Chaudoin
Ferd Nichols
Forest, Ill
Dorothy Grace
Clarinet Deduction Sparks Tax Ruling Humor
A Washingtoncolumn notes the IRS allowed a clarinet lesson as a medical expense after a boy with dental malocclusion took up lessons. It recalls noisy practice sessions and the lifelong pain of hearing the instrument, praising the tax ruling for its odd but valid deduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Revenue Service
Internal Revenue Service
TV Highlights and NBC Night Lineup Highlights
Television schedule listing ABC CBS and NBC programs for the evening. Highlights include Brinkley on speechmaking and Paraguay with clips of Stroessner, The Night Beat Of The Tom Tom, Lucy Show New Year party, Saints and Sinners arrest brutality report, Danny Thomas Show, King Orange Jamboree Parade, The Andy Griffith Show boxing scene for Opie, Ben Casey surgery segment, and Saturday, Surgery and Stanley Schultz.
Iowa Almanac 1860 Reveals County Facts in Washington
The State Historical Society printed a 1860 Iowa Almanac and Statistical Register showing population figures for Washington county from 1838 to 1860, postal routes, railroad mileage, post offices, county land value, state tax, military companies, and 1859 election results for Kirkwood and Dodge. It notes dates like the 1858 railroad celebration in Washington and lists county newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Historical Society of
Iowa
William J. Petersen
State Historical Society
Washington County
Missippi
Rock Island
Mississippi
Missouri
Davenport
Iowa City
Washington
Western Stage Company
D. McMichael
Amboy
Brighton
Clay
Crawfordsville
Davis Creek
Dutch Creek
Marcellus
New Haven
Pottsville
Richmond
Valley
Wassonville
Yatton
M.C. Parker
Washington Guards
Cowles
Kirkwood
Dodge
Almanac notes Iowa politics and early county offices
The text lists Shenandoah era officials in Washington county and outlines Republican and Democratic platforms. It recalls 1860 Iowa Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood and salary figures for national leaders, noting early congressional districts and Congressman Samuel R. Curtis. It contrasts President James Buchanan with a $25 000 salary and mentions a warning about Christmas trees left indoors turning into house pets, from Kent Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
A. R. Wickersham
S. P. Young
Ralph Dewey
S.G. Owen
J. R. Easton
D. Coryell
J. McKee
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Iowa
Kirkwood
Samuel R. Curtis
James Buchanan
Phony Cures and Imagined Youth in Health Hype
A 1958 King Features column recalls crowds chasing cures from royal jelly and fluoridation fears in Newburgh and Nebraska. It exposes fake miracles from injections and sugar pills, noting placebo effects and misleading claims while warning readers that imagination powers wellness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburgh
New York
Amber
Top Record Holder in Individual Contract Bridge Match
South dealer in a four spade contract. West leads ten of clubs. East signals with a crucial queen overruff to force declarer down one. The article discusses the uppercut play to promote a trump trick and analyzes East and West cooperative defense in a 1963 bridge column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Jayannes
West
East
Declarer
South
The Journal Justice in David Elder Editorial Staff
The Journal notes staff roles including Editor David Elder and Business Manager William Shannon with a News Editor Cowden and others. Published afternoons except Sunday and holidays, entered as second class matter under the 1879 act, Washington Iowa post office, with United Press leased wire and regional press associations listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Istice
David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Orria
E Cowden
Howard Hazen
Post
Washington
Iowa
United Press
Inland Daily Press
Iowa Daily Press
Iowa Press Ass'n
Audit Bureau of Circulationa Noumal
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Job
God
Chas
Rosemary
Berdo
Dick Pratt
By Chas. S. Ragan
Charlie Ragan
Fanny Foster
Foster
Burundi
South West Africa
Venezuela
United Press International
David Brinkley
NBC
Brinkley
Paraguay
Lyndon Johnson
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
R.-Il
House
Charles A. Halleck
R-Ind
Alfredo Stroessner
Tom-Tom
Ted Bessell
Lucy
CBS
Pal Viv
Saints and Sinners
Nick Alexander
Danny Thomas
ABC
Miami
Biscayne Blvd
Stoney Burke
Andy Griffith
Opie
Ben Casey
Stanley Schultz
James Dunn
M. Morehead
Robert Glasgow
William B. Lewis
Jefferson
Blitz Brothers
Kent
Ohio
Food For
Burton H. Fern, M. D
Nebraska
Hall
King Features
NORTI
South West North East
King
Joe Palooka
Jerry
Joe
San Francisco
Simoleon Stashaway
Ham Fisher
Dixie Dugan
By Mevoy and
Striebel
BY Ernie Bushmiller
Will
Blondie
Chic Young
Blondie Witt
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