Rail history and small-town memories from the editor
Charley Welsh recalls the CB&Q railway widening its tracks around 1902 or 1903, with anecdotes about the first passenger service and local characters. The piece weaves community humor, a joke about a late Rock Island train, poetic lines, family stories, and a reflection on newspaper production in 1962 at the Journal.
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Charley Welsh
Cb&q
Burlington
Washington
Graham Opera House
State Theater
Rock Island
Milwaukee
Graham
Are You Afraid A Perfectionist Mindset Becomes A Barrier
The column discusses Nan who fears failure due to perfectionism and claustrophobia. It offers therapy tips and steps to build confidence with gradual tasks and avoiding drugs, ending with a note on a reader who becomes an executive secretary. It also mentions an Ohio firm selling a portable radiation ark shelter for under $3,000.
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Nan
Mom
Haskins Couple Welcome New Granddaughter Angela Sue
Mr and Mrs Jim Bean celebrate the birth of granddaughter Angela Sue born December 28 at Washington County Hospital to Mr and Mrs Richard Bean, weighing 7 pounds. The day’s events also note January New Year activities and several local visits amid flu illness recovery in the Murphy family.
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Washington County Hospital
Richard Bean
Angela Sue
Jim Coon
Tim Wood
Ainsworth
Rudy Mullinex
S.tarmer St
Francis H. James
Washington
Ocean Lrwin
Sundries
Hi Lo
James Peacock
James II
Roswell
New Mexico
Doyie Pauls
Roy Rubeys
Nona Robison
East Mo
Odd bidding and overruff turn Masters hand into big score
In the national masters contest in Washington DC a West player opened two hearts with a weak hand. North doubled and pursued a spade cue bid, South underbid, yet North-South scored 710 on the board while most pairs went minus in a spade slam after West led hearts and overruffed.
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Washington
D. C
North
South
King
West
Res Syndicate, Inc
Brighton Newsround January Homecomings and Local Ward News
Joe Murphy returns from a ten day vacation with family in Adair and Atlantic. A shed fire at Herb Stouse's property was controlled by Brighton volunteers. Betty Harris and Kenneth Farrier wed in Fairfield, plan Brighton home. New Year visits and moves weave through the community as residents share holidays and relocate engagements. Hollywood news notes Ray Walston joining Ben Gazzara in Reprieve.
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Brighton
Joe Murphy
Tom Murphy
Adair
Alzair Graham
Atlantic
Murphy
Lake Darling
Herb Stouse
Betty R. Harris
Fairfield
Kenneth Farrier
Harold Kruger
Walter Schneider
Farrier
Kenny
Lydia Allison
Joe Deutsch
Near
Elmores
Ronnie Elmore
Ronda
Danville
Max Conrad
Lee Schafer
Harold Hexworth
Amana
Edwin Robison
Omaha
Dwight Robison
Lee Arbogast
Tacoma
Washington
Coppock
Lee
Wilma Linn
Jack Scheeler
Rural Subscription Rates and Credits in The Woman Evening Journal
The rural subscription table shows rates of 4.75 and 9.00 for various plans amid the page's masthead and publishers. The text lists staff roles including editors and managers, noting publication afternoons except Sundays with holiday exceptions.
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the Woman Evening Journal
Gton
Iowa
Mider
Shannon & To
M K Shannon
Llave FR. Elder
Truce CC. Cowden
Charles Morris
W. J. Shannon
Tloward Haven
Shep Merenun
Washingtog
United Press
Inland Daihy Press
Daily
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You
Burton H. Fern
Dr. Fern
Nana
King Features
New York
UPI
Ohio
Haskins
Mrs
Wilma Bruegge
Jim Bean
Evelyn
Della Wilson
Bryan Hardy
Cedar Rapids
B. Jayes
East Dealer
Seven Hearts
Palooka
Ham Fisher
Jerry Dear
Cao al Ylevamiae
Dixie Dugan
By McEvoy
Striebel
Line
Hollywood
Ray Walston
Ben Gazzara
Allied Artists
John Resko
Washington Concrete Co
12Th St
Ferguson
Woods Bros
John Deere
Zenith
Earnest Jones
H. M. Duncan
American Legion
Orrin Johnson
Blondie
Chic Young
Willie Digby
Tam
Vennis the Menace
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Nancy
Irma
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