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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1977
Page
4
Washington editorial snippet quotes Matthew 17 19 20 asking why cast out a demon and answers unbelief Faith is a gift quickened by God nourished by man and proved in the venture Reads like a brief daily reflection from the Washington Iowa edition dated January 11 1977
A reader muses on preserving winter sounds by recording crunching snow cold mornings car starts shovel scrape and snow tire bites. The piece suggests a local initiative to capture Iowa winter noises for posterity using a tape recorder.
Alre Sheldon recalls winter mornings in a grandparent family in New England when homes lacked furnace and indoor plumbing. The author describes cold bedrooms, goose down ticks, coal stoves, and the ritual of waking to bacon aroma and stove heat. The piece ends with gratitude for breakfast and chores, and a playful justification for not liking early rising.
A Contributed poem urges caution on the road as school bus drivers keep careful watch for children. It extols drivers patience and safety rules like flashing signals and stopping for loading and unloading. The piece notes 31 firms with 100,000+ employees and 498 with 10,000+ workers per Dun's Review.
A reader criticizes a National Wildlife piece on a west Texas rattlesnake roundup describing cruel practices that stunned her. Abby cautions about the roundup’s perceived purpose and responders note rattlers’ ecological role. A second reader questions marital privacy. Abby replies that attire in private is private matters.
A collage of quotes and notes on language quirks, misprints, and trivia from the 1977 L M Boyd column. Includes remarks on mistyped common words, Ima Little Tree in Washington, Mayo brothers microscope praise, a Dinah Shore Mary Martin anecdote, Blake lines, gender observations, orchestra tricks, Connecticut arm exposure law, a job club listing, and a language quest for an English word ending in sh.
A collection of inspirational lines on happiness discipline luck responsibility and self mastery. It contrasts action with passivity and urges selfdefinition and daily effort to shape a better tomorrow.
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