Don Reid humor column on a shotgun mishap
Washington readers enjoy Don Reid and Dorothy in a West Des Moines Express tale. A routine finger cut during shotgun cleaning leads to comical misdirections as tourniquet antics, ice cube questions, and a punch line about stitches. The doctor compliments the oddly unique patient, while Dorothy bets on neighbors for stitches.
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Iowa
Don Reid
Dorothy
The
West Des Moines Express
Reids
Hawkeye Stamp Club Seeks Area Collectors
Burlington stamp enthusiasts are invited to join the Hawkeye Stamp Club now in its fifth year. Members from Burlington and nearby towns meet monthly to exchange stamps and ideas. The next meeting is January 18 at 7 30 p m in the Sunshine Dairy room with officers D M Keck president and others listed for contact in Washington and Burlington.
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The
Hawkeye Stamp Club
Burlington
Monmouth
Illinois
Ft. Madison
Iowa
Washington
Sunshine Dairy Room
Thought for the Day on God's Name in Creation
A devotional excerpt cites Psalm 8 1 praising the Lord their God and declares His Name is stamped on all His works inspiring worship across the Church and creation.
Cloyce Dills observe wedding anniversary in Keota
Keota residents report a wedding anniversary celebration for Mr and Mrs Cloyce Dill with supper guests at the Dill home. Several family members and friends visited, including Bertha Dunbar and Gary Dill of West Liberty. Kari Dill faces heart surgery in Iowa City on January 11.
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Boyd Sanders Keota
Cloyce Dill
Bob Dill
Sigourney
Cloyce Dills
Bertha Dunbar
Gary Dill
West Liberty
Little Kari Dill
University Hospital
Iowa City
Alvin Greiner
Johnny Detweiller
Michel
Gregory
Cedar Rapids
Washington Evening Journal masthead and staff notes
The Washington Evening Journal of Washington Iowa lists David Elder as Editor and Business Manager, William Shannon as Vice President Advertising Director, Charles Morris as News Editor, Shaffer as Local Advertising, and Howard Hazen as Production Superintendent. The paper prints afternoons except Sunday, Christmas and July 4th and is entered as second class matter under the 1874 act. It is affiliated with Inland Daily Press Association and Iowa press associations and audited by the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
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David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Danielson Seeks Secretarial Post on State Council
Polk County Republican Chairman Allen Danielson of Des Moines competes with John Harms for secretary of the state executive council. The job pays 12000 dollars and a vacancy arose after Lloyd Jackson, a Clinton Democrat, was discharged. Harms is clerk of court at Sibley and secretary-treasurer of the Iowa County Officers Association.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Polk County
Allen (Barney) Danielson
State Executive Council
John Harms
Sibley
Harms
Iowa County Officers Association
Executive Council
Lloyd Jackson
Danielson
Gracehill Engels Visit Cedar Falls
Gracehill news details a January visit by Mr and Mrs Eugene Engel and family to Aunt Katherine Buxbaum in Cedar Falls. It lists Sunday School officers, holiday visits from relatives in North Little Rock Ames Omaha Davenport and Ottumwa, cooperative supper guests, Go and Let Go club luncheon, and upcoming events including a February 11 family dinner at Prairie Home and a silent auction. Also notes hospital recoveries and Christmas visits among the Engel, Miksch, Waterhouse, Brinning, and related families.
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Gracehill
Eugene Engel
Eugene
Katherine Buxbaum
Cedar Falls
David Miksch
Laurence Miksch
Mary McAfee
Mary Engel
Max Waterhouse
Julia Miksch
Ronnie Brinning
North Little Rock
Arkansas
Leonard Brinning
Brinnings
Ronnie Brinnings
Milton
Milburn McKay
Lucy Rehmel
Gretchen Miksch
Ames
Edward Miksch
Omaha
James Miksch
Davenport
Christine
Illeah Farrier
Prairie Home
Leonard Goeke
Fred Chalupa
Novella Hess
Farrier
Robert Miksch
Paul Hazelett
Goeke
Childrens Foundling Home
Ottumwa
Will Carr
University Hospital
Iowa City
Gary
Sandy McAtee
Leonard McAtee
Dear Abby column questions on engagement and advice
Dear Abby answers reader queries on engagement order rings and parental input, then gives guidance about a dating dilemma with a friend named Josephine and ending with a note on quitting smoking through Seventh-day Adventist clinics and how to contact Abby for private replies. The column closes with a personal note about endings and invites readers to send problems to Dear Abby and request her wedding booklet.
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Josephine
Guests in Amrine home on Sunday
Merrimac Iowa January 9 Mr and Mrs Joe King Parnell and Mr and Mrs Ben Neff Wayland visited Sunday with the Carl Amrine family. Also Mr and Mrs Richard Paul and daughter of Mr Pleasant visited Saturday in the Doyle Paul home. Mrs Ronald Statler of Mt Pleasant slipped on ice and cracked a leg bone Saturday. Dawn Lori Statler staying with grandparents Mr and Mrs Robert Kientz. Mr and Mrs Don Statler of Brighton and Mr and Mrs Robert Kientz spent Sunday in the Ronald Statler home. Mr and Mrs Frank Smith Sunday evening in the Carl Amrine home. Mr and Mrs Bernard Carrol Sr and family visited Sunday near Mediapolis.
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Merrimac
Joe King
Parnell
Ben Neff
Wayland
Carl Amrine
Richard Paul
Mr. Pleasant
Doyle Paul
Ronald Statler
Mt. Pleasant
Dawn
Lori Statler
Robert Kientz
Don Statler
Brighton
Frank Smith
Carl Amline
Bernard Carrol Jr
Bernard Carrol Sr
Mediapolis
Pleasantview welcome for Cress and local notes
Riverside report notes Cloyd Cress returning to Pleasantview Home in Kalona after weeks as Mercy Hospital patient. Terry Ruth flies from Cedar Rapids to Florida for duty at Key West, visiting his parents in between. Harold Owens welcomes newborn Timothy William on Dec 31 at Mercy Hospital and family release follows. Rubye Walker moves her beauty salon to F W Schnoebelen building with a Jan 11 reopening. Other items include Kron family trip to Nauvoo and Phoenix, the Pinochle Club meeting with prizes awarded to Mrs. Schneider and Mrs. Rath, and January 17 host Mrs. Amanda Lillis. New Year guests include Roy Jordan of Huxley and Terri Lee Mellecker visiting with grandparents. Weimer vacation plans to Las Vegas. Marge Luckey visits Wilson family.
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F. W. Schnoebelen
Fred Kron
John Kron
Nauvoo
Ill
Eldred Kron
Phoenix
Arizona
Doyle Roberson
Zitta Duwa
Clara Rath
Peter Schneider
Amanda Lillis
Lee Mellecker
Roy Jordan
Huxley
Iowa
Terri Lee Mellecker
Harold Weimer
Las Vegas
Nevada
Marge Luckey
Clarence Wilson
Contracts Recorded Involving Stookesberry Bauer and Others
Richard P. Stookesberry and wife transfer south 48 feet of lot 11 and north 7 feet of lot 10, block 8, Columbian addition, Washington to Stanley Bauer and wife. Dean J. Schwartz and wife transfer a tract in Height's and Wellman to John Lewis Miller and wife. Doyle I Plecker and wife transfer land in section 30 76 6 to Raymond Leroy Lasek and wife. Peter C Koehler transfers land in section 31 75 6 to William G Koehler.
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Richard P. Stookesberry
Stanley Bauer
Columbian Add Washington
Dean J. Schwartz
John Lewis Miller
Height's
Wellman
Doyle I. Plecker
Raymond Leroy Lasek
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Evening Journal
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Burlington, Iowa
D. M. Keck
Sam Miller, Jr
John Schiavoni
Treas
C. P. Weldin
South 4Th Avenue
Elsie Greiner
Cecil
Vic Vogel
Keota
Lancaster
California
Leon Vogel
John Weber
Paul Weber
Mary Jean Weber
Leon Vogels
Mary Jean
Leo Keifer
Roger
Denver
Colorado
Washington, Iowa
Gerald Keifer
Denver Museum of Natural History
U.S. Mint
Coors Brewery
Red Rock
Colo
Gerald
Good Year Distributing Co
Topeka
Kansas
Leo Rettler
National City
Leo
Keifers
Elmer Putmans
Gale Reif
West Chester
Walter Fisher
Washington Evening Journal
United Press
Inland Daily Press Ass
Iowa Daily Press Ass
Iowa Press Ass'n
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Jerry
Joe
Betty
Debbie
Rator
Micuns
Sashmiller
Harrison Weber
Iowa Daily Press
Lex Hawkins
Gov. Hughes
Hawkins
Verne Sawyer
Richard Turner
American Academy of Trial Lawyers
Wendell Pendleton
Storm Lake
Senate
Richard Dennler
LeMars
State Department of Agriculture
Franklin Main
Lamont
John Greer
Spencer
Lloyd Smith
New
E. B. Smith
U. S. Senate
John Ely, Jr
Eugene Hill
Newton
State Capitol
Hill
Sen. Hill
State House
Engels
Mrs
Washington Hospital
Chas. Barrows
Carl Corpman
Carla
Sheryl Vodicka
Stanley Vodicka
Beth
Dear Abby
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Abby
J.J.G
Lincoln Near
Staten Island
Los Angeles
Cal
Amrine
Cloyd Cress
Pleasantview
Peter C. Koehler
William G. Koehler
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