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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1975
Page
3
In the Washington Iowa page an editorial notes a scripture reference from John 4 7 and comments on worship in spirit and truth. A casual aside mentions presenting a reward to obliging young fellows for 1975 license plates and references quicker service and a small mailing fee.
Purely personal item recalls Clem and Mrs Dold stranded in St Martin Minnesota as a historic blizzard dumped 16 inches of snow with drifts taller than Clem. Power and phone outages, frozen pipes, and candle powered coffee marked the crisis. Snowmobiles ferried rescues while locals shoveled out after the storm. The Dolds were two days late returning home.
A reader recounts finding a license plate, 92-1976, by Jeff Peiffer and his cousin Rickey Richards who washed and delivered it. County Treasurer Wally Fagen explained mailing fees, returning 50 cents. Byron Conway’s nonresident plates share last three digits 867. Max Hennes scored a golf hole in one in Sarasota, witnessed only by his wife Opal.
A group of older boys recalls Walt Farrell’s boastful remark about eating squash. At a friend’s home a child in a highchair tossed squash on the floor after the quip. The wife reportedly answered, asking not to be invited back for a long time.
A column surveys quirky language history and social norms from the past, noting how words like shift and smock shifted reputations and how language and blue laws tied to printing paper. The piece also juggles trivia on national flowers, income trends, sailfish speed, and mad hatter lore.
The notice lists lawmakers for Iowa and federal offices with contact addresses in Des Moines and Washington D C It notes Clay Township residents should contact Floyd H Millen instead of Dunton and Louisa County residents are represented by W R Rabedeaux in the State Senate The addresses remain as listed for all cases
Crawfordsville reports Paul Wittings of Colorado Springs visiting area en route home from Michigan. Rural Homemakers Club elected new officers January 9 with Aline Hesseltine as president, Helen Young as vice president, Marion Jones as secretary treasurer, Frances Young and Lucille Meyer as gifts and cards. Members answered roll call by sharing Christmas gifts. Aline’s grandson Chad Esseltine attended.
Almanac notes January 18 1975 as the date for Daniel Webster Cary Grant and Danny Kaye birthdays. It marks historical events including the lifting of the Leningrad siege in 1943 Indira Gandhi becoming India’s premier in 1966 and a 1968 US Russia draft on nuclear nonproliferation plus the death of Mormon leader David McKay in 1970.
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