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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1977
Page
4
A fragmented editorial collage jests on appetite for life, humor about travel packing, and a quirky note on Sweden’s birds and laws. It mentions spring attire, a wife’s influence on wardrobe, and an odd line about drunken driving among Sweden’s wold birds.
A reflection catalogs a vanished era with vivid images of Hoot Gibson and silent films. It recalls nickelodeons, root beer, hand powered clippers, ice wagons, coal scuttles, Bull Durham rolling, and old rituals from harvest to Christmas. The piece laments a generation unfamiliar with these rites.
Frank Hatfield, 49, guides tourists on Alcatraz tours for $125 a week while pursuing a PhD. He previously served 20 years in federal and state prisons, including time on Alcatraz as inmate AZ 1296AZ in 1957. His candid inside view challenges punitive rehabilitation as deterring crime.
Reader seeks information and photographs about pioneer Reed and McCallister families from Washington County Iowa. Mentions great great grandparents William and Mary Ann Reid McCallister married in 1867 and Mary Ann’s sister Permelia Nicola, asking if any Nicola descendants remain in the area.
A humorous column marks turning 57 and reflects on aging with wry lines about midlife. The piece contrasts youth’s misconceptions with current realities and notes changes in appetite, energy, and outlook as age increases. It riffs on stairs, bald spots, mortgage clocks, and nostalgia for classic entertainers.
A reader tracing Mary Layman Cherry, sister of John Layman born 1815 in Botetourt County, Virginia, asks for information about her marriage to Robert Greenwood Cherry and her life in Washington, Iowa, noting she was known for Virginia style cooking and attaching a family photo. The message frames personal reflection on aging and memory.
A widow dater questions why a widowed man hides their relationship and avoids public appearances. The columnist explains the man’s likely hangup about betraying his late wife and warns that secret behavior may ruin his standing. The letter also includes a scolding note from a wife about an affair and a request to buy a booklet.
In a bridge lesson, East must choose a heart return after winning the queen on dummy. The recommended ten of hearts aligns with suit preference to coax West into leading a diamond after a heart ruff, enabling defense to force the contract or fail depending on West's second lead.
A local farm extols high oat yields from tested varieties including over 100 bushels per acre for several Certified Seed contracts and a Kanauha area line breaking 200 bu. per acre. It promotes Agripro seed, offers cash rewards for soybean contest winners, and invites orders for alfalfa seed with an upcoming annual open house on February 4.
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