Washington Iowa Editorials Humor and Local Garden Tales
A column from Washington Iowa reflects on faith and resilience with Psalm 64:1, notes Bob Wertz as the neighborhood’s first tomato picker and recounts Mrs Mae Sorrell’s indoor harvest. It mentions Mrs Paul Shearer’s walnut-triggered tomato loss, Totie Fields hospital humor, and local lighthearted events at Brighton’s Whoopee Days with Bill Day and the Chicken Flying contest.
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Paul
Barbara) Shearer
County Extension Service
Bill Day
Brighton
Bill
Neighborhood security echoes White House level care
Abigail Van Buren prints a reader anecdote about neighbours the Clicks and Lorraine Breeding, key exchange while owners away, plant care errors, and a fish feeding mishap that nearly ends in disaster. The piece blends a light tale with a poker hand diagram and several Dear Abby letters touching marriage, sex, and child safety.
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Clicks
Lorraine
White House
Declarer Makes Safe Club Play In Bridge Hand
In a KJ2 declarer hand, after West shows out, South infers East holds jack of hearts among last three cards. South cashes K clubs, exits with A-8 clubs, avoids finessing the jack, and wins with king of clubs to capture queen, fulfilling the contract. Also notes Abby Van Buren letter offer and 1975 health-workday statistic.
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Declarer
West
South
East
A Vinegar Mixup Spoils Local Cole Slaw Evening
A local woman tested a cale slaw recipe for guests and used rainwater stored in a vinegar bottle. The dish looked off and tasted off, prompting postmeal checks. Guests declined to complain as they enjoyed the evening anyway.
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Cale Slaw
Highballs in a hailstorm by L M Boyd
A retro column mixes humor and fact from 1977. Proposals, love and war insights appear with Q&A on romance three lines, bucket shops and armor material. Proposals data shows 54 percent made one, 32 percent two or three, rest kept proposing. Address Weatherford TX.
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