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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1975
Page
4
A brief reflection cites Proverbs 14 29 noting calm judgment yields wisdom. The piece recalls a local scene where robins briefly skirmished with blackbirds, mama and papa robins diving to deter rivals, and the blackbirds departing quickly. The author favors robins and approves of the peaceful outcome.
In this community note Dick Donaldson grows 14 tomato plants each a different variety. Seed was ordered months ago with five or six seeds per pot and the strongest seedling replanted in the garden. He keeps a record on each plant and wonders which variety will perform best. Volunteer plants pose a mystery.
A reader describes a tame pair of robins in the yard then notes an intruding pair of blackbirds arriving one evening. The scene shifts from calm chirps to a fluttering encounter with the new visitors in the garden.
An 80 year old grandmother famed for avoiding fines was halted at a stop sign by a police officer. She asked to go to court and the judge blamed poor eyesight. She handed him a sewing needle and he could not thread it, so the case was dismissed.
A melange of short items includes a missing dog plea for Andy a tale of potato planting jokes a lamp post murder by Ku Klux Ottumwa a Harvesters win and Dear Abby letters offering relationship advice plus scattered local quips from Pompano Beach and Dutch Creek.
A national survey finds 35 percent choose girls 17 percent ladies 44 percent women with 4 percent indifferent. A color test links blue to intellectuals red to athletes orange to sociable types yellow to egotists and purple to the lovelorn. Also notes on sunken ships near New England and the origin of canard. George M. Cohan birth date disputed July 3 or July 4 1878. German descent ties to bowling success. Mail L M Boyd Fort Worth Texas.
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