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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1975
Page
4
Purely Personal Laughs at Typo Blunders From Wheatland Journal
The Purely Personal editor recalls old column bits from 1962 about typographical errors in newspapers. It cites misprints that shifted ads, wedding stories, and wedding lists into outrageous, humorous phrases, and shares anecdotes from editors and readers about proofreading mishaps and practical jokes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saturday Journal
Golfing Jokes and Snappy Par Quotes From a Weekend Cart
A self styled connoisseur offers golf humor and anecdotes about marriage, weekends, and golf mishaps. Jokes poke fun at rough, putting, and professional players. A golfer jokes about finding more balls than he loses and clergy humor accompanies a par driven sign.
Dear Abby letter reprint and golf humor mixed in 1975 column
A collage of Dear Abby letters, jokes, and community notices from a 1975 Washington Iowa newspaper reflects lifecycle humor and safety concerns. It includes a request to reprint Abby’s letter, wedding ring safety stories, husband and wife anecdotes, and a long address/rate blurb for the paper. The text preserves names and places such as Washington, Iowa, and local staff, with column fragments and notices interwoven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Livingston
Washington Press
Ralph
Alpha Tau Omega
University of Iowa
Johnson Barn
Colt
Abby
Geese
Diverse Snippets on Work, History, and Trivia
A collage of quirks and facts spans dyeing denim as a craft, Hutterite migration patterns, Percy Shelley dining curiosity, Alyeska Pipeline origins, household labor averages, tornado science by Dr. Fujita, scotch coloring history, a 4S vice president oath note, and a clock versus timepiece riddle.
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William R. D. King
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