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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1973
Page
4
A July 28 1973 editorial quotes Deuteronomy 29 6 urging self sacrifice as essential to truly know God. The note frames daily devotion with a call for personal humility and spiritual discipline.
Mercy Hospital in Iowa City treats George Breitenbach while he cherishes a Funny World clip about Oklahoma clergy substituting at funerals. A pastor unsure of the deceased's sex uses the choir to learn it, asking a mourner in the front row if the departed was brother or sister.
A reader 17 says teens need parental guidance and shared contact at home. He cites busy parents, lack of advice, and missed church and community ties, urging adults to listen, engage, and understand how youth reach their own paths.
The Washington Evening Journal prints its standard daily edition with staff notes and rates. The issue lists offices at 111 North Marion Ave Washington Iowa and includes pricing for carrier and mail subscriptions within Iowa, Washington routes, and outside Iowa.
The professor stepped on the platform and said he was asked to say something funny. A student in the back shouted a quip about knowing when the joke is told, and the professor replied that he would tell them and the others would know.
A small town dentist faced an overdue account and decided to threaten a public ad. He warned that unless payment was made, he would place an advertisement offering a denture for sale at Mrs. Bartlett's residence. The next morning the payment arrived.
UPI notes July 28 history includes Austria declaring war on Serbia in 1914 and 1932 Hoover veterans march on Washington. 1945 UN charter ratified by the Senate and a B25 crash on the Empire State Building. A Watertown incident reports a truckload of weapons missing from Camp Drum, later found at a tavern with two soldiers turned over.
Dear Mr. Becker, a player touts psychology as the key to a 3,300-point rubber win. He recounts a hand where a diamond discard and club ruff induced errors, noting opponents berating each other and missing his seven-card suit as the pivotal edge.
A 1973 column by L. M. Boyd surveys shifting fashion norms from long hair signaling virtue to short cuts implying strictness. The piece riffs on timing in human behavior, car braking speeds by gender, and light Q and A bits about signs of pregnancy and postmortem nail growth.
Dear Abby counsels a 25 year old woman torn by a rapidly failing lover. She is urged to stay, seek shared happiness, and pray for a miracle as the young man’s leukemia darkens a possible year ahead. In a second letter a wife questions rumors about military marriage fidelity and Abby reassures commitment.
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