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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1977
Page
4
A Washington Iowa reader questions a high school fund drive selling trees, noting many arrived damaged or dead and promising replacements. The letter cites BBB findings and urges customers to seek refunds, while detailing a separate moral case about minors buying road flares and urging sellers to refuse sales to children.
June 1877 notes from the Washington County Press and Washington Gazette describe J C Purvis promoting a local venture, dozen couples heading to Green Hill Mineral Springs near Grandview for its waters reputed to cure many ailments. Brighton items report a chloroform incident at the Freak House, a bridge rumor, a dramatic domestic dispute, and a theater review covering Mountz and a cantata with mixed reception.
The column traces Monday as the origin of washday from the Pilgrims arrival, then touches on quirky trivia from a deer kill count on Pennsylvania highways to Gilded Age slang about putting on the dog. It blends humorous questions and facts with a Weatherford Texas author credit.
Readers ask if unmarried and divorced people should share love and separate love from sex. Abby explains love is selective and sex for sex’s sake lacks lasting value. A reader recalls private psychiatry treatment harming job prospects and Abby notes laws mislabel mental health and warns against stigma.
A world championship deal between Italy and the United States shows a declarer misread. South could have made four spades doubled by precise play after the diamonds lead and a careful heart and club sequence to force the endplay of West. The bidding and unseen cards suggested a path to success.
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