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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1963
Page
5
The Washington Evening Journal presents a brief devotional noting that spiritual fruitfulness arises from abiding in Christ and recognizing the source of life. It emphasizes reliance on divine power to sustain life and yield fruit.
A humorous diary style note from a father planning his daughter’s wedding. He jokes about advise from relatives and friends, recalls past family anecdotes, and laments the wedding preparations and the need for guidance. He praises his wife’s organizing, notes male friends’ attempted help, and shares lighthearted memories of the groom-to-be and family.
A narrator recalls losing to Bill Wilson in three contests by potato growing golf and table tennis. He highlights Wilson’s cunning and bragging, noting Bill slipped king size potatoes into his garden, beat him in golf with many approaches, and fattened scores on a tiny table. He asks for ideas to even the score.
In a reflective note, a former student apologizes to Miss Edith Shields, recalling Pancake Day in Washington when a prank involving Mayor John W. Applegate led to an excused delay. The writer praises Shields as a wonderful teacher despite the humorous misstep years ago.
An impartial panel selected the editor’s “Best of Purely Personal” items from the past year for readers who may have missed them. The note thanks readers for patience and hints at a possible forthcoming fish story after the editor's return.
The article extols the general practitioner as the family doctor, central to total health and trusted by all family members. It notes GPs coordinate care, know patient backgrounds, and recognize psychological issues, while consulting specialists as needed. It also urges admitting and learning from errors to strengthen medical decisions. Dr Coleman will use reader questions when suitable.
A June 10 1902 disaster near Coppock ends in the Eureka community when a storm collapses the schoolhouse as graduates seek shelter. Eight girls and Charlie Chance were pinned beneath brick and timbers. doctors from Washington respond, and survivors recount harrowing details of the ruin.
RAMBLINGS recalls a rare 1854 note from Brighton to Washington written before modern mail service, carried by horse or rider, with a Turkey invitation and health update. Also summarized are two old sale bills listing Solomon Davison’s assets in Washington County, Nebraska, and near Stockton, with cattle, hogs, implements, furniture, and terms noted.
In a team match at first table East declarer in four spades doubled. South led a diamond, declarer ruffed, then cashed hearts, ruffed multiple times, and eventually failed by two. A sacrifice against four hearts looked sound as South seemed to hold ten or eleven tricks.
In a tense bridge play, West misreads the lead and opens diamond, allowing South to go down after fast ruffs. East’s underled A Q of spades and a cooperative double by East over four hearts influence the outcome, with West finding the killing diamond lead and Syndicate, Inc. mentioned.
A clubwoman sparked a project to create a tactile flag for blind students. Velvet and silk stripes formed the thirteen colonies, silver-thread stars guided a pupil to name the states, and the boy exclaimed that he now knows his flag.
The H E Harris Company introduces the Standard World Album with 50 000 capacity and 30 000 stamp illustrations priced under 12 dollars. UN stamps expand to seventeen foreign nations, with flag stickers and upcoming 6 8 and 13 cent airmail issues debuting June 17 1963 at UN Headquarters.
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