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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1964
Page
4
An editorial notes that true joy comes without cost from the gospel, contrasting it with mere human efforts to find fulfillment. The piece cites Isaiah 55 and urges readers to seek spiritual nourishment through faith rather than material pursuits.
A tiny praise filled notice from Washington County recalls the birth of Laura Ann Shalla, nicknamed Laurie. Her parents Larry and Laurie, plus paternal grandparents Dwane and Ollie Shalla, celebrate a May basket day birth weighing 5 pounds 15 ounces. The article rails on family dynamics, hospital stays, and the hope of shaving faces by June 14 while noting thanks to neighbors for bassinets and a lighthearted tone about golf and Dr Lloyd.
The list asks for seven historical figures: Pragmatist philosopher William James? No, first is the pragmatist philosopher Charles Peirce or William James. The playwrights are Eugene O Neill and Moss Hart? The sewing machine inventor is Elias Howe. The Nebraska senator advocating public power and unicameralism is George W. Norris. The bare knuckles champion who beat Kilrain in 75 rounds is John L. Sullivan. The Scottish reformer and Smithsonian founder is Robert Dale Owen? The American humorist writing on rails and US history is Henry Ward Beecher? Clue: last name of the second President born in Texas is Johnson.
Iowa farmers across O'Brien, Clay, Buena Vista and Dickinson counties faced a dire pest in 1873 as a westward swarm of grasshoppers darkened skies, devoured crops and even halted a freight train. The General Assembly allocated 50000 for grain relief, many settlers left, land values plummeted, and a six year scourge followed until favorable winds pushed the hordes away in 1879.
The writer details a Des Moines business trip with history and archives research plans and spring imagery from Locust Street. Vivid scenes include dust storms delaying travel, blooming trees, children with mothers, and local shops while the narrator jokes about divorce and forgotten vacation money.
Floyd Fisher learns his aunt Mrs Lewis Wieneke Elsie died in Marion on Tuesday. The funeral is set for Friday at 9 30 a m at St Joseph s Church Marion. The obituary notes a planned 56th wedding anniversary on May 31. Various social visits and hospital stays are listed including Everette Parsons and Ted Duncan family. WWE Club gathered at Mrs Richard Lease s home for a social evening with prizes awarded.
Reifs weekend guests at Perry Kalona May 6. Mr and Mrs E H Reif were the week end guests of Mr and Mrs FL Hoofnagle of Perry. J B Kral has gone to Solon to be with Mr and Mrs Fred Bartlett during the summer. Tracy Anderson are the parents of a son born Tuesday May 5 at Mercy Hospital in Town City. Jams day and daughter were weekend guests in the parental Hornaday home in Des Moines. Rev and Mrs Ronald Grout and family visited this week in the parental Waller Speas home and with other relatives. They left Wednesday for their home in Landar Manitoba Canada with Gregory Grout. Mr and Mrs Marvin Miller and family, Mrs Vera Schrock and Mr and Mrs Elam Christner were Sunny dinner guests in the James Leichty home Wayland. E H Reif visited Tuesday afternoon with Mrs Ollie Manatt in Iowa City and evening callers were Marie Jackson and Mrs Belle Davis. Floyd Walker and HL Walker of Kalona and Mrs Harlan Dare of Grinnell attended a pre nuptial shower in Burlington for Susan Walker.
In a World Pair Championship game from Cannes 1962 the declarer in five diamonds used a classic squeeze to win the last three tricks. East led clubs, South ruffed, and after trumps and diamonds the critical moment forced West to guard two suits, a technique explained with five key elements and notes on how a heart switch could have defeated it.
Television listings from United Press International present Monday night highlights across NBC ABC CBS and color repeats. Featured films include a frontier romance with Robert Wagner and Debra Paget and a space drama with Stephen McLoy colonel choosing fate. Other programs include Wagon Train with Ed Begley Sirens Symbols and Glamour Girls profile, Andy Griffith Show camping episode, You Cant Beat the Story of a Recluse, and Breaking Point with a therapist and a child.
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