Be ye kind to Ephesians 4 32 and a Pollard tale
Editorial recounts Percival Pollard ashes saga tied to Henry Mencken. A Baltimore cremation mishap travels to Washington Iowa with a legend of ashes scattered via a saloon barter and a Bartender in a state of legal improvisation. Cemetery records confirm Pollard's interment in 1912 with no Aunt Mary identified.
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Percival Pollard
Mencken
Baltimore
Pollard
Washington
Iowa
Johns Hopkins
Henry Mencken
Percival
Aunt Mary
Orville Elder
Howard Burrell
Elm Grove Cemetery
Loren Robertson
Joseph Percival
Mary
Joseph Pollard
Notes From A Washington Reader Nostalgia Letter from Millis Mass
Letter details a reader in Millis Massachusetts recalling Washington Iowa and thanking Washington Journal for warmth and friendship. It mentions YMCA work and summer baseball directing and notes subscription rates and mailing costs for Washington area. The piece reflects community ties and appreciation for local media.
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Washington
Iowa lawmakers prepare reapportionment plan floor vote
Iowa legislators move toward floor action on reapportionment based on the 1970 census. House committee chair Elizabeth Shaw hopes to take up the bill this week with minimal amendments. Lawmakers aim for a modest deviation between largest and smallest districts.
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DES Moines
IDPA
House
Senate
Elizabeth Shaw
R Davenport
Air pollution in Iowa and the car's role in it
A 1968 Iowa study shows 2,190,623 tons of pollutants emitted above the state, 64.4 percent from automobiles. Comparisons to Los Angeles highlight vehicle-driven smog, while experts urge public action and alternatives like walking, cycling, car pools, and better public transit.
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Iowa
Iowa State Department of Health
Los Angeles
Board of Education
County Medical Association
Boeing
Garrett DeBell
Caluch
David L. Trauger
Environtology Council
Iowa State University
Trauger
Masters' Individual Championship Play in Contract Bridge
A summary of a historic contract bridge match featuring B J Becker and references to the Vanderbilt team era. The article recounts bidding by Culbertson and Lightner, underleaders, and the resulting hands across North South, with four hearts making at one table and a one hundred twenty point swing noted. It cites the 1934 Vanderbilt final in context and the ongoing interest in Becker on Bridge.
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Jay Becker
Vanderbilt
West
Ely Culbertson
Ted Lightner
Culbertson
North
King Featur
South
Mr. C
Declarer
Heart
Lightner
East
Tae
Arkansas
Nogales
Aziz
Bilston
England
Old
Egypt
Rome
Japan
Strange quotes and snatches from a puzzled collection
A fragmentary, stray page of quotes and trivia spans social quirks and odd facts. It ponders gendered behaviors, professional life, marriage talk, geography hints in Arkansas, cultural stereotypes, biblical debates, and quirky Q A tidbits about spiders in Antarctica, infant vision, and state spellings.
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Evening Journal
Henry L. Mencken
Brickman
Walnut Street
Millis, Mass
Washington, Iowa
Washington Evening Journal
Mahon Vey
Hannn & Co
Alee
Hinston
YMCA
the Journal
The
Lowa
Monte
Harrison Weber
Iowa Daily Press
Joy Banyas
Towa State University
DLANK
Walkie
Becker
B. Jay Becker
East 45 Street
New York
Senate Aagss
Essiaz Onee
Nand
Openit
Mit Coves
L. M. Boyd
Antarctica
Ilinois
Texas
Kansas
Massachuetts
National
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