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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1972
Page
4
The May 20 1972 Washington Iowa page presents a devotional thought from Psalm 51 10 urging readers to seek a clean heart and renewed spirit. It argues that most current problems stem from poor attitudes toward God neighbors and self.
A Longtime local note recalls the Lytle Grocery, Washington's oldest retail establishment, founded in 1900 by Lloyd Lytle. The piece shares anecdotes from the shop's heyday, a humorous egg tale, missed mail from Lake Lawn Lodge, mushrooming trips, and a stag party street performance.
Dr. Helen Cheung, raised near Peking, promotes acupuncture to Western doctors from New York to London. She lectures in Western Europe and the United States, tracing its 3000 year history and modern uses from arthritis to anesthesia, while hoping Nixon’s China visit fosters more medical exchanges. Rev. A. W. Gauger marks his 100th birthday while retired in three conferences and living in Mason City.
A reader asks Abby to urge readers to comfort storm fearful people instead of mocking them. A second letter discusses a husband keeping a found knife and his view of shop theft. A third letter questions the value of written thanks after verbal thanks.
L M Boyd offers trivia and wry answers on slang from cockfighting to family topics. He jokes about bigamy penalties, hair loss myths, pennies to dollars, compost heaps, and cultural misconceptions, closing with a mail address in Fort Worth and a 1972 copyright notice.
In a hand played by East West North South, the defense excels after West leads a two of diamonds. East discards a queen on the opening, infers West is void in clubs, then returns a club ruffing sequence that steers defense. Despite a trump finesse, declarer ends down one.
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