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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1977
Page
5
A columnist cites Matthew 19 22 to argue that following Jesus requires prioritizing people over worldly wealth. The piece recalls a local encounter with Bacon White, once with Reister and Sons Poultry and Egg plant, now visiting the area.
A light home notebook recounts planting eight by three foot garden beds with Early Girl and Rutgers tomatoes, plus two large patio pots, and a playful note warning neighbors not to let them roll. A parachute-jump tale featuring Bacon mirrors early aviation days, ending with a sprained ankle. Secretary Kreps denies hiring bias, urging balanced staffing.
A playful campus note mocks dress code and tax forms. A sign reads Shoes are required to eat in the cafeteria, while a scribble comments Socks may eat wherever they want to. An IRS acknowledgment letter contains a wary joke about income tax.
An assortment of wry lines and jokes featuring Diogenes in Paris London and New York, a snappy quip on aging and fortune, a bridge expert's tip, a Rhode Island pig tale linked to War of 1812, and a Nash style marriage one liner.
West leads kings of diamonds and must judge heart plays to defeat the contract. After careful analysis, the winning line is to overtake the jack with the ace and return a heart for East to ruff, revealing South held Q9-8-2 and ducking the jack to mislead. This line assumes East has K hearts and South holds Q-9-8-2.
A 1977 L M Boyd column discusses gender prejudice against male secretaries, quirky trivia on creatures and lifelike facts, and strange snippets about liver myths, a lion’s liver, and odd city ordinances. It ends with a weatherford Texas address and copyright notice.
Abigail Van Buren answers readers about marriage money and heartbreak. A Fairbanks man cursed by a failed union learns he needs an antidote for a snakebite not an antibiotic for love. A 19 year old tall aspiring stewardess asks about height limits. A 12 year old cooks a meal alone and urges mothers to teach daughters to cook and keep house.
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