Monroe Wisconsin Coffee Club Plagiarizes Washington Origins
Editorial exposes Monroe Wisconsin Waffle Shop copying Washington Iowa Coffee Club material and Ralph Shannon’s 1929 remarks. It notes the lack of credit, inflated membership claims, and a traditionless club built on borrowed words and images. The piece mocks the copycat branding and highlights the editorial’s call for honest attribution.
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Monroe
Waffle Shop
Washington, Iowa
R. E. Shannon
Washington Evening Journal
Wisconsin
Washington
Low
Winga
Ralph Shannon
Wingas
Washington Coffee Club
Iowa
Ralph Shannnan
Misquoted letter clarifies Iowa church protest misattribution
A Washington Iowa letter to the Journal corrects a published May 27 report about a meeting of two Washington Presbyterian churches. The writer says Bethel preacher did not organize protests and that protests against the General Assembly were voiced by others. The author asserts ten protest statements and denies involvement in planning or in protest statements.
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Washington Evening Journal
General Assembly of the
United Presbyterian Church, USA
Washington Presbyterian
John Lemmon
General Assembly
Bethel
Sioner
Washington
God
Strange Patents Galore From Toothpicks To Snowball Machines
United Press International recounts odd patent stories at the US Patent Office. Inventors proposed items from a tooth space cleanser and gum massager to a fly swatter pistol and a grapefruit shield. Notable figures include Joseph Glidden and Elias Howe, whose innovations shaped farming and sewing despite initial skepticism and long legal battles.
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Patent Office
Alexander Graham Bell
Strange
Pray for Peace Bells Ring Across Washington Today
Bells rang hourly until 5:00 p.m. to urge silent prayers for permanent world peace. The Kiwanis clubs of America sponsored Pray for Peace week. Today pastors provide messages on the subject of permanent peace.
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Washington
Kiwanis Clubs 4 America
Those Dedicated Men For World Peace Must Be Frustrated
Richard Peterson argues that peacemaking requires real change from individuals not just rhetoric. He asserts peace comes from aligning life with God’s ways, fostering goodwill, and church action through unity with Jesus, the United Nations, and communities to counter violence and injustice.
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United Nations
Jesus
Man
God
Peter
Paul
John
Peace Corps
Jesus Christ
Falsecarding in Contract Bridge Reveals Subtle Deception
In a 1965 King Features column, a defensive falsecard sequence is analyzed. East overtakes the diamond king and returns the three to suggest a single Ace three combination, luring declarer and partner into misreading the hand. The final outcome shows how a defender can mislead without tipping off their partner, though the declarer might still have made the contract.
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West
East
Declarer
South
Rea Syndicate, Inc
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