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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1971
Page
4
An Iowa editorial recounts a bizarre North Carolina tale of Horace the mule. Misadventure with mineral oil and a fox hunting horn triggers a wild chase as Horace races toward the Inland Waterway, dogs in tow, until a bridge tender misreads the horn signaling a boat.
A family's first television set suffers a crack after a plastic bowl used as a helmet is dropped onto it by a curious toddler. Water spills and tubes get drenched, blacking out the picture during the six o clock news. The set dries out in days and resumes working.
Fragmented OCR yields a newspaper notice with garbled names and prices. It mentions the Washington headquarters route and subscription rates by carrier and mail, listing various durations and costs though largely unreadable. The piece appears to be a masthead or circulation notice for the Washington Evening Journal with editor and advertising staff named in broken form.
A compact bridge hand note shows South and North players dealing a hand with vulnerability noted. The West dealer position is stated with specific card sequences including a spade AQJ9 and a club 985. The text hints at bidding or play lines such as PAI9 and PAI03 in a terse, coded style.
A bridge problem discusses how declarer can prevent East from taking the lead after West opens with spades. By drawing trumps, reading the diamond ten, and planning a sequence with hearts and clubs, declarer can secure ten tricks, including an overtrace, by carefully obstructing East’s access to the lead.
A digitized column surveys names, commuting stats, dog lore, marriages, and sports trivia. It notes James as a favored male name among college students, discusses average commute times, and lists football positions while weaving in anecdotes about the Boyds of Fort Worth and a Mayflower spaniel origin.
In a Dear Abby exchange, a wife asks if her husband can kick her out and asserts her entitlement to marital assets. Abby cites law protecting a nonworking wife’s share and warns the husband may face consequences for bullying. The column also includes light notes from readers Margie in Pittsburgh, Hopeful in Ohio, and an undecided senior, with Abby advising openness and practical steps.
Today is Saturday November 27, 1971 the 331st day of the year The moon lies between first quarter and full There is no morning star The evening planets Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn Those born on this day fall under Sagittarius American historian Charles Beard was born November 26 1874 Notable historical events include the Army War College creation 1901 Truman Marshall China NATO matters 1956 and a 1962 Peru jet crash All aboard perished A Kipling quip concludes the note.
A dense historical directory page listsLaw firms in Livingston Meeker Day Bates abstract work Morrison Morrison Lloyd Owen Stewart Shearer and others. Includes addresses and phone numbers for legal services, doctors chiropractors osteopaths and an optometrist with regional listings and notes such as closed Saturdays and office hours. Also notes a production credit association and nursing homes with contact details.
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