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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1973
Page
4
A reader explains her husband avoids bodily contact outside sex yet has strong sexual appetite. An explanation reveals he was unwanted as a baby and never learned tenderness. Abby advises patience, understanding, and open talk to unlearn the issue. A second letter recalls gum chewing by a receptionist affecting a trucking firm’s business.
A 1973 editorial cites I Peter 4 19 urging believers to commit their souls to God and live righteously. It frames victory as the result of yielding one’s life to the Lord and trusting in Him with confidence.
Verle Gallagher, a local farmer, weighs a 150 pound pumpkin after using bricks and a board to place it on scales. The 1973 pumpkin dwarfs last year’s 85 pound fruit. He lends the display to Mike and Bob Logan, though moving it strains his back.
A nostalgic column recalls a weekend Iowa Minnesota game picnic with the Lytle family in Iowa City. It also shares a humorous Harrisburg Daily Register signup on the metric system, offering quirky metric rephrasings of familiar phrases and lyrics.
Shirley Zimmerman of Denison escaped from the Women’s Reformatory in Rockwell City and hitchhiked toward Fort Dodge when off duty officer Pat Brennan picked her up and returned her to authorities. Last month another escapee was picked up by Jon Osell, an off duty trooper, who also escorted her back to prison. A Willa Cather quote closes the piece.
On this date in history Boss Tweed was arrested in 1871 for defrauding New York City. In 1904 New York City's first practical subway began operating from the Brooklyn Bridge to 145 Street Manhattan. In 1917 violinist Jascha Heifetz debuted at Carnegie Hall at age 16. Theodore Roosevelt was born on this date in 1858. The Almanac notes Moon phase and morning star Saturn with evening stars Mercury Venus Jupiter and Mars.
J M Boyd discusses the Kensington Rune Stone as evidence Vikings explored America before Columbus. The note includes a 36 by 15 by 5 1/2 inch rock weighing 230 pounds and provenance tied to a Fort Worth address.
The Washington Evening Journ publishes from Washington Iowa with staff names and a long masthead. Subscription rates are listed per week and per year for in town and out of state readers, including Washington headquarters route and trade area options.
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