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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1977
Page
3
A Sept 3 1977 editorial invites readers to live fully for God, citing Psalm 19 and urging personal integrity and devotion as central guidance. It emphasizes daily discipline and a moral, reverent approach to life, framed as a public witness.
A local columnist recounts casual encounters at a Washington Iowa cafe with Stan Wallace. Notes matching slacks, humorous misread checks, and a string of odd garden anecdotes about tomato plants, growers, and big red tomatoes.
The Washington Evening Journal date Sept 3 1977 with publishing details and staff list. Subscription rates are provided for various delivery areas. A captioned fact states an owl’s eyes cannot move, requiring the head to rotate to see.
Abigail Van Buren offers guidance on teen relationships and household dynamics. Parents worry about a 17-year-old boy staying at another home with a 15-year-old girl, while other letters express marital fatigue, gifting decisions, and nagging. She advises setting rules, a man to man talk, and practical responses to daily duties.
A two o'clock ceremony joined a 94 year old bride and a 99 year old groom who began walking down the aisle at noon, creating an unusually extended wedding procession.
Mrs. Jones recalls an odd incident when a clock fell from the wall just too late to strike her mother. Melvin replies that he always warned the clock was slow, framing a remembered quip about timing and fate.
United Press International notes mark events across centuries. Key items include the 1783 Treaty of Paris ending the American Revolutionary War, Verdun turning back German forces in 1916, Britain declaring war on Germany in 1939, Allied invasion of Italy in 1943, and the first accident insurance firm founded in 1850. Louis Henry Sullivan born 1850 is also noted.
A humorous column notes prison staff assign colors to inmates to reflect temperament, with trusties in green, probationes in white or blue, hard cases in stripes, and good girls in pink. It also mentions the Conestoga wagon name origin and a quip about mail order hair dye versus tea leaf size.
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