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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1976
Page
4
An editorial reflecting on Matthew 8 16 and asserting that even today many are possessed by devils. It argues Christ’s word heals the fearful and the sin-sick soul through faith and spiritual aid.
Identical twins Mike and Cleo Orris, bankers in Washington and Columbus Junction, once played sports at Cotter High School. A humorous hospital mixup occurred when Mike visited Cleo before Cleo's Mercy Hospital surgery in Iowa City. A corn patch tale and a lawn-mowing youth add rural anecdotes.
A compiled set of light anecdotes and quips from a United Presbyterian Church bulletin includes a dramatic canyon rescue joke, marketable one liners about family, politics, and religion, and a pair of humorous misunderstandings. Notable items reference a California rescue tale, jokes about grandmothers, and a quip from Abraham Lincoln.
Abigail Van Buren answers readers on alcoholism recovery through Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon, plus a humorous hotel dog notice and a marriage proposal where a widower compares a new partner to his late wife Mildred. The column emphasizes seeking help, patience, and humor in difficult life issues.
Historians note Isabella of Bavaria earned little praise and no funeral words. A few lines cover cattle drover Charles Goodnight and the origin of the chuckwagon. Mayonnaise traces to Duc de Richelieu, Bartlett pears to Errock Bartlett via a Berkshire schoolmaster, with a last stray fact from Chet Switell.
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