Community Notes on Fines and Local Generosity
In a dated Washington Evening Journal piece, Felix reflects on a campaign misstep and a string of local generosity. The columnist lists odd items found and recounts offers of payment for fines, with neighbors Hugh Jones and Tom Tanner contributing money, and Tom Duncan in Mercy Hospital sending pills. He notes over-subscription and net profit from a one dollar fine plus donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Tanner
Hugh Jones
Hugh
Tom Duncan
Mercy Hospital
Town City
Tom
Fifty Years in Washington Business Men Honored
Purely Persa recalls T. R. Phillips a longtime Washington druggist and civic leader celebrating a half century in business. The piece notes his golf and bowling past, daily newspaper gift to hospital patients, and community spirit as local life in the town is recalled along with colorful anecdotes from local sports and a late night incident involving a youth and a thief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R. Phillips
Washington
T. R
Letter on government payments for not raising hogs stirs debate
A Cedar Rapids Gazette letter reprints a farmer’s spoof about getting $1,000 for not raising hogs. The writer jokes on breeds to avoid and the math of not raising hogs, corn, and hog inventories, noting possible large payouts for not raising hogs and corn. The piece mocks agricultural subsidies and farm practices.
Who Is Getting Hooked? By Coe Martin
A fragment from a fishing themed piece questions anglers who boast about 1Q wit and winning lures. It contrasts clever talk with plain fishing scenes such as bass mowing grass and crappie washing dishes, ending with author Coe Martin.
Ran Out of Nuts
A local husband and wife spent an evening cracking hickory nuts together. With nothing on TV, they found two hours of simple, relaxing pleasure and one of their most enjoyable recent evenings.
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Hubby
Stamp Corner notes Red Cross centennial stamp plans
Acting Postmaster General Sid ney Bishop outlines changes in the 1963 stamp calendar. The Red Cross centennial commemorative will honor the organization’s Cuban Prisoner Exchange role, printed in two colors on white paper. Other issues include a John Audubon 1963 stamp and Norman Rockwell City Delivery debut, with Eleanor Roosevelt and National Science stamps scheduled in October. Early first day covers for Amelia Earhart and Luminescent Air Mail remain low in number.
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Sidney Bishop
U.S
International Red Cross
Bishop
John Muir
Red Cross
Norman
Amelia Earhart
Atchison
Kansas
Dayton
Covered Wagon Echoes From Early Washington Life
In a clipped Washington newspaper letter from Chicago the author recalls Rollin B. Organ and the era of covered wagons. He recounts Organ’s 19th century journey from Rutland Vermont to Ohio and Washington, detailing a debt payment in gold, wagon life, and a turning point crossing the river at Burlington that guided Organ toward Washington and a teaming business.
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Rollin B. Organ
Washington
Journal
Chicago
Cubs Park
Mr. Organ
Ball Park
Mead
Rutland
Vermont
Licking County
Ohio
William Perry Organ
George Darwin Organ
Burlington
John Dougherty
Dougherty
Contract Bridge by B Jay Becker play summary
In a South declarer sequence the article notes North South vulnerability and lists a hand with key cards AK QIO8T. The fragment highlights championship play and dealer positions, but exact contracts and outcomes are unclear from the damaged text.
Bizarre Bridge Turn Nets Grand Slam After Squeeze
In a late bid drama, South opens hearts and reaches a grand slam in spades via a series of clever plays. North jabs with diamonds, West is squeezed as South ratches up ten heart tricks, then thirteenth by ruffing. A double influenced the defense, but South secures the big score.
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South
Heart
North
King Featur
Hearts
Manna
Iamonis
West
Childhood Home and Honest Resolve in Iowa Remembered
A narrator recalls early hardship with an outfit trade, debt, and loss of a homestead tied to a dry goods merchant. Born in 1844 in a clean Iowa town, he served in the Civil War navy and moved to Chicago in 1866. He reflects on family, marriage to Ida A. Hall in 1875, and enduring ties to Washington through years of residence and loss.
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Presbyterian Church
Supreme Court of
Iowa
Navy
Chicago
Washington
Ida A. Hall
Vacant Lot and local historical curiosities in Cedar Township
A reader recalls Calvin Craven and early Cedar Township history, noting his roles, land, church, settlement days, and local lore. The piece segue s into community memory through the Washington Art Guild project and a broader call for local writers and artists to document county history. It ends with a lighter note on past social life and a Census Bureau figure for toy production in 1960.
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Calvin Craven
Cedar Township
Burrell
Clark Bauer
Craven
al Huber
Washington State Bank
Bauers
Chicago
Burlington
Washington Agricultural Society
Lot Hayden
Capt Moreland
Nettie | R. Craven
James Fair
Mount Pleasant Asylum
Nettie Craven
Lions
Washington Art Guild
Chuck Hotle
The
County Historical Society
Dublin
Wolfe
Grace Hill
Dora Jones
Young
Sunset Park
Rock Island
Milwaukee
Washington
Wellston Bridge
West
Sandy Hook
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Washington Evening Journal
Felix
Acts
Persa
Phillips
Washington County
Dan Cookes
Dan
Bob Reed
David
Goliath
Danny
Nic McCleery
Nic
Donna Bealer
East
Harrison
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Secretary of Agriculture
Terrebonne Parish
Coe Martin
4So
John Audubon
Henderson
Kentucky
Audubon
Kenya
Africa
Philippine Islands
Mt. Pleasant
Towa
New York State
B. Jay
South Deater
Reif
Charley Harley
Cravens
Census Bureau
Joe Palooka
Prince
Ham Fisher
Dixie Dugan
By McEvoy
Striebel
Nancy
Blondie
Chic Young
By Ernie Bushmiller
STK
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