Deliverance Thought for Today April 17 1925
Bible thought for Friday quotes Psalm 72 12 about deliverance for the needy and the poor with no helper.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1925
Page
4
Iowa Legislature Tightens Prohibition Rules Making State Bone Dry
The Iowa legislature ends its session with stricter prohibition laws. Bootleggers face fines and jail even for first offenses and canned heat is restricted. Possession without permit or physician's prescription becomes unlawful. Nine new laws or amendments strengthen enforcement and aim to key the state as the nation’s most bone dry.
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Iowa
United States
What We Buy and How Americans Spend
The piece surveys household spending amid hard times, noting varying experiences across citizens. It cites a statistical authority to quantify how the average American allocates money over recent years.
ABE MARTIN Elmer Moots and the Oil Castor Tales
Abe Martin notes Elmer Moots is over thirty nine and still idle, never earning since he used to be paid for taking castor oil. The strip reflects on a woman upset by a secret marriage and a hidden beau.
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Elmer Moots
Crossword Puzzle Clue List From a Historic Page
A dense set of crossword clues appears, mixing horizontal and vertical entries. The list includes definitions for terms from tension to tea and many varied hints, with partial phrases and misaligned letters suggesting OCR damage.
Rippling Rhymes By Walt Mason At The Peanut Stand
A whimsical poem by Walt Mason depicts a peanut vendor counting daily earnings and dodging harsh judgments as lawful toil. He defends honest small trades against crime driven by bigger gains, praising steady nickels over lavish illicit sums and fear of law.
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Law
Frugal Spender List in a Humorous Reckoning
The narrator tallies odd expenses from jewelry to coffins, noting five dollars and two cents yearly for jewelry and sixteen cents for art. He spends twenty seven dollars on joy riding and a dollar thirty-two for church work, with ice cream at three dollars and books at ninety eight cents. He allocates forty five dollars for fancy foods and eight cents for professors' salaries, plus four dollars sixteen cents for soda water and six cents for ink. He spends eleven cents on health service and sixty five cents on coffins without a tremor.
Railway Age Freight Loadings Show No General Slump
Despite talk of a general business drop and price declines the Railway Age reports car loadings as a key activity index. January freight ton miles rose about 10 percent from a year earlier, February dipped due to a shorter month, and March loadings surpassed March 1924 in every week of the first 13 weeks.
Coal and merchandise shipments show mixed trends in early spring
Shipments of coal lagged last year by 119 606 carloads while other commodities rose 297 567. In the week to March 28 coal was 13 791 carloads below last year as other goods gained 37 638. Merchandise and less than carload freight this year reached a record 262 575 carloads, with forest products near record highs, suggesting no broad downturn in production or commerce.
Snoring Anaconda Report From Brazilian Bolivian Natives
Indigenous groups in Brazil and Bolivia report that the black anaconda makes loud snoring noises while asleep, a phenomenon they term the dormidera or snorer. The claim spans local lore and natural history observations.
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Brazil
Bolivia
Radio Programs For Tomorrow Across Major Outlets
A listing of April 18 radio schedules from numerous stations led by WEEI Boston WGN Chicago and WHN New York. The guide lists concert hours orchestras talks dances and feature readings across stations including WLS Chicago WEBH Chicago Post and KFI Los Angeles with various times and talent names. The piece closes with a brief antiquity note on Caledonians pottery and ancient gemstones.
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Radio Digest
WEE! Boston
Siler
WGR
Buffalo
KYW
Chicago
WGN
Chicago Tribune
WLS
Chisago
Springy Laughs and Local Jokes From Pine City Page
A miscellany of jokes verses and quips from Pine City Minnesota and elsewhere. The item collection includes rural humor about a tractor sale a milkman and a bride, observational gibes on spring and human foibles, plus brief notes on public figures and current affairs.
Journal ads pay answer to yesterday’s crossword
A reader’s message appears in the daily paper noting that paid advertisements answered yesterday’s crossword puzzle. The brief item records a cross word theme response connected to the publication’s page. No names or dates are given.
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Sterday
Melly and Animals Share Quiet Recovery Story
A sick child named Melly improves with comfort from Allie Baa and Bonnie Bonnie the rabbits. The tale describes Melly's illness, the doctors medicine, and the rabbits’ comforting presence on Melly’s bed. Bonnie Bonnie helps her sit up in the sun the next day.
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Allle Baa
Melly
Allie Baa
Allie
Stuy
Bunnie Bonnie
Bonnie Bonnie
Classy Confusion in School Exam and Public Life Jokes
A primary school exam question lists the senses as sneezing sobbing crying yawning coughing and notes a sixth sense snoring. A series of wry quotes ponders public life vs. private matters and a milk theft joke ends with a cautious admission.
Riddles and Wordplay: Conundrums and Canaries
A playful set of brain teasers asking what is taken before you get it a portrait what requires many answers though it never asks questions a doorbell and what yields wholesome from which you take away the whole. The Canaries are named as the islands producing the best singers.
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The
Canaries
The Reason Sister's Suitor Confrontation at School
The dialogue shows Johnnie accusing Kate of causing his lateness for school by delaying him with the clock when she visits. The exchange reveals tensions over perceived slights and personal grievances between the characters.
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Johnnie
Kate
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