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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1921
Page
4
Serene and patient, the speaker folds hands and waits for the future with joy. He rejects fighting time or fate and trusts life to bring fruit in due course. The verse uses nature imagery of peaks, waters, and rivers to symbolize natural law guiding the soul toward delight.
The piece notes rising church membership in 1920 after declines in 1918 and 1919. It discusses public concerns about the era’s spiritual direction, citing John Burroughs in a reflective poem and contrasting materialist views with religious belief.
The poem narrates a woman who murders her lover with a smile after being bored by him. Courts acquit her, then she targets youth through films and aims to teach virtue, yet movie bosses reject her, prompting the speaker to note that modern cinema steals attention from sensational crime to brighter ideals.
The piece reflects on religious faith as a source of future hope amid postwar decline. It notes 277000 more church members in 1920 versus 1900 and argues higher church membership improves morality, kindness, and spirituality, while suggesting vision beyond national limits.
A garbled dialogue scene shows a skipper and passengers chatter about distance to a point, fuel gauges and a humorous misread of a tomb. Names like Copenhagen Extex Closeman Burrows Maggie Henry appear in scattered exchanges amid a casual journey setting.
The Norman-French settlers left English thousands of words. During the Revival of Learning many Latin terms entered, changing forms like factus to facile and natio to nation. Since then new Latin words arrive yearly, shaping the language.
A sandpaper substitute made from crushed coke removes rust from tools without scratching. The coke is crushed to the right thickness and sifted through cloth onto glue-coated coarse paper. After the glue dries, the paper is ready for use.
Horace Walpole remarks that scenes of furniture reveal the manners of the age. He notes Hogarth could write a scene of furniture with rooms such as the rake's levee, the nolice man's dining room, and the couple's apartments from Marriage a la Mode as emblematic of society.
The writer visits California including Long Beach for a Knight Templar conclave with 8000 in uniform and a large parade. He notes San Francisco winning a prize, 17000 Knight Templars in California, and attends a Los Angeles track meet with about 15000 in attendance. He describes an ROTC inspection, a goat farm visit, dairy milk prices, and quirky local anecdotes.
Mrs William Young of Bloomington Illinois says Yanlac rebuilt her health after three years of weakness. She suffered from poor appetite chest discomfort headaches and nerve trouble before relief occurred after her first bottle. Iowa coal mines now produce about half normal supply with 76 000 tons mined weekly versus 145 000.
J D Dayton writes from California praising the climate and building boom while noting vast sighting differences from Iowa. He reports frequent elderly drivers, cheap oranges, and high freight costs, plus a minor earthquake and a close passing car.
Figures on Iowa coal production compiled by George Heaps Jr. show a fuel famine looming unless output rises immediately. Meanwhile sources say operators plan wage reductions, while International President John C. Lewis says miners will not accept wage cuts and a strike may follow.
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