Bible Thought for Today Monday August 6 1928
Daily devotional excerpt provides a brief meditation titled Day by Day with a focus on spiritual reflection. The passage emphasizes steady faith and mindful living through a concise, era appropriate tone.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1928
Page
4
Immigration One Fifth Smaller
An archival article argues that US immigration from 1927 to 1928 yielded a population gain of about 250000 but reflected a net decline versus prior years due to higher outflows. It defends restricted immigration as stabilizing, preserving wages and fostering a distinctive American identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New Money to Standardize Design and Size
Dispatches from Washington report upcoming paper money changes to a standardized design about two thirds the size of current notes. Ten and hundred dollar notes will be easily distinguished, with Washington on the one dollar bill and Franklin on the hundred. Each denomination will feature a different patriot on the front and a distinct back design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
George Washington
Franklin
Daily Lesson on Word Usage Transitory Meaning
A compact note explains common word usage errors for English learners. It highlights plural form rules with whether to say pair or pairs and notes mispronunciations and misspellings. The daily entry teaches vocabulary by presenting one word and its meaning, using transitory as an example meaning existing for a short time.
New Smaller U S Bills Debut Aimed At Efficiency
Treasury experts announce a long studied change to smaller green backed currency replacing the yellow back notes. The new design promises economy and easier handling as old bills are retired and the public learns the pictured denominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Mailman Confirms Returns for Joke Address in Podunk
In a brief Pathfinder note, a postal worker explains that letters addressed to "the biggest imbeetle in Podunk" would be returned to the writer, illustrating a humorous but practical response to odd mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marblehead
Podunk
Pathfinder
Canalizing means a giant swing toward heart of America
Hon. Carey Arnett, president of the Inter-Southern Life, spoke at an insurance convention about canalizing projects along the Mississippi Valley. He said many towns near the river will double in population and economic importance in five years as waterways and railroad routes cut transport costs, reviving central U S prosperity. He cited Memphis, Cairo, Paducah, Natchez, and New Orleans as key hubs in a broader national growth arc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carey Arnett
Inter-Southern Life
Mississippi Valley
Arnett
Mississippi River
Napoleon
Louisiana Purchase
Mississippi
United State
United States
Memphis
Cairo
Paducha
Selena
Vicksburg
Arkansas City
Natchez
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Louisville
Cincinnati
St. Louis
America
Cuban envoy criticizes US sugar tariff at trade convention
Don Orestes Ferrera, Cuban ambassador to the United States, denounces the American tariff on sugar as a deterrent to Cuban progress. He notes Cuba’s own price-fix plan aims to raise world sugar prices by restricting production, while contrasting US import needs with Cuba’s large local production. The Minneapolis Journal reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Don Orestes Ferrera
United States
Don Orestes
Cuba
Uncle Sam
America
Minneapolis Journal
Golf as a Parody in a Rural North Platte Column
John Timerman presents a satirical fitness piece: golf is a costly, long term sport with fashionable clubs and elaborate greens. The essay mocks expense and ritual, noting balls, clubs, and fees, while wryly describing the game’s oddities and the social scene surrounding it. It ends with a humorous aside from North Platte notes.
By The Way On The Lincoln Highway Venture
The writer plans a long distance By The Way column trip from Cedar Rapids to De Witt along the Lincoln highway to gather local bizness details from Tex Grantham in De Witt. He jokes about the Hell Box and hopes for reader envelopes on return next Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collum
Cedar Rapids
de Witt
Tex Grantham
Show a little kindness and control across daily life
A compact collection of proverb like lines from Boston and Cleveland papers urges kindness in crowds, self control with authorities, daily gentleness, and respectful behavior. A joke about a wife and a canary seed ends the note with light humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Transcript
Cleveland
Ohio
Plain Dealer
Odd Adages and Jests From a Quick-Talking Page
A miscellany of quick quips and scattered witticisms on manners travel, friendliness, manners, and everyday foibles. The notes touch on travel speeds by air, social conduct, and humorous asides attributed to Amos Tash and The Old Plug. The text juxtaposes modern mobility with light moral reflections and pop culture quips.
New York School Coat Tale and Willie on Tracks
A New York City teacher helps a boy with a hard to fasten coat. The child says his mother bought it. Willie travelled on a railroad path, not to Jacksonville as you might think, but across. Birds maintain their voices and throats without smoking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Prodigy Teacher and Family Quip About Mozart Style
A playful dialogue features Mrs Persen-Fine praising a child’s Mozart interpretation played by ear. The teacher notes the unconventional approach while the Prodigy’s relatives quip about small mistakes and a running home joke. They hint at daily life with a humorous aside about a kitchen water leak.
Weather, paving talk, and local travel in West Chester Iowa
West Chester correspondent notes rain hampers rodeo on Singmaster place and slows farming. Carl Voorhees family visits town as paving allows to skip work at home. Observes neighbors in Washington and argues roads and a hill bridge would boost farmer trade and reduce gasoline costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Iowa
Singmaster Place
Carl G. Voorhees
Washington
London recalls music saving his life in flood tale
Jack London, on a visit to New York, shares how his musical skill helped his family survive a boyhood flood. He describes playing piano beside his father as the house floated with the rising water while they awaited rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skebzin
Jack London
New York
London
Weather and travel notes from Crooked Creek region visit
The writer describes a southbound overtake and a circle break with another party, notes fair mornings ahead, and a visit by M Lindenmayer of Beaver Nebraska. Crooked Creek banks were high after recent rain, oats suffer, carp need rain, and frogs sing like April due to wetter conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Lindenmayer
Beaver
Nebraska
Lindenmay
Infinite Ever Victorious Man Quote
A brief quotation by Cuarlyle notes that a great man’s unhappiness stems from an infinite inner scope that cannot be fully buried by finite cleverness. It reflects on the burden of boundless potential and the limits of human containment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuarlyle
United Colonies of New England Formed in 1643
On May 19 1643 Massachusetts Bay Plymouth Connecticut and New Haven formed a confederation titled The United Colonies of New England It marked the first federation in America and united several early colonies under a common alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Bay
Plymouth
Connecticut
New Haven
United
CAL-X Cleaning Powder Promises Easy, Thorough Results
A promotional piece extols CAL-X as a revolutionary cleanser and water softener. It claims the powder speeds cleaning, softens hard water, makes soap suds freely, reduces rubbing, protects fabrics, and saves time and money in bath, kitchen, and laundry. It urges testing on hard tasks and following box directions.
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Gane
John
Irma Stickler
Walker
North Platte
North Mintie
Neb
Washington Post
U. S
Amos Tash
Willie
Jackson
Ville
Herbert Hoover
By Satterfield
Hoover
Prodigy
Skeezi
J. D. Dayton
Abe Martin
Wisconsin
Alsteel Manufacturing CO
Battle Creek, Mich
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