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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1925
Page
4
A biblical line enumerates the fruit of the Spirit as love joy peace long suffering kindness goodness faithfulness meekness and temperance with no law against such virtues. The remark frames a moral standard rooted in Galatians and widely cited in Christian ethics.
Local audience appreciation is high as Chautauqua offerings receive praise from attendees and performers. The program committee led by Mrs. W. A. Cook urges residents to attend next week's banner attractions at the Chautauqua park, promising eight major entertainments alongside regular features.
The article portrays Senator Magnus Johnson as a unique American political figure admired by locals. It notes his immigrant origins, arriving more than thirty years ago with modest means, and credits his industrious, ambitious character and generous spirit as hallmarks of his rise.
A poem depicts reckless highway driving and the resulting accidents and deaths. It satirizes hurried motorists, careless surveillance, and the callousness of speed, urging readers to slow down and follow the laws.
The address yesterday outlined his life and rise as a natural leader. Despite limited education and rough speech, he is in great demand as a speaker and has traveled with two dates yesterday and a Missouri trip planned today. He met Senator Smith W Brookhart in the city and later spoke with him about congressional experiences.
Miss Lois Harper returns from Hedrick. Welch and Welch families visit Bedford to see Will Welch and Buxbaum. Mrs Wooley and Mrs Buxbaum visit Washington. John Wooley arrives from Ames for weekend. Mrs Wooley and Mrs Buxbaum meet him in Iowa City. Last evening the Swartzendruber.
A threshing run northwest of town honored Mr and Mrs W W Twinam with a farewell surprise. After a social time ice cream and cake were served by neighbors. The twins express thanks for the friendship. Mr and Mrs Jones of Baxter NL visit Mr Berkshire northwest of town.
George Lord T. W. Will and Donald Rabenold vacation in northern Minnesota fishing well and calling neighbors for help. Beulah Hogg and daughter Helen returned from Des Moines visiting the Coffman home. Norma Reaney visiting relatives in Chicago. United Presbyterian church youths hosted a lawn social. Rev W S Moore hosts grandson visit from Burlington and a new baby boy joins the family. S C Pearson took a trip to North Dakota visiting Maysville and Grand Forks before returning home. Helen Snelson of Cedar Falls visits after throat surgery. Wednesday clubs KC Kensington and Happy Hour hostesses. H V Stickley and son head to Galveston Texas via auto.
Residents plan visits to relatives in West Liberty Des Moines Kanur and Woodhull Illinois Mrs 8 C Pearson and daughter Alice stay with Rev Clayton Pearson The Ainsworth United Presbyterian Church Missionary Society hosts a bake sale Saturday afternoon at Talbot store W T Trotter visit Dex Moines Miksell and Martin Stewart to Dex Moines for weekend with James and Jack Trotter W A R C held Thursday at Legion hall one new member welcomed Masons and Mastern Stars plan a joint picnic at I K Beal home for members Prof and Mrs Robertson moving to Columbus Jet Mrs Hogg to Florida
Serbian papers report the death of Angelko Nikoloff a 26 year old active Macedonian fighter. Convicted two years ago with a commuted sentence he escaped while assigned to hard labor seizing a guard's rifle. Six days later he was recaptured and killed in a rifle exchange with police.
Abe Remus a 32 year old farmer from near Lutte Mont rushes into the Sioux City police station without coat or hat demanding arrest of a supposed “friend” from whom he bought the City Hall for fifteen thousand dollars after paying one hundred dollars down and signing a balance contract.
A comic strip sequence features Billie Brownie in the zoo with an alligator sharing a glamorous past in a fashionable winter resort. The conversation shifts to Katydids Locusts and crickets contemplating days passing and using the night, ending with a concert as they prepare for another day.
A collage of humorous verse and prose bits lampoons chautauqua pests gas leaks and garbled talk. Pieces reference Pat sick parents and modern manners with quips about marriage phones radios and travel notes. The tone echoes a mid century small town newspaper humor column.
The dialogue shows a playful exchange about social connections as one person asks if she is a friend and the other notices a superficial bond described as a bobbing acquaintance, implying cautious familiarity.
A young man complains that marriage now requires two licenses, prompting his friend's surprised reply about the unfamiliar rule. The exchange reflects a humorous take on bureaucratic wedding prerequisites.
A brief perceptive line notes that responsibility shapes men while affecting others differently, with a wry aside about life with the ladies and a joke about fat or reduction.
A reader suggested rotten politics at the courthouse due to a strong aroma. Our investigators found the scent came from burning groundhog scalps offered for bounty. Rev John D Kern notes that at chautauqua no new stories have emerged.
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