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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1929
Page
4
A devotional note promises a glorious assurance to those who forsake family and possessions for the name’s sake, with the reward of everlasting life. The text combines Matthew 19 29 and 25 1 themes, highlighting sacrifice, faith, and promised inheritance in the afterlife.
The article extols Sunset Park as a prime picnic venue in Washington offering a welcoming, attractive space. It praises the park as a comfortab le gathering place with facilities for children and sports, urging visitors to choose this site over others for leisure and recreation.
Tomorrow the Dutch Creek Fair is billed as the week’s event with Rev W Klein cited as driving force behind the county institution. The write up urges careful fire prevention and notes historical shifts in attitudes toward fire while touching on a Canada United States treaty on smuggling and liquor export controls.
A jumble of childlike winter scenes and a lengthy, dense passage about the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and its global reach. The snow story shows a dad tumbling with a horse in a drift, while the latter discusses Ottawa’s stance on rum running and the WCTU’s extensive programs and publications across the United States.
A compact note on words often misused mispronounced and misspelled with lessons to master one word daily. It highlights examples like prohibit prohibit and attribute as a verb, urging practice and effort to improve vocabulary skills.
A fragmented column urges building an airport in Washington, arguing future demand for private and public air travel grows while roads and railways expand. It criticizes old excuses and envisions a thriving Cleanest City in Town with aviation access.
A fragmented note jokes about Abe Martin and Senator Tom Heflin amid a discussion on forests and public policy. It suggests indulgence in self deprecation as a coping mechanism and hints at political blame or responsibility for forest management.
Four companions escaped after a fishing boat capsized on the Des Moines River near here. Jack Layton, 22, of Des Moines, drowned. C Shannon, J B Wickersham, Frank Nichols, and L E Marxer, all from Des Moines, were saved by clinging to the overturned craft. Survivors recounted the boat struck a log and sank as Dayton and Nichols tried to swim for shore. The tragedy occurred early this morning.
Prairie Flower residents travel to Minneapolis for a visit with relatives at Clyde Carson’s home and report the new Ford performing well on the trip. Families including the Smiths, Finkes, and Andersons are noted on various outings and work projects around Kalona and nearby towns.
Uncle Tom's Cabin, the longstanding production by Terry, will perform in Washington for a single show on Monday September 2. The company travels with a large cast, elaborate scenery, and a 20 piece orchestra, promising a complete Bennett-like presentation in the renowned Terry tradition.
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