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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1928
Page
4
The excerpt cites Isaiah 52 describing a figure who grows as a tender plant from dry ground, lacking form or comeliness, yet not attracting human beauty when seen. It frames a devotional reflection on the inconspicuous appearance of this prophetic figure.
A long, fragmented note on tipping in New York eateries describes waitresses who pay for jobs with tips. It portrays super-waitresses as artists in their line, capable of drawing high gratuities. It also touches on Dr. V. V. Andrews’s theories about predestined driving luck and accidents.
Study notes discuss commonly misused words such as criticism refrain abstain and abstain. The entry mentions mispronunciation of words like at and emphasizes building vocabulary with daily word learning including terms like abyss and lorgnettes.
A clipped historical snippet discusses nervous drivers and responses to automobile accidents. It notes that accidents can affect anyone and that drivers cannot be held responsible for others' reckless driving or for defective machinery. The passage reflects caution about nerves, responsibility, and driving risk.
A fragmented, quotable reminiscence by a veteran figure touching on Clemenceau like wisdom, money’s long arc, and a hopeful vision of marriage by a river. Interwoven are odd vignettes from everyday life and political snippets reflecting 20th century newspaper miscellany.
A rush of humorous verse and snippets fills the page as a mock news voice muses on Congress convening and Christmas shopping woes. Readers encounter quips about galoshes, graveyard scenes, a sky rocket death, odd epitaphs, and light social satire from a miscellany column.
West Chester December 3 narrator shares reflections on Thanksgiving with James Nelson and wife of Kenta, noting health, meals, and weather. praise for new gasoline station in Keota costing 10000, lamb shipments by W Sherman, and radio ratings debates among WOC WHO. regional roads, pavement quality, and local traffic memories colored by small town life and humor about black cats.
Rev William Murdoch MacLeod of Pinehurst North Carolina told representatives of 000 theatres at the annual convention of Picture Theatre Owners of America in Toronto that the devil should not receive credit for films. He argued Providence and good invention, not evil, drive cinema’s progress, while noting motion pictures broaden his view of the world and aid his ministry. Carl E Milliken, former Maine governor and now secretary of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc, discussed industry support from responsible groups to sustain high American character standards. The convention approved a resolution condemning sex hygiene pictures and called on producers to refrain from such films, a pledge now observed by the Hays group.
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