Death or Life Romans 8 6 Spiritual Mindedness
A brief verse citing Romans 8 6 contrasts carnally minded life with spiritually minded life and peace as a contemplative reminder.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1925
Page
4
A brief verse citing Romans 8 6 contrasts carnally minded life with spiritually minded life and peace as a contemplative reminder.
Mr and Mrs Newton Teel welcome a daughter born Saturday. Concord township farm bureau elects Lawrence Estle president and Jessie Foster vice president with Harold McMormie as secretary treasurer. Attendees from Independence visited the funeral of Joseph Lucky. Various local clubs hold meetings and plan Christmas events. Beasie Holiday funeral details given with survivor list. The Charm School performed by Letts high juniors features a large cast. Funeral arrangements for Beasie Holiday noted with service details.
A satirical piece contrasts Turkish customs with American road rage, noting nicked tires and fines. It mocks lenient penalties for speeders while implying harsher norms abroad. The tone blends cultural stereotypes with commentary on traffic enforcement and public safety.
Film director Frank Borzage failed to find thirty long haired chorus girls for The Lady 1900 period in Hollywood and resorted to wigs after auditioning thirty actresses. He predicts directors will seek actresses with hair down the back for future pictures. Norma Talmadge stars with Wallace MacDonald as leading man. First National presents.
The Bible Class of the Presbyterian church meets Friday at 2:30 with Mrs. McGugin. The Ladies of the Methodist church host a social at 2:30, bring needles and thimble. O. ER. S. meets Thursday at 8 for ballots and officer elections. Glendale school hosts The Hoodooed Coon play and candy social December 11. Sewing Class meets Friday at 2 in the YWCA room for finishing wool, steaming, and stitches.
The Lexington Ladies Aid Society will meet at the church Thursday evening December 17 with serving and entertainment committees listed. A bake sale by the First Division is set for Saturday December 12 at Barclay's. The Methodist Choir holds a Christmas music rehearsal Thursday at 7 30 led by J M Miller. Campfire Girls plan a gift shop next Saturday at Petersons with Santa Claus present. The Ladies Aid of the First United Presbyterian church will meet.
Town notices describe a box and candy social at Egypt schoolhouse on December 15 with a Christmas tree and Marjory Smith teacher. An A and fr club will meet Friday afternoon with Mrs Charley Smith. The Christian church hosts an oyster supper tonight by the Men's Bible class for the public. A candy social at No 7 schoolhouse Friday evening invites everyone with Mary Borders teacher.
Mrs Iva Armstrong of Ainsworth visits for a day of shopping. Crail offers Genuine Bissell Improved Grand Rapids Carpet Sweepers at 5.39 and 5.97. Miss Lucile McMaxin returns to Mt Union after a visit with Mrs William Fink. D C Griggs travels to Chicago this week with stock.
Word notes cover misused words like it were we whom you saw and mispronounced perspiration. It explains spelling licenses and offers a lexicon boost. The day highlights incarceration and its meaning with examples of confinement and imprisonment.
Funeral services for Joseph C. Lucky, longtime Junction resident, were held Tuesday at his daughter’s home with Rev W E Ruston officiating. Burial followed in Bethel cemetery after a service at Gladwin Methodist church. Lucky, born June 1 1851 in Salem Ohio, moved to Iowa as a child and lived in Union township for many years. He married Lenora Wordruff. after her death he lived with his daughter in Columbus Junction. Surviving children include Carl Riverside WI Gladwin Clinton Canada Ernest Junction Mrs Charles Glaspey Independence and Mrs J A Green Junction, with six of thirteen children still alive. Other local notices follow.
Mrs David Johns returns from Burlington to Crawfordsville and Prudence, able to walk, may go home soon. Mrs Lee Lease visits Washington. United Presbyterian expects a postponed communion with preparatory services Friday night and Saturday afternoon.
The Christmas Program Committee in Clay plans an entertainment at the church on December 24. Mrs. A Laird Woodford left for California for an indefinite stay with relatives. Local hogs were shipped to Kiethburg market by D E Miller L R Robinson Clifton Jones and C A Morgan with A J Morgan accompanying the load. Mrs. A J Morgan rode to Washington via Brighton and met the Washington W C T A to report on the Sioux City state convention. Miss Bernice Cassidy of Brighton visited the Meachams. The Missionary society will meet with Mrs. E S Wolcott for the Christmas Exchange social led by Edith Meacham and Mabel McCracken.
Edith B. Fox aged 28 was electrocuted in a bathtub at her parents home when her hand touched a live wire and pulled it into the water. She died almost instantly in the incident reported from Council Bluffs.
In Washington County Iowa a long District Court docket names Evaline Turner and Ella M Anderson as sole owners of two adjoining platted tracts in Miller's Addition to South Washington. The suit claims both tracts are owned in fee simple by the plaintiffs and cites a list of defendants and unknown heirs seeking resolution of partition and title.
The filing petitions to quiet title in two tracts in Washington County Iowa seek to establish plaintiffs Evaline Turner and Ella M. Anderson as sole holders in fee simple and to bar unknown claimants from any adverse rights. The case names numerous defendants and an array of co claiming parties as it proceeds toward a court judgment in January 1926.
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