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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1922
Page
4
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Bible Thought for Today notes the proverb Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall from Proverbs 16 18 dated Wednesday December 15 1922 provided as a daily reflection.
The article cites Westinghouse chair George F. E. Tripp predicting the electrical industry must double capacity in seven years and then double again in seven more to meet rising demand. It argues electricity will spread nationwide into diverse uses, financing will be challenging, water power will aid development, and an electrified world promises cleaner air and solutions to coal mining issues.
In this seasonal reflection parents and teachers recall the classic question from children about Santa Claus. The piece notes children hunt for clues about delivery methods and timing as Santa’s duties seem to multiply with the holiday season.
A children's Christmas poem contrasts Santa’s cheerful bells with the speaker’s aging solitary longing. The verse laments wealth and luxury against a childlike yearning to hear Santa and share in simple wonder. The narrator would trade his riches for the magic of a child’s companionship.
A reader shares the Virginia O'Hanlon Santa Claus question. The New York Sun editor replies with a famous defense of belief, arguing that unseen truths persist beyond skeptical minds and that Santa exists as surely as love and generosity.
The speaker argues that unseen wonders exist beyond proof and urges faith, fancy, poetry, love, and romance to reveal a supernal beauty. He asserts Santa Claus is real and enduring beyond time, a comforting beacon for childhood.
A ground plot in London was leased to the British admiralty with a condition that a ship remain on the stocks at all times. If no ship was on the stocks, the land would revert to the original owner, a clause added to the deed to enforce this.
A collection of humorous holiday quips and vignettes. Reflections on Christmas costs gifts and traditions, a pastor’s pun filled sermon, a joke about signs and traffic, and social satire on gift giving and goal seeking. Contains playful exchanges about wives money and decorating windows.
A disgruntled writer lists gifts for neighbors and workers within a building, detailing a series of sinister imagined presents including a charged scale for the Butcher and a Maxim Silencer for a wife, expressed in dark holiday satire.
A letter to a doctor encloses a check and asks for a receipted bill. The writer reflects on earthly matters and the soul, noting life is real and earnest before the final rest. An accompanying note mentions achievements in art and a first artist painting a lump.
The Galwa Town Tribune reports several boys were fath ing in the Maple River west of town. The Board of Health orders parents to cease the practice immediately due to health concerns.
A posted notice in Morris County New York threatens livestock intruders with tail amputation and proclaims the author a Christian man. The crude warning references cows entering oats and asserts vigilant ownership.
A pair of artists describe humorous tricks with painted pig-iron to resemble food items. One recalls casting iron to float like cork, the other claims to painted a roast of beef and had a dog eat most of it before noticing the deception.
At a Washington gathering the hostess’s young son publicly called a portly guest a big fat guy, using the line to attract attention. The incident sparked a momentary stir among attendees.
A city girl visiting the country is questioned about milking a cow. She claims she can milk it and explains by saying you bring the cow into the barn give breakfast and water then drain her crank case. The quip ends with a humorous misinterpretation.
A succinct quotation attributed to Schopenhauer urges that securing and promoting cheerfulness be the supreme aim of all efforts after happiness. The line emphasizes positive sentiment as the guiding purpose of pursuits.
If he is married it is unclear whether he stokes a pipe because he is an outdoor man or is an outdoor man because he smokes a pipe. The exchange toys with a wordplay ambiguity about lifestyle and habit.
Contends the practice is improper for infants though used to christen ships and warns against homebrew. Promotes tire repair over disposal, noting vulcanizing prices are low and free inspection could save thousands of miles by repairing old tires.
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