The Way to Freedom Bible Thought for Today
A daily devotional notes that truth brings freedom with the verse John 8 32. It emphasizes knowing the truth as the path to release from uncertainty and constraint.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1925
Page
4
The Inevitability of Economic Cycles and Monopoly
The piece argues that high coal prices reduce demand and jobs, as wages rise to settle strikes. It likens coal, rail, and transport monopolies to inevitable market corrections, noting public cost and eventual shifts to alternatives, including air travel, as economies adapt. It ends with a broader claim that natural forces will rescue balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
ABE MARTIN On Early Days and Sterling Characters
ABE MARTIN contemplates how early days and conditions bred peculiar times and sterlin g characters, suggesting the industry fostered bold traits as it unfolded.
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason After Hours
After work the narrator muses on responsibility and escape. Jabez Joop touts real estate riches while the speaker longs for art and poetry, noting the contrast between commerce and quiet leisure. The piece ends with a defense of personal downtime and civic gentility.
Local visits span Des Moines and Williamsburg
Mrs A Myers of Chicago traveled to Des Moines to visit the Herman Myers and Ed Jackson households before returning home. Miss Edith Weldon of Williamsburg returned after a Thanksgiving visit with Miss Edith Chilcote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Myers
Chicago
Des Moines
Herman Myers
Ed Jackson
Edith Weldon
Williamsburg
Edith Chilcote
Marguerite Reister
4 C's
al Baldrige
Janie
Christmas sales and local notices around Washington
Local brief items list holiday shopping ads and social notes from Washington Iowa area. Fuller Brushes available for Christmas with appointment at D W Boileau 311 Black. Multiple visits to Havre for sales and family events. Christmas cards and leather gifts promoted by Phillips Drug Store and The Journal Office. Church notices and social visits noted along with holiday bakery specials.
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D. W. Boileau
Sprucey holiday trees and neighborly ideas rise
North side merchants push festive decor with a playful zest as readers suggest using local trees for holiday spirit. Acknowledge sparrows feeding birds, and a lighthearted exchange about a child noting slang words like hot spit.
The Clever Raffle Of Jake's Horse Ends In Laughter
Harry Ward recalls a business ethics tale about Jake Rosenbaum who refuses a sale to Izzy Einstein. Izzy buys by calling in a $500 check then raffles the horse to ten friends at $100 each, returning the horse buyer’s money while avoiding trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Ward
Jake Rosenbaum
Izzy Einstein
Jake
Izzy
Quips and Christmas Wit from Journal Office Crowd
A page of light remarks and quips about life and movies. A father’s view on college stunts, a snowy car rescue story, a boy denying Santa Claus, and sharp one liners from Dr A W Clow and T R Phillips.
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Journal
Santa Claus
Daily Word Lesson on Garrulous Usage
The passage explains common usage errors and pronunciation notes. It defines garrulous as given to incessant talking and loquacious, with examples and guidance on expanding vocabulary daily.
Phillips shares joke about Coolidge sermon
T R Phillips notes President Calvin Coolidge once stayed home after church on a Sunday. Mrs Coolidge asks about the sermon and the minister's take on sin. He jokes that the sermon was about sin and that the minister is against it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R. Phillips
President Coolidge
Calvin
Mrs. Coolidge
Boatman warns passengers to pay in advance for leaking boat
A boatman tells merrymakers to pay upfront because the boat leaks. Grady announces that the only girl he ever loved will be married on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrymakers
Grady
Prevaricator's Club Finds Alaska Tale Too Hot
D O Davison jokes that a Alaska story about boiling water and a pig should stay simple. He notes a man heated water and left it on a porch only to have ice form on the surface before cooling, burning his hand when he checked its thickness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. O. Davison
Alaska
Awful Time and Dad's Tarn Now Cartoon Snippet
A fragment from a humor page shows a child remarking on a statue scaffold and a bricklayer, with lines about a society opposing profanity, a car purchase, and a couple's wedding. The dialogue includes a boy and his father and a mother figure.
Quips and Quips from a Distant Newspaper Scene
A fragmentary note recalls a hotel manager’s fawning welcome to a distinguished guest who soon departs. It mentions Mrs and Mr Campbell in Scotland giving to Near East Relief and ends with a wry line about yachts and young women reflecting social compare.
Witness testifies distance with exact measurement
An eye-witness at trial states he stood sixty three feet seven inches from the deed and explains he measured it in anticipation of the question. The astonished attorney prompts the precision and the witness replies with practical method.
Ralph Dougherty to Speak in Havre Opera House
By special messenger Ralph Dougherty travels to Havre to deliver an address at the Havre opera house with Ode Ferguson scheduled to sing.
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Ralph Dougherty
Havre
RE. M. McGinnis
Ode Ferguson
Light of Western Stars filmed in Arizona frontier
Paramount spent weeks in the border region filming Zane Grey’s The Light of Western Stars. Noah Beery notes the shift from horses to motor trucks in open ranges as Arizona modernizes while Beery portrays a cruel bandit chief opposite Jack Holt and Billie Dove. William K. Howard directed the production.
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Arizona Desert
American Frontier
Paramount
Arizona
Noah Beery
Beery
Jack Holt
Billie Dove
William K. Howard
Local Shoppers Return From Ainsworth Saturday
Mrs Roy Moore and Mrs Frank Moore of Ainsworth spent the day in town shopping before returning Saturday evening. Kodak in the home is a gift for the whole family Phillips Drug Store urges readers to consider a Kodak this Christmas. Dr J W Frey will be in Washington all week call 288 blue adv.
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Associated Press
C. J. Wolfe
Harper
Henry Wolfe
Frank Klein
John Edward
Mary Elizabeth
Keota
Town
Mary Louise Stewart
Virginia Droz
Margaret Clendenning
Leslie Dunlap
Eugene
F. F. Marshall
Blaine Pressley
Ainsworth
Washington
Roy Moore
Frank Moore
Kodak
Phillips Drug Store
J. W. Frey
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