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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1928
Page
4
Daily devotional note reflecting on a Bible verse to inspire readers. Includes a concise spiritual reflection and a call to faith or moral consideration suitable for a newspaper brief. The piece centers on prayer, guidance, and personal virtue in everyday life.
The piece discusses Christmas themes from Dr. Sizoo titled The Feast of Candles, presented at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington. It reflects on Jesus birth in a manger, the power of spiritual values over wealth, and the idea that childhood reveals divine truth. The sermon ties Bethlehem to modern life, urging faith over material grandeur.
A reflection on gifts to children that cannot be measured by market value. True treasure lies in love and spiritual values, brighter than diamonds or gold, illuminating a child’s heart this Christmas season.
A party game of year prompts readers to compute birth year age and work duration, yielding identical totals. The excerpt segments a Catholic bias piece about Mr Hoover, urging unity and faith, alongside Pope-like reflections on virtue and fate, with a poem fragment on growth and a child’s questions about gardening and manners.
A compact note lists misused phrases and mispronounced words with examples. It highlights common errors such as rising usage and confusing double letters. It urges careful word choice and marks surreptitious usage as an example.
A rambling byline piece titled By The Way mixes editorials on the shortest day with tales of John Mackshinny Shaw a long distance walker known as Kate lin Shaw. It discusses his journey from San Francisco to New York his amateur stance and his measured pride in brains and perseverance while noting local readers’ curiosity about his steps breaths and daily habits. The piece closes with reader chatter and stray jokes about radio memories and familiar figures.
The fragment recalls a car accident death of Abe Martin with uncertainty about timing. Mrs. Tilford Moots received a card confirming her uncle’s death, while Mrs. Em Pash comments on the loneliness of aging wine making.
Nellie Manners reports on a Crawfordsville Sabbath school birthday event for Mrs Mary Twith and other gatherings. mentions Mrs Sarah Day andMrs Young of Madison and Mrs Sellers. The piece notes a death at the home of a daughter and references several local attendees and neighbors.
Mrs Ezra Wittmer moved into the building for an operetta event and lay sick week. Clarence Rich, 28, of Mt Pleasant, was killed instantly December 10 in Hampton Town while blasting. his funeral service with burial at North Hill was held in Mt Pleasant then in Baytist church. He is survived by parents, three sisters Maybelle Helen Sylvia and two brothers William Franklin. Joe Nebel attends unlisted funeral services for Miss Mildred Gaff at Beher church this Tuesday afternoon.
Fragmented OCR notes mention deaths and sickness in the Aurora area. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Sam, Miss Frances Eieber improving after illness, Verena Graber visiting Peter’s family at Crawfordsville, and Cedar Rapids care for a new granddaughter Marie. Sightseeing group from J.C. Neff C.K. Schantz Milo Kemp returned from Gulfport. several others headed to Des Moines for a relative's condition.
A doctor was called to see Mrs. Joseph Wolfer who is ill with the flu. The Hoxworth site drew a small crowd that came to buy, with machinery stock and grain selling well. Flu is reported among local box herds, Frank Kuhn’s herd was sold off. A muddy-road Sunday church turnout occurred. Mrs. Jay Simmons and Mrs. Russell Simmons visited the Wilbur Teen blossom home on Sunday the 9th. Sunday school will present a Christmas program the next morning. Dinner in the church basement at noon. Read Want Ads for results.
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