Great Multitude Voices Alleluia Refrain
Fragmentary religious text passage describes a voice like many waters and thunderous praise saying Alleluia. The excerpt focuses on a ceremonial exclamation rather than a full narrative or event.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1930
Page
4
The Raving Poem Fragment Note on Rent Racket
Fragmentary verse recounts a midnight scene with ink stained pages and unpaid bills. A ball room door raps as the landlady demands rent, leaving the speaker wary of financial pressures and elusive payments.
Assessment classifications of 1881 and its tax rules
Charley Stewart presents an 1881 assessment schedule from Franklin Township listing values for horses mules stock cattle and other property with rates for personal property moneys and credits and exemptions. The piece reflects on how times have changed and asks what normalcy will be fifty years hence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Stewart
West Chester
John G. Stewart
Washington County
Isso
Charley
Betty Chalupa Receives Holiday Fifty-Cent Piece
Betty Chalupa is announced as the recipient of a fifty-cent holiday prize. The notice wishes her joy for Christmas and hopes the prize does not cause her embarrassment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Chalupa
Betty
Present Time and Endurance Through the Day
The speaker argues we live only in the present and that we should strive to make today as enduring and satisfying as possible. They caution against overvaluing the past or fearing the future, urging mindful living in the now.
Wilds in the West Tale Of Dog Sled Rescue
The Weider Signal recounts Idaho physician Dr Numbers braving a severe snowstorm on a dog sled route about thirty miles to reach a miner bleeding internally. The miner survived but the doctor vanished for a time before returning, aided by skilled dogs and resourceful travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Badger
Idaho
Don Numbers
United States
Christian Home Orphanage Appeal From Council Bluffs
The Christian Home Orphanage in Council Bluffs seeks ongoing support from Washington readers. The Friend newsletter urges the community to remember the home during Christmas giving, noting it operates on voluntary subscriptions and serves homeless children with a strong record of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Home
Council Bluffs
Washington
Friends of the Institution
Standing at the Landing Poem onDeath and Hope
A religious poem reflecting on imminent death and the journey to the afterlife. The speaker waits on a landing for the boatman to call, seeking readiness and redemption through faith in Christ as pilot. Authorship attributed to Dr S P Telford with address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Sweet
Dr. S. P. Telford
D. C
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED PARAPHRASE LESSON
Daily notes by W OE Gordon explain proper usage and pronunciation. The lesson defines paraphrase as a free rendering of a text or passage and urges readers to grow vocabulary by mastering one word daily.
Christmas Fragments and Humorous Bits From By Ways
A collage of seasonal verses and lighthearted notes include Christmas imagery with candles and wreaths, letters seeking quirky gifts, jokes about parties and etiquette, and a push for cheerful, discreet holiday spirit through short quips and vignettes. The piece ends with a late‑night sign‑off and a sales nudge for By Ways copies.
Holiday Vacation Schedule At Y M C A Boys
The YMCA listings show a dense December schedule with multiple daily sessions including $3, $5, and $7 classes, open houses, and county league events. Notable items include boxing, swimming workouts, volley ball, and a progressive ping pong tournament, with New Year open house announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeulay
Fruit wholesalers warned to obtain federal licenses
Des Moines dispatch reports R G Clark of the dairy and food division warns large dealers in perishable goods to secure federal licenses. Retailers handling carload lots sold interstate must be licensed. producers selling their own items or retailers shipping fewer than 20 carloads are not classified as dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
R. G Clark
Dairy and Food Division
Town Department of Agriculture
Clark
Transatlantic ship rates cut by major lines
On December 22, United States Lines, French Line and International Mercantile Marine announce drastic passenger-rate reductions from 10 to 50 percent for most Transatlantic steamships. Competing German interests were expected to match the cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Lines
International Mercantile Marine Company
Atlantic Transport
Leyland
Panama Pacific
Red Star
White Star Lines
Spanish exiles head to Argentina from Portugal
Major Ramon Franco and mechanic Pablo Rada among rebel Spanish aviators allowed to leave Portugal go to Argentina. Other fliers choose France or Germany after an aborted Madrid coup. They had arrived in Portugal after the failed Cuatro Vientos uprising and now live at Mafra infantry school, pledging no political propaganda in Portugal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Ramon Franco
Pablo Rada
Matra
Argentina
France
Germany
Franco
Portugal
Cuatro Vientos
Madrid
Mafra
Shoplifter cited to give mother in law a Christmas present
Cincinnati dealer reports a shoplifter arrested for taking a pair of women’s shoes. The man, out of work eight months, offered as motive that he wanted to give his mother in law a Christmas gift. The manager allowed him to go.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Building Trades Union Board
Thankful Too Soon Hit By Skidding Car
G A Hartz of La Porte City barely escaped injury when his car skidded off an icy road and overturned into a ditch. A second car stopping to aid him skidded on the ice and struck Hartz, causing bruises and cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
G. A. Hartz
la Porte City
Hartz
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