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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1932

Page

4

Love Defrauds Not Proclaimed in Scriptural Verse

A brief excerpt echoes Romans 13 8 stressing obligation to love others and refrain from theft or coveting. The passage emphasizes mutual care as a moral guide without naming individuals or events.

Storm on the Oregon ends in rescue after shipwreck

Honorable Mention story follows two youths aboard the U S S Oregon during a late April voyage from San Francisco to Brisbane. A forest blaze and a deadly gale strand them on a makeshift raft and boards before a rescue by a passing ship. The captain and an unexpected reunion with John's father bring relief as the survivors are saved.

Oregon San Francisco Brisbane Australia John Jerry Robinson Crusoe Tohn U. S Pacific

Man returns 38-year loaned book to Cambridge library

A Cambridge Massachusetts library welcomes back a book checked out 38 years ago by a careful reader. The unusual return highlights patient ownership and long-term reading devotion reported by the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.

Cambridge Mase Philadelphia Evening Bulletin

Daily lesson on English word usage and ambiguity

A compact guide discusses misuse of phrase myself and wife, clarifies pronunciation and misspellings, and defines ambiguity as doubt about meaning with an example sentence about a reply lacking ambiguity.

Fireside Musings On Reading Graystark Nine Times

A columnist in a relaxed home setting writes about colds and the reading list of the day. He recalls Keynes Shakespeare Thayer and Paradise Lost briefly, then admits rereading George Barr McCutcheon’s Graystark nine times, noting childhood nostalgia and self reflection.

Keynes Shakespeare Thayer George Barr McCutcheon Graystark Graustark

The Kidnapped Princess and the American Hero

A romantic adventure tale follows a incognito princess helped by a dashing American. He falls in love, learns her true status, and stays to save her kingdom from a northern tyrant. In the end they wed as the realm rejoices, amid public scorn of such romances by critics.

America Little Kingdom

Christmas Quiet and Wordworth Reflections

A reflective vignette describes a tranquil Christmas scene with a family discussion on gift value and frugal cheer. It contrasts steady love with passing fancies and ends with a narrator returning to Wordsworth and wishing readers joy and freedom.

Consignment sale draws large crowd at Midway pavilion

Columbus Junction reports the season's largest turnout at the Midway sale pavilion roping in buyers for about 25 horses and a wide range of livestock and farm goods with prices listed. Auctioneers were Paul Klotz and H. M. Duncan. H. Lee Hunton served as clerk.

Columbus Junction Midway Sale Pavilion Rhode Island Paul Klotz H. M. Duncan Helen Edith Orr Ramsdale Egypt J. E. Reaney Muscatine Washington Fruitland Letts Cotter Ainsworth Thomas H. Jones A. W. Hinderman Wapello J. F. Reaney Des Moines Columbus City Lodge No F. W. Coffin Milo Arthur Lewis Foss Frieda Beckey Business College Rock Island Columbus School

Flu Sickness and New Sunday School Officers Report

The item notes several local residents sick with influenza including Horace Johnson and Jose Rice. It also records new officers elected for the coming year at Howard Grove Sunday School on Sunday December 18.

N. E. Jones Hattie Stewart Duane Joh Inson Phyllis Trail Russell Parsons Helen Watson Wilbur McLain Carlos Watson Jose Rice Emma Spalding John Mullikin Floyd Johnson Brighton Yee Marie Gowey Rosella Spalding R. A. Spalding Oz Gowey Donald John Lindauer John Jr Ollie Balderson Curtis Roger Will Trail Phyllis Lawrence Hadley Horace Johnson Leigh Hiatt Robert Lee Mary Louise Lois Marie Edward Eugene Ellen Glaz Herman Spierey South English T. R. Wallerick Hazel Rice Letha Simmons Effie Miriam Jones Pleasant Plain Henry William W. C. T. U. Ladie and Helpers Veo Dee Harry Hamilton Car) Dearings White Oak Jere Elmore Donald Gowey Howard Grove

Midshipman Title Origins in British Navy History

The term midshipman traces to the British navy over two centuries ago when young gentlemen aboard ships lived in quarters amidships near the main mast on the lower deck as part of officer training.

Young Breckenridge Named Youngest VP in U S History

John Cabell Breckenridge of Kentucky who became Vice President in 1857 at age thirty six remains the youngest man ever elected to the office.

John Cabell Breckenridge Kentucky

Newfoundland Independent Status Within British Empire

Newfoundland is described as a separate entity within the British empire with its own parliament premier ministry and its own money and bonds, independent of Canada and bears the same relationship to the empire as Canada does.

Newfoundland Canada

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