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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1919
Page
6
A church lesson outline reviews the calling training and service of Peter and John. It traces their call to salvation their training in trust and discipleship and their path toward service with lessons from Mark Matthew Luke and John.
A series of Christmas gatherings mark joyous reunions at homes across Washington county. Miss Nita Belle McKeon hosts old friends with music and a festive luncheon, while the Kleeses invite Associate Presbyterian members for dinner near Tituts. Several weddings take place during the holiday, including Miss Adna Emma Gass and Mr. Howard Schaeffer, and Miss Lennie Delpha Stock and Mr. Ralph Dee McCreedy, with local families hosting multi‑generational celebrations and Christmas dinners. The community notes Christmastime visits, dinners, and the return of locals for the holiday.
A brief note describes a journey toward the City of Fortune aboard the Perseverance marked car. It mentions catching the vehicle and resuming travel, with emphasis on progress toward the destination.
A reflective fragment posits that a person’s life position aligns with their Wienle levels, suggesting social worth correlates to inner conditions. The tone hints at a didactic, cautionary viewpoint about character shaping one’s status.
A short aphoristic reflection notes that inner strength remains fragile in solitude and fragile in crowds, suggesting vulnerability and resilience depend on the soul's steadiness.
The Stage notes crowds enjoy minstrel entertainments and features Leon W Washburns Minstrels with Jim West Watts Bros Crosby & Crosby Jimmy Stewart and others. They perform at Graham tonight.
In a Bose ton paper survey James Whitcomb Riley chose Longfellow’s The Bridge as the best English poem noting it contains every element of a perfect poem. Other writers found no single best and declined to pick. The new verse school rejects Longfellow and Tennyson as artificial and second rate.
A compact historical note declares loyalty to Liberty in name and form. It emphasizes setting up statues and praising her while insisting full trust and unwavering service as the nation grows. It warns against half measures and hints at a rising demand from Lord Macaulnay.
A fragment notes men admiring derby hats in a mirror as an odd display. The text references cultural perception of women’s attire and individuality in a marginal social reflection from a Chicago Post source.
A noted hymn titled The Spacious Firmament on High is traced to Joseph Addison who served as Ireland's chief secretary. The discovery highlights an unexpected source for a famed piece now included in many collections.
The piece notes that China has many tea houses along roads similar to England and compares them to roadside roadhouses. It adds that the Chinese drink tea more than alcohol, with tea houses as common as ice cream and soda resorts in the countryside.
The saying notes that even a powerful ruler can be removed, but a common man retains his internal will and resolve. It reflects on autonomy and inner strength beyond external force.
The text notes at 82 degrees the sound speed is 1080 feet per second plus one extra foot per second per degree. It also states electricity over a resistance free wire travels 192 024 miles per second.
Billy, owner of a toy auto Mobile, loved it and played often. One morning Wi-or prepared breakfast but he resisted being seated, saying to his mother, I don t want to be parked here.
Wyoming led all states as women served as jurors in an early milestone. The first grand jury to include women was impaneled in Laramie, 48 years ago, as Wyoming organized in 1868 and granted women voting and office rights in its early territorial days.
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