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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1926
Page
4
A 1926 Bible Thought for Today reflects on Job and his wife urging him to curse God. It contrasts his reply Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh with the idea of accepting both good and evil from God.
Capper's Weekly notes Dr. William J Mayo arguing that humans possess a soul and require religion beyond creeds. He extols the Sermon on the Mount as truth, criticizes dark room seances, and cites the Mayo Foundation gift of $2,000,000 for medical education and research in Rochester.
The piece humorously notes that a man is as old as he feels and a woman as old as she looks at morning. It contrasts this with wartime economics, stating a barrel of Chicago beer costs 3 dollars and sells for 60 dollars, implying difficulty in hiring machine gun operators cheaply if war comes.
Norma Talmadge headlines the film Kiki a lavish First National picture at the Fox Theatre. The Paris street gamin gains a luxury home and faces a love triangle with Ronald Colman Gertrude Astor and Marc McDermott.
A light column reflecting on Christmas events and behavior with humorous anecdotes. The piece notes gifting trends, church attendance, and family holiday scenes, ending with light reflections and New Year resolutions. It references local people and a Scotch golf joke from Minnesota while preserving a folksy tone.
A quoted maxim from Emerson warns that curses like a chained slave bind back to the speaker. It asserts that harming others or invoking misfortune rebounds to the actor who spoke ill. The image illustrates moral cause and effect across human action.
A dictionary style note explains ARROGANCE as an undue degree of self importance and haughtiness. The lesson cites a sentence where the speaker describes entering a room with overbearing arrogance.
By virtue of a writ directed from the District Court of Washington County Iowa a sale of the property belonging to R H Fetters and Julia Fetters is ordered. The public sale will be held in front of the Courthouse Washington Iowa on December 20 1926 from 9am to 4pm. The property includes Lot Five Block Fifteen Original Plat Washington City Washington County. terms cash. Sheriff Charles M Denison November 16 1926.
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