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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1928
Page
4
Bible thought for today urges seeking spiritual satisfaction over worldly wealth and hunger for fatness. It cites scripture urging listening to what is good and finding delight in spiritual nourishment rather than material gain.
A fragmentary account discusses Emilio Aguinaldo, his role in the Philippine insurrection, capture and exile, and evolving stance toward the United States. It notes his eventual readiness to be received in America and hints at shifting political relations and independence questions.
U S Senator Morris Sheppard cites octogenarians who achieved remarkable work past eighty. Titian painted battles at ninety eight. Fontelle and Pope Leo XII remained vigorous. Michael Angelo painted at eighty. Von Moltke led at eighty eight. John Wesley kept preaching into his eighties and traveled vast distances. The piece highlights enduring vigor and lasting influence of elderly figures.
A compact note on pronunciation and spelling pitfalls with misspellings, mispronunciations, and guidance. Highlights mispronouncing incense and madden, notes on Sapph, synonyms like decency and fitness, and a call to study words daily including indulgent usage and avoiding harsh usage.
The piece lists famed figures who produced significant works or held power late in life. Guizot, Hobbes, Jefferson, Napier, and others are cited as examples of sustained productivity. It notes Lee Palmerston, Adams, Tennyson, Goethe, Gladstone, and others reaching notable ages while still creating, guiding, or ruling. The argument emphasizes continued capability into old age.
An aged broadside mixes highway progress with politics, arguing prosperity hinges on sobriety and industrious workers. It laments politicians chasing four more years while proffering Ford’s view on prohibition and sober labor as the engine of rising wages and production. The piece shifts to a violent cartoonish anecdote about a druggist and a threat, underscoring social dangers alongside the era’s debates.
A dense critical passage argues Huck is a loyal moral figure in American literature. It analyzes his inner struggle over the note to Miss Watson and his choice between duty and wickedness, likening his conflict to a spiritual battle akin to biblical trials. It notes Huck’s decision to tear up the note and resist slavery, placing him beside other virtuous examples.
A kaleidoscope of newsroom and street scenes unfolds in By The Way with a first calendar reveal, a talkative switchboard operator, coachs banter about line play, and sketches of workers on poles and steam of daily life. It blends humor and toil through portraits of characters and incidents.
In Glendale Lendale on December 27 Mr and Mrs Lloyd Hopping and Mr and Mrs Clark Hopping joke that life would improve if a man could earn as much on promises as on salary. They reminisce about reading the Police Gazette for haircuts. Evangeline Lindbergh, teaching in Turkey, plans holidays aiding Santa Claus for Near East relief efforts.
Christmas programs and dinners marked the season as families in Washington and nearby communities hosted relatives and friends. Attendees included the Davison, Wagner, Glasgow, Easter, Simmering, Gerdes, Benson, Bear, Kurtz, and Hopping families among others, with illness and travel noted alongside festive exchanges and church events.
The piece argues Judaism holds a positive view of life while Christianity often sees life as preparation for an afterworld. It contrasts Hindu Nirvana and Schopenhauer with Jewish law, claiming Jewish doctrine enlivens daily existence and moral action despite oppression.
The article discusses growing tensions between England and America over freedom of the seas, warning that open conflict could arise if the issue remains unresolved. It notes the clash between American rights to neutral navigation during war and Britain’s policy of blocking neutral commerce, citing failed conferences and mounting naval programs as context.
The note discusses the Latin term ibid and its use to indicate repeated quotations from a previously cited source. It references quotation context and how earlier content may be incorporated within the same article.
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