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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1939
Page
4
A devotional line rooted in Genesis 18 14 poses the question if God can overcome every obstacle. It echoes two timeless virtues courage and faith inviting reflection on divine power and human trust. The prompt frames belief as a response to challenging circumstances with spiritual assurance.
The Washington Chamber of Commerce names Cloud Willits as president and O B Schmitt as secretary highlighting a focus on community development over purely commercial aims. The board's leadership is praised for fostering enterprise cooperation and progress in Washington County. Mussolini is labeled craftiest politician in Europe for keeping Italy out of war so far and strengthening its position.
The piece laments clinging to old calendars as new ones arrive, highlighting McCleery Calendar Factory's success and its mail order origins. It warns against overconfidently altering natural plans and recalls Oregonian observations on environmental balance and pest control, urging careful, gradual action.
The East 76 School pupils presented a Christmas program Friday afternoon with songs, recitations and dialogues. Santa Claus visited, delivering many gifts, ecards and candy from the tree. Miss Potsander is praised for her role in organizing the program.
The cellar at Heidelberg Castle in Germany houses a colossal wine cask with capacity for more than 200,000 bottles. It is described as able to furnish refreshment and merriment to an entire army.
A guest column urges treating animals with respect, arguing humane care reflects mental evolution. The piece cites religious and cultural examples, warns against training children to routinize animal slaughter, and notes humane acts by figures like St Francis and Lincoln. It contrasts Crusade for kindness with contemporary cruelty headlines and calls readers to aid distressed animals.
In Sioux City mortuary operators and pastors urged the council to ease the Sabbath funeral ban. Mayor Loepp said the council could declare an emergency to amend the ordinance, after W. Harry Christy cited an urgent family departure last Sunday.
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