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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1925
Page
4
The Olivet Baptist Church in Chicago is highlighted as a large and influential center for the city's colored community. With 10,500 members and an annual budget near $80,000, the church spans three simultaneous sermons in one building under leaders who combat race prejudice through faith.
A rumor says Mrs. Art Smiley gave cigarettes to her husband for the home and a jittery young couple Jack and Art Purviance plan a split. She was used to being petted while he does not drink.
A fragmented cross word puzzle listing across and down clues with numbered entries. Clues cover entertainers, objects, actions, and common words, with multiple definitions and letter crossing guidance for solving.
A dialog fueled by insult and bravado between Captain Grigsby Gregg and the narrator as they trade taunts about lies and gossip. The gaffer seeks a pub refuge after a heated exchange over tall tales and reputations among long time neighbors.
A historical brief notes Oliver Baptist church fighting vice in Chicago and shaping order during race riots. It highlights Christian influence in a notorious district where white and black youths once played together under its spire.
The text asserts that education and religion blended into diverse communities create hope and improve public safety and living conditions for all, regardless of race or color. It emphasizes harmonious social influence as a path to progress.
Dawn O Day stars as Dot in The Man Who Fights Alone a bold Paramount vehicle for William Farnum. Director Worsley praises its artistry and psychological twists as Lois Wilson and Edward Horton support the star with a heavy child role central to the plot. It opens at the Fox Theatre Saturday.
A compiled schedule for radio stations across the United States lists programs on February 14. Entries mention orchestras, concerts, talk segments, dance hours, and performances from WSB through KFQX with multiple city broadcasts, plus notes about Walter Drish and the Brighton Enterprise reporting on his California baseball success with the Southwest Athletic Club Nine and a local Times clipping praising teamwork and players like Tenny Elder.
A festive reminiscence contrasts Valentine traditions with a local scene at the Y gym where men exercise. Firefighters McHattie Wayne Duncan and Wayne McHattie respond to a fire call, but a teacher and pupils report extinguishing the blaze earlier in the day. The notice ends with a tongue in cheek line about white ants in Ohio and housing costs.
A collage of jokes and quips from multiple papers parodies birth notices jokes about storks and scoffers and a fellow who misreads scientific mottos. Snippets reference the Los Angeles Times Cincinnati Enquirer Indianapolis News Bottles National Druggist Youngstown Telegram and Judge in a lighthearted roundup.
A lighthearted item notes a married couple who claim to never have a cross word and compare themselves to a cross word puzzle. The vignette underscores harmony and puzzlelike teamwork in daily life.
A compact street weathers a blizzard of headlines with mixed reliability.Readers confront editorial limits as papers balance speed, accuracy, and space in a noisy information era.
A hardware dealer questions his new clerk about a caller seeking a stove-lifter and the clerk explains there is no strong enough. A humorous aside notes a fat man cannot escape his shadow and a weekly health hint urges measles prevention.
A Monday forenoon blaze at the Dam school in Big Beaver Township, Beaver Falls PA, was met by a quick alarm and rapid response. Fire Chief S. A. Duncan, W. G. McHattie, and Nor- aided the initial battalion as crews contained the fire.
Tommy asks if the animal is a male or female lion. The father hesitates, noting the lion’s scratched face and missing mane. He ends with a somber line about the animal being a tom.
A street dialogue captures a man confronting an unnamed speaker about being near a house. The exchange mixes humor and frustration as they debate location and intent in a casual, colloquial tone.
A jumble of quotes on thinking and mood contrasts mixes with satirical lines about hotels and hair trends. Vignettes touch on optimism versus doubt, a hotel policy quip, a jab at Bobbed hair, a moonlit mood line, and a quip about Dot’s admirers and Mary and Peg banter.
Reports from Noble and Wayne detail livestock shipments including three cars of cattle and one of hogs by Max Bates and additional cattle shipments by H S Morehouse J H and D E Huston and J B Lindian. Mrs Ruth Mitchell returned from Portage after her sister's wedding. Miss Mildred Goff improves after illness. Christ Ruth shipped cattle from Noble station on February 11.
Representatives from Louisa County National Bank and Farmers and Merchants Bank attended the 28th annual Group 11 Iowa Banking Association meeting in Burlington. Both Columbus Junction banks closed all day Thursday. The Columbus High School Junior class was hosted by the Duncan family on Columbus City road with about thirty attendees.
A W M meeting at Mrs. W. E. Rust's home drew twenty one attendees in festive dress with George Washington impersonator LeRoy Mishler. Guests enjoyed games, a two course luncheon, cherry pie and coffee as preparations for an upcoming church basement event and concert by Junction band and Letts quartet were announced.
The House and Senate met at 7 pm. The House gas tax committee received from Governor Hammill a formal statement of the executive views on roads and a request for a three cent per gallon gasoline tax.
The Literary Digest explains operative as a skilled factory worker and operator as one who runs machines. It notes the term operator also appears in stock trading by brokers and in coal mining enterprises.
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