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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1929
Page
4
Poem describes God in nature from mountain sun to twilight breeze and birdlife. It links divine presence to daily scenes including children, flowers, and the smiling baby, concluding with God walking with the reader.
Henry Ford marks his sixty fifth birthday and predicts the next decade will outshine the past as he pursues a biologic living method. The piece argues heredity, healthy diet, and avoidance of toxins could extend life nearly without limit, framing sickness as cowardice and urging elimination of harmful foods and excessive stimuli.
A garbled list recounts a sequence of intended actions that were interrupted by misfortune. It mentions helping a neighbor, protesting, paying a note for a house, starting a better business, stopping drinking, reducing debt, quitting work for a vacation, protecting family, and calling on a customer, all interrupted by unexpected events.
A compact note on misused terms such as impertinence and impertinent with guidance on pronunciation and vocabulary building. It suggests choosing a single word daily, using it convincingly, and recognizing plausible usage as seeming likely to be true.
A salesman reports securing a deal after discovering a rival had set a first, allowing him to lock in the order. The note highlights quick action and market advantage in a competitive scene.
A reflection on opportunity as life’s driving force and conscientious thought. The piece cites Thomas A. Edison’s example of seizing multiple telegraph messages over a single wire, arguing readiness turns chance into achievement and highlighting how many opportunities surround us daily.
A discussion echoes a New York Tribune stance urging the United States to become sea minded to support interior agriculture and national commerce. It credits Captain Fried for stressing more Midwest recruits for the merchant marine and cites historic shifts from sailing ships to modern maritime power as costly mistakes.
A collage of stray conversations and rural humor unfolds from a dairy scene to a fashion of autumn lore. The piece mixes dialogue on car troubles and grooming with light gossip of a farmer and a heifer, touches of romance, and a brief war era quip about a girl wanting to join a male army.
The column echoes Abe Martin style jokes about reform and appetite for drink. It notes how sayings flip from consumption to creation and recalls a lively era when people found humor in tough times and shared memorable phrases.
The most popular investment combines safety income and fair returns. First Mortgage Real Estate bonds secure by land and buildings used for business in growing U S cities. Offered by leading houses in denominations of 1000 500 and 1000. They provide a direct mortgage on income producing property with ample security and reliable income. Investors are urged to consider these bonds as a safe, diversified form of investment in real estate securities.
Barber of the Back Room retells an Irishman tale from New York days with grand mispronunciations and a sly poke at politics. A quirky aside imagines a millennial sight as campers and insects lie together, while chatterdriven dialogue drifts through a sequence of comic vignettes about street life and prohibition.
Mr and Mrs Charles Atkinson mark their fifty third wedding anniversary in a quiet home setting at 402 Second Street. They came to Washington in 1899 and retired from farming in 1915. They have two sons John Finley and Markie, a daughter Ethel, and daughters Mrs Robert B McGee and Mrs W G Du Mont, plus seven grandchildren and one foster grandchild.
The fragment mentions Grandfathers on Vacation with Fifteen Grandfathers totaling 1200 seats enjoying their annual gathering, and mothers of the Brown Hall Grandfathers' club of London. It notes a Napoleon figure described as short but average weight, with a medical note on his height. The piece references Central railway station in Australia and bustling train activity.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a person in Carson California discussing diuretic relief for vomiting kidney and rheumatic trouble, with references to Foley table and long medical use, plus vague notices of ailments and relief. The passage lacks coherent facts or dates and cannot derive a clear event or outcome.
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