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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1925
Page
5
An outline of the ecclesiastical and civil trials of Jesus, focusing on Pilate’s interrogation. Pilate questions Jesus about being King of the Jews, the crowd chooses Barabbas over Jesus, and Pilate washes his hands as he yields to crowd pressure. Includes notes on witnesses and charges of sedition and treason.
Muscatine Iowa writer G W Dodder eighty years old yields a homegrown poem praising Iowa. The piece extols corn swine cattle and wheat with chorus lines praising Iowa as a faithful friend and the best state. It envisions setting the poem to music for public singing at events and fairs.
Mrs Lester Newman and children visit relatives in Coppock while Miss Kyle stays at Pleasant Plain. Families move between farms near Coppock and Washington visits occur. Various residents travel to Des Moines Oskaloosa and Wayland. Church meeting led by Elva Peterson ends with cordial invitation. Severe rain floods cellars and roads are poor.
Travel routes around the Polish Corridor to Danzig are described as a loophole to avoid visas and border controls. The article notes trains, ferries, roads, and air travel used to reach Danzig while bypassing Polish visas, with Marienburg acting as a transit hub for traffic into the Free City.
A Presbyterian Record reflection defines the Best Man as one who wishes and seeks what is best for others. It notes that his actions may be limited by restraints, yet his influence remains in genuine intent and restraint.
In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words with out a heart. This saying attributed to Bunyan reflects a focus on sincerity over eloquence in devotion.
The text urges Christians to win souls by loving people, seeking them out, and going where they are to share faith. It emphasizes proactive, loving engagement as the path to spiritual outreach and conversion.
Melbourne reports a migrant surge from southern Europe as the United States tightens rules. Premier Sir George Fuller urges a federal quota or other limits while Australia weighs urgent population needs against restricting white European arrivals.
Lakehurst naval Station commandant Captain George W. Steele says the Los Angeles dirigible will complete one long flight during the summer. In Paris, physicians describe Gloria Swanson’s condition after an operation as grave but not hopeless.
Francis Allen of Chicago won the American diamond trophy and the national title at Lake Placid New York finishing with 89 points to beat Charles Gorman of St Johns New Brunswick in a very strong field. Allen defends the international amateur outdoor speed skating title while Hagen remains a dominant golf figure in the background of this athletic roundup.
In Indianapolis Connie Curry of Sioux City Iowa shaded Happy Atherton of Indianapolis in a ten round bantamweight clash. Philadelphia welterweight Low Tender stopped Joe Reno Tren ton in five rounds. Referee halted Harris Grelg versus Young Fisher in Syracuse in the sixth for stalling.
A fragmented account describes a waterful retreat and victory in a sunken garden. It mentions gardens at San Antresos once abandoned and a bathing pool on Autepine ground, with vague ties to Ife and Quarry.
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