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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1926
Page
4
Friday January 8 1926 Bible Thought for Today reflects on Hagar’s exclamation Thou God sees me Genesis 16 13 acknowledging divine awareness and care. The meditation highlights God’s attentiveness to personal distress and faith in his providence.
The late Tom Marshall praised the American citizen as someone who looks straight into everyone's eyes and holds no caste biases. He argued Americans meet others as equals, with no deference for birth or rank, and with heads held high regardless of class.
The text notes 1924 milk use rose by about 2.87 billion gallons versus 1918, while population grew only 8 percent. It argues the rise in milk consumption reflects less alcohol intake and highlights milk’s role in ice cream and food.
The speaker contrasts English habits of slow, quiet work with a jab about borrowing money and borrowing styles, noting reciprocal borrowing as France’s idea. The tone blends humor and social observation about time, manners, and national character.
Old Newrich, rich with acres and bonds, mocks merit and art while sipping a gilded life. He judges poets by treasure, scorning the bard whose sonnets moved crowds. The Newfield world shrinks to dollar bounds beneath the village steeple.
The passage argues that modern trends promote healthier living and self care. It notes increased longevity despite travel hazards, a drop in industrial accidents by a significant margin, and a rise in per capita savings deposits from 1924 to 1925.
A Coppock highway family hosted a dinner featuring mostly local items. The menu centered on corn bread and corn products, locally produced milk and butter, sauerkraut, and other regional touches, with some nonlocal additions noted. The piece ends with a light remark about corn sugar and patriotism.
Charles Lincoln Graham president of the Ottumwa Merchantile Co. died at 1 25 a m at his home 201 East Maple avenue He was 60 born April 22 1865 in Troy Iowa He organized and led Graham Stores Co and Graham Dept Stores Co He served as Chamber of Commerce president in 1919 and was longtime board member He is survived by wife Anna B Graham two daughters Ruth Strohauer and Helen Graham a son Wallace of Portland Oregon and a brother H A Graham of Ottumwa
Community leader devoted to farm problems noted for constructive work with the Farm Bureau. He belonged to the Rotary club the Wapello club and the First Presbyterian church. Funeral plans await the son from Portland Oregon arriving Saturday morning in Ottumwa.
Jan 5 report notes Miss Thale Ebner and Twila McGinnis visiting Washington and returning to school work in Ainsworth and Davenport. Rock parties frequent Highland Circle with Guffeys receiving a surprise visit. Families travel, shop, and attend to chores as residents move between Washington Davenport Cedar Falls and St Petersburgh.
The column playfully riffs on corn products and romance while lampooning a high society elopement and publishing a poem parade. It mixes musings on journalism patrons and By The Way readers with quips about fashion, gossip, and a returning traveler tale.
A 19 year old woman steps upstairs at 7 45 to dress for the evening. No information about any man downstairs weight is provided. the text asks to state the wait of the young man downstairs.
A child named Dorothy protests she cannot be eating too fast for a slow train as her mother warns against eating quickly. The dining car scene shows a humorous exchange about pace and perception.
A humorous 1920s style exchange shows a stenography ad seeking fast accurate talent. A candidate boasts unmatched speed and tools and lands the job, while a closing quip about home as a place to vent follows.
A reader notes common mistakes in usage and pronunciation. The column explains phrases like equally as well and as well while detailing mispronounced aliases and word study tips. It urges expanding vocabulary by mastering one word daily, focusing on finite meaning limited and the limits of human understanding.
A reader letter laments rising costs and harsh economic conditions cutting into farmers with drowned stock and hail damage last year. The caller pleads for mercy on debt and grain prices while noting neighbors with scarce feed and rising egg costs.
A reader laments farmers overburdened by mortgages and overtaxed on equity while field gleanings suffer from hail and mold. The piece urges real help as justice for farmers and includes a satirical note from Aunt Betty.
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