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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1929
Page
7
Marie Johnson spent several days with her aunt Mrs Et fla Wittmer and Mrs Will Richards fed Dave Rich Crawford Joe Schlatter visited Monday. Mr Elmer Johnston and sons Virgil and Wallace with Mrs Fa Miller and daughters Elnora Iris Miriam visited Sunday at Thomas Roths. Nick Hoth of Oregon shared Sunday dinner at Lena Roths.
The text records visits by Mrs. L and daughter Ettie Wittmer and Mae Vis it, Velma and Mrs. and children to the Thomas Lantz home. Miss Selina Witmer recently visited two days last week with the Witmer family on her way to California for an extended visit.
A historical Sunday school outline discusses Jesus as savior and redeemer, tracing prophecy, birth, and the mission to seek and save the lost. It emphasizes Christ’s birth, atonement, and the shepherd who knows his sheep, with lessons on salvation, justification, and living as a Christlike example.
A compact religious note urges readers to dedicate time to God, emphasizing devotion over routine duty. It frames spiritual practice as essential rather than optional, linking steady worship to personal growth and community service.
A fragmentary clipping discusses human mortality and the mind’s grip on existence. It mentions instinct, endurance, and a reference to a grand theory or idea, though details are garbled and names or dates are unreadable.
Local items from Noble recount a January quiet week with church attendance, sickness, and social calls. Notes include county Sunday school convention attendees Rev H J Schrag and Mrs Schrag, nursing and caregiving updates, car shipments, and a wedding at Rev Graber’s home. A farm move and a reception for a newlyweds pair are recorded. Amber light signal changes are noted in Memphis. Velvet origin discussed with China or India as possibilities.
Eastbound timetable fragment lists arrivals and departures for the Golden State Limited No 4 at 5 43 am and various express and local passes with several codes. It includes No 12 Express Tips mo, No 60 Lo Pass, No 30 Lo Pass, No 50 Local Pass, No 430 Local Pass, and No 836 Lo Freight.
An old quotation from Woman's Home Companion debates whether money should govern care of art. It notes that one person can guess intelligently about value as well as another, reflecting a cautious view of economic judgments in art.
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