Bible Thought for Today Friday January 28 1927
A Bible thought for the day reflects on wisdom and understanding as gifts from the heart. The question from Job 38 36 invites readers to consider who possesses true insight within the inward parts.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1927
Page
4
Tax policy and postal rate lessons of the postwar era
The article argues that tax cuts boosted revenue by spurring work and that high taxes discourage effort. It notes congressional struggle over rates, the misfire of heavy postwar charges on second class mail, and a move to restore mail classifications to recover revenue while avoiding deficits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Journal
Express
Tipton wife jokes about public speakers and workers
Mrs. Tipton says her husband ABE MARTIN mocked efficiency lecturers who travel the country and claim to teach business success. She notes the contrast with those speakers who only find fortunes after taking up public speaking.
Silent Rider Brings Blanche Mehaffey Opposite Hoot Gibson
Lynn Reynolds selects Blanche Mehaffey to star opposite Hoot Gibson in The Silent Rider, an adaptation of Katherine Newlin Burt’s The Red Headed Husband. Gibson approves of the choice, praising the cast as excellent, with Otis Harlan and Nora Cecil in strong supporting roles at the Bar Z ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Reynolds
Katherine Newlin Burt
Hoot Gibson
Blanche Mehaffey
Titan Locks
Hoot
Gibson
Reynolds
Fox
Silver Sheet
Otis Harlan
Nora Cecil
Bar Z Ranch
Vernon man attends brother's funeral in Glendale
John H. Koehler of Vernon Colorado came to Glendale for his brother Martin Koehler's funeral and returned home Saturday. Mrs Koehler and daughter Ethel will stay longer with relatives around Washington. The Martin Koehler estate sale Tuesday was well attended and items sold well. Mrs William Miller Jr is improving after a two week illness. The measles affected Minnie Miller's children. Meg and Joe O Brian have had measles this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendale
John H. Koehler
Vernon
Colorado
Martin Koehler
Minnie Miller
Karl Birney
Fluer de Lia Club
Joe O'Brian
Daily Lesson Word Study Imploration and Misuses
A compact item on vocabulary building notes daily focus on common language errors and a featured word imploration defined as earnest supplication. It highlights misuses such as going to go and mispronunciations of o as in sou not sof.
Groundhog day plans and editor’s plea for news
A column notes next Wednesday as Groundhog Day, hints at winter plans and road work to Iowa City, and jokes about a future full list of contest suggestions. It includes quips about a tire shop display, sprinklers, a humorous prayer, and a call to readers to send in news.
The Worst Joke You Ever Heard Revisited
A fragmented humorous column recounts audience jokes sent to the By The Way page. It mentions WSUTF Iowa City radio voice Miss Pearl Van Orsdal, a Drake University alumna, and includes light quips about nudity and prudence with money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WSUTF
Iowa City
Pearl van Orsdal
Cur College
Drake University
Li. Tor
Primitive mountain family and burning coal tale
A hill folk family sits by a roaring wood fire in a primitive cabin. A live coal on the floor is detected by the father who asks his 15 year old daughter Sal which foot she stands on, in a rustic dialogue. The text ends with a bold claim about asthma and hay fever being incurable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sal
Grace Crossings Prove It Offseason Alimony Dispute
In a terse exchange a fair client demands twenty dollars weekly alimony while noting women she sees. A lawyer counters that the husband earns only fifteen dollars. The client retorts that government alimony provision should apply.
County Home Report and Inventory for 1926 1927
The county auditor reports receipts and expenditures for the County Home for the year ending December 31 1926 and lists January 1 1926 and January 1 1927 inventory values for household goods provisions poultry cattle horses hogs hay and grain farm machinery coal and overall totals. The narrative notes local farming activity sickness notes and scattered community remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfard of Supervisors
Hk Hay and Grain
January thaw brings slick roads as local craftsman moves
West Chester reports a January thaw with slick patches where snow lingers. Mr. Randall, a longtime harness maker and shoe repairman, has moved to Muscatine, leaving his handy local services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Randall
Muscatine
Army strength estimates in China vary widely in early December
The year book cites 863000 Nationalist troops with 686000 in the Cantonese force and 177000 under Feng Yu-hsiang, while Feng is praised as disciplined and constructive. Analysts warn that numbers are unreliable due to pay issues, desertions, and shifting loyalties amid regional forces and banditry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuomintane
Chiang Kaithek
Feng Yu-hsiang
China
Chang Tso-lin
Shantung
Republic
Wu Pei-fu
Feng
Chang Tsung-chang
McAdoo Attacks Prohibition Nullification Congress
In Toledo on January 28, Williams Gibbs McAdoo denounced open calls to nullify the U.S. Constitution by states and referendums on the Volstead Act. He warned that repealing enforcement acts breeds lawlessness, tyranny of the minority, and danger to majority rule. He urged Congress to act to enforce federal laws in resistant states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
United States
New York
Montana
Williams Gibbs McAdoo
Ohio State War Association
McAdoo
Alfred E. Smith
Congress
Maryland
New York Corporation
Rome
Milk production in US tops hundred billion pounds yearly
Roberts Everett, manager of the National Industries exposition, states annual milk output exceeds one hundred billion pounds in the United States. Detroit enforces a new traffic ordinance that bans one armed driving and front seat crowding and forbids driving with another person in the driver's lap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Roberts Everett
Detroit
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