Spiritual medicine for wholeness in preaching
A brief 1944 note argues spiritual medicine is hard but necessary for wholeness. It states that a preacher or teacher should not aim to entertain, but to heal and guide.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1944
Page
4
A brief 1944 note argues spiritual medicine is hard but necessary for wholeness. It states that a preacher or teacher should not aim to entertain, but to heal and guide.
A compilation of comments on farming, labor, politics, and postwar planning cites Capper’s Farmer guidance on land use and saving, urges self reliance, and critiques wartime strikes. It reviews the Republican governor convention, Iowa figures, and President Roosevelt term debates amid wartime sentiment.
A Washington dinner joke shows three war material firms debating who pays a $820 bill. One claims 50 percent war work cuts his cost to $10, the second cites 80 percent broker reducing his share to $4, and the third calls it cost plus with $2 profit. The satire ends with a call to buy war bonds.
A fragment quotes General Dwight D. Eisenhower on chasing and trapping enemies with a call to pursue and smash them. The text presents a military leadership viewpoint.
A humorous exchange contrasts superstition with a craftsman’s self identity. A carpenter corrects that his skill defines him not belief, turning a common superstition pun into a light anecdote.
In a humorous exchange Mr Pauly says he struggles with his six stenographers. Mr Wells asks if they take notes and Pauly replies they compare them instead, highlighting a comic office dynamic.
The text presents fragmented aphorisms on thoughts habit inertia equality and American rights, but lacks a coherent event, person, or organization to summarize into a news item. No identifiable entities or actionable items are readable to form a complete card.
The piece links ambition with waking early and notes every fact learned opens more knowledge. It argues learning keeps all ages engaged, while some age before they begin, through a dialogue that touches on college, marriage, and humble work opportunities.
Jamaica stands as a major banana producer in the Caribbean with yields peaking in the late 1930s at over 25 million stems annually. Each stem averaged about 65 pounds before a hurricane blight reduced production, while the United States imported only a small portion. Britain and Canada took the majority.
The article describes Germany's Reichsverband domination over export of artificial eyes and related glass. It compares the monopoly to Venice's Murano glass restrictions of the 16th and 17th centuries. Before the war, most artificial eyes used a velvety glass produced only in Lauscheha Thuringen.
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