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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1926
Page
4
A devotional quotation from Deuteronomy 8 10 urging gratitude to God for a plentiful land. The text emphasizes blessing the Lord after meals as part of living in a good land and acknowledging divine provision.
A New York Times exploration of a tenement life revealing grimy walls, creaking floors, and rooms where neglected children endure isolation and hardship. It follows Rose in Room 24 and a grandmother caring for three grandchildren, then visits Room 23 with Simon the elderly dollmaker and his wife as they struggle to keep their family together.
Today's word is exhort to incite good deeds by appeal or argument. The note shows usage with a sentence where a speaker pace to and fro exhorting a terrified girl to compose herself. It contrasts misused forms and pronunciation while listing synonyms and common errors.
A fragile family note speaks of twin sisters aged 65 in Room 47 earning around ten dollars a month, facing high rent. The plea urges readers to visit The House of Hundred Sorrows, offer hope, and provide Christmas aid to the poor and needy. The lines invoke mercy and charity from the community.
Elizabeth Fleming and Earl Griggs were married Saturday afternoon at the Methodist parsonage in West Chester with Rev. Gray officiating. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. F. C Schachner and Mrs. Schachner, aunt of the groom. Elizabeth is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Fleming of the Lexington neighborhood and will reside in West Chester with the groom, who works at the Schachner store.
The Glendale brief notes tidy farm activity with corn plowing remaining, oats near cutting, light hay yields, and a fine crop of Pasperries for harvest. Celebrations marked July Fourth weekend as neighbors relaxed and Miss Eleanor Wagner visited.
The Wagner family and relatives discuss hauling lumber for a new barn to replace the one burned last spring. Measles still circulate with Bill Millers daughter ill but not seriously. Spread Earle School district women plan July seventh meeting with Miss Tena Gerdes. Writer's By the Way picnic memories recall stunts and program, noting volunteers and missing dogs. Mr and Mrs Badger praised egg beater advertising while joking. Nicholson family from Onto visiting Tom Nicholson's home since Saturday.
Crowds attended a church parlor gathering in Crawfordsville honoring Mrs FE H Thompson of Trenton Ohio wife of a former pastor. Thirty one people shared a pleasant afternoon and a cafeteria lunch while Mrs Thompson spoke of her appreciation and Mrs Porter sang a solo.
A garbled column mixes jokes about corn growing speeds cited by Judge Dewey, comic asides on fireworks, explorers Byrd and Amundsen, and playful tips inviting women to write essays for a contest amid scattered literary musings.
A collage of quips and anecdotes about household chaos faith and daily life. Includes a tale of a furnace blaze a preacher’s omelet analogy jokes about marriage artists and jelly beans showing a light humorous newspaper brief style with various dated lighthearted lines.
A reader protests censorship by a conductor on what to write and rails at trials of authors. The piece contrasts Shakespeare and others with defiant lines about postwar honors, recalling Verdun and battles as the Knights and archers receive no laurels.
A collection of humorous vignettes features Little Bob begging his mother for money to buy chocolate, a preacher filing for divorce over popcorn kernels spilled in bed, and a suburbanite seeking a late train return. The snippets showcase quirky, quotable city life with everyday irritations and small conflicts.
Cecil B. DeMille directs The Road To Yesterday at the Fox Theatre featuring a replica K-4 locomotive over 80 feet long crashing into a Pullman car. The catastrophe is staged with safety and photographic precision by DeMille and Jeanie MacPherson, with Beulah Dix. The cast includes Joseph Schildkraut Jetta Gondal William Boyd Vera Reynolds Julia Faye Trixie Friganza and Casson Ferguson.
A Washington community note lists Mr and Mrs John Work visiting the Charles Schiebel home on Sunday. Several Kephart family members, Bertha and Beatrice, along with others, attended church services at Sam Baker’s and visited various Kephart households over the weekend.
Clarinda Albert M. of Marysville Missouri was severely injured and three companions suffered minor injuries in an automobile accident near Shambaugh yesterday.
Crawfordsville R R 2 hosts a successful Journal dinner with 125 attendees and a lively program. Local families travel, visit, and reunions are listed, including tours from Wayland and Kalamazoo, plus farm and leisure updates across the neighborhood.
H W Luers attended the Pleasant Plain picnic on Saturday while Kerman recalled attending school there decades ago. A fine rain refreshed corn though no damage occurred. The Epworth League held a social in the church basement Friday with strong attendance and an enjoyable program. George Breitenbach of Washington passed through town Thursday. Residents reminisce about firecrackers startling horses years ago near the store as a vendor unloaded eggs and cream.
Chicago resident Mr. Lloyd Miller visits the John Powell home. Many neighbors host visitors including Arthur Romine family, Walter Mayer family, Bury Henderson and others. Local social ties feature frequent calls and Sunday visits among residents such as Romine, Bell, Feckley, Stoutner, and Gretter households.
Guido Gabicelli, Bologna native and Italian poet, died 1276. Dante calls him father of Italian Poets in the Purge torio. A Ghibelline, he was banished from Bologna in 1274.
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