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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1929
Page
4
A July 12 1920 Bible Thought for Today reflects on Matthew 6 19 21. It contrasts earthly wealth with heavenly treasure noting moth rust and theft cannot corrupt or steal where true riches lie in heaven.
A group including Leona Allen and Mrs. Eaton describe touring a New England light house. They climb the narrow stairs, view the sea, and camp on rocky shores with a glowing kerosene lamp, fog horns, and vivid seaside impressions.
A scattered reminiscence recalls an April Fool joke at school that made Theo Helen Logan laugh, with plans to contribute more tales to the Journal. Other fragments describe beach days under mother’s supervision, winter seas, and a wartime political mood with calls for Cuba’s independence amid a nation not yet ready for war.
Middle Amana with about 200 residents shows a peculiar birth record pattern. Between March 18, 1926, and May 24, 1929, all fifteen children born there were poor. The sequence ends with a girl born on May 24 in North English Record.
Word study aims to grow vocabulary by mastering one term daily. Today's focus is aspiration defined as a yearling desire for something higher or better. She has lofty aspirations.
A collage of quirky items and questions from a By The Way column. It riffs on vine wrapped mail boxes, a Stude bakers trunk joke, phone conversation gibes, and stray puzzles with readers invited to solve the flower puzzle and related humor.
Dave Elder describes visiting Maria Jiminez at San Ildefonso and Santa Clara pueblos. He observes María and her husband shaping pottery and explains the traditional craft, village layout, and the impressive display of wares by many indigenous women as they approach a visiting car.
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