Say Not Thou I Will Recompense Evil
A terse moral admonition echoes a vow to refrain from returning evil. The line urges restraint and calls for a higher moral response rather than retaliation.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1931
Page
4
A terse moral admonition echoes a vow to refrain from returning evil. The line urges restraint and calls for a higher moral response rather than retaliation.
Ex senator Albert B. Fall of New Mexico faces imprisonment after a guilty verdict. Despite his age and illness his condition does not excuse the verdict, and his wife clings to belief in his innocence while devotion to him remains strong amid the incriminating evidence.
An elderly witness testifies that corn seems to grow faster in recent days than at any time in his life, noting the unusual rapid growth of the crop.
The piece questions public grasp of Germany's affairs and debates potential aid. It notes France’s clearer view, Germany's self-help failures, and Germany's heavy borrowing and capital outflows as the debt crisis lingers.
A reader letter complains about a mistaken newspaper description of a boy as a girl. The author insists the subject is a boy not a girl and expresses embarrassment over the error and the half dollar profit from the mistake. The letter seeks clarification on who received the fifty cents and closes with a polite sign off.
The piece weighs competing perspectives on Germany’s postwar debt crisis and France’s demand for concessions. It argues Germany bears responsibility for capital flight but also notes France’s fear may reflect genuine caution. It contrasts today’s Germany with Bismarck’s era, urging careful, sympathetic treatment and self help.
Language note explains the daily word practice with UPBRAID and misused forms. It covers upbraid definition usage and pronunciation tips, including Greenwich and post mortem spellings, plus synonyms and usage cautions.
A woman afflicted by door to door vacuum pitchmen buys the latest model after exaggerated demonstrations. A second hustler arrives claiming even more, boasting window washing and other feats, leaving her to cope with a cleaner that cannot wash windows.
Moscow reports expose a shift from traditional toys to polytechnical, socialist oriented playthings. Elders condemn old style dolls and furniture as counter revolutionary while a Moscow factory shows harsh worker conditions and low pay.
Hostess Miss Dora Saunders presided at a Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau gathering with about 25 attendees. Numerous regional residents and visitors are listed, including R. E. Helmick, J. Frain, V. Schafer, and Rev. R. K. Patterson who preached at the local Methodist Church.
In this fragmentary column Dr Frank Crane lauds dawn as energizing and hopeful while contrasting evening's fatigue. The piece weaves in home life, a rainwater milk bottle anecdote, a wartime soldier joke, and light social musings with a humorous closing on matrimony and youth in Washington.
A garbled dialogue fragment shows a chaotic telephone exchange with names and jumbled phrases. The text reads like overheard snippets of messages about staying, contributions, and a late night farewell. No clear event or outcome is detectable.
Mrs Charley Dodes hosted a party for Johnnie Dodes on his birthday July 10. Several families share visits, births and harvest help, including new babies born July 6 and July 7 to the Ash and Watson families. A week of family gatherings, threshers meeting and rain events rounds out the community update.
Kailan Mining Admin in North China reports a peaceful settlement granting miners a daily wage rise of under two cents gold, a yearly $15 silver bonus for underground workers, and a nine hour workday down from nine and a half hours.
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