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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1926
Page
4
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A devotional quote from Mark 8 34 35 urges readers to deny themselves take up their cross and follow Christ. It contrasts saving life with losing it for the gospel noting true life comes through self surrender.
The county committee backed road improvements but the plan failed at the poll. Voters remain cautious about cost and prefer a broad county approach with minimal expense while considering paving main roads. Illinois examples and automobile tax bond ideas influence Iowa's road discussion.
This item presents a vocabulary note about the word integral meaning constituting a whole and complete. It uses an example about a board of directors to illustrate an integral part of the administration.
Iowa lawmakers face a choice between personal property taxes and autoist funded bonds. Proponents argue motorists already pay for good roads through gasoline and automobile taxes, while critics say current laws permit profit while roads remain poor.
Yesterday's primary produced a voter turnout around one third of eligible residents. Party lines blurred in the senatorial race as many Democrats supported Brookhart, signaling a protest movement. The shift demoralizes Cummins while boosting Brookhart, with regular Republicanism facing a perilous political future amid unsettled demand.
Anna Q Nilsson plays the leading female role in Frank Lloyds The Splendid Road at the Fox Theatre. Born in Ystad Sweden she came to America at eight to visit an aunt and was educated in New York City. Her first professional work was modeling for noted artists including Beckwith Fisher Dana Underwood Stanlaws and others.
The Swedish actress known as the Penrhyn Stanlaws girl decades featured on magazine covers and in Kalem pictures for four years. She became the first free lance star after Regeneration. Her filmography includes Inez of Hollywood Broadway After Dark Top o the World Isle of Lost Ships The Spoilers Adams Rib Sideshow of Life Flowing Gold. Also noted is the Swedish House of Nobles 300th anniversary ceremonies.
Biographer notes Shelley and his wife endured unhappy travels in Italy with Rome Naples and Vesuvius in view. Thoughts turned to England and London as friends remained distant, until a reunion with Fred Thompson on campus revived joy and memories of old ties.
A collage of items mixes election reactions and light humor with quotes on photographers, a college alumni picnic in California, a college alumnae and D.A.R. picnic note, and a playful exchange about a writing machine. It also notes a fluoride on a turtle and a census style fact about Ohio city workers and women's representation. Electric companies serve over 16 million U S customers.
The note outlines a June 26 Saturday gathering with a menu featuring potato salad deviled eggs and pickled beets. It mentions the Journal providing ice cream and instructs attendees to come prepared to tell a story or use the park chute.
A wry verse and courtroom line mix satire on farmers and honesty. The poem jokes about carefree farmers troubled by wives and pests, then shifts to a judge scene where a prisoner says it takes little to please him before sentence.
The writer lists preferred papers from several states and laments the Washington Evening Journal arrives three days late. They decline the peeknik invitation due to prior picnic commitments in Kentucky Illinois Wisconsin and Colorado and regional gatherings in Rocky Ford.
A 1926 Western Newspaper Union report explains animal hibernation from a medical view. It contrasts continuous and interrupted hibernation and notes species like bears badgers and skunks entering deep unconscious dormancy with slowed heart rate respiration and no food or water.
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