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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1929
Page
4
A brief daily devotion presents a concise reflection on faith and daily conduct. The note emphasizes personal growth through simple, steady prayer and mindful choices aligned with biblical insight. This edition offers a moment of spiritual encouragement for readers.
A fragmented reminiscence blends prayer for a shy child named Fanny with a wish for a merry go round in the sky. The piece shifts to morning birds along Coppock highway, noting their chatter and curious questions about bird language and city noises like woodpeckers.
A fragment lists notes on misused terms such as eldest versus oldest and elder, contrasts old versus oldest siblings, and includes pronunciation hints for infamous and a sample on consonant sounds with a daily word conce. The text resembles a lexicon card with several teaching snippets and phonetic tips.
A boy says teachers seem to have eyes in the back of their heads after a school incident. Art Donovan can claim a 50 cent prize if he visits the Journal office with or without clothes. Younger readers earned 50 cents for funny submissions while older ones shared a tale of a pupil named Millard Lawrence who tried to nab a dime from Miss Atkins desk.
The article notes Uncle Sam received 80109.58 from debtors on June 15 as nations including Britain Italy Germany Hungary Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia Lithuania repay loans. It explains the loans funded postwar relief and asserts debtors must repay externally borrowed funds to restore financial balance.
A garbled clippings montage mixes jokes about a barrister called to the church and training for ministry, a clergyman working under sun with cap off, and snippets from campus life. It mentions a lawyer’s income, immature pranks, a tale of a tenderfoot near the Rio Grande, alchemy of work and brains, a professor's daughter, and student banter about hats, divorce, and improving grades.
A collage of quotes and scenes from daily life appears as a miscellaneous local column. The piece moves through morning routines, family dynamics, a few humorous bits, and brief notices from Rubio and Davenport Iowa, including a memorial. It mentions Mrs C B Morgan, her family, and a June gathering on a Rubio farm.
Mrs Leghorn Sharp spoke on The By ways of Europe before the Art Embroidery Club noting that she met more Swiss in Switzerland than in any other country. The audience recalled old pretensions about buying liver for a cat.
County officials and Police Chief Jat Davenport moved to prevent interference with operating machines after Atkinson warned that machines would be destroyed if not stopped.
Atkinson argued that destitution and the senate of the mac ies would violate both the United States constitutions. Judge Char. Kena. Dewey granted the sanction in federal court here.
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