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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1925
Page
4
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A devotional note based on I Corinthians 9 27 urging self discipline to avoid preaching without living by faith. The date and scripture phrase are presented as a daily inspiration for readers.
The piece traces transport from ox carts to modern vehicles and argues autocratic governments stifle progress. It credits the United States with rewarding labor and fostering individual ambition, contrasting freedom with oppression that hinders invention and growth.
ABE MARTIN notes the Coolidge administration increased postage on souvenir cards, calling it a reform. Elmer Moots, who bought a car with only 150 miles, has recovered and is back on his feet.
A humorous verse portrays a gardener plagued by neighborly animal intrusions and careless livestock. The speaker laments ruined plants and chaotic scenes as pets and farm animals trespass, venting frustration at those who ignore others' rights.
The passage laments penury in some lands while praising forebears who fought autocrats to found a land of freedom. It credits the American Revolution with expanding respect for private rights and contrasts a historic kingly lineage with the rise of leadership like rail splitter presidents.
A store window displays bulbs including hyacinths Chinese lily mare gas and electric light. The item is labeled as a complete line sign from Boston Tranmere.
A reflective poem in verse contrasts the speaker humbly admitting vast knowledge of natural truths with a single unanswerable riddle. The speaker laments salaries outpacing debt while awaiting death to reveal ultimate meaning. The verse ends with a plea for death to explain the self that remains unexplained.
In a provocative Washington Times reprint, a Paris case sees a young woman claim she killed her ill lover out of kindness. The jury absolves her, while noting kindness can be misapplied. The piece contrasts family burdens and moral duty with deadly outcomes.
The article argues that happiness and justice for all depend on human nature not civilization and warns that collectivist control of production would intensify human flaws. It asserts capitalism, with thrift and cooperation, best preserves liberty and cautions collectivism leads to a rigid regime denying individual freedom.
A patched page mixes garden talk with wit and letters. Readers discuss early planting radishes and corn, joke about tigers in Africa, and share quips on trains, dandelions, and social life in a small town.
Three gentlemen from Wales enter a Manchester tavern and request three glasses of vintage port. Each proclaims the wine the finest, with the first claiming it is the best he has tasted, the second agreeing, and the third agreeing as well in a playful exchange.
A Missouri man who drank each time he visited town paid for a year’s subscription at the office to keep his name out of the paper. After his death editors discovered he had prepaid for 213 years worth of papers. The editor offered to forward the paper if his relatives provided an address. The story also mentions a rumor that bobbed hair is fading from fashion.
A vagabond figure named Steering Wheel was seen along a railroad track riding a stick horse and carrying a slicker. The observer notes his light hair and brown mustache while he searches West Chester for a food violinist to play for a fence picnic and mentions a promised dance with Dandelion.
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