Startling Contrast on Integrity and Transgression
Historical note on Proverbs 11 3 and its contrast between upright character guiding conduct and the ruin facing sinners. The line emphasizes moral accountability and consequence in personal behavior.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1928
Page
4
The Rebel by Terry Hatten
The speaker rejects the office routine and yearns to roam. He describes grinding at an office desk with fifty others, longs for distant roads, cities, stars, and nights in deserts and Mexican towns. The speaker vows to be gone when spring skies turn blue, leaving behind tools of writing and work.
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Terry Hatten
Ivory Keys
End of School Year Reflections and Humble Poems
A montage of school memories and future reflection shares quotes from Professor Daniel W. Lewis about sacrificing present fun for a better fifty year future. It blends nostalgic verses about the old swimming hole with quips on weddings travel and politics from various papers.
Daily Lessons In English: Word Averted
W. L. Gordos presents a daily English lesson focusing on usage and pronunciation. The piece defines AVERTED as turned away from or prevented and provides examples and guidance to improve vocabulary.
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W. L. Gordos
Build your today as foundation for a happy future
The passage urges shaping present actions to endure future satisfaction and usefulness. It argues that by planning today one can reach old age with fulfillment, hoping to be able to say this is the happiest period of life. It emphasizes timely effort over inevitable decay.
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Daniel W. Lewis
Voltaire
Paradise
Poor Old China and the Starving Millions
The piece argues China suffers civil war and mass starvation with ten million destitute in Shandong and two to three million roaming or starving. It urges charitable contributions to aid starving Chinese and notes the difficulty of relief, hoping humanity avoids further emergencies, possibly only by strong action.
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China
Letter from DeWitt Observer Published for By The Way
A reader letter from the DeWitt Observer is printed by By The Way for contributors. The missive discusses common concerns and encourages community involvement.
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By the Way
The
DeWitt Observer
DeWitt Observer Hell Box party to open May 25
A yearbook of Iowa writers and readers gathers for the DeWitt Observer Hell Box third annual party May 25 in DeWitt Community Hall. Notables include Tex Grantham and Axel Christensen with reservations from Don Farran and Kay Stone. Open forum dinner at 6 30 pm features awards for top contributors and a chance to meet Iowa poets and writers.
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DeWitt Observer
DeWitt
H. A
Tex” Grantham
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Republican
Iowa
Don Farran
Sadie Fuller Seagrave
Kay Stone
E. Leslie Spaulding
William C. Stevens
Axel Christensen
Christensen
Iowa Mutual
de Witt
Tarxi Yellow Cab Call Line Advertisement
An old classified style entry invites readers to call a taxi service, listing a phone number and signaling rapid dispatch. The terse note reflects a mid century urban transit ad brief with emphasis on accessibility and contact.
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Tarxi
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