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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1928
Page
4
An OCR fragment from a 1928 page presents a religious verse citation from Proverbs 11 9 and a dated header May 17 1928. The line warns that deception harms neighbors while knowledge brings deliverance, framed as moral guidance.
A reflective verse commits to a positive resolution to live without complaint. The speaker vows to forsake grumbling about neighbors greed and fear, embracing duty, praise-worthy sights, hidden beauties, and contentment on personal paths.
A daily English lesson excerpt defines fidelity as faithfulness to duty or obligation and loyalty. It cites an example about a wife whose unselfish fidelity was not appreciated.
A concise aphorism from the Pittsburgh Red Triangle urging self-improvement over envy. The text rejects denigrating rivals and promotes focusing on one’s own merit and beauty in all conditions.
Senator Capper claims the budget system cuts interest by a million dollars a day, a yearly per person saving of about 36.50. He notes 17 billion dollars paid on debt since 1917, much of it from American pockets, and cites small saver examples like 3 million yards of canvass saved by removing a blue stripe and wholesale paper clip buys totaling 3280 dollars as proof.
A reflective piece notes rain arriving when needed and sunshine following, easing dusty roads. It mentions a Texas college girl feeling superior, a street incident where a driver claims they will read about a knocked down man in the papers, and a remark on temper improving with time.
A collage of lighthearted By The Way material including witty exchanges, stray gags, and character sketches. It features a tramp’s rug theft joke, a playful take on deceit, a barber quip, and classroom dialogue about the Declaration of Independence and oysters.
A novice driver, a schoolteacher, runs a red signal on Broad Street. The traffic officer questions her, but she explains she mistook the raised hand as a prompt to stop and ask a question.
A collage of newspaper quips and poems on road safety from varied papers. Quotes urge pedestrians to be seen and not hurt and motorists to brake, with pithy witticisms about traffic jams and emergencies. A New Mexico Salvo letter notes roses are red, violets are.
Mrs BE W Spessard reports Cristina Ross seven year old granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Will Ross near Keota is in very serious condition with complications and anxious about her treatment at Iowa City Children’s Hospital. Also reports lumberman Mr Sackett has been transferred.
Mr Platt arrives as new man for Tama area. Sackett takes possession on the first week. Miss Cruise and Miss Richardson, former Tama high teachers, visiting the Eden home. Mrs J J Fitzgerald visiting daughter in the country. Miss Corrine Martin of Oskaloosa to wed Raymond Buckley of Des Moines on May 20 in Oskaloosa. They will live in Des Moines where Buckley works in a office supply firm. Martina Neal recovering well after brain tumor operation, families rejoice. Ainsworth area reports two heavy rainfalls Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Woman's Missionary society of the Presbyterian church holds a May breakfast and regular meeting Friday morning at the home of Mrs. L. S. Patterson. Breakfast arrivals are requested by 9 o'clock while attendees for the meeting only should arrive by 9 45.
J T Matthew announces candidacy for a second term as County Auditor citing the will of Republican voters in the upcoming primaries.
The stage hypnotist known as the man who makes millions think appears at 8 45 PM in a practical psychology act using fifteen locals in the audience and on stage. Lionel Barrymore stars in The Thirteenth Hour at the New Graham Theatre as a mysterious professor, in a Metro Goldwyn Mayer mystery drama shown tonight only.
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