Our Inheritance The Lord Knows the Upright
A devotional note citing Psalm 37 18 declares the Lord knows the days of the upright and assures their permanent inheritance. The verse emphasizes divine foresight and lasting reward for faithful living.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1931
Page
4
A devotional note citing Psalm 37 18 declares the Lord knows the days of the upright and assures their permanent inheritance. The verse emphasizes divine foresight and lasting reward for faithful living.
A poem describes a cat on a porch singing and purring until a dog chases it around the house. The cat arches her back, hisses, and climbs an apple tree to escape the pursuer.
A northern visitor finds Arkansas older than Washington as the party tours Cane Hill Fayetteville Siloam Springs and the Ozarks. They note ancient ruins a fifty foot water wheel and drought and flood signs while reflecting on poverty literacy and hillbillies and hopeful reform through mobility and radio.
A chatty school column notes a junior college graduating class near a favored placement for the section. David Masson arrives home from a theater trip and quips about not staying for Lincoln. The page includes humorous puzzles, weather jokes, a poem about youth, and a playful spoof about life after school with mock tips and reflections on school days.
A first grade writer Evelyn Meek shares a family anecdote from her grandpa’s farm. The tale centers on a cup of milk deemed sour by a boy, with cautious laughter as the adults debate freshness.
Adrian Welte shows improvement while Merritt Reiner rests at home with his sister in Davenport. Frank Friese, once a local resident, is critically ill in Kalona. Celia Strabla visits Letonia relatives as Charles Votruba begins interior painting of Z C B J hall ahead of June 4 dance by Al Benda. Public school closes with a picnic and eighth graders Harold Prebyl, Carol Saforek and Simon Mast. Mrs Mabel Chez Stagner teaches. Some corn replanted due to cold spell. Mr and Mrs Leo J Keifer listed.
Jean and June served as callers in Cedar Rapids Thursday. A large crowd attended Holy Trinity school's closing exercises at the Casino hall Sunday night. Some locals traveled to view the pipeline gang at work southeast of town Sunday afternoon.
Gerald Ellis of Spikard Missouri is visiting Mr and Mrs M W Ellis. Mr and Mrs B G Whisley and baby of Eliopolis Illinois visited yesterday with his brother and wife Mr and Mrs P F Whisler. B G Whis ley coaches high school athletics at Eliopolis and the family were en route to Tingley Iowa to visit his father and her parents.
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