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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1925
Page
4
A devotional note cites John 11 25 26 where Jesus proclaims I am the resurrection and the life and promises eternal life to believers. It presents a concise meditation on faith beyond death.
A reader letter from John G. Cooper of Ohio questions who drives efforts to undermine prohibition enforcement. He cites liquor transport, Quebec beer and liquor growth, stock spikes, and pre prohibition bootlegging to argue against licensed beverages and raise concerns about safety on trains with drunken engineers.
Ailing traveler dies and is laid to rest without identifying markers. Neighbors urge action to locate his relatives, noting the sadness of unknown kin and the need to give the deceased a traceable, respectful burial. No clues about his name or origins are found in the fragment.
A vocal critique questions prohibition's impact on crime economy and democracy. The piece argues enforcement preserves order and prosperity, citing saloons, drafts, and social ills. It notes Perry, the Thirty First Annual meeting of the Women's Home Missionary Society starts today.
A reader notes common misuses and mispronunciations. It highlights benefits of daily word study and illustrates obtuse with a blunt example while listing synonyms such as friendly affable and cordial.
A lively old clipping recalls an Armistice night and Lincoln birthday crowds with Iowa Corn Song verses collected from Mrs. Eather Condit and John Lytle. It notes festive flags, a chorus about Iowa, and comic quips from workers and diners alongside a temperate cautionary motto about temptation.
The dialogue jokes about a statue or bust for a man who created toy balloons. A Dutch girl wearing wooden shoes is teased as a safety device in the exchange.
Thanks to Ann Louise of Crawfordsville for the chorus of the Iowa Corn Song and other By-the-way material. A playful definition of a Ford uses a spark coil gas oil tin board and a little assembly to describe the car.
An An Bosterter staying at the Palms hotel in Los Angeles quips about there being no palms in sight. A fellow guest replies that the staff will prove otherwise when guests depart. The excerpt also includes quips about dress, a butter filling task, and a stray remark on safety zones marked in white paint.
A fragmentary newspaper page mixes an ironic jab at pink pajama artistry with a brief note on a minor in Indiana barred from mine work. It then lists football results from Associated Press games across Iowa towns and colleges, showing scores for Washington, Muscatine, Keokuk, Ottumwa, and others, including Des Moines and Notre Dame reserves.
A terse note records a sequence of events with rising thresholds and a halt on beer. It mentions an additional five hundred and a prohibition on sending post cards, signaling a policy or situation change.
A playful collection of quips and odd claims from a bygone era. Jokes touch on a teacher and a bee, fashion in a harem, a hockey string joke, porch climbers, cigarette nostalgia, and a bizarre hair catching method.
Exchan ge remark recalls a neighbor who sent away and received lily bulbs last spring. Now she grows a row of garlic in front of her rose bushes as a simple garden tip.
Philadelphia police hunted a maniac suspected of three strangulations since October 15. Lena Weiner was found by her 13 year old daughter, Ola McCoy and Mary Murray were slain in their homes last weekend, all deaths linked by similar circumstances.
Collier Moore, First National star, filmed a shower-bath scene forty miles from Barstow California for The Desert Flower. A cold northerly wind blasted a burlap shelter as Moore, step-daughter of a railroad foreman, battled the desert chill. The Fox Theatre engagement ends tonight.
Harold Toyd offers a humorous look at a freshman desperate for popularity. The film shows his charm and folly as upperclassmen ride the joke, ending with a sudden wild turn. Lloyd carries the laughs in this last Graham engagement tonight.
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