A Love Feast Proverb Quotation Featured
A Thanksgiving style adage is presented from Proverbs 15 17 noting that a meal of herbs with love is better than a feast with hatred.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1925
Page
4
Thanksgiving Day note from The Journal
The Journal says it will publish a noon edition on Thanksgiving Day and suspend further editions for feasting and football. The message expresses gratitude for living in the United States and reflects on a hundred fifty years of American citizenry and achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Journal
United States
Weary Willie by Walt Mason Portrait of a Hobos Struggle
A poem detailing Weary Willie the hobo facing autumn gales and harsh judgment. The speaker condemns idleness while highlighting the bleak life of the man wandering, shunned by society, hoping for charity or shelter as he endures cold nights and social scorn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Tie
Harvest Thanksgiving Message on Humility and Shared Prosperity
A local reflection urges gratitude not for personal gain but for communal opportunity. The author contrasts self righteous pride with thankful hearts grounded in human sympathy and tolerance, noting harvest time as a yearly reminder of ample chances for all.
Thanksgiving Proclamations and Moral Progress
The article discusses presidential and gubernatorial Thanksgiving proclamations urging Americans to express gratitude and to translate material wealth into moral and spiritual growth. It cites President Coolidge’s call to progress in both material and ethical realms, warning against hollow thanks without transformation of society and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
United States
Coolidge
Prosperity and moral progress urged by The Baptist
A Baptist remark argues that nations fail when prosperity becomes material, urging the United States to transform wealth into moral and spiritual progress. It warns against worshiping riches and calls for extending commonwealth benefits to erase social disadvantages for all citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
United States
Commonwealth
The Knockout at Fox Theatre Stars Milton Sills and John Philip Kolk
Milton Sills headlines The Knockout at the Fox Theatre with John Philip Kolk as the lumber camp boss in a Canadian woods prize fight tale. Sills dominates as the pugilist while Kolk endures heavy blows and a battered ear in a tense, strenuous production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Sills
John Philip Kolk
Sills
Fox Theatre
Kolk
Heman
Cochel Named Managing Editor of Weekly Kansas City Star
W A Cochel of Kansas City appointed managing editor of the Weekly Kansas City Star to succeed Dr Henry J Waters who died three weeks ago. Cochel, field representative of the American Short Horn Breeders Association, is well known in midwestern agricultural circles and will assume duties today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
W. A. Cochel
Centerville-Ten Mine Imprisons Ponies After Fire
Forty mine ponies at Centerville Ten will be confined in a shaft for 40 days following a Thursday fire. The animals are reported safe and will be fed and watered during confinement.
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Centerville
Daily Lessons In English By W. L. Gordon
A compact notice on daily lessons by W. L. Gordon focusing on misused words mispronunciation and misspellings. It highlights guidance on pronunciation for really misused words and urges vocabulary growth with today’s word GENIAL defined as kindly and sympathetic.
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W. L. Gordon
Thanksgiving Pranks and Household Woes From Ainsworth
A humorous reminiscence from Ainsworth Iowa recounts Thanksgiving mischief. A husband hides a live gag using a mouse trap and cheese under his wife’s pillow, triggering a stinky wake up when the trap releases. The tale ends with the couple living apart in a distant city and a light plea for pardon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony
Hubby
Local chatter references Grinnell and Nashington papers
A gossiping excerpt notes Glenn Barclay's father asked if Grinnell has a newspaper in Nashington. It mentions two newspapers and a post office, plus a vaudeville joke about town newspapers. A Los Angeles maid peers into an elevator shaft while it moves. A grammar joke about pronouns ends with a triangle misdirection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Glenn Barclay
Nashington
Los Angeles
A Born Fisherman Too Exhausted to Do Anything
A reflective verse about fatigue yet a stubborn resolve to fish remains. The speaker lists weariness in many activities and ends with a promise to set and fish despite tiredness. The tone blends weariness and persistence in a brief personal meditation.
Morning Grapefruit Contest Ends in Accusation
A Nebraska Northwestern line operator reports a collision after a misplaced switch. A passenger calls it an acid test moment as a husband assaults his wife, and the report notes the operator failed to reach the office on time.
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Sam Kellogg
Northwestern Line
Nebraska
Mule tender on crutches boasts skill despite mishap
Emanuel Jackson, a mule tender, limps in on crutches and jokes that a new mule has challenged his reputation. A friend praises his skill while noting the morning mishap.
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Emanuel Jackson
Kmanuel
Nighttime Song Bird Disturbs Neighbors in Quiet Apt
A resident reports a loud female song bird screaming in an apartment at 2am. The incident prompts neighbors to call for quiet and possible measures. No injuries or crimes reported.
Why Vegetables Cost More and The First Secret
A collage of quips and jokes from a 1920s page. A farmer explains rising prices by listing the botanical zoological and chemical names involved. A humorous line about a secret within marriage hints at debt worry. An optimist with one arm jokes about removing a shirt cuff.
Counterfeit Claim Tangles Restaurant Cashier Exchange
A diner confronts a cashier claiming a counterfeit bill while disputing the salad and meal in a terse restaurant scene. No additional verification details are provided.
Mouse Trap Delays Morning Routine
A domestic moment recalls a mouse caught in a trap as the wife asks John to remove it before he heads to work. The brief scene captures a common household delay and morning routine frustration.
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John
Underwood’s Short Sketches On Trust And Family
A duo of quick quips and exchanges hinges on trust and family roles. A grocer’s deal decides a father’s acceptance, while a bearded lady joke and child’s remark reveal social and familial dynamics in sharp, humorous lines.
Distinction Student Writes Letter About a Requisition
A witty exchange highlights tension as a Distinction student drafts a letter to his father about a requisition. The dialogue riffs on fitting a “full dress” and a convulsive moment, while a Police Station Sergeant questions a habitual visitor about lingering letters.
Devoted Spouse Questions Morning Publication
A correspondent quips about the paper’s policy and wonders if the newspaper will publish in the morning. The exchange features a devoted spouse praising the bold stance and challenging the timing of the next issue.
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George
Doctor jokes about appendix surgery gains light humor
A patient quips about an operation, saying it felt like the doctor removed their entire table of contents. The remark uses playful hyperbole to convey surprise at the extent of the procedure.
Southeast seeks funds to buy Smoky Mountains region
North Carolina Tennessee and Virginia push to raise money for a Shenandoah area chunk of the Great Smoky Mountains and part of the Blue Ridge in Western North Carolina Eastern Tennessee and the Shenandoah region. Funds backed by state legislatures aim to present the land to the federal government for national park status.
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Asheville
N. C
North Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Great Smoky Mountains
Blue Ridge
Shenandoah
Secretary of Interior
Federal Park Commission
Bankers Trust Acquires Security Trust Banking Business
Des Moines based Bankers Trust Company buys the banking business of Security Trust and Savings Bank, assuming deposits of 400000 dollars. Security Trust will continue as an investment company under the same umbrella.
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Des Moines
Bankers Trust Company
Security Trust and Savings Bank
Louisvilles Margaret Morarti Saves Clarence Agnew Again
Margaret Morarti of Louisville prevented a confrontation when Clarence Agnew failed to produce football tickets. The incident involved Agnew missing a three time return, with Morarti's intervention averting trouble.
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Louisville
Margaret Morarti
Clarence Agnew
Akron Plans Large Dirigible Development With Zeppelin Ties
Akron hosts 14 German Zeppelin officials to form Goodyear Zeppelin Corp. plans for the GZ-1 dirigible, a 900 foot long airship with 6,900,000 cubic feet gas capacity and 5,000 horsepower. The craft would carry 100 passengers and fly New York to London in 48 to 64 hours.
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Zeppelin Works
Zeppelin
Pians
New York
London
Jacob H. Klein
Los Angeles
Navy
Lakehurst
N. J
Goodyear-Zeppelin
Prehistoric Flappers Hide Ears and Thighs in Ancient Mexico
In Mevico about 10 000 years ago flappers concealed ears with large jade discs and stretched thigh lines to achieve a legged effect. Dean Byron Cummings, University of Arizona archaeology professor, reports these fashion notes from excavations in the pyramid of Culhuacan, 12 miles south of Mexico City.
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Tucson
Ariz
Mevico
Byron Cummings
University of Arizona
Pyramid of
Culuilco
Mexico City
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BY Walt Mason
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Cochel
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Ainsworth, Ia
Underwood
Sara
Toga
Akron, O
Akron
Friedrichshafen
Ths
Zepelin
Germany
Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Fredrichshafen
Goodyear Z Limny
Ernest Ayand
Lehmann
Karl Arnstein
Zeppelin Building Corporation
Friedrichehofen
Captain Lehmann
Hugo Eckener
Harry Vissering
Chicago
G. M. Stadelman
P. W. Litchfield
L. H. Orr Land Co
Fr. & M. Bank Bldg
R. R. Breese
Ambussance Service
Patet
U.S. Pat
Southern Coal&coke Co.,cin.o
John Shields & Sons
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