Bible Thought for Today Thanksgiving Reflection 1925
On Thanksgiving Day the reader is urged to count blessings and bless the Lord for forgiveness, healing, redemption, kindness, and renewed youth as Psalm 103 praises divine benefits and mercy.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1925
Page
4
Beat the Junction and the Call of Competition
A reflective piece urges beating the Junction as a symbol of progress. The author links competition to innovation from labor-saving devices to civilization’s advance, fearing a loss of zest if opportunity is removed. The prose blends modern drive with a nostalgic verse on heritage and home.
Aviation expert Mitchell leaves $10000 to jilted girl
A Los Angeles man who nearly escaped misfortune left ten thousand dollars to the girl who rejected him. The aviation expert, known for his stoic attitude, did not complain about being misquoted.
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Los Angeles
Mitchell
Gloom and Boom in Punktown Rumors of Recession Loom
The poem portrays Punktown as booming with factories humming and wages high, while warning that heavy spending and past hardship could lead to a bust. It contrasts hopeful prosperity with the fate of spendthrift behavior and looming financial danger for workers and landlords alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punktown
Busted
Diverse pursuits mirror ambition across a community
The passage sketches a spectrum of individuals pursuing varied goals from art and science to politics and sport. It highlights painting, conversation, research, leadership, writing, swimming, and singing as outlets for personal ambition within a shared social landscape.
Charmed Hour and Festal Day in Nature's Cycle
Poem excerpt extolling seasonal change and divine presence through wind, weather, and harvest. The text celebrates God moving through the year, prosperity in autumn fields, and a family home kept sanctified by song and prayer.
United Presbyterian Ladies Hold Sale In Ainsworth
The United Presbyterian Ladies in Ainsworth Iowa held a fancy work and eatables sale Tuesday in the Legion hall raising close to 196 dollars. Marian Anderson of Chicago visited N J Walker home Tuesday. Women’s Foreign Missionary society met at the M E church with a report of the Maysville Missouri branch. Thirty five ladies attended and a pot luck noon meal followed. Out of town guests included Mrs Bowers Barker Thomas Alice Rownd Mrs Will Jones J H Genkinger of Washington Mrs M E Hayes Crawfordsville Mrs A J Williamson Wapello and Ivah Armstrong home from Des Moines due to her daughter’s appendicitis operation. David Anwyll brought many good looking girls from Washington to the sale and noted he brought his wife at noon. Mrs Wm Simkins and Mrs J J Fitzgerald returned from Cedar Falls after visiting their son and daughter in school there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Iowa
United Presbyterian
Legion Hall
Marian Anderson
Chicago
N. J. Walker
Womens Foreign Missionary Society
M. E. Church
Maysville
Williamson
Bowers
Barker
Thomas
Alice Rownd
Will Jones
J. H. Genkinger
Ivah Armstrong
Des Moines
David Anwyll
Washington
United Presbyterian Sale
Wm. Simkins
J. J. Fitzgerald
Cedar Falls
Cultuur for Coffee Java's Cultivation System
The passage explains the Cultuur system in the Dutch Indies era where government controlled coffee cultivation in Java and Sumatra. Coffee was bought by the government and aged in storage for mellowing. overseers received bonuses for top quality. The program ended around 1918 to 1918.
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Java
Sumatra
Netherlands Indies
New York Times
New Invention Detects Eye Defects From Photographs
A novel device uses photographs to reveal eye defects. The method claims faster screening and potential early diagnosis, with testing underway to assess accuracy and practicality for medical use.
Thanksgiving Mood From Farm to City This Year
A breezy Thanksgiving feature recalls rural charm and family feasts that brighten cold days. Narration blends seasonal imagery, jokes, and reflections on traditions from oyster dressing to holiday meals and community goodwill.
Humorous Farm Tales From By The Way Column
A reader shares light anecdotes from farm life including a Mrs Me joke with a bride impersonation and a ghost prank on visiting boys. Another tale recalls a razor back hog slipping through a hollow log in a stake and rider fence, provoking laughs and practical jokes.
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O.K
Decline of Oratory Critiqued in Times Satire
The piece laments the decline of rhetoric in contemporary times and laments the inability to gauge a speaker’s worth until after death, reflecting on the gap between praise and real achievement.
By The Way Excerpt Notes Humble Blessing At Meal
A boy at our house offered the evening blessing and humorously asked to be laid down to sleep to avoid praying twice that night. The scene shifts to a salesperson in a jewelry store urging customers to take the elevator to the third floor for diamond rings.
Community Notes From Wayne Wayne Area
Mr and Mrs Charles Chrissinger spent Thursday in Burlington Lawrence Krantz visited his parents in Wayne Wayne while husking corn near Gaesburg Illinois Many residents attended the congregational church bazaar and supper in Olds Nellie Krantz returned from the Havenstein home where she worked two weeks Mr and Mrs George Marr and daughter Florence visited Frank Sands near Ainsworth Curley Davidson of Columbus Junction visited Clarence Moorhead Sol Stevenson of Des Moines was in the neighborhood Ed Curtis Mrs Roy Johnston and Nellie Krantz are sick Blanche Messer helped with Roy Johnston’s housework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne
Charles Chrissinger
Burlington
Lawrence Krantz
John Krantz
Lawrence
Gaesburg
Ilinois
Olds
Nellie Krantz
Sam Havenstein
George Marr
Florence
Frank Sands
Ainsworth
Curley Davidson
Columbus Junction
Clarence
Camphor Forests Grow from Vast Tree Girths
Fragmentary notes describe camphor production from enormous trees. The text cites a tree with a twelve foot girth, suggesting forest wealth and potential value around five thousand dollars. The passage emphasizes global demand and raw material significance.
Keep in Reddiness A Stitch I Fine Suven Fine
A terse note stresses care in mending clothes. It argues that proper stitching reduces labor and liability from poor repairs, asserting the best mending benefits all involved.
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Suven
McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets Ad
Frail children can gain strength quickly with McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets. Useful after illness or suspected rickets, they replace unpleasant cod liver oil while promising flesh gain. Sold by J. E. Lemmon or any druggist, 60 tablets for 60 cents. money back if not satisfied.
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J. E. Lemmon
Daily English Lessons: Word Usage And Vocabulary Practice
W L Gordon presents brief guidance on subject verb agreement with committee, pronunciation tips, misspellings, and a daily word study habit. Today's focus covers truth and related terms, encouraging mastery through one new word daily and noting an irate glance as a sample reaction.
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Glence
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