Be Sure You Are Right Thought For Today
Daily meditation focuses on Proverbs 14 12 about the path that seems right ending in death and urges caution. The note appears in a 1938 Bible reflection section dated October 10 1938.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1923
Page
4
The Improvement League Lecture Course Appeal
The Improvement League asks residents to buy season tickets for a planned winter lecture series. They note many will only buy single tickets, need advance payment, and urge support to avoid deficits. Volunteers canvass the town to secure funding and ensure a quality program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Improvement League
Washington
ABE MARTIN On Constitution Week and War Skeptics
The piece proposes an “Ive Saw” and “Ive Seen Week” after Constitution Week. It quips that ending conflicts could come if the Red Cross shunned every nation ready to fight rather than eat, underscoring wartime sentiment with dry humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Red Cross
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason on the noon eclipse
A humorous verse recounts a total solar eclipse at noon with crowd chatter and skeptical talk about delays. The poet notes the sun resting behind the moon and praises celestial timing while critiquing human expectations and delays. The piece closes with a reflection on punctuality in life.
No four flasher can get by before the critical American audience
The passage urges buying tickets for a course offered by the ladies this year and asserts that only those with long study and talent can succeed with the critical audience. It emphasizes merit over inferior articles and promises not to disappoint.
The Air Will Not Replace Rail and Water Freight
The author argues that despite aviation progress, fundamental physics keep earthbound transport dominant. Power costs prevent airborne weight from competing with railroads and ships for freight and passenger moves. Roads will endure, while airways grow mainly for passenger travel, not freight.
Law of the Lawless tops Fox Theatre bill with star cast
Dorothy Dalton stars as a Tartar girl in The Law of the Lawless opposite Theodore Kosloff and Charles de Roche. Tully Marshall Fred Huntley and Margaret Loomis also appear as Gypsy chiefs and villagers. The story plays at the Fox Theatre Thursday and Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Dalton
Theodore Kosloff
Charles de Roche
Tully Marshall
Miss Dalton
Fred Huntley
Margaret Loomis
Lake Lost To Irrigation Across Klamath Project
Washington reports reclamation policies have erased 120 to 150 square miles of surface in the West. The missing lake lay in southern Oregon and northern California on the Klamath Reclamation project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
West
Oregon
California
Klamath
Cedar Rapids the Breakfast Food Center of the World
Cedar Rapids, Oct. 10. The city hosts the world’s largest cereal mills and independent packing plants fueled by the Quaker Oats mill and the corn products factory. The Cedar River dam powers mills, railroads, and city life as industry highlights a $97 million 1926 output with minimal layoffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ceda Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Minneapolis
Iawa
Northwest
Chamber of Commerce
Missouri River
Atlantic Ocean
National Oats Company
Corno Mills
Penick and Ford
Vy. M. Sinclair and Company
Midwest
J. G. Cherry Company
Iowa Railway and Light Company
United States
Palestine
BY THE WAY Lowe's Weekly Car and Rural Observations
The column offers light humor on modern motoring and daily life. It jokes about corn crops and nutritious cakes, quotes a Minnesota village notice, and presents pithy maxims about driving. A playful mix of editorials and rural life observations in a weekly format.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Harry Shalla
No Difference and Compliments Blur in Quirky Memoriam
A quirky notice mentions a Summer Visitor asking about a guitar with an old inhabitant replying about asthma. The obituary for Mary Ann Lowder notes she died after taking a seidlitz powder and jokes she should have waited for it to effervesce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann Lowder
Ambiguous Postmaster Letter Reading Stirs Local Talk
A fragment reports a postmaster receiving a letter addressed as Wood John Mass, with readers guessing the name and address amid school related grumbles and daily noon commutes, reflecting odd local chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood John Mass
Famous Nofs Smoking Use Kick Good Place Like Home
A witty line about staying on top requires balance and steady approach. The phrase suggests discipline and poise are needed to remain at the peak of success.
Wedding Notice in Kiowa County Kansas
From which we gather that the groom has captured something of a prize. The bride is described as wonderful and fascinating with a delightful disposition and a brilliant mind. The notice paints the couple’s future home as a paradise of enchantment and joy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiowa
Kan
Vegetable Vets Debate Cauli Flowers or Cabbages
A lively exchange pits two activists over a term. They argue whether cauli flowers are simply cabbages with bald heads, reflecting a humorous misunderstanding about vegetable naming.
Bizziness Levy and Veiled Affair in Comic Sketches
A string of humorous quips and dialog bits opens with Levy and Isaacs arguing over marital infidelity. Cohen is accused of kissing Isaacs wife, while Cohen allegedly owes money. A separate homemaker bit complains about a leaking refrigerator and a pastry of domestic woes. The piece closes with satirical riffs on golf and horseshoes by Mr. Sap Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levy
Isaacs
Cohen
Ieannece
Explaining Kosher Runes and Curving Balls
The reader muses on Kosher runes described as indescribable colors and sizes from small to large. They consider Hal Reister writing poems about Koshers and wonder if the editor promised too much territory while noting a ball’s curved path may fool a batter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Reister
Plaintiff Seeks Divorce From Eva Christy in 1923 District Case
In Washington County Iowa James Christy files for divorce alleging marriage on August 2 1914 and that Eva Christy deserted on September 26 1921 after two years separation. If Eva fails to appear by November 12 1923 District Court will enter default and render judgment. Brookhart Bros. attorneys represent the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Washington County
Iowa
James Christy
Eva Christy
Court House
Washington
Journal Want-Ads Urges Close Follow for Best Deals
readers are advised to watch the Journal Want-Ads closely to catch the best bargains and timely listings. The editorial emphasizes steady attention to classified postings for optimal purchases and opportunities.
See-Stars Jennie Lee and Robert Stars wed in Jeffersonville
See Stars Jennie Lee and Robert Stars married at Jeffersonville Indiana last week. If all the fish stories fishermen tell were true there would be no food shortage reflects a playful local note tied to their wedding in the Indiana town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Lee
Robert Stars
Jeffersonville
Ind
Health rules shared with Canton China by Manila officials
Manila health director has sent the citys sanitation and disease prevention ordinances to Cantons health commission. Dr H Pan commissioner praises Manilas regulations as among the best in the Orient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Health Commission of
Canton
China
H. Pan
Orient
Light Producing Fish from East Indies Discovered
A Banda Sea native fish glows with a pair of under eye organs. Each luminous organ houses microscopic living plants that continuously emit light day and night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banda’ S&lands
East Indies
Wanted Youth For Errands Milk And Wash Car
Short notice in Southern Pachange seeks a boy to run errands be useful and assist with milking and cleaning a motor car. Suitable for a diligent young person seeking steady work in a small town setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pachange
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Broadgate
Lemley & Dempsey
F. & M. Bank Bldg
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West Main Bt
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M. D. Blair
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T. J. Pease
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Washington Lodge
A. M
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W. M
Arthur Goodin
Cyrne Chapter
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H. P. Arthur Goodin
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J. M. Arthur Goodin
Commandery
K. T
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Belva Carris
Ralph Thompson
Damascus Shring
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Eva Mae Michels
W. HP
Susie B. Edgington
Worth Scribe
Amos
Loyal Order of Moose
Moose Hall
L. A. Littrel
Tickey
O. O. F.—Covenant Lodge
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Noble
Russell Goodin
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