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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1929
Page
4
A Bible Thought for Today notes Jesus full of the Holy Spirit returning from Jordan led by the Spirit into the wilderness for forty days of temptation. He endured hunger after fasting as described in Luke 4 1 2.
The Journal announces a new accident policy offered with subscriptions. It covers automobile or train travel and farm accidents. Readers are urged to visit the Journal office for details and enrollment.
The World Series concluded with an astonishing upset as the Cubs failed to clinch and record-breaking moments marked the finale. Local fans voiced pride yet faced a dramatic end to the season with surprising results and thrilling turns.
A nostalgic verse by Dr. S. P. Telford from September 30 1929 urges parents to recall their own youth during Halloween pranks. It argues that today’s youths are hardly wilder than past generations and counsels restraint and empathy toward young revelers.
A ten year old recalls inviting many girl friends to a birthday party and the income from a table, describing a personal childhood event with nostalgic tone. The fragment hints at a social gathering and the narrator's perspective on a birthday celebration.
The Chicago Cubs failed to seize control as Lind dominated and Philadelphia’s team edged the Athletics in a 10 to 8 decision. Writers credited Philadelphia’s stronger play and suggested the home side showed world champion potential, while Cubs’ misfortune tilted momentum toward the visitors.
A nostalgicpiece extols Iowa City views from McLaughlin hill and No 1 viaduct praising Washingtons first impression from the west. It weaves in quirky lines about English writers, wordplay and local humor, ending with a note on a baseball game at 2 50.
Local residents remark on a repaint of a neighborhood fillin station, joking it resembles a Sitka Alaska Indian five and ten. Mrs Ike Lark laments feeling lost without her late grandpa's fly swatter.
The Journal announces a $1,000 accident policy for subscribers. Applications can be made in the Journal office or through a Journal representative. Policies issued to those who pay one dollar plus a six month new subscription or six month renewal.
Cambridge Mass. Professor Emeritus Charles Rockwell Lanman of Harvard has kept fit by rowing an 11 foot shell on the Charles River for 49 years. He estimates he has propelled his craft about 8000 miles.
In Alliance Nebraska Charles M Fricke a railroad switchman appeared in the streets to deny a telegraphic report from Omaha that he had been killed in an airplane crash in the city He contradicted the claim and stated he was alive and well.
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