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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1922
Page
7
Local items from New Haven detail cattle shipments to Chicago, visits among neighbors, and community events. Families like Statler, McKinstry, Smith, Sheets, and Carpenter appear in dinners, visits, and gatherings. The column notes cooler weather, corn husker shortages, election night supper plans, and evangelistic meetings at Cornell Tl. It finishes with a cranberry preparation method from the Delineator.
Coppock Oct 16 social chatter lists Mr and Mrs John Hesser and sons Dale and Glenn callers in Wayland. Dold and Gookin families share meals and attend events. Zelpha Hesser visits Wayland. D O Davison buys a new Ford truck. Gookin attends Mt Pleasant teachers meeting. Nicola family moving to a farm near Wayland. Paul Nichols visits Burlington.
Mrs W E Logan and son Clarence from Washington attended church at Crawfordsville with the Clyde Maxwell home Saturday night and Sunday. Delbert Maxwell had a painful ankle injury when a horse fell and his foot was caught tearing muscles. he walks crutch-assisted. A K Smith and wife visited Brighton Sunday. Jugenheimer family visited John McCall Sunday. Henry Witting and wife went to Iowa City Saturday for dental work. Paul Maxwell returned from Kenyon Minnesota where he worked in a cannery for his uncle. John McCall installed a new water tank Monday.
Ainsworth reports the first message over the new school radio phone delivered Saturday afternoon with clear reports from two football games. Mrs Marshall Edmonson nursed a sore nose and blackened eyes after last Thursday crash when steering wheel failed and Mr Edmonson drove into a ditch. Other car occupants unharmed. Mr William Simpkins to take possession of the M L Miller home.
Washington date line details a push by the International Fixed Calendar League for a 13 month year with 28 day months and an annual year day. Proponents cite historical edits by Caesar and Gregory XIII and argue the plan would simplify dates, aid agriculture and finance, and standardize holidays worldwide.
A concise aphorism attributed to Cobbett notes independence stems from minimal needs rather than vast wealth. It emphasizes self sufficiency through modest desires as the key to true freedom.
Lesson for October 22 on Luke 4 1 13 shows Jesus tempted in Judean wilderness by Satan in three forms hunger dominion and testing God and ends with Christ's defense It underscores that Christ overcomes temptation through scripture and that believers likewise triumph by trusting God's Word.
The excerpt contrasts being superior or inferior in others’ eyes with behavior and speech. It quotes Greville on status, Hebrews 11 through 2 1, and Leviticus on keeping Sabbaths and revering the sanctuary, concluding with a citation style mix.
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