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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1926
Page
4
The devotional highlights God’s loving purpose in elevating Israel’s king and delivering justice. It cites 1 Kings 10 9 and emphasizes that the Lord delighted in Israel and set the king on the throne to execute judgment and justice for God’s people.
A Century of Youth's Companion marks its 100th anniversary with unchanged literary standards. The publication remains a trusted source of wholesome adventures for boys and girls, preserving classic stories like Indian Pete while adapting names and authors to new readers.
A short observer note describes an old fashioned fall with autumnal beauty as the woods display vivid colors and the season deepens.
A local observer notes the turtle dove season nearly over and warns that broader worries follow. The speaker jests that doom often begins in Hollywood before spreading elsewhere.
The passage extols autumn as nature’s most gorgeous display with varied colors. It describes a lavish fall scene where leaves provide a rich palette and many agree it is the season’s peak beauty.
The piece notes election day is one week away from Tuesday and campaigns are lively across the country. It highlights excitement in Illinois Pennsylvania and Indiana with charges and countercharges likely to echo in the next Congress session.
A collage of light verse and quips on language money politics and marriage. Bits include a meadow-lark sunrise refrain and jokes about self made men and machine made politicians a quip about a missing dog advertisement and a divorced Chicago case.
A collage of oddball lines and jokes about marriage politics religion and daily acts. Snatches reference Grandma Marie a Baptist and a Methodist playtime dates kitchen humor and a line about catching someone stealing an auto.
Guiding note on usage and pronunciation of words. Today's focus provides primitive meaning relating to origin or beginning. The excerpt frames primitive days as a narrative element.
A brief opinion notes that national cooperation could function if entities behaved more squarely. hints that leagues or alliances depend on orderly conduct and mutual restraint to avoid dulling global dynamics.
A collage of jokes and quips spans marriage funds etiquette and gender roles with lines about blondes and brunettes, a wartime Sambo tale, common proverbs, athletic feats, political advice, and a mother’s missing help, all reflecting lighthearted stereotypes and humor from a bygone era.
A large crowd gathered at the Methodist church in Crawfordsville on Thursday evening to honor Rev W G Barr his wife and the local teachers. The church was decorated with autumn foliage pumpkins and corn stalks. Families contributed dishes for a communal meal after the program which opened with an address of welcome by John Bull ers and ended with singing Blest be the tie that binds.
The event featured Rev W G Barr Quartette and several pastors including Rev FE W Griffith Rev W C Porter and Rev E W Griffith with readings by Mrs George Yeager and Samuel Donahay. After the program the audience moved to the Epworth League room for stunts, in what attendees called a very happy affair.
The Emerald Ave Presbyterian pastor Rev Richard D Hughes will host travelogues on European countries from WRBCN The schedule runs Oct 29 Your Trip Abroad through Jan 7 Paris The Queen of Cities Includes Holland Flanders Venice and Northern Italy Switzer land and a final tour of the French Alps The Knoxville congregation marks Rev E C Brooks eightieth birthday and other social notes from Columbus Junction families and visitors
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Thomas relocate from Washington to a farm in Louisa Center. Miss Gertrude Klotz visits from Manitou Col to spend time with friends before Chicago. Mrs Flora Stapp travels to Middletown Ohio to see daughters in Huntington WV and others. Rev Trevor Williams and Henry E Davis attend the Synod of Chicago meeting. A reunion at Roland Rees home draws relatives from nearby towns. Mr and Mrs Lewis Morgan of Pharr TX return after visiting relatives. Priscilla club hosts at E Newerth’s home Friday evening.
Senator Watson of Indiana firmly denies any understanding with local or national Ku Klux Klan officers. He testified before the senate campaign funds committee in his hospital room at the Methodist hospital where he is slowly recovering from injuries suffered in an automobile accident two weeks earlier.
Dr Frank Tombaugh of Burlington was elected president of the Southeast Iowa Medical Society and Burlington named as next convention city. Dr Thomas Bess of Fort Madison became vice president and Dr WW Johnston of Muscatine was named treasurer. Fifty four doctors attended the one day meeting.
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