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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1925

Page

4

Mercy Assured Proverb Verse Cited

A religious proverb quotation from Proverbs 28 13 appears with the heading Mercy Assured dated Monday October 26 1025. The note emphasizes confession and forsaking sins as the path to mercy.

Pictures Wanted For Washington County Pictorial Edition

The Journal seeks about fifty home, town, and country pictures for a special edition. Each picture costs the cut and owner keeps it, with typical price $1.00 to $1.50. Baby photos already into electrotyping and remaining stragglers welcome daily. Also requests historic old-time pictures related to the county.

the Journal Washington County

Where's That Beautiful Autumn in Iowa This Fall

The Journal laments the absence of expected Indian summer with foliage colors and suggests nature should run its course. The piece ends with a hopeful note that autumn may still surprise.

Iowa Nature

Rockefeller Gift Refused by Congregationalists

A Congregationalist body expresses regret for rejecting a $100000 gift from John D. Rockefeller twenty years ago. The article notes that the decision followed earlier events and reflects on consequences for the church.

John D. Rockefeller

Weathered quips and jests in a stray column

A collection of comic snippets and wry aphorisms touches on weather, sports scores, optimists and pessimists, market gripes, a classroom scene with tablets and aspirin, a failed slot machine, and a late blooming use of rouge. The tone is playful and inside jokes dominate.

Independence in Kansas Theme Appears in Conversation

A playful dialogue mix includes health quips about gargling antiseptics and influenza, golf banter about clubs and stands, and a car praise line noting Fords. The fragment ends with a burglar remark about silverware, lost amid the flow of unrelated snippets.

Rockefeller philanthropy praised for efficient benevolence

A critical piece argues against earlier Congregationalist opposition to John D Rockefeller gifts and asserts the funding aids urgent causes better without legislative debates. It claims the Rockefeller fortune, channeled through organized benevolence, yields the best possible good and reflects well on the family’s citizenship.

John D John DD Congress Dispatch Rockefeller John D.s

Fight Came First in a Quiet Village Skirmish

In a small scene a kindly elder stops two youths mid quarrel and asks for the dispute. A teen nearby clarifies with urgency that there is no argument, only fighting, and adds that tomorrow will be the real argument.

Ancient abacus use precedes Arabic numerals in Rowan era

In Rowan times, figures were not yet written as digits. Calculations relied on the abacus for counting and arithmetic. The shift to numeral figures occurred long after this period, marking a transition in mathematical practice.

Chaplin Chooses Syd Chaplin for Charley's Aunt Role

The Fox film adaptation of Charley's Aunt stars Sydney Chaplin in the title part after Charlie Chaplin urged Ideal Films to secure him. Sydney, born in Johannesburg, trained in mimicry with Charlie and forged a career in theater and early screen comedies before his Hollywood prominence.

Charlie Syd Chaplin Charley Brandon Thomas the Fox Ideal Films London Charlie Chaplin Brazil Sydney Ideal Company Christie Film Company England George Jean Nathan Sydney Chaplin Johannesburg South Africa America Karno Syd

Men Caught Between Slow Duty and Slaves of Force

Fragmentary line presents a rift between duty as a slow obligation and subjugation to coercive power, reflecting a tension in moral agency and authority. The source text hints at a philosophical contrast without clear人物 or event details.

King’s Tennis Glance Sparks Courtship and Deaths

A royal tennis mishap leads to mass panic as sixteen courtiers perish in a stampede when the king misses a ball and laments. A Michigan woman weds Charles Happy, claiming lasting happiness. A column titled Secret Ambition No 40 reflects a desire to vanish and perform chores unseen. The piece closes with a note about Shingles and a West Chester joke.

Glass Houses Should Not Throw Stones In Daily Wry

A local Missouri editor recalls a society woman with the line she “has always had many friends” while laments on tidbits of neighborhood chatter. The piece critiques vandalism and stray remarks as it passes through a West Chester Pool setting.

C Ity Nevermore John Des West Chester Pool M'ssouri Ed’tor

Cliff House in San Francisco Closes After Prohibition Decline

San Francisco the Cliff House, long a city landmark and tourist magnet perched above the ocean near the Golden Gate, has shut its doors after years of fluctuating management. The proprietors attribute the demise to the prohibition era impacts.

San Francisco Cliff House Golden Gate Seal Rocks

The CHIT House Demise and For Rent Fate

The CHIT House once a San Francisco social hub built in the 160 percent era replaced earlier burned structures. Noted for cuisine and fashionable gatherings, it hosted five presidents and drew elites as a drive between the city and its outskirts. A recent decline led to a failed restaurant coffee house phase. now for rent with talks of city purchase for an observatory park.

San

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