Not Faithful in Mammon A Righteous Question
A medieval fragment questions faithfulness to the unrighteous mammon and poses a double inquiry about commitment and moral duty. The dated note anchors the text to a liturgical or moralizing discourse.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1929
Page
4
A medieval fragment questions faithfulness to the unrighteous mammon and poses a double inquiry about commitment and moral duty. The dated note anchors the text to a liturgical or moralizing discourse.
The piece blends a devotional plea to remember the needy with a critique of censorship in Boston. It cites a prayer to aid the poor and warn against judgment while noting the Watch and Ward Society’s enforcement and editorials on banning works like Strange Interlude.
The text recalls childhood hives treatment with purgatives like castor oil and epsom salts to expel offending foods. It notes some people suffer frequent outbreaks and struggles to identify causes. It mentions an early vaccine approach attempted on small skin scratches.
A 12 year old girl, sister to another child, refuses to help her mother who insists on gathering a handful of stems. The exchange includes a blunt retort from the girl and reflects family tension during a harvest task.
The article explains how hives relate to food allergy and describes avoiding triggering proteins. It suggests a mild elimination diet, delaying forbidden items after symptoms subside, and using simple antiseptic washes like carbolic or benzoic acid solutions for immediate skin relief.
A columnist urges thorough reform of college athletics citing the Carnegie report. He suggests ticketed access for players, players furnishing their own uniforms, box seat pricing, field upkeep fees paid by players, and teams supplying the football to end subsidizing athletics. The piece argues these changes would reduce favoritism, speed games, and clear gate receipts.
A collection of brief quotes from public figures and writers on patriotism work female politics and social norms. The remarks cover constitutional fidelity workplace success perceptions of women in government and shifts in societal roles attributed to leaders and commentators.
A playful column notes Premier MacDonald found a Lincoln bed joke in Lincoln, Washington misses a world series, a Marion Ohio preacher performs magic feats, and John Coolidges receive electric toasters. It mentions kids craving candy, a new school in Iowa, a freshman’s coat, Honolulu restaurant’s native dish bumuhumuunkuakaakapuas, and a girl nicknamed Exit reflecting relationship quirks.
Johns Hopkins University was incorporated on August 24 1867 and opened for instruction in September 1874 marking the establishment of its early educational program and institutional founding.
Daily notes describe usage tips and misuses for words like We realized versus We obtained. The featured term DIVERGENT is defined as tending to spread out from one point with example sentence about opinions. The page promotes vocabulary growth by mastering a single new word daily.
Abe Martin reports Mrs. Lile Kite sought a hat and accessories for an egg plant outfit and was taken to the insane asylum today. The column adds a quip about pawpaws not being plentiful as a light aside.
A Brighton homemaking party surprised Mrs. Wilkins with a carend dish supper Tuesday. Attendees listed include Mrs. Kientz Lamanski Fleak Brier Tracy and others. District K P convention at Fairfield drew Tib Mortimore Homer Brown Frank Hudson Dean Johnson Floyd Spiel man Ralph Mann and Eugene Mann who aimed for Page rank. Brighton will host the 1980 district meeting as eight counties and nineteen lodges participate. A formal opening of the new Foris store is planned this Saturday with Alcorn and H L Spencer present. Several residents reported illnesses and travel notes including Ed Shepherds foot injury Donald Edmonds tonsillitis and George Madden’s improving condition. Mrs. Myrtle Anderson moved to the Wash LaMotte property.
The record notes a pre 1728 publication in the United States titled Public Occurrences issued in 1690 as a small quarto newspaper, marking an early instance of colonial press activity.
Red Cross workers arrange picnics theater visits dances and card parties for disabled veterans and sick service men in government hospitals nationwide. In 1929 national staff and chapters handled 12 104 mental cases monthly 20 352 recreation events and supported 38 987 men and families monthly.
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