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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1926
Page
5
A teaching outline links Prov 23 29 36 to temperance stressing the woes of wine drinkers. It lists bodily ills remorse quarrel wounds red eyes and the drunkard’s eventual bondage and miseries with abstinence urged as the safe path.
A detailed grid lists stations KDKA KFNF KMA KMOX KOA KYW WBBM WDAF WEAF WCCO WDAF WGY WIZ WLS WMAQ WOAW WOC WPG WQJ WRC and others with times for concerts, orchestras, dances, and talk. Highlights include New York Symphony at WEAF and Chicago programs from WGN WLS and WMAQ.
Sabbath Reading notes a sailor clinging to a rock during a shipwreck while the tide receded. The rescue prompts a joke about fear, concluding with the saying Christ is the Rock of Ages.
A saying quotes Trench noting that the fisher’s craft is more art and skill than force, in the sense of following guidance from Matthew 4 19. The remark highlights skillful technique over brute effort.
Mrs Ida Meeks reports social visits as Mr Joe Endicott and Mr and Mrs John Rath called on relatives. Schools plan Halloween program for October 29 with candy social. Several residents attend activities in Washington and Muscatine as residents help with haying, timber work, and corn cribbing.
Frances and Mable Triplet of Freemont Iowa visited grandparents Mr and Mrs George Hayes. Linger Longer club plans a Hallowe en social at Art Dawson home Friday night. Franklin Centre and Grant threshing crews completed work with poor quality grain. Charley Harley and family and Andy Augustine and family visited Will Den near Ainsworth. Winifred Carris and Catharine Coulter hosted about 20 friends at a Hard Times party with Hallowe en games and season themed refreshments. Curtis Triplet of Freemont also spent Sunday with them.
Sunday visitors included Mr. and Mrs. George Hayes and many Carris family members at the Tom Carris home. Franklin Centre school plans a mothers Hallowe'en program Friday afternoon. Tom Carris and Andy Augustine helped SD Carris saw wood last Friday. John May delivered calves for Tom Carris last week.
A fine pure French powder named MELLO-GLO from Sherman Bros. Druggists claims to control shine and perspiration. It smooths lines and pores for a natural looking complexion and invites customers to buy a box today.
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