Bible Thought for Today Monday October 29 1928
A brief devotional note titled Bible Thought for Today appears for Monday October 29 1928. The item presents a reflective biblical meditation intended for daily inspiration.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1928
Page
3
The Owl Scandal Pamphlet Attacks Fall in Oil Fraud Tale
An unnamed reader leaves a pamphlet accusing Albert B. Fall of leading a fraud that stole oil reserves meant for wartime use. Basil Manly portrays Fall as the chief criminal, with Doheny and Sinclair paying him, while criticizing cabinet colleagues and the Republican party for their alleged complicity and negligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basil Manly
United States
Albert B. Fall
Doheny
Sinclair
Fall
Journal
Republican Party
Department of the Interior
Prohibition’s Impact on Labor and Wages
Dr. Arthur Feiler discusses American prohibition arguing it curbs drinking, saves wages, and strengthens worker sobriety. He cites improved efficiency and higher earnings as key social gains and notes economists link production growth and postwar prosperity to prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Feiler
Frankfurter Zeitung
America
Daily Lessons in English Word Usage Practice
Daily notes teach correct usage and pronunciation of common misused words. It highlights mispronunciations like incredulity and explains spellings such as languor, noting syllable sounds and accent patterns. The daily item defines the word resigned as submissive and yielding, illustrated by the phrase he became resigned to growing infirmities.
Prohibition Gains Broad Support Across Employers and Workers
A wide range of large employers and workers organizations now back prohibition. They argue it sustains wealth and productivity, raises wages, and boosts purchasing power. Saloons gave way to shops, breweries shifted to canned goods and ice products, and overall alcohol consumption has fallen as private and public life increasingly abstains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Chicago Is America
Howard Willard extols Chicago as symbolic of American greatness. The piece hails Chicago as the nation’s premier railroad hub, grain market, meat production center, lumber supply, and vast agricultural machinery market, arguing Chicago embodies America’s abundance and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Willard
Woman's Home Companion
America
New York
San Francisco
New Orleans
Boston
Washington
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Los Angeles
Liverpool
Vienna
Fez
Philadelphia
Chicago
High wages shape milk market costs and distribution
The Secretary of Agriculture argues high wages raise farm to consumer costs in milk, noting the farmer earns about six cents per quart while multiple intermediaries, coolers, and transport services add value. He stresses capital in stations, rail, bottling, and delivery must be maintained to keep milk available and sanitary, despite wage pressures. He closes by correcting a quoted sentence about a flapper to reflect responsible speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
Sunday Reading Snippets and Portraits From a Busy Page
A collage of thoughts and vignettes from a Sunday reading. The pieces range from a wartime royal hospital visit and a noble act of compassion to literary fragments, oddities, and a humorous elevator encounter, all tied by reflections on life and memory.
Wants a Nice Girl To Mend Me Aged Blues
The speaker laments lifelong singleness and seeks a reliable partner with domestic skills. He jokes about preferring a blonde but would accept a brunette, expressing a wish for a girl who can provide moral support, household chores, and companionship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suerly
An Optimist’s Dipeicoaulty in Smoke
The poem contrasts cheerful optimists who urge brightness with the gloom of a smoke filled room. Tears flow as the stove smokes and the speaker questions if optimism truly helps when trials flare. A refrain urges using a stove that is smoking a few times to test resilience.
Ad copy and verse snippets from a 19th century newspaper page
A collage of fragments includes a dramatic line about forgetting to stop at the top floor, a nameless narrator addressing a woman about love and life, and a lyric about wind and sea. It also features a matrimonial agency advertisement from Mrs. Hal Carpenter in Troy Pennsylvania promising marriage-boosting outcomes and a playful verse asking who pumps the pumpkins up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Carpenter
Troy
Pennsylvania
Half a Bride Opens at Fox with Esther Ralston
Esther Ralston captivates in Paramount's Half a Bride a timely drama on companionate marriage. The film follows a 21 year old woman who pursues thrills, marries impulsively, is separated by her father, and later seeks self discovery aboard a yacht and on a desert island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Ralston
Fox Theatre
Paramount
John Gilbert Shines as Cossack Hero in The Cossacks
John Gilbert delivers a swashbuckling yet lyric Lukashka in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s The Cossacks at the New Graham Theatre. The production builds a full town for its dramatic Russian steppe setting with a father son conflict and a tender romance, supported by Renee Adoree and Frances Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gilbert
Vronsky
Bardelys
Gilbert
Lukashka
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Steppes
Graham Theatre
Renee Adoree
Frances Marion
George Hill
Four Die In Sioux City Weekend Auto Accidents
Four persons were killed and three seriously injured in weekend automobile accidents in Sioux City Iowa. Mr and Mrs J Griggs of West Chester were in Washington Saturday shopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
West Chester
Washington
Political Meetings In County Taxation Discussion
A series of political meetings will be held in West Chester Richmond and Crawfordsville with A J Johnson and Sam T Donahey discussing County taxation. The events occur Monday October 29 at eight, Tuesday October 20 at eight, and Wednesday October at eight respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Richmond
Crawfordsville
A. J. Johnson
Sam T. Donahey
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