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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1931
Page
4
A religious text invokes Matthew 6 24 stating that no person can serve both God and mammon. The quote asserts conflicting loyalties and the impossibility of dual masters.
A poem contrasts two temples built by a builder and a teacher. The builder's structure decays while the teacher's unseen creation, a child's immortal soul, endures through ages. The piece credits an anonymous author and highlights enduring vs visible labor.
In Underhill Vermont the narrator and Jack Connell discuss a day’s firing at Tent 13. Nelson Kimball proposes a penny pool on a fly paper tally hung by the cook shack, then Homer-like mishaps with a horse named Crazy John near the river unfold as the Kinney Farm hosts a friendly gathering with soldiers and pastries.
A letter from Rex Hesseltine recalls a shy moment involving his little brother who misread a sister cutting soap as cabbage. The incident sparked laughter as the boy sought the cabbage heart amid the family exchange.
A soldier narrator visits Mrs Kinney’s farm house at Underhill for blueberry pies and milk. Soldiers arrive, games and music spill onto the porch as dusk falls, with books and a Longfellow tale among the intimate, detached scenes of military life and nostalgia.
A young couple planning marriage at the Columbus Junction fair will set up a well furnished home. The Journal list includes a wash tub, suitable for planting geraniums or use as a fish pond.
A reader notes common misuses and PRONUNCIATIONS. The entry highlights stay versus stop in St. Louis and chorus pronunciation. It defines admonish as to reprove gently but seriously and cites an example sentence.
Wellman reports a large Maplecrest Turkey Farm tour on Saturday sponsored by Arthur C. Gingerich. Sixty four cars carried about 275 people visiting turkey farms in Iowa and neighboring states Illinois Minnesota Nebraska and Wisconsin. A noon turkey dinner and an evening program followed at Wellman High School with speakers from Town State College and University of Minnesota among others.
The best playthings for children are those offering engaging occupa tions like building sweeping and saoon. To help a child learn to care for toys and books, provide open shelves placed low enough for easy reach.
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