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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1929
Page
4
Correspondent notes Columbus Junction's fall festival presents free acts drawing crowds. The event showcases community energy with performances and local participation amid the year's celebration.
William Sink sold twenty head of dairy cattle at auction in Columbus Junction on Saturday. The sale included Jere, Guernsey and Holstein cows with top price at $100. Community notices include a Grandview township farm bureau meeting September 24 at the N. V. Stineman home and a local football game for New London High School this Saturday. Church bake sale, Royal Neighbors potluck, and Farm Bureau program details are listed along with club activities and speakers for Monday evening.
The eleven disciples travel to a Galilean mountain where they meet Jesus. They worship him while some doubt remains, reflecting mixed reactions to the risen Christ. The passage emphasizes faith amid uncertainty and the restorative encounter.
A devotional piece extols autumn harvest gifts and gratitude to the Lord for sun and rain shaping a bountiful year. It calls readers to praise, count blessings, and join friends in thanksgiving, signed by Dr S P Telford.
Congress grapples with the tariff bill as senators from lumber dairy iron steel cotton and mining regions press for protections. The piece argues every state pushes its own interests while decrying “locality centered” voting and concludes discussing Copeland of New York criticizing temperance leadership.
Goldie Carbaugh wins 59 cents for a funny dad story about a kitchen trash mishap. A reader recalls a dad tripping on a missing porch step, dumping garbage, scattering coffee grounds and breaking a soup dish while the family laughs.
A Senate outburst is read as a bid to rally wet communities in New York and other states. The piece argues for mutual respect and fair taxation without agitating across factions. It frames disputes as public display among drys and wets, urging unity and prosperity.
A mother recalls her son’s childhood ride on a rocking horse and a later goodbye. An asserted burglary tale by wind and rain follows with raindrop and door metaphor, warning of annual farm losses and stubborn doors.
A collage of light anecdotes and quips. A seven year old rejects Rockefeller’s dime, a lost liver colored dog named Jim returns home, and a narrator muses on how animals would talk. Mary Carolyn Davies imagines being an extra in a ballroom scene, while a joke about a rabbit’s foot closes the column.
Lionel Pine manager of Monarch 5 and 10 encourages his shop girls to marry, saying they work steadier and are less apt to quit. He recalls using grapes to make jelly with his man, Safe Bud, as if yesterday.
A fragment lists guidance on common usage errors and a daily vocabulary goal. It defines advocate as a verb meaning to plead in need, recommend publicly, and support, urging earnest advocacy of action.
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