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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1925
Page
4
A Bible Thought for Today excerpt cites Deuteronomy 10 12 urging Israel to fear walk love and serve the Lord with all heart and soul. The passage frames devotion as the essential divine requirement for believers.
The Journal invites residents to submit photos for a pictorial twenty fifth anniversary edition. It seeks home pictures with parent and child names for possible inclusion. About fifty baby pictures are already received and the paper asks for more, promising wide publication and low cost.
A periodical argues that the most damaging thefts are not armed robberies but mail theft. It asserts millions of dollars are stolen annually through U S mail channels, surpassing gun and dynamite crimes in impact.
A verse by Walt Mason extols reciprocal kindness. Helping others yields unseen rewards, as a donor may later need aid or encounter the same aid in return, whether the recipient is hungry, ill, or in trouble, and Providence notes the debt.
A warning notes that fraudulent mail operators swindle billions yearly by luring victims with glittering promises. The con artists move after each fraud, evading detection, and legal technicalities help guilty parties escape. The message: avoid mail offers and recognize there is no easy path to riches. success requires hard work.
Young Americans build rubber powered toy airplanes to race at Mitchell Field New York October 9 and 10 under the National Aeronautic Association contest Mulvihill Model Trophy offers eight prizes from 200 to 10. Sixty contestants max with 40 inch wingspan and egg beater powered propulsion. Chicago's Robert V Jaros won last year at Dayton.
One thousand midwest city engineers have been invited to Des Moines for the thirty first annual convention of the American Society for Municipal Improvement. The event runs October 26 to 29, with 50 exhibitor booths planned in the convention hotel ballroom showcasing city supplies such as paving materials fire prevention gear playground equipment street lighting devices and sanitation equipment.
In Dublin on Aug 30 the Free State government announced a three year program to upgrade 1500 miles of Ireland's trunk roads at a cost near 20 million dollars. The aim is to extend road life to eight to ten years and limit laden weight of new motor lorries to nine tons while requiring horse drawn vehicles to use wheels with wide rims.
The first international Olympic games for working classes ran five days in the new Frankfort Stadium drawing over 250000 spectators. About 2000 Germans and 1600 foreigners from Finland Czechoslovakia Austria France Belgium Italy England Yugoslavia Poland and Portugal competed. A Finnish women’s team set a new 400 metres relay world record at 51.3 seconds.
Manila reports 1924 infant mortality rose to 167.04 per 1000 live births, above the five year average of 165.72, while overall death rate fell to 15.48 per 1000. Births declined to 25.47 per 1000, and marriages dropped to 10.44 per 1000.
Coe college announces fall term faculty changes. Dr. Kk. M. Eriksson becomes history professor succeeding S. G. Pattison. Prof. F. L. Fitzpatrick takes over duties after T. H. Bissonette's resignation. Chemistry vacancies filled by G. M. Quamn Lucien Hunt due to F. C. Mortensen's resignation and B. H. Peterson's extended leave. Lois Doolittle replaces Anna Neuberger on leave. Alfred Meyers joins mathematics. Alex C. Robbie returns from leave. Major Bowers Davis succeeds C. T. Titus in military science. Bert Jenkins shifts to full time physical education.
Mr. and Mrs. Lynx discuss their Canada origin and the comfortable life in the zoo. They admire their fur, ears, and slippers, note safety from theft, and contrast wild life with zoo confinement while appreciating their dressed appearance and safety from harm.
A mother asks Edwin to divide an apple with his sister Margie. He asks what honorably means and learns the divider should give the smaller piece to Margie, then Margie offers to divide to be fair.
Betty and Jean declare no boys may join their play house with dolls and dishes in hand. Jack counters that running a house without a man to pay bills will be a hard task.
Children are urged to be polite during a bishop's visit while a playful question about baptizing new kittens arises. The moment blends reverence with lighthearted banter as the congregation weighs spiritual duties and domestic curiosity.
A crowded page mix features jokes about frost danger and dinner cake, lurid vaudeville hints, a safety quip about crossing tracks, a spoof police notebook, and playful exchanges between Rastus and Sam. It recycles ribbing on marriage, bachelor life, and domestic quirks with sharp, period humor.
A collection of humorous quotes from newspapers in different cities notes that owls and hawks are wiser than hunters. The verses joke about humans failing to recognize danger and poke fun at social freedoms and conformity in a light editorial tone.
A physician claiming to cure laziness has few patients. A man asks, then jokes about a barber shaving mishap when a mouse ran across the floor, highlighting lighthearted local whimsy.
The speaker laments being unable to embody a villain due to being too overweight. He imagines plotting dramatic theatrics a nemesis might use but confesses he cannot act on those impulses. The verse ends with a humorous self‑deprecation about his own physique.
A nervous beginner asks for two theater tickets at the box office. He hesitates and confirms the show date, then reveals the outing is planned for a night out with Alice.
An essay on personal liberty argues democracy rests on free choice while condemning public drunkenness and nuisance behavior. The author critiques limits on speech and conduct, debating where liberties end and harm begins in public life.
A damaged verse fragment presents a surreal scene where Alma offers a sweet, Harry consumes it, and an angelic hum calls him away. The text hints at a fablelike moral and a refrain urging Harry to come.
President Coolidge endorses plans for the third observance of Golden Rule Sunday on December 6. He cites reports of fifty countries observing last year and sixty five expected this year, urging Americans to serve an orphanage meal and donate to Near East Relief for war and famine orphans.
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