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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1931
Page
4
A compact devotional note presents Jeremiah 31 3 in old style phrasing The Lord declares eternal love and drawn believers with loving kindness The piece blends scripture with a reflective spiritual mood for readers seeking daily inspiration
The Cotton Surplus story pits Huey Long Ross Sterling Theodore Bilbo and Alfalfa Bill Murray in sharp verbal clashes over cotton policy. Sterling faces cotton growers backing Long while dodging blame for excess supply as Bilbo vows action in forty million hells and questions drop a crop plans impact. The piece highlights the cultural rhetoric of southern leaders amid agricultural strain and national administration critique.
The Journal thanks Moyer Brothers of Conesville for a sixty one pound prize winning watermelon. It was displayed in the front office and earned first honors at the Columbus Junction fair during the fall festival. The brothers specialize in Schockier melons and are praised as fine fruit growers.
Mrs AL Anderson reports on Isaac Goldbere's September American Mercury piece The Uses of Amateur Playing praising home performers for loving the great works. He argues Americans underplay personal music making, cites early training as key, and urges parents to foster home musical atmosphere to cultivate a new generation of amateur players for a stronger performing public.
The writer describes a Montana to Portland trip dated September 14 1207 noting fatigue on the second day and passengers improvising songs on the train. He praises emerald waters and scenic beauty while passing through barren Bad Lands toward Missoula and mentions Mrs J A Moai and a brief encounter in town.
Read by Mary Maxine Humston, the piece shares a playful memory of discovering what Cream is lately, with a lively train journey narrative through Spokane and Seattle. It mentions PEO Society figures, a reception, and reflections on quiet, faithful preaching from a mother whose sons become preachers.
Omitted text discusses trust as a noun and reliance, noting misused verbs and frequent misspellings. It references common errors with six vowels and cautions against using have after hi. The fragment promises guidance on correct usage and spelling.
The writer notes the column missing its regular conductor after illness. Norman sails to Drake and Dave heads to Cambridge. A gift titled Biography of AL Capone delights a mother, while football looms as the season’s centerpiece for both college and high school teams with high enthusiasm.
A reflective column quotes memories of football and basketball, Christmas and New Year’s, growing up through school to adulthood, and the endless cycle of life. It laments aging, celebrates music and youth, and invites readers to contribute wit and learning to the column.
News notes Wolfe assists Wallace school and Myrtle Macon in third grade pay matters. Miss Margaret Livingston may attend Evay re and Western University. Catharine Hull will pursue speech pathology at the University of Minnesota. Josephine Hull continues university work in Town City. A road collision near Columbus Junction involved Herman Drinkall driving car No 63, brakes failed. I Hupp of Batavia, previously in an auto crash, was released to go home Friday.
Olden study materials discuss the dispute at Antioch on whether Gentile converts must keep Mosaic law. Paul and Barnabas confront Jewish legalists, leading to a Jerusalem council decision that Gentiles are accepted by faith, with guidance to abstain from certain practices.
West Chester schools will dismiss early on Wednesday and Thursday for a fall festival. Birth of a daughter announced for Mr and Mrs Walter Scranton of Paila Village Connecticut. Mrs Frank Mailara visiting Mason City Louisiana. Mrs Paul Delong recovering from ty fever. other local remarks on residents.
Katharine Faring plots to reclaim the missing Russian gems after Frank Severn’s murder at Monksilver and Jim Wynter finances a gamble with Milly Grayson and Bill Grayson. Wynter and Sant follow cobweb clues and a panelled wall as they hunt the jewels. Katharine weighs selling the rubies to cover debts while awaiting a resolution.
In West Chester several buyers purchased Howe comfort ranges from a traveling salesman who recently toured the area. A weekly outdoor motion picture series drew local interest as it began its run in nearby towns. Rev O L Allison will move to West Chester within a week to assume the local Methodist pastorate, while Rev and Mrs Robins plan to relocate Thursday to Eldon for the same church. Local residents offered best wishes and small home items for their new residence.
A fragmentary item mentions the Wisteria club on a Wednesday afternoon and jumbles names and places. It references Lynn Harold Hough, Lotty Ann Mount Aconcagua on the Argentine border in South America, noting a peak with KOM feet above sea level and Mount McKinley in Alaska as a high point, then cites PNM feet above sea level as the highest peak in the territory not under United States jurisdiction.
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