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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1919
Page
6
Lesson outlines Psalm 19 and 1 Timothy 3 2 1 4 focusing on the law of the Lord its perfection and effects The sermon emphasizes the law as a perfect moral code turning souls toward God and righteousness The response includes a prayer for cleansing from hidden faults and guidance in speech and meditation The inspiration of Scripture is defined as God breathed and profitable for teaching reproof correction and training in righteousness
A reflective meditation on loving through disappointment. The piece argues love bears, believes, and endures faults without abandoning people. It urges steadfast hope that those who err may reform and choose good over evil.
The quote asserts that true religion is shared by humble merciful and devout people everywhere, and after death all will recognize one another despite outward differences in dress or appearance. It reflects a universalist view that livery cannot divide genuine piety.
A reflective aphorism on moral conduct urging that kindness should start when harm begins, suggesting superiority of benevolence over retaliation in moral conflict.
Iowa reports a network of woolen mills in Knoxville and Nashua supplying blankets to the navy, with dye shortages and new equipment. Des Moines college trains disabled soldiers in automobile engineering for government service. Other notes recount Jessie Field’s rural education impact, a legal appeal for Italian justice, hospital No. 26 status, Camp Dodge discharges, Scranton band trouble, and the death of Sergeant Louis R. Schroader amid the 1918 influenza era.
Mr and Mrs Claude Sharp recently relocated to Danata 5 D and report their five year old daughter Genevieve died September 9 from a rattlesnake bite she sustained while playing in an abandoned cave.
Maxwell D. Edwards, a Simpson College graduate from Indianola, sailed from New York aboard the steamship Taomfna to Assiut, Egypt, to join the faculty of Assiut College run by the United Presbyterian Church of America. The late Henry Wallace of Des Moines served on the board of directors at his time of death.
It is proper for young men from the Philippine islands to attend American colleges. Drake University in Des Moines has twelve enrolled and the state university at Iowa City expects twenty at the start of the school year next week. All church colleges have some of these students enrolled.
In Washington thousands of women including Iowa teachers take clerical posts, preferring city jobs over return to schools despite lower pay. At Camp Dodge 3500 men form the Fourth division’s nucleus for a 28000 strong unit, with Colonel W. S. Mapes set to lead the 59th Infantry after guiding the 90th Pioneers to France.
May 27, 1913 a How ard Jones an engineer on the Union Pacific and Northwestern line was killed in the yards at Council Bluffs. Frank Giudice the Malian youth was convicted and given life in Fort Madison penitentiary. Chicago attorney Carroll Gigliotte has issued a circulating pamphlet in the state urging support for the convicted man.
Donald Cullins of Sioux City nearly choked when a small toothpick lodged in his throat at dinner. The obstruction was expelled after a violent coughing fit, and his voice, once husky since a gas attack at St. Mihiel on September 12 1918, began to return.
Byron Seymour of Ames suffers a deep bite to his right hand after reaching under rubbish to clear a rat nest. The second finger is wounded to the bone and the hand is severely swollen and discolored steel gray, puzzling physicians.
A year ago last May a severe wind event swept over Floyd County, affecting communities and leaving debris in its path as residents recall the damage and disruption south of the area.
Charles City Pierson farm home demolished. Mrs Pierson lost her diamond engagement ring. After searches, the case seemed hopeless until Mr Pierson found the ring in dirt at the corn crib. The tale shifts to political and bear anecdotes with brief notes on Iowa politics.
Mrs. Frank Rutz returned this morning to Moline after visiting her sister Mrs. Frank Szayna. Kieth Vorhies of St. Louis, visiting Aunt Mrs. M Hl. Sweet, left for Brighton to visit relatives. Clarence Phillips, working with a hay baler, had it cave on his leg and now uses crutches. Mrs. Chae De Pugh and daughter Daryl left East Third Street for their Los Angeles home after six months with her parents Mr. and Mrs. FP Randall.
The article notes that Chinese music is largely transmitted orally with many famous songs surviving only in memory. Performances reflect each musician's interpretation as failures or flaws in instruments may occur and the music is handed down through generations before formal notation.
The August 1919 Board of Supervisors meeting notes show adjourned sessions, routine approvals, and numerous claims paid. B. C. Foster and others present, items include tax abatement for G. B. Manatt, miscellaneous business, and proposed adjournment.
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