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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1925
Page
4
The verse presents Jesus declaring I am the resurrection and the life offering belief in him as the path beyond death. It emphasizes eternal life through faith and the promise that believers shall not die in spiritual terms.
A critic surveys The Nation as a self styled independent weekly, arguing its disdain for Main Street religion and politics while claiming it represents a superior minority. It notes the publication’s aim to grow subscribers despite portraying ordinary efforts as flawed.
A humorous verse critique of consumer credit and debt. The speaker recalls buying on credit despite admonitions from family, facing misfortune as payments mount. He loses work after a harsh lesson and endures mishaps tied to a costly pipe organ bought on installment.
A critique of National and similar periodicals as detached from everyday reality. The author argues writers miss practical living when lecturing on justice, wages, and national unity, urging compromise with ordinary household life to govern the larger world.
Kansas hotel commissioner Phil E. Zimmerman notes only Kansas and Florida have dedicated hotel commissions created by law in 1913. He lists twenty states with partial hotel regulation by health or utility boards, not dedicated bodies, including Minnesota Washington Wisconsin Alabama and more.
Mother Elk recounts elk life from shedding antlers in March to regrowth by September. Father Elk recalls youthful combat nights and fond memories of wild lands, while stressing change and adaptation from zoo life to new surroundings. The tale blends mythic animal lore with lessons on belief and resilience.
A mother explains to Billy what a permanent wave is while admiring her sister's hairstyle. Billy expresses a wish for a permanent bath and puzzlingly misspeaks about a "per tuaneat bath" as he shows curiosity about the invention.
A short, humorous exchange unfolds with a conductor asking the age of a young boy and noting a chin cut. Madam replies the boy is seven, and explains the cut occurred while shaving that morning.
Fragmentary line shows a speaker asking Robert about a prior action and mentions attending church with someone named Rand who paid for both. The readable text is garbled and lacks clear event or context. No definitive names, dates, or locations can be confirmed from the fragment.
A collage of reminiscences and humorous lines from a 1920s page features weather talk for blanket sales, child door training, bedtime stories, travel queries, love poems, license notices, and comic bits. It includes casual notes on bearers and quotes about walkers and ships, with names like Sarah Hillen and John Hare appearing among the varied items.
A letter to the editor discusses West Chester's hobby of milking and culling hens, exploring whether hens could supply small families cheaper than goats. The writer critiques rising costs of cars and fuel, sharing a neighbor’s struggles with an old Ford and daily expenses.
A playful verse fragment links love to an onion and a tulip, noting taste and longing. It ponders why some truths or adages shift with time and hints at stubborn wrangles behind every will.
Readers debate a dollar prize for a humor item about a hail storm at West Chester. Mrs. Sandy Hook is praised for her article while Tony Coetray is urged to be excluded. The scene in the Journal office features shouts and a call to supporters.
Mrs John Taylor visits at the Frank Taylor home. Mr and Mrs Jake Shrader spent Saturday at the Loren Horton home in Washington. Mrs Henry Ramsey and son Ed win of Des Moines spent Thursday at the John Shebeck home. Mrs P P Graber's mother visited from Illinois. Mrs Victor Neiswanger of Chicago stopped to visit at the Frank Taylor home en route from California, visiting her parents.
Mrs Grace C Haworth 69 attends Harvard summer school oldest of 2500 students expresses pride in completing secondary education and teaching at a public school for 49 years She criticizes campus smoking by young women and says she will retire next year to pursue welfare work.
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