The Only Way I Am the Way Truth and Life
A fragment states a biblical assertion from John 14 6 declaring Jesus as the exclusive path to God and eternal life.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1925
Page
4
A fragment states a biblical assertion from John 14 6 declaring Jesus as the exclusive path to God and eternal life.
The piece notes a campaign by Ad Clubs to clean advertising, while asserting advertisers control copy. It mentions laws against misrepresentation and critics accusing newspapers of similar misdeeds in advertising, though often overlooked due to lack of material signs.
The piece contrasts Walt Mason's plea for using wealth to help humanity with critics who call his plan a fraud. It satirizes sensational newspaper advertising lines and mocks self serving boasts across professions, arguing for truthful, legitimate ads and warns against inflated claims.
John Richard Bauer born October 26 1921 in West Chester Iowa died September 27 1925 in Washington Iowa aged nearly four years. He leaves grieving parents a little brother and many relatives and friends. He was frail and susceptible to disease yet loved by all who knew him. His brief life is recalled in gentle memories and playful sayings.
A reflective piece compares a dewy rose petal to a child’s life, likening spark of life to a passing sunrise. It speaks of borrowed hope and a heavenward kingdom, then envisions laying rose buds on a green tent on the hill as years pass.
A collage of quips and verse from By the Way features humorous notes from New Salem and local observations. Readers encounter a bootleg tale, a bowling law joke, medical gaffes, poetry bids, hair bobbing praise, a Bible brace, wartime history, moral observations, and light social humor on work, hospitals, and domestic life.
A fragmented quip laden scene shows a man mocked for being raised in a barn causing tears and reconciliation as another keeps a sobbing tone. A Mrs Brown overhears a joke about religion and a husband buying a Ford.
The passage notes physical strength varies by activity, mentions rowing on a hot lake, a diner order of strawberry shortcake and the joke about missing strawberries, a quip on nerve, and a reference to Dante and the saxophone’s invention. The tone is playful and observational.
In Birmingham the shift from plantation life to urban work erodes the South's traditional Negro spiritual harmony. Industrial progress and land fragmentation have scattered singers, though Tuskegee Institute strives to keep the song tradition alive by fostering glee club performances and teaching new generations.
A devotional fragment urging readers to view heaven as the destination and life as a pilgrimage. It frames earthly afflictions as a divinely allowed course of discipline guiding the soul toward ultimate home.
Critics praise a rare cotton field harmony described as near perfect reproduction of traditional Negro spirituals and improvisations. Fisk and Hampton leaders have urged preservation as music lovers fear this art may fade. Fifty black workers in one field are said to perform a unique program of song chant and chat ter.
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