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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1920
Page
9
Nicholas Murray Butler, famed as a budget specialist and educator, emerges as a leading presidential possibility amid Iowa Society attention. The piece traces his early career, links to Theodore Roosevelt, and the powerful cross currents in Republican and Democratic circles over his potential nomination and national impact.
Budget for the next financial year is set at 1 330 214 557 dollars. Iowa leaders include Rev BH J Lockwood and J P Wallace among others. The movement began in New York on December 17 1918 to unify evangelical work across North America. A five year budget of 1 330 314 557 dollars follows an ongoing spiritual campaign with surveys across Iowa and a finance drive from April to May.
Des Moines Iowa district leaders for the Interchurch World Movement campaign were selected by 30 denominational and county chairmen at a meeting at the Y M C A and St John s Lutheran Church. Appointments cover Cedar Valley Osage Fort Dodge Marshalltown Waterloo Muscatine Des Moines Council Bluffs and others with county meetings planned April 6 to 9. Dr H R Best said churches must carry on after the war to honor soldiers and Interchurch acts as an executive committee serving thirty denominations.
Rev. A Fulton of Des Moines is named head of the stewardship department for the Interchurch World Movement to enlist business men in church work. He has appointed county chairmen across Iowa, while state offices move from Omaha to Des Moines on April first under Dr H R Best to unify departments. Dr John Earl of Des Moines College endorses the movement and urges denomination cooperation.
The Rev Henry Roberts Carson archdeacon of the Protestant Episcopal church in the canal zone has long guided spiritual progress for workers there. He recalls fever-ridden days, founding and moving churches with camps, and notes ongoing service to lepers at Holy Comfort mission on the west coast where about 80 patients, including children, receive weekly services.
American women grow more beautiful, says Howard Chandler Christy on the 22nd anniversary of his study of American women. He asserts they will continue progressing in beauty, becoming more bewitching, with beauty as an art and Americans leading in the arts and business.
Detroit News notes philatelists celebrate a rising wave of new stamps as nations transform after empires. Czecho Slovakia issues charming designs while Togo Slavia, Hungary, Estonia, Livonia, Ukrainia, and Poland launch multiple varieties, expanding collecting options and novelty for enthusiasts.
A Chicago Tribune item tells of Leroy who spent all his allowance on fireworks and tries to borrow 10 rents from his more cautious brother Bart. Leroy offers to repay 11 cents, justifying the extra cent as war tax, illustrating a child’s playful grasp of interest.
A fragment from the Birmingham Age-Herald features a woman recalling that she married against her parents and friends wishes. The lines hint at social pressure and the satisfaction others feel in saying I told you so, with a wry, conversational tone. This item reads like a brief humor or quotation snippet in a newspaper page.
The Marina scene features a tense exchange as The Holy Terror reportedly advances with a prayer book in one hand and a bomb in the other. A Returning Soldier defends a man named Indy against belittlement, while a Lady questions the assertions amid the confrontation.
An exchange questions a claim that a woman cannot reason to a conclusion. The dialogue hints at provocative gender challenges and sly wit as participants press for proof.
Dr. EB D Ball of Iowa State College leads a state wide effort to eliminate common barberry which harbors wheat rust. He notes urban removal is complete and crews will target rural areas to nip any sprouts. L L Rhodes oversees crews as in previous year. Story County is already barberry free.
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