French Troops Test Steel Helmets in Champagne Battle
United Press dispatch from Paris reports that French first line troops tested new steel helmets in Champagne. A wounded private notes a comrade was knocked unconscious by a shell splinter but survived, and he says head wounds dropped by about fifty percent since adoption. The piece adds a quip that soldiers use their old hats as shaving mugs and wash basins.
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United Press
Paris
Champagne
France
Chicago to enforce New Year cutoff on liquor sales
Chicago authorities announce New Year’s Eve liquor sales will be restricted with police ordered to monitor establishments selling drinks after 1 a.m. Mayor Thompson directs enforcement to prevent late tipping of the lid.
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Chicago
Thompson
Union Service and Baptist Groups Invite All
The text notes hymn singing and an address by Rev W J Peacock from the Baptist church followed by a closing devotion. At 7 pm the Christian Endeavor society and Baptist Young People's union hold a union service. Bethany Sunday School at 1420 South 9th Street meets at 2:30 with Mrs G H Bretnall as superintendent. All are invited.
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W. J. Peacock
The
Baptist Church
Christian Endeavor Society
Baptist Young People’s Union
Bethany Sunday School
South 9Th Street
G. H. Bretnall
Decision Day at First German Methodist Church
The First German Methodist Church at 7th and Ferry observes Decision Day in Sunday school at 9 15 a m with full attendance urged. Public worship follows at 10 30 a m and 7 30 p m with sermons by the pastor on what does your signature represent and the New Testament conception of sin viewed in the light of the 20th century. An offering is noted and church groups meet: Epworth League at 6 45 p m led by Miss Adeline Liebenstein W F M S with Mrs William Schwartz at 1126 South 4th St Tuesday 2 30 p m Midweek service Wednesday 7 45 p m chorus practice Thursday 8 p m led by Prof James R Kerr German school Saturday 1 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First German Methodist First German Methodist Church
7Th and Ferry Streets
John H. Klaus
Epworth League
Adeline Liebenstein
William Schwartz
South 4Th St
James R. Kerr
Union Services Planned By Willam John Peacock
Due to heating repairs no services will be held at the First Baptist Church this Sunday. The church will merge all services with First Congregational Church and follow Congregational order. Brotherhood class meets at 10 at the Y. M. C. A. Primary children use the Congregational room. Mr. Peacock speaks at 6:00 on The Guild of the Great Teacher. A union meeting of the two young peoples societies follows at 7:00.
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First Baptist Church
Willam John Peacock
First Congregational Church
Congregational Church
Rowlison
Brotherhood
Peacock
Guild of the Great Teacher
Advent Services At St Johns Reformed Ek Vornholt Leads
St Johns Reformed church at Market and Fourth streets Ek. Vornholt, pastor, conducts German divine service at 10:30 a.m. English service at 7:30 p.m. Y. P. 8S. meets at 7 p.m. Sunday school at 9:15 a.m. Advent messages focus on So, come in the Roll of the Book it is Written of me Psalm 40 8 and Come Ye Disconsolate where ere Ye Languish
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St. John’s Reformed Church
Market and
Fourth Streets
Vornholt
Holy Trinity English Lutheran Church Weekly Schedule
Holy Trinity English Lutheran church at West Ave and Ferry St lists Rev J J S Rumbarger as pastor. Morning service at 10 45 Sunday school 9 39 senior catechism Saturday 8 00 am junior class 10 00 am adult class Sunday 3 00, teachers meeting Wednesday 7 30 choir practice Wednesday 8 15. Young people present a piano musical next Thursday at 8 pm. A cordial welcome to all.
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Holy Trinity English Lutheran
Holy Trinity English Lutheran Church
West Ave
Ferry Streets
J. J. S. Rumbarger
Christ Church Advent Services and Music Schedule
Christ Episcopal Church on Ninth and Main lists Second Sunday in Advent services. Matins at 7 40 a m Holy Communion at 8 00 a m Short Matins and sermon at 10 45 a m Evensong and sermon at 7 30 p m Music includes Venite and Benedictus in Chant form Anthem We Praise Thy Name Penitence Pardon and Peace Maunder Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in Chant form Anthem Sun of My Soul Newton.
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Christ Episcopal Christ Church
Episcopal
Ninth
Main Streets
W. Everett Johnson
Maunder
Newton
First Congregational Prepares Special Sunday Service
The First Congregational church at Main and Seventh streets led by Rev. Carlos C. Rowlison announces a 11 o'clock morning service with the Baptist church uniting, sermon titled The Liberty of Faith, solo by Miss Hickisch, organ numbers by Homer E. Cotton, and new evening service format. From 5 to 6 pm the church hosts a gathering for public school teachers, then a 6 to 7 pm worship service follows.
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First Congregational
First Congregational Church
Main and
Seventh Streets
Carlos C. Rowlison
The
Baptist Church
W. J. Peacock
Liberty of Faith
Miss Hickisch
Hart
Frances Allersen
Homer E. Cotton
Wely
Unavoidable Disappointment Spoiled by Brudder Johnson
An antiquated fragment shows Brudder Johnson, described as pompous, involved in church work, with a preacher challenging him during a late evening exchange. The passage ends unfinished, hinting at a moral or anecdote within a religious setting.
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Brudder Johnson
Evangelical Free Church announces Sunday service times
The Evangelical Free Church in Winneba invites congregants to services on Sunday November 21 at 3 30 p m and 7 30 p m at Fifteenth Street venue.
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Evangelical Free Church
Winnebago
Fifteenth Street
First Methodist Church Service and Programs
The First Methodist Church on East C Dix Avenue led by pastor H J Witherbee holds class meetings at 9 a m, Sunday school at 10 a m, and morning worship at 11 a m with the sermon What we owe and how to pay it. Evening service at 7:30 features Seeing what we seek with solo by Mrs Watkins and organ numbers Adoration and Offertory. Junior league at 2:30 p m Epworth league at 6:45 p m all invited.
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First Methodist First Methodist Church
E. C. Dixon
H. J. Witherbee
Engelmann
Wely
Christmas Program Preparations At St Pauls Universalist
The St Pauls Universalist Church on Cass and Eighth invites all Sunday School members to attend each Sunday to prepare for the annual Christmas program set for the Sunday before Christmas, December 19. In the pastor's absence Dr F E Nurse of the normal school will preach at 11 am. Ellis memorial service follows at 2 30 pm with Y P C U meeting at 6 45 pm.
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St. Paul's Universalist
St. Pauls Universalist Church
Cass
Eighth Streets
George R. Longbrake
Percy E. Long
F. E. Nurse
Normal School
Ellis
West Avenue Methodist Church Services Schedule
West Avenue Methodist Episcopal church on West Avenue South near Jackson offers morning worship at 10 30 with a sermon by Pastor J E Watson on Visionary Starvation. Sunday school at 11 45 Epworth League devotional at 6 45 sermon topics False Confidence and A Nameless Prophet Who Kept Fresh God’s Name. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30. All are welcomed.
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West Avenue Methodist
West Avenue
Spiritualist Service at W B U Building in La Crosse
Spiritualist church holds services at the W B U building room 8 on Sunday at 7 45 p m with Curt Leipert as speaker on Is La Crosse Dead Spiritually followed by spirit communications A midweek spirit communication service is scheduled for Wednesday at 7 45 p m with public invited.
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Curt Leipert
la Crosse
Christian Science Church Service and Reading Room Schedule
Christian Science First Church of Christ Scientist on King Street between Fifth and Sixth holds Sunday service at 11 a m with the subject God the Only Cause and Creator. Sunday school at 9 45 a m and Wednesday testimonial meeting at 8 p m. Reading room at 507 Main Street second floor open daily 1 a m to 5 p m except Sundays and legal holidays.
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Christian Science First Church of Christ, Scientist
King Street
Main Street
Our Savior's Norwegian Lutheran Church Service Schedule
Our Savior's Norwegian Lutheran church at Sixth and Division streets lists Sunday school at 9 30 a m Norwegian communion service at 10 30 a m English service at 7 30 p m Rev Olaf Brevik of Galveston Texas will preach the morning sermon He heads the Seamen mission in Galveston An offering will be taken at the morning service for the mission The Sunday school meets for rehearsal at 230 p m Sunday afternoon
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Our Savior
Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church
Division
H. G. Magelssen
Olaf Brevik
Galveston
Texas
Brevik
Rescue Mission Sunday Services and Evangelist Alex Asher Event
La Crosse Rescue Mission hosts Sunday school at 3 p m and Bible class at 4 p m with continuous Evangelist Alex Asher meeting. Nightly services praised. Monday night invites North Side Presbyterian Young People to attend. all are welcome with singing and testimony featured.
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la Crosse
Prayer Line Ending in Song and Cold Aches
A brief journal-style exchange shows Bradder Johnson apologizing to the Land and admitting a chest cold, quoted in a Ladies' Home Journal fragment. The scene centers on a Southern cadance and a moment of domestic humor as the speaker interacts with a request to lead in prayer.
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Prayah
Pahson
Bradder Johnson
Ladies’ Home Journal
Brotherhood of St Andrew Introduces New Program
The Brotherhood of St Andrew shifts its focus from pure worship to religious education and social service. Offices move from Boston to Philadelphia to gain stronger local backing, with about 12 000 members nationwide including many ministers. The group promotes daily prayer and weekly outreach to recruit congregants for Sunday services.
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Broterhood
St. Andrew
Episcopal Church
Boston
Philadelphia
Brotherhood
Jewish Congress In Sixty Cities Begins Preparations
Jewish conferences have formed in sixty cities as American Jews prepare for a forthcoming congress. The event aims to explore how American Jews can assist in shaping postwar Europe and addressing the Jewish question. The American Jewish Committee initially opposed the meeting but agrees it should proceed only after the European war ends. Promoters report rapid growth with activity in Boston Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Chicago New Orleans St Louis Detroit Pittsburgh and other cities.
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American Jewish Committee
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Chicago
New Orleans
St. Louis
Detroit
Pittsburg
New Cardinal Selections Highlight Italian-Dominated College
The upcoming Rome consistory will appoint six new cardinals, five Italians and one Austrian, Andrea Fruhwirth. Most Italian appointees hail from the north, with notable figures including Giulio, Alfonso Mistrangelo, and Giovanni Cagliero. Mundelein may move to Chicago, and Rome’s key sees in Albany and Ostia await appointments as the Sacred College composition shifts to 29 Italians and 32 foreigners.
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Rome
Italy
Mer
Andrea Fruhwirth
Bavaria
Mer. Fruhwirth
Giulio
Lisbon
Alfonso Mistrangelo
Florence
Giovanni Cagliero
Central America
Raffaele Scapinelli
Vienna
Giorgio Gusmini
Bologna
Munish
Sacred College
Mgr. Tonti
Mer. Cagliero
Curia
Mundelein
Brooklyn
Chicago
Mer. Quigley
Albany
Agliardi
Ostia
Santa Rufina
Cardinal Vannutelli
Catholic Church
Ready to wear trade brisk in Chicago market
John V. Farwell company weekly review notes unusual activity across blankets gloves underwear hosiery wool dress goods ready to wear and seasonable lines. Demand for saleable quick merchandise signals strong conditions for retailers. St Gall embroideries up 10 to 12 percent while England restricts cotton shipments widening scarcity of finished goods. White bed spreads with bolstered covers see higher demand for holiday trade.
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Chicago
John V. Farwell Company
St. Gall
England
Switzerland
Nuns and Girls Take Shelter in British Trenches
In a Belgian town near the firing line, all the nuns and girl pupils from a convent school shelter daily in British trenches during bombardments. Special communication trenches have been dug, and when shells fly thick, the sisters move the children into the trenches with the Tommies.
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London
North Side Church News in Berlin and Clinton
The German Methodist Episcopal church at the corner of Berlin and Clinton streets announces Rev. B. C. Brandenburg as pastor. Sunday school at 9 30 a m led by C F Figgie, with preaching at 10 30. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening. All Germans urged to attend with social gatherings and adult Bible class at noon. Public welcomed to worship and to make the church their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
German Methodist Episcopal German Methodist Episcopal Church
Berlin
Clinton Streets
B. C. Brandenburg
F. Figgie
Scandinavian Baptist Church Service Times
Scandinavian Baptist church at Charles and Logan streets with Rev. T Knudsen as pastor holds Sunday morning service at 10 30 and evening service at 7 30 Sunday school and Bible class follow morning worship with Young People meeting at 6 30 Prayer meeting is Wednesday at 7 30 p m
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Scandinavian Baptist Scandinavian Baptist Church
Charles and
Logan Streets
T. Knudsen
Trinity United Lutheran Church Services in Norwegian
Avon street church led by Rt. Rev. A. Forness offers Sunday service at 10 30 in Norwegian and Sunday school at 9. Ladies Aid meets Tuesday afternoon in the church parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity United Lutheran
Trinity United Lutheran Church
Avon Street
A. Forness
Ladies’ Aid Society
St. Mark's English Lutheran Church Announces Services
St. Mark's English Lutheran at Wood and North streets schedules a 7:30 evening service and Sunday school at 2 o'clock on Sundays.
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St. Mark's
Wood and
North Streets
North Presbyterian Church Services Update
North Presbyterian church at Avon and Logan streets reports morning worship at 10 30 with sermon The Westward March in the Christian's Career and an evening service at 7 45 on The Evolution of Good Will Young People's meeting gathers at 6 45 in the lecture room led by Rev Finch A Clarke.
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North Presbyterian North Presbyterian Church
Avon and
Logan Streets
Finch A. Clarke
Aurchin Buys Soap Caught In Wartime Sampling Gag
A dirty urchin asks for a ha pennyworth of soap in a grocer shop. The grocer retorts to buy ha pennyworths where pounds are bought. The urchin explains they never bought before but samples have come round since the war began, and they have come around often with it.
Charles Street Lutheran Church Services and Meetings
Charles Street Lutheran church at Charles and Sill streets announces Sunday services at 10 50 a m with Sunday school and Bible study at 9 a m The Ladies Aid society meets Wednesday afternoon in church parlors with Mesdames G Street er and EF Vik as hosts The Young People society gathers Wednesday evening at church parlors with Misses Adah Streeter and Lilah Vik as entertainers
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Charles Street Lutheran Lutheran Church
Charles and
Sill Streets
EE. O. Vik
Ladies’ Aid Society
Mesdames
G. Streeter
EF. O. Vik
Young People’s Society
Adah Streeter
Lilah Vik
Immanuel Lutheran Sunday Services and Classes
Immanuel Lutheran church at Avon and St. Paul streets offers regular services at 10 a.m. Sunday school in German and English, with Advent services in English at 7 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel Lutheran
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Avon and
St. Paul Streets
Caledonia Street M E Church Services Schedule
Caledonia Street Methodist Church led by Pastor J H Benson offers Sunday services at 10 a m with Sunday school at 11 a m led by D E Bitt. morning sermon Home Life of Parents and evening sermon Home Life of Sons and Daughters with special music. Midweek fellowship Wednesday at 7 30 p m on What Influence has Home on Your Life. Open to all.
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Caledonia Street
M. E. Church
J. H. Benson
D. E. Bitt
Epworth League
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