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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1902
Page
2
Union services scheduled for 6:30 p m at court house square with C L Stafford of First M E church to preach. If weather prevents outdoors, services move to First M E church at corner Third Street and Iowa Avenue.
The Rev. H. Russell Greaves presides with morning worship at 10 30 on The Christian Life in the World. Sunday school follows at 1 45 and B Y P U at 7 46. A union meeting in court square at 6 30 features a sermon by Dr. Stafford, weather permitting moves to the Methodist church.
Sunday school at 10 15 a m class meeting at 11 15 a m junior league at 6 30 p m preaching at 7 30 p m theme Endurance Epworth League devotional Tuesday 7 45 p m prayer meeting and Brotherhood Bible study Thursday 7 30 p m public invited Pastor W L Capp announces services
Services begin at 7 p m Rev A H F Hertzler of the First German M E church will preach the sermon Let every one come, the meetings are helpful.
Sunday school at 9 a m and chapel service at 2 15 p m in South Muscatine. Divine service at 10 30 a m. No evening service as the congregation unites with the German churches for a city union meeting in the German Congregational Church. Come and worship with us. You are welcome. A H F Hertzler pastor.
Preaching at 11 a.m. and again at 3 p.m. Rev. Koffman to lead the administration of the Lord's supper. Evening program features a sacred concert with Effie Greenway on Voluntary, Shackelford Evans Jackson Powell quartet, Mrs. Grooms paper, Florence White and Clara Powell duet, May Taylor recitation, Alice Pheonix solo and Mr. White guitar solo.
A Davenport man Edward D Richardson testifies Doan's Kidney Pills cured his kidney related rheumatism backache and general system improvement after one box. He urges readers to visit Havercamp's drug store for reports and reminds to ask for Doan's by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as US agents.
The record lists Duet Effie and Mary Greenway, Solo Mr Powell, Quartet Messrs Shackelford and Mrs Shackelford, and P P Taylor as Pastor, indicating participants or office holders connected to a church service or ceremony.
The First Congregational Church will preach at 10:30 a.m. on Up From Bondage with Sunday school at 1:30 p.m. The pastor H. D. Herr invites visitors and invites all to union services at 6:30 p.m. in court square. Thursday evening service at 7:30 p.m. opens with a 15 minute song service, ends at 8:30 p.m. All not worshipping elsewhere are welcome.
Christian fellowship invites all visitors to worship at the corner of Mulberry and Sixth streets with Sabbath school at 9:30, service at 10:30 led by Rev. C. E. Foster of Toledo Iowa. Union meeting at 6:30 p m and a 7:45 pm youth gathering with special preparation.
Third street and Iowa avenue, C. L. Stafford, pastor. Preaching at 10 30 am. Class meetings 9 30 am. Sabbath school 2 pm with half hour song service before. Union service at court house square 6 30 pm. Epworth League 7 45 pm. Junior and Intermediate Leagues 9 30 am in church lecture room. Everybody welcomed.
J N Elliott, pastor, leads morning worship at 10 30 with the sermon The First Words From the Cross. Sabbath school at 2 p m run by Dr J T Martin. C E meeting in the church lecture room at 7 45 led by Miss Robertson. Union service in court square at 6 30 with Dr C L Stafford of the M E church preaching. Choir performs Te Deum Even Me arranged by John C Warren.
A detailed look at a steam winch style grapnel lifting device used in cable hoisting. The apparatus features gear changing clutches and patent brakes, capable of lifting twenty five tons at slow speeds or ten tons at higher speeds. The narrative follows a ship test as the grapnel catches, then steadily hauls in the line, with the crew watching the process.
A New York Tribune report describes Liege province May Day customs where maidens walk at dawn to a hedge and place three dew grass blades with colored threads black red green. After ten days the tallest blade forecasts the maiden's destined lover based on its growth.
A document from Belvoir castle sheds light on how private bills passed in Charles II's era. It recounts a January 1667 event where forty six Commons members were lured to the Dog Tavern in Westminster after dining with the Attorney General and George Montagu. They followed to the House and passed the Lords de Roos divorce bill as a committee without amendments.
Co E S Electa Chapter No 32 O E S meets on or before the full moon and on the second Wednesday after. Mrs A L Edner W M Miss Emma Manlove Secy.
The Sabbath services include preaching at 10 a.m. Sunday school at 11:15 a.m. Y P S C E devotional at 7:45 p.m. Union service at court house square at 6:30 p.m. Prayer meeting Thursday at 7:45. All welcome. J. Fry
An elderly man on Maryland's eastern shore suffers a severe fever and ague. A local physician asks about his condition and the patient replies with stuttering humor, noting the case is peculiar and hard to grasp while acknowledging the shaking persists.
The First Church of Christ Scientist at Corner Sixth and Walnut invites all to Sunday service at 11 a.m. with the subject Love. A Wednesday evening meeting at 8 oclock is offered. Free reading rooms open weekdays 2 to 4 p.m. except Sundays. Christian Science literature is provided to all visitors.
Holy communion at 7 30 with Sunday school at 9 30 morning prayer and sermon at 10 45. Evening service omitted. Litany Fridays at 7 30. F F Beckerman retor.
Park Avenue M. E. church at corner Park Avenue and Washington Street announces preaching at 9 15 a m and Sabbath school at 10 15 a m all are invited to attend.
Mark Twain joked with a friend about visiting a pyramid in Egypt. Two elderly Arab guides led them, but Twain remarked that despite some knowledge of the language the guides spoke in, they were unintelligible. He quipped that younger men would have been clearer.
A lighthearted note from Atlanta Constitution citing Uncle Jim amid neighborhood politics. The exchange pivots on a $10 watch as a playful counterpoint to civic squabbles and local intrigue.
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