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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1908
Page
5
The notice outlines weekly and monthly service times for Sabbath School at 9 30 and preaching at 10 45 and 7 00, with Rev Snare as pastor. It lists Sunday School and preaching schedules for Patoka M E Church with Rev Gro M Clements, Boulder Mound Chapel and J E Witey noting specific sermon times and midweek prayer meetings.
The Christian Church announces social services with preaching by Eld. Leland Brown on February 29 at 7:00 p.m. and March 1 morning and evening. Bro. C. M. Ashton leads February 23 morning service on Adoption. Members urged to attend. all are invited. Exp. Lenranp Brown, Minister.
Westcott Chapel and Patoka Zion and other locations list Sunday services for the M. E. Church South with times by Sunday. Prayer meeting Tuesday evening. Sunday School results show 62 present with a $1.03 collection. Young Men's Class gave most, Miss Mabel Simcox’s class had eleven present. ladies’ class noted shrinking and invitation to return. C. J. Pressty, P. C.
Gold watch sale promotion from Maurice Town Missouri advertises gold filled cases, American movement with 15 jewels, free with alternate lot purchase. Lots priced 25 to 100 dollars with one dollar down and weekly payments, bank drafts accepted, and urging readers to write Frank O. Haptey at Missouri Trust Building in St. Louis.
Last week items show modest activity as J R Nichols conducted business in Vandalia last Saturday. Miss Ella Young of Springfield visited her ill mother, and several entries report travel, illness, and missed mail deliveries amid bad roads.
The new board of examiners reviewing papers for investigators into woman and child labor under a congressional act completed its task. It largely upheld the old ratings, leaving Gen. John C. Black’s favored candidate, a mature woman, still ineligible. The process exposed political maneuvering and technical exam concerns.
A venerable Washington preacher delivered a sermon on the passage of the Israelites through the Red Sea. The address drew on biblical narrative to illustrate faith and deliverance. The report notes the preacher’s aging state and the congregation’s response after the conclusion of the service.
A boy Isaiah challenges a minister with a sea question about where water goes as tides come in and out. The preacher feigns deep wisdom, using playful pseudo Latin phrases to imply the answer lies beyond a boy's grasp at his age.
At St John’s in Washington nearly a thousand attended the Wheelwright Merriam wedding. Floral decorations featured lilies and white lilacs and the reception at the Merriam home continued the scheme. Rev Roland Cotton officiated and the bride wore cream satin princess gown trimmed with her mother’s lace. The orange blossom coronet was a novelty in Washington.
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