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Newspaper
The Evening Press
Location
Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1919
Page
9
Lent services announced for Holy Trinity with Ash Wednesday rites at 7 30 a m. and 7 45 p m. daily prayers, litany, and sermons planned. Weekly Holy Communion on Tuesdays, children's service starting March 12, and varied parish activities through April 10. St John notes mention regular masses and adjustments due to health concerns.
Christ Church outlines weekly events including Boys' club on Monday at 7 p m Parish house, G F S on Tuesday 7 30 p m, men’s meeting at rectory 8 p m, Ash Wednesday Holy Communion 6 30 a m, morning prayer 10 a m, Thursday 7 a m Holy Communion, Friday 7 a m Holy Communion and 7 45 swing in service and sermon with Rev J W Hooper of Hart as preacher.
An old advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as the best laxative for stomach liver and bowels. It markets the product as a safe remedy for children and stresses its poison-removing claims.
The Holyoke Transcript reports editor Horatio Bottomley’s quip about U S idealism scooping the pool while nations debate the league. The Toronto Globe notes Wilson’s waning popularity in France and Britain and questions whether the Senate will approve a peace treaty or the league. It cites French criticism that the US did not secure Senate consent before proposing terms and warns that allied leaders may differ from Washington on guarantees for Armenia and other states. The Globe and Springfield Republican dispute the need for Senate consent, suggesting constitutional conflicts may affect the treaty’s acceptance.
Rev Raymond Maplesden acting pastor is ill and at Clifton Springs Sanitarium New York. Sunday school members are urged to mail greetings. Deacon W J Trevithick will lead Wednesday evening prayer meeting as attendance grows. Ladies Aid meets Thursday at 3 at Mrs A B Ryan 421 Court Street. Prof Wilbur G Foye chairs reception planning for Rev E R Eyde home this week. Boy Scouts meet Friday at 7 30. Mrs Mary B Wilson foreign speaking head of national W C T U speaks Wednesday at 3.
Buffalo Express row reports a quirky scene at a bar where patrons request unusual desserts and items from lemon ice cream to pepsin tablets, reflecting a humorous snapshot of local life and appetite.
A Brotherhood meeting is planned for Tuesday evening at 7 30. Regular weekly prayer service follows on Wednesday at 7 30 with an official board meeting at 8 15.
A cartoon verse list traces a chain of German states from Bavaria to Baden, each fall reducing the count of kingdoms on the Rhine. The rhymed sequence moves through Mecklenburg Hesse Oldenburg Saxony Schleswig-Holstein Brunswick and Saxe Weimar, ending with none.
Robert Chambers recounts a tale about Rex Beach and a friend who sometimes gets printed. Beach notes the acquaintance bragged about a Wonder Magazine story. Beach replies a friend paid the compliment and asked if Beach wrote it.
A pretty photograph from Palm Beach features Virginia Willys daughter of John N. Willys and the Duc Emmanuel de Chaulnes, both known as inseparables. The couple, part of winter resort society, are seen amid prospects of a future marriage and an international maritime duchy linkage.
A man rushes into a post office seeking an address in the city phone directory but finds a woman deeply studying a book. He asks permission to glance at the book briefly. she agrees, saying she was merely looking.
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