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Newspaper
Twin Falls Chronicle
Location
Twin Falls, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1920
Page
4
Pastors will deliver special sermons on Easter Day with public services announced across churches. Attendance is encouraged as communities gather for sunrise and regular morning worship.
Twin Falls churches arrange Easter observances with special music and sermons. At the Baptist church, services begin at 11 o clock Sunday morning with planned guest and local offerings.
Easter morning services feature choirs and special musical programs at multiple churches. Miss Meme Brock to preach at one pulpit. various choirs perform Dudley Buck, Gounod and Handel pieces. communion offered at low mass. later offerings include cantatas and prayers led by Professors Powell and McCormick. evening services announce hymns, oratorios, and recitals across congregations, with social hours and dedicatory rites planned.
The piece reports Haakon Amundson arrived safely in New York after being reported killed in action since July 17, 1918. Amundson had gone overseas with an army unit shortly after the war declaration, and the news comes via a communication to his cousin Miss Mary Olson of Warner, South Dakota.
The Twin Falls High School debate team extended an unbroken six year winning streak with victories in a local meet. Boise defeated Pocatello 8 to 0 in Boise and Boise negative won in Pocatello, while Twin Falls and Pocatello teams each posted two to one wins. The debate topic was that boards of arbitration with compulsory powers should be government appointed. A large audience watched as the event drew strong interest from residents and students.
H KB Eckman of Salt Lake has returned home after visiting St Og, while Miss Jessie Bell plans to move to Bandon Oregon. The Buhl orchestra plans a dance at Castleford soon. Proceeds from an event will go to the trap drummers who lost outfits in a fire at the stone theater.
Detroit April 2 Senator Hiram J Johnson of California returned to Michigan to close his campaign for the presidential preferment in Monday's primaries. He warned of sinister forces and urged social justice as the cure for anarchy while condemning patrioteers and profiteers and criticizing campaign contributions as scandalous.
In Paw Paw Michigan April 2 Mrs Sarah Tabor Virgo was found dead in a basement chest. Dr Warthin University of Michigan testified the death resulted from illegal surgery and the body was partially embalmed. Virgo’s mother Mrs Tabor, 50, was rearrested on a new charge as the original case was dismissed for insufficient evidence and the preliminary hearing continues.
The Japanese steamer Janee Maru arrived in Naples with 647 Italian soldiers, the last of the Vladivostok forces. Coponek Iassine described harsh Siberian conditions and noted that on the trans-Siberian railway 190 bridges had been blown up by the Bolsheviki.
Berlin reports February trade with the United States totals show Germany exporting commodities valued at 3.881 million dollars. Imports from the United States reach 18.598 million dollars, mostly foodstuffs with a small share of raw materials.
A hus trial for Ursula Troderick 16 charged with first degree murder in the Woodlock killing ended in a hung jury after more than 24 hours of deliberation. The foreman reported a 10 to 2 deadlock and the judge declared a mistrial with retrial set for May 3.
Major General Leonard Wood viewed the McKinley monument in Canton Ohio and laid a large wreath on McKinley’s tomb. He delivered remarks praising the president and urged universal military training and a national budget system with cabinet members allowed to defend their departments on the floor of Congress.
Outbound mail and baggage were delayed at Union Station as 350 mail and baggage handlers of the Terminal Railroad Association walked off for two hours seeking one paid day off weekly. After officials advised, the workers returned to their posts.
Pending a board of directors meeting on April 12, the union outlines a wage appeal. Workers currently earn 43 cents per hour for eight hours in a six-day week, while the proposed scale seeks 61 cents per hour.
Warsaw April 2 The Polish government rejected a counter proposal from the Russian Soviet government for an armistice along the entire battlefront. Poland also opposed holding the peace conference in Estonia, favoring Borisov as the negotiation seat.
Property listing for a four room house with furnishings in a nice close-in location. If not sold in ten days, it will be offered for rent. Contact Cooper at Young Hardware for details.
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