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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1936
Page
4
A Chicago widow’s husband affair ends in suicide then love cools and marriage is abandoned. The piece contrasts real life with modern novels, arguing romantic fiction inflates passion and leads to tragedy. It condemns romantic self indulgence and champions mid Victorian prudence over sensational tales.
The Rev. Wade K. Ramsey of Van Wert Gospel Union starts a prophecy series next Sunday at 7 30 p.m. with eight themed messages through March 8 including Signs in the Church Nations Israel The Great Tribulation Armageddon Kingdom and Its Subjects and the World of Nature. Public invited.
A brief devotional line cites John 10 10 and emphasizes abundant life through faith. The item presents as a scripture reflection card with Christian gospel wording.
WPA Workers' Union survey shows 9 percent of local members back a four day week with seven and a half hour days as opposed to a five day six hour schedule. The poll highlights a preference for longer daily shifts and a shorter overall workweek among WPA week advocates.
A scrambled puzzle fill featuring clues to poets, places, and common words. Answers span famous names, animals, and objects with references to poetry, letters, and everyday items.
In January 1926 evangelistic meetings are planned at Pleasant Chapel M E Church in Dix with the pastor leading the program and sermons to follow.
Preaching announced with all welcomed to attend. Geo G Hughes serves as pastor and extends cordial invitation to the congregation and community.
Rev Elmer Yoh reports large attendance at revival services on Euclidave with evangelist Rev Philip Over Street preaching under the Holy Ghost. The life story From Prison to Pulpit blesses laity and a public invitation is issued for Sunday at 2 30 pm for a timely meeting on Four Indictments.
In a 1936 NBA Service report Rodney Dutcher notes the FSRC surplus relief effort tied to Roosevelt’s programs faced early promise and later swift opposition. The piece tracks moves from FSRC to AAA, budget objections, and Congress, concluding that renewed lobbies may resurrect subsidies but likely face a fresh clash over export support.
The notice states that services will be held each evening at 7 30. Readers are advised to attend as part of the ongoing community program.
Grand Victory revival continues nightly through next week at 7 30 p m. Souls yield to the Master as John Foust leads Sunday school at 9 30 a m and the pastor preaches at 10 30 a m E L C E 6 45 Evangelistic services at 7 30 Union Center preaching at 9 30 C J McCoy sails Sunday school at 10 30 St Peters Sunday school at 9 30 J A Wise in charge Frayer service 10 30 S G Grunewald leader Weeknight service Tuesday 7 30 Third quarterly conference Fed 1st and Holy Communion Feb 2 10 30 a m Rev D A Kaley in charge
Union Township farmers plan the 19th annual institute January 20 21 at Union school. Programs span morning afternoon and night each day. Wayne Rowe serves as president with state speakers Mrs Ruth Arnold Stevn St Marys and E Albert Rager Somerset. The event ends with The Path Across the Hill a three act comedy featuring local participants.
An anonymous gift of 25000 dollars funds the installation of a cyclotron at the University of Michigan to synthesize radium from salt and disintegrating atoms. Professor Cork and Ernest Lawrence collaboration from California influenced the project set to start within two weeks. Radioactivity from the cyclotron is expected to advance cancer research and other diseases.
The Nergio Wel fare Association seeks a Carnegie award for Jack Baskin an 80 year old man killed by a skidding car while pushing a young woman to safety. Saint John NB The Tobique Valley Railway from Perth to Plaster Rock will be sold at auction at Andover. The line built in 1897 was leased to Canadian Pacific for 99 years.
The passage riffs on cultural quirks and dated humor, noting Sally Rand’s fame, farmers and AAA payments, a party scene with a pig Latin jab, Columbia University’s obsolete course in administrative geography, and jokes about Carnegie Tech, bed innovations, and doughboy loans. It blends social satire with scattered names and places.
NEA Service writer Mary E. Dague presents tomato centered recipes and serving ideas. Suggestions include tomato juice cocktails with lemon and sauces, jellied tomato salads with pineapple and bananas, salt codfish in tomato sauce, and baked tomato dishes with celery and corn.
A 1928 Venezuelan stamp marks the 25th anniversary of Gomez victory. Simon Kvar born on Liberator’s birthday, died on anniversary. Juan Vicente Gomez, aging 78, ruled Venezuela with an iron hand while building a balanced budget and expanding education and highways.
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