Congregation Holds Autumn Social and Church Dinner
Congregation at the home of Mrs. Ha held a post afternoon business session planning the coming year. About two hundred sat to creamed chicken, hot biscuits, potatoes and coffee as the new dining addition neared completion. Speakers included Rev. Regan, Mrs. Edworthy, J. W. Lemley, and others. emphasis on church duties, Sunday school, prayer life, and fiscal obligations.
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Egtk
Bec
Mre
McCormick
David
Lillian
Ehuurch
Grace
Mary Parker
M. R. Regan
Baptist Church
Regan
Bastmaster
Frank Edworthy
Kirk
J. W. Bishop
J. W. Baker
Charles Baker
Do. W. Long
Margarette Coffman
Frank Sage
Sege
Walter Hays
Ralph Minick Wa
Bhan
Aes
Presbyterian Church Announcements and Service Schedule
Second United Presbyterian and First United Presbyterian outline worship, Sunday through Saturday activities, communion services, Sabbath school, and special music with organ preludes and anthems led by Rev J M Wishart, Carolyn Hamilton, and A Beiter. Services include 11:00 a.m. sermons by Pastors L Mountford and at 7:20 p.m. evening worship.
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First United Presbyterian Communion
Christian Endeavor
Haynes Offertory
Heyser
Colburn
Wilson
Bonahoe
J. M. Wishart
Carolyn Hamilton
A. Beiter
First Presbyterian Service With Illustrated Sermon on China
Regular services Sunday at First Presbyterian include Sunday school at 9 45 and morning worship at 11 with a sermon on A Marvelous Providence The choir sings Like as a Father Pitieth His Children led by Miss Bertha Hay and Mrs Henry Shields An illustrated sermon on China Old and New caps the evening program with The Lord Jehovah Reigns Beazley and Beazley Beazley.
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Vance
Lord Jehovah
Beazley
Arthur R. O
Baptist Church Plans Normal Sunday Services During Renovation
The church will hold regular services next Sunday in the remodeled building. Sunday school at dawn, worship at 10 55, evening service at 7 30 with a 30 minute shift and Wednesday prayer at 7 30. Lord's Supper observed Sunday morning. canvass postponed to next week. Pastor M R Regan invites all members and friends to attend.
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Daor
M. R. Regan
A M FE Concludes Meeting and Schedule
An A M FE meeting closed at eleven o'clock with Sunday school at 2 36 and a prayer meeting set for 7 30. The brief notice outlines the day’s church activities and times.
Associate Presbyterian Prayer and Bible Study Meeting
A congregational note announces prayer at 11.00 o'clock and Bible study at 6.00 o'clock as usual.
Reform ed Presbyterian Sabbath School and Worship Schedule
Reform ed Presbyterian announces Sabbath school at 10:00 a m and public worship with preaching by the pastor at 11:00 o clock. Mid week prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7 40. All are invited. Rev W G Robb pastor.
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Reformed Presbyterian
W. G. Robb
Methodist Episcipal Regular Services With Sermons
Regular services and Sunday school are scheduled throughout the day at the Methodist Episcopal church. Dr Lowers will speak at 11:00 on Divine Dependence and Dr Bowers will deliver the 7:30 evening sermon on the last in the series Three ways of treating a Sinner. Junior League at 3:00 and Epworth Sea Bar at 4. Special music includes Memory's Hour at 4.
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Lowers
Bowers
Epworth Sea
Washington High Girls Basktball Season Recap
The Washington girls basketball team finished six wins and four losses, scoring 119 to 110 against opponents. Under Miss Ada Wilson, captain Maude Randall led with 19 field goals and 16 free throws for 34 points, while Edna Morrow tallied 38 points. Seven players saw action in ten games, five graduating and six returning next year. losses included two to West Liberty, a standout team.
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Washington High School
Ada Wilson
West Liberty
Washington Sextet
Sara Grimes
Jessie Rice
Margaret Brookhart
Marjorie Schulty
Capitola Brindley
Maude Randall
Lois Griffith
Esther Hay
Edna Morrow
Mary Louise Minick
Vera Palmer
Sarah Grimen
Washington
Riverside
Alumni
Columbus Junction
Muscatine
Evening Musical Service at Windermere Church
A Wednesday evening program at 7:30 features hymns and an Anthem by Gounod, Offertory pieces by Delbruck Postiude and Lefebvre Wely, and a Melody in F. Dr Bowers, Alma up pert, and Mary Hunter, organist, lead the service with music by Rogers and others.
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Lefebvre-Wely
Jerusalem the Golden
Rogers
Windermere Rubenstein Offertory
Bowers
Alma Uppert
Mary Hunter
Alfred M Haggard to preach at local Christian church
Alfred M. Haggard of Drake University will occupy the pulpit at the Christian church on April 8 in morning and evening services. By order of the Pulpit Committee.
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Alfred M. Haggard
Drake University
the Christian Church
Rule of Obregon In Mexico Shows Great Improvement
Mexico City April 1 Obregon shows improvement with energetic military action against uprisings while avoiding a ruthless reputation. He faces opposition to oil policy and agrarian reform from the Catholic Church and critics, yet works to aid the peons with schools and basic needs. He meets about 100 people daily and answers questions openly without revealing future plans.
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Mexico City
Obregon
Republic
Francisco Villa
Canutillo
Chamber of Deputies
Mexico
Sunday Services and School Reorganization Notice
There will be Sunday school at 2 90 p m and preaching at 3 00 p m on April 3. The Sunday school will be reorganized at 2 90 p m. All who are interested are invited to attend and help with the reorganization. Rev W H Slack, pastor.
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W.H. Slack
Spiritual Horticulture in the Boston Transcript Motto
The Boston Transcript notes sunshine in the soul yields fruit and flowers in life, framing spiritual growth as horticulture of character and spirit.
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Boston Transcript
Animal prophets and weather forecasts
The article argues that beliefs in animal signs predicting the weather are widespread but there is no credible source to extend the Weather Bureau’s forecasts. It notes that wild animals’ foreknowledge, while common, offers only weak justification for relying on animal signs over official predictions.
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Weather Bureau
Iowa Manufactures 3206 Plants With 5 000 Dollar Average
Des Moines April 1 figures from state labor commissioner A L Uriek show Iowa has 3 206 manufacturing plants with average annual business of 5 000 dollars or more. State totals for 1919 indicate 75 250 average employees, output valued at 698 035 261 dollars, with packing, printing and food industries among the largest contributors. The report lists 18 packing plants and 630 printing plants, plus 164 foundry and machine firms and 366 butter and dairy plants, among others, with 1 645 plants still to be reported plus 490 482 445 dollars in additional value and about 35 711 workers.
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Des Moines
A. L. Uriek
Iowa
Towa
Uriek
Spanish National Hero Cla Royer Rodrigo Ding de Rivar
Royer Rodrigo Ding de Rivar known as Cla in the eleventh century is cited as a national Spanish hero famed for battles against Moors and defending Christianity The text notes the Game pronunciation as theth with a long e.
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Royer Rodrigo Ding de Rivar
Spain
Medals Through Time A History of Honor
Medals trace their origins to ancient Rome and provincial mints. They were created by belligerent nations during war and awarded to soldiers for distinguished service.
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Rome
From a Selfish Viewpoint in a Children’s Tale
A child tells Auntie she is glad she never married, reasoning that if Auntie had a man to look after she would have less time to be good to the child. The exchange captures a playful, affectionate dynamic between relatives.
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Marjorie
Aztec Wedding Ceremonies Describe Four Day Ritual
An early Aztec wedding was a forty day operation that consumed four days of ceremonies. Many participants joined the rite including elder women who observed the ceremonial pains and trials surrounding the couple.
Brookhart's Coal Tax Bill Fails in Senate
Des Moines April 1 a listless debate ends with the mining camp tax measure killed 16 to 29 in the Senate. Brookhart urged 2 cents per ton on Iowa coal to fund schools for miners children while Frailey argued the state should bear the cost and questioned constitutionality.
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Des Moines
Senate
Iowa
Brookhart
Frailey
Lenine and
Trotzky
Russia
Science Conquering Disease Through Sanitation
The passage notes common middle life illnesses now appear five to ten years later than in the past. Medical advances lengthen life, but sanitary science contributes more by improving water supply, drainage, and housing to slowly conquer infectious diseases.
Seaweed Sonnet Tells of Poets and Ledger Beginnings
Coleridge reportedly wrote a sonnet on a strip of seaweed while Tennyson’s In Memoriam began life in a butcher’s ledger. The anecdote links two famed poets to humble, unlikely surfaces.
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Coleridge
Tennyson
Cultivate Cheerfulness Brightens Life Amid Clouds
A reflective note on cheerfulness as a small virtue. It asserts cheerfulness casts brightness that not even dark clouds or rain can dispel its happy influence, attributed to Alexander.
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Alexander
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