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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1921
Page
6
Announcements urge Baptist members and friends to pledge for the coming fiscal year with church teams at services and a post service canvass for those unable to attend. Large expected attendance may boost subscription totals and the budget.
The Fortnightly club schedules an evening literature session Monday at 7 30 at Mrs F L Wilson’s home with questions on Esther Mordecai Hamaan Zechariah Ezra and Haggai readings And a home economics unit meets Tuesday April 12 at 2 45 p m with a 5 for demonstration The Baptist choir holds a 7 30 rehearsal in the Sunday school rooms tonight.
Do not keep flowers or plants in the bedroom especially at night as poisonous gas may be evolved from colored parts day and night and from green parts at night. It is better to place flowers in a guestroom and avoid sleeping chambers. Use a window box to manage them.
A four year old named Billy misreads Mother Hubbard, replacing difficult words with own twist. He attempts the rhyme but drops the expected line and says he losed out, revealing his candid mispronunciation and playful hearing.
Regular services are scheduled throughout the day with Sunday school at 9 30. Dr Bowers to speak at 11 on Power of a Feeble Faith and at 730 on Going unto the Father. Junior League 3 pm Epworth League 6 30 pm. Musical numbers and organ pieces listed. Dr W W Bowers minister Alma Huppert music director Mary Hunter organist welcomed to the meeting.
The Baptist church invites members and friends to pledge support for the coming year at Sunday services and afternoon home visits. The event aims to renew New World Movement pledges and consecrate efforts, with Miss Hesse Jones leading the Wednesday prayer meeting.
The First Presbyterian church announces Sunday school at 9:45, worship at 11 with the pastor's message The Significance of Vision. Miss Hay to sing Sun of My Soul Thou Savior Dear by Marzo, 6:30 Christian Endeavor and 7:30 Evening worship with Human Possibilities as the pastor's topic. Choir anthem Praise the Lord All Ye Nations by South. Pastor Arthur R. Oates welcomes all. Bertha Hay chorister. Mrs C B Dougherty organist.
Sabbath school at 9 45 a m morning worship 11 00 a m Christian Endeavor at 6 25 p m and evening worship at 7 30 p m. Morning program includes Organ Prelude Melody in F Ryder anthem Oh Let Us Sing Dece vee Offertory solo In Green Pastures Mrs H M McCleery organ postlude Grand Chorus Organ prelude At Sunset Diggle solo The Lord is My Shepherd Miss Doris Chalmers anthem Why Me Forsake Wagner Blowe.
An all day quilting bee at Mrs JD Knottnerus for St Pauls Evangelical Ladies Aid featured dainty luncheons with coffee. About forty high school girls who played basketball this season attended a gym feed with sandwiches and other dishes, ending a successful season with a bountiful cafeteria lunch.
The church plans an 11:00 a.m. sermon from Matthew 28 17 with soprano Mrs Wayne Limerman and organ postlude. Sunday School meets 9 45 a m and Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m with mid week prayer at 7 20 p m led by Pastor L Mountford.
A prayer meeting is set for 11 00 with all invited. Bible study follows at 6 00. Next Sabbath April 17 Rev William Porter of Blanchard Iowa will preach.
Bible school at 9 45. Communion at 10 45. A M Hoggard to preach at 11 in the morning and again at 7 30 in the evening by order of the committee.
The calendar lists a class meeting at 11 o clock Sunday school at 2 00 A C League at 6 00 and a praise service at 7 30. A cordial invitation is extended to all attendees.
Mrs Carl Ziegiowsky Mrs Martin Weston Mrs John and Mrs Koehler of Havre attended a Ladies Aid meeting at Mrs Dave Knotterius home. Bevins and Mrs J E Little visited Des Moines relatives. Mrs L A Stephen of Ainsworth joined the W R C meeting. J W Patton returned from Ft Lyons Colo after illness in son Donald. Mrs Patton stayed longer. Dinners 35c Olds & Escher Cafe.
Iowa's thirty ninth legislature closes its long session with a day of work and a long evening of festivity as conference committees wrangle over appropriation bills. Discrepancies between houses delay final enrollment and a late gavel.
In the early 13th century definite length notes appeared though exact timing is unclear. The first real school of composition formed in Flanders with William Du Fay as its leading figure. Du Fay was born near 1400 and died in 1474.
Immense flocks of gulls ducks geese and pelicans breed yearly on the lake’s salt whitened shores and islands. Antelope Island also known as Church Island, the largest, runs about eighteen miles long where alfalfa is cultivated and cattle are raised.
Leila Warrick a Burlington nurse linked to the Chicago death and jewelry theft case. Chicago police say she sent gems worth 5000 dollars to a Burlington man who later returned missing jewels. detectives found thousands more under a mattress and a receipt for 5000 dollars sent to the Burlington contact.
Des Moines fans debate Earl Caddock's postwar condition as he prepares to meet Ed Lewis in a finish match on April 12. Lewis, weighing 225 pounds, is described as at peak strength after staying home to train, while Caddock claims war service did not dull his grip or stamina.
Des Moines reports a democratic dress movement sweeping Iowa high schools. Younger girls shun georgette, rouge, and short skirts in favor of simple gingham styles. Health nurses and club women back the plain attire, with prizes for gingham dresses in several schools and a rural revival of bonnets and gingham hats.
The island of Cyprus features eighty two monasteries along with innumerable churches shrines and chapels of various denominations across its landscape.
The note recommends using Mannhardt Valve Caps to simplify tire inflation and maintenance, suggesting ease of use and reliable sealing for inflating tires.
A Mississippi Melody Four performance scheduled for Saturday night at the Armory invites community members to attend. The event entry notes welcome attendance and suggests a lively, family friendly program to close the week.
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