Keokuk Presbytery Meets With Installation Planned
Keokuk presbytery of the United Presbyterian church meets this evening at 7 30 in the First church and stays in session through tomorrow evening. Rev J R McCrory will be installed as pastor of the First church this evening. Rev J W Jameson will preside and deliver the sermon. Tomorrow's session focuses on church business.
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Keokuk
United Presbyterian Church
J. R. McCrory
Flist
J. W. Jameson
Columbus City
Wll
Rubber Apron Saves Woman From Burns
Mrs Howard Sitler escaped severe burns at her North Iowa avenue home after falling from a chair in the kitchen. She grabbed a vessel of hot water and overturned it onto her body but her rubber apron protected most of her with only painful burns to a leg below the knee.
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Howard Sitler
Iowa Avenue
Moderator to Deliver Sermon and Presbytery Meeting
The retiring moderator will preach at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon followed by a business meeting. Tuesday evening’s session will focus on a conference about the New World Movement of the United Presbyterian Church with Rev. B F Kimmelshue and Fred McMillan delivering addresses. Mr McMillan, Iowa businessman, recently completed a world trip with Dr Mills Taylor visiting United Presbyterian mission fields. Evangelist and Mrs BE Van Loon of Nashua Iowa are visiting Ted Rogers. Read the Evening Journal.
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New World Movement
United Presbyterian Ehurch
B. F. Kimmelshue
Synodical Superintendent of
Fred McMillan
Dea Moines
McMillan
Iown
Mills Taylor
Philadelphia
United Presbyterian Church
Court Adjourned to May Sixth for Receiver Hearing
Saturday afternoon district court adjourned until May 6 to hear an application for a receiver in Rhodes vs Brenneman and handle other court business. The March term work nears completion with possible June session for late developments. A divorce was granted in Way vs Way. Bean vs Bean denied. Various petitions, guardians, and partitions set with receivers and referees named, bonds posted, and notices required.
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Charles A. Dewey
Rhodes
Brennethan
Velma R. Way
Carl M. Way
Irene Bean
James c. Bean
Lillie B. Thompson
William M. Thompson
Nettie Conner
Russell R. Conner
Ira Rathmel
Frank Gottstien
Charles F. Momyer
W. RR. Cannon
Pauley
Brown
J. BR. Wright
Rebekah EK. Goble
Samuel A. Harrison
L. G. Woodburn
J. H. Baird
R. M. Steele
James Co. Bean
Celestine A. Marie
George J. Marie
George J Marie, Jr
Alice Marie
M. W. Bailey
Albert G. Marie
Frances Marie
George Dempsey
Bond
Percy W. Moffett
Cannnon
W. R
Cannon
Pauley T. Brown
J.C. Wright
Oacle Shanafelt
Mary A. Shanafer
BB C. Eicher
Uncle Shanafelt
William Rhodes
C. J. Brenneman
Ill Pastor W W Bowers Missed Sunday Sermon
Reverend W W Bowers of the Methodist church, ill for several days, could not preach yesterday. No morning services were held, but a sacred song service was conducted at the usual evening hour with other congregations.
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W. W. Bowers
Methodist Church
The Old Nest at Fox Theater Draws Big Expectant Crowd
The Old Nest will be shown at the Fox Theater Wednesday through Friday drawing neighbors from Washington and nearby towns. American Legion Auxiliary volunteers sell tickets in Ainsworth Crawfordsville and West Chester with many seats already spoken for. Weather delays kept some canvassers from covering ground, but organizers urge ward chairmen to hold tickets until ground is covered. The film, a benefit showing for the Auxiliary, portrays a typical American family with earnest storytelling and strong reviews from Fannie Hurst and Rupert Hughes.
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Washington
Fox Theater
Ainsworth
Crawfordsville
West Chester
American Legion Auxiliary
Fannie Hurst
Rupert Hughes
Patriot Address Urges Flag Respect at Rotary Meeting
Col Palmer admonished Rotary members to show greater respect for the U S flag noting Memorial Day crowds who fail to remove hats as colors pass. S W Livingston spoke on political aspirations while club members shared stories about colleagues. Funeral services for Kenneth Days Conner infant were held at the family home with burial in Elm Grove cemetery.
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Cal
D. J. Palmer
Rotary Club
United States
Col. Palmer
S. W. Livingston
Joe McWihinney
Frank Sage
Charley Cunningham
Homer Stephen
Kenneth Days
Conner
Borrowed Smiles at a Busy Exchange of Jokes
A humorous exchange fills a page of jokes from Western Christian Advocate and Kansas City Journal. A farmer, boy, and waiter deliver punny lines about countries and currencies in a playful font. The mock dialogue blends wheat prices and global names into light satire.
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Western Christian Advocate
Cincinnati
Wind Storm Causes Heavy Damage Across Washington Area
A Sunday morning wind storm caused hundreds of dollars in damage in Washington and surrounding areas. Trees toppled, windows broken, and telephones and electric lines disrupted. Peterson green houses suffered about 2000 dollars in losses with one glass house demolished. J. N. Phillips lost two chicken houses and birds in a fire sparked by the incubator. Lines were out for rural services, with crews restoring service by nightfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nes
Peterson
Wolf Floral Company
J. N. Phillips
Will Eldridge
Henry Sanford
Alex Miller
South Marion Avenue
J. F. McNamara
Howard Sitler
Washington Telephone Company
Danger Ahead and Street Scenes in Old Chicago
A collection of snatches from period papers describing a Manchester grocer’s help-wanted ad for a door duties worker, a Punch observation on language diversity in Chicago, and a comic traffic anecdote with a crosswalk officer guiding a lost elderly woman through busy streets.
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Manchester
London
Chicago
State
Madison
Ware
Jas
Michigan Avenue
Adams Street
People's Gas Gazette
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Presbytery
United Presbyterian Body
First Church
Hoy MecEihinney
Burlington
Evangelist
Mra. BE. H. van Loon
Nashua, Iowa
Ted Rogers
Frank L. Wilson & Co
Farmers & Merchants State Bank
Dan Bevins
Ben
W. S. Reister & Sons
Faneral
Kenneth Conner
Turkey
Greece
Bosphorus
Russia
Roumania
Hungary
Kansas City Journal
Phillips Drug Store
Kodak Store
Eral Months
Chicken Houses
Furn
Jesse Philips
Heinzman Place
Keota-Wellman
Evening Journal
Green
Effie Knowels
East Third
C. O. Davis
G. W. Frain
West Chester Mutual
Sheppard Strain S. C
Haskins
Boyd Berdo
Namur Bakery
Iowa City
Cowner
Clinton Bt
W. R. McCreedy
Haskins Mutual
Effie Porter
Stacie Poweson
Earl Smith
Mutual Phone
Inquire Chocolate Shop
Inquire Journal
Tas
Schmoeller Bros
T. Sveason
Mitten
B. Stuart
Snow School House
Journal Office
J. B. Raben Old
W. K. Gallagher
Binder Canvass
Birmingham
Ala
J. Leonard
Civil Service Examiner
Equitable Bldg
Washington, D. C
Dinah
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