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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1923
Page
5
In a tense doorway scene near Florence, Lettie orders children away as the Penfields confront fear and grief. Mrs. Penfield shares a past filled with loss from a plague era, describing a jolly supper, vanished children, and a husband ruined by sorrow, leaving a community in quiet pain.
The pastor will preach Sunday on The man who blamed This is the fourth in the others with morning services at 11 o clock and evening at 7 39. Music features orchestra Prelude Priests March Mendelssohn Remember Me O Mighty One My Son Give Me Thy Heart and Melody of Love with a choir and instrumental selections. Bible School meets at 10 with 11 o clock and 7 39 evening messages on Some Things We Should Remember and What Does the Cross Mean to Me.
Shorter’s Chapel A M E invites worshipers for morning and evening services led by Rev. A W Hackley with part of a revival next week. Jubilee Singers meet Sunday at 2 00 pm. quarterly conference Monday after preaching. organ preludes and offertories listed. church staff noted.
In a tense Monday visit, Dr Penfield assists Mrs Sanders at Number 41 as the neighbor battles nerves and grief. Penfield offers tea and practical comfort while Sanders laments loneliness and fear, revealing the strain of isolation amid recent losses.
Sabbath school at 9 45 a m for all ages Young People and Juniors meet at 6 30 p m Preaching at 11 a m and 7 30 p m Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30 p m Sabbath April 29 features morning and evening sermons by Rev J Reade McCrory Topics include Gods Appeal to the Boys and A Message for Parents Special music with organ preludes anthems and solos conducted by Carolyn Hamilton with Helen Harvey at the organ
The Sunday program features a 9:30 a.m. Sunday school, 11 a.m. worship with a boys themed sermon Young Man's Glory, and a 7:30 p.m. evening service. Boys 21 and under urged to assemble at 10:45 a.m. for a processional. Hazel Kracaw and Willis Peterson lead the Intermediate and Epworth Leagues respectively. Letters invite all to attend.
Sabbath school begins at 9 45 with a boys committee in charge and a special sermon at 11 00 on A Fight Worth While. Christian Endeavor at 6 30 led by Harold Schmoeller with What My Denomination Has Meant to the World. Evening service at 7 30 on Broad casting Good. Prayer meeting next Wednesday at 7 30. Arthur R. Oates, Pastor.
Sabbath school starts at 9:45 with morning worship at 11 led by Rev Willard Wylie on What My Denomination Has Meant to the World 1 Pet 2 9 12 Evening service at 7:30 Pastor preaches Wednesday prayer at 7 20 Home Duties Gen 18 19 Leader Mrs J H Humston Assistant Miss Frane Lamphere W A Cook Young Women Missionary Society meets Thursday at 2 30 with Leader Miss Ella B Gordon Women's Missionary Society Friday at 2 30 led by Miss Mide C Lewis
Our Bible school opens at 9 45 a m with J W Enslin superintendent and a morning sermon on Human Kindness What is it The Co E meeting is at 6 30 p m The 7 30 p m service presents a lecture on Youth A lasting investment Clubs and organizations are invited to attend the Sunday evening service for a worthwhile program led by W H Hampton minister.
The text credits Samel Richardsong (1639 1761) as the first modern English novelist. A printer by early trade, he later wrote letters for others and fashioned a connective narrative, producing the first modern novel, Pamela, in 1740.
Sunday school at 10 15 a m with Bethel Presbyterian church. Preaching by Rev W H Dickinson at 11 15 a m.
West Chester United Presbyterian Church will host preaching services next Sabbath by W G Robertson of Ainsworth, continuing a series of religious gatherings for the congregation.
The schedule states morning sermon on The Highest Motive for Christian Service and evening topic Three Kinds of Knowledge. A Wednesday prayer service is set for 7 30 p m with Pastor J F Rex leading.
A. E. Aldrich, pastor, preaches at New Haven Baptist with Bible verse reflections on riches and worship. Sunday school at 2 p.m. and regular worship at 3 p.m. The text urges older generations to remain as examples for youths.
Prairie Flower reports Sunday school at 10:00 and morning preaching at 11:00 with B Y P U at 7:30 and preaching at 8:30. Group No 2 leaders for B Y P U are Clifford Reeves, Capt. Attendance and music praised as building fills. The third sermon in the special series is next Sunday with theme Sister and Her Prayers. Community invitation extended by A J Unthank, pastor.
The West Chester Baptist announces Sunday worship at 11:00 a.m. with the sermon Sacrificial Giving and evening services on The perfect law of liberty. Sunday school begins at 10 a.m. Choir renders uplifting hymns and prayer meeting follows Wednesday evening with choir practice. Scripture lesson Philippians 1 19 30. Pastor A E Aldrich invites all to attend.
A note on how diets rich in fish correlate with smaller eyes in groups like Eskimos, while meat-heavy diets are associated with larger eyes. The statement links nutrition to eye morphology without detailing mechanisms or broader evidence.
A reader in the West contributed a longer term antitranssubstantiationalism, surpassing the previously cited longest word antidisestablishmentarianism reported in this column over two months ago.
Charles E. Ruthenberg of Cleveland admits on the stand at St Joseph that David Marmon was his alias while on trial for alleged violation of the states criminal syndicalism law. He denies advocating illegal measures and says the party was made illegal by government agents. He says his purpose at the August convention was to outline plans to legalize the party.
The source identifies Cacedmon, an Anglo-Saxon poet flourishing in the mid seventh century, as the father of English song. This label underscores his prominence in early English verse and oral tradition.
Dr Alfred Russell Wallace argues that humanity shows no real advance in intellect or morals from ancient Egypt and Assyria to the present. He contends civilization remains stagnant despite claimed progress.
The article notes enduring carnival customs on Claiborne Street in the French Quarter and Basin area, tied to Creole heritage and Bayou St. John. It mentions Creoles who never crossed Canal Street to the American side and describes headpo rites kept alive up river on St. John’s night in mid June.
Representatives from leading universities gather in Iowa City for the University of Iowa convocation marking the fiftieth anniversary of the first permanent department of education in a U.S. university. Presidents, deans, and professors address the crowd. honorary degrees slated for Judd Cubberley Russell Thorndike.
An Exchange quips that when a man of suitable years asks a thirty summers maid, there is little drama or hesitancy in her reply.
A brief quoted note from a Boston Transcript item recounts a prayer meeting moment where a young minister invites a Mr Crowe in the congregation to crow for them, illustrating a polite Spoonerism. The line preserves the period voice and humor without sensational detail.
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