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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1932
Page
3
Trinity Ev Lutheran plans Prayer Sunday Rogate with sermon on Jesus instruction Luke 11 5 18 and hymn concert. Midweek lecture on Christian Fundamentals covers Fifth Sixth Seventh Commandments with Pastor Meibohm leading. Choir and soloists provide musical selections and organ postlude.
Old-fashioned church school at 9 45 A M emphasizes Gospel truths. Communion and sermon at 7 45 A M preached by W P Homn from Arcola Illinois. Christian Endeavor at 6 30 P M. Evening worship at 7 30 P M. Church board meeting Monday May 2. Mid week prayer Wednesday 8 00 P M.
A triad of religious events highlights this Sunday schedule. The First Church invites all to a Sabbath worship with a morning sermon My Bew in the Cloud and special music including Grieg and Schubert pieces. An evening service features a long sermon, organ preludes, anthems, and quartet performances.
Services at 11 o clock Sunday May 1 feature the Lesson Sermon on Everlasting Punishment. The Golden Text from Galatians 6:1 urges restoration in meekness and the readings include quotes from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
Harvey and Warfel purchased the remnants of the old Journal building from T. L. Brookhart Earl and Orville Elder. After a recent fire the properties have been unoccupied. They plan to repair rebuild and reopen soon with a better restaurant and hotel facilities. Cap and Rude already have local and international friends awaiting their return. The town anticipates renewed activity and improved streetscape once work completes.
A church program lists musical selections including Echoes of Spring and Andante Cantabile from the Fifth Symphony. Performers include Mrs Warren, Mrs Ream, Miss Christian, and Carrie B Adams with Mabel Rice Vernette Johnson and Elma Rice among vocalists and organist Mary Hunter. Director is Mrs K D Melcher with Shelley Elma Rice and Aileen Milligan noted.
Morning worship at 10 A M with Mrs Anderson to speak at 11 A M. Preaching at 7 30 P M. The public is warmly invited to attend and participate with the message Come Help and Be Helped Pastor L H Anderson delivers the sermons and invitations at the country church services.
May First designated as recognition day for eighth graders in Eureka area schools. Sunday activities include 10:00 a.m. Sunday School, 11:00 a.m. sermon on The Keystone of Christian Fellowship, 12:30 p.m. community lunch, and 2:30 p.m. address by J. H. Peet, superintendent of Washington city schools. Evening Epworth League meeting with no sermon. May 15 sermon by Rev S. F. Bishop, communion expected. Also radio briefs on Columbia network with May broadcasts by Bishop Wang Chih P ing and Bishop J. R. Chitambar. Ainsworth Baptist Church holds 2:00 p.m. preaching service with topic A Life Without wm. 2. 0¢ rear. Arthur A. Vinz.
Sunday school at 9 Morning service at 11 Ladies Aid society Thursday afternoon S F Wenger Minister
A concise note from the Cincinnati Enquirer observes that many people enjoyed living fully without ever appearing in the social register, highlighting the value of personal prominence and recognition beyond formal lists.
Prominent Japanese officials in Shanghai suffer wounds after a bomb exploded on a platform during a ceremony as 25 000 Japanese and 10 000 troops watched. American, British, French, and Italian attaches escaped harm. arrests follow amid Chinese and Korean involvement and tense Sino Japanese tensions.
Crawfordsville April 29 Mrs Steve Jones is quite ill and has been for several days. Dr FE W Spessard of Ainsworth was a business visitor in town Thursday. Rev S F Wenger returned home from West Liberty where he attended the meeting of Town City Presbytery acting as temporary clerk and elected permanent clerk.
The item lists Sunday school and worship times for multiple churches with evening prayer meetings and youth programs. It notes Will Anwyl was hospitalized in Iowa City Thursday afternoon after falling ill Wednesday, plus a brief historical note on the American cent mentioning Robert Morris and Jefferson.
Eliza Jane Kilgore 88 died after a fall in Davenport and will be buried at Woodlawn after funeral services Saturday at 2 30 PM at the United Presbyterian Church in Washington county. She lived in Washington county seventy six years and leaves a step daughter, step son, grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Burial follows viewing at Sherman's funeral home.
A call to organize a kittenball league in Washington urges business leaders employees and players to contact Secretary Leigh Soule of the Y for details. The sport uses a 12 ounce ball and a regulation hat with six teams possible from wards plus local manufacturers. Evening games after six could fit a six team diamond and costs per player would be minimal.
Some sharks bear their young alive, others lay eggs. The eggs are large for fish, square or oblong, with a tough horny coat, each corner extended into a tendril to entangle in seaweed and prevent being tossed about.
Supt. J H W Peet announced Washington High School has been accredited by the North Central Association for the year ending March 17, 1933. The association emphasizes yearly reviews, high standards for facilities and staffing, and benefits include easier college admissions, professional licensure recognition, and increased community confidence.
In scarlet fever desquamation itself does not spread the disease. The causative organism typically lodges in the nose and throat or appears in discharges from an ear or cervical glands, Hygeia Magazine explains in answer to a question.
The solar system is the sun with bodies held by gravity that revolve around it. It includes nine major planets with 26 satellites, about 700 minor planets or asteroids, plus comets and meteors.
The article notes a late mushroom season with a display at Sitters Auto Service on North Iowa featuring a large specimen. Harry McCall reports his family found eighty one mushrooms in a short outing, and a local youth claimed two mushrooms weigh a half pound each, though the finder’s identity is disputed.
A Nashville Banner snippet notes the 1565 origin of the lead pencil and the anecdote that pencils, when dropped, land point first, often breaking. The remark links the historical invention to a curious property observed by the author.
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