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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1921

Page

6

World traveler to speak at the Chautauqua program

The Chautauqua audience will hear Dr. Isaac T. Headland, a China expert and former Peking University faculty member, in a two part program with Ver Harr concert company. He will discuss The By-products of Civilization and the Far East as part of a busy schedule including Mrs. Olesen and Clifton Mallory productions and a Bible Hour led by Dr. G. L. Robinson.

America Washington Far East Isaac T. Headland Peking University China Dr. Headland Ver Harr Concert Company Dus Flora B. Dawson Carol Forgey Willa Gibson Frances Wilson Miss Forgey Miss Dawson Solfie Mother Goose Sears Chautauqua Alma Hearne Holland Mr. Cook Mr. Olesen Pa Olesen Mrs. Olesen

Chautauqua Week Schedule With Lectures and Concerts

The program lists daily events from Aug 20 to 25 including popular concerts by The Old Senge Singers The Ver Haar Concert Company and The Barnes Company, lectures by Drs Headland Robinson Schubert and King, Bible hours, dramatic readings, and a pageant, with daily clubs for boys and girls noted. Several performances feature notable soloists like Edna Swanson Ver Haar and Isaac Van Grove.

Old Senge Singers Dr. Robinson Ver Haar Concert Company China Janne T. Headland Edna Swanson Isaac T. Headland George L. Robinson van Grove Concert Company Isaac van Grove Money Makers Hazel Dopheide The Chautauqua Bible Hour Genesis and Svolution Schubert Ladies’ Orchestra Brute Wm. J. Bryan Barnes Company Magic Egypt Euphrates Robinson

Grinnell Opens Open Air Theatre For Community Plays

Grinnell stages a six week run of community theater under the Kiwanis Club in the city park. Amateur actors led by W H Bridge present plays from Miss Civilization to The Fifth Commandment with high school girls in one cast and a reading of Ann. Open air, Japanese style stage, lighting and simple settings enhance the shows with audience-supported royalties.

Grinnell Iona Gale Kiwanta Club Richard Harding Davis Will O' the Wisp St. John Hankin Mary Aldis Stanley Houghton Lechemere Worrell Miss Wilcox W. H. Bridge Grinnell College Doris Virden Tom Burroughs Kenneth Ferguson Mabel Cowden Mabel Barber Alec Blair G P. Wyckoff P. E. Somers Cutler McGrew Joseph Kelly H. L. Beyer Oscar Matthews E. S. Evans Rose Rule

Church Announcements Unite With United Presbyterians

Sunday school at 9 45 followed by 11 09 worship with United Presbyterians at First U P church where Dr George L Robinson will preach. Opportunity to hear a great Bible teacher and mingle with a large fellowship. Evening service at the chautauqua tent with city churches. Pew A R Oates pastor.

United Presbyterians U. P George L. Robinson Chautauqua Pew A. R. Oates

Reverend Malcolm Preaches Morning and Evening Worship

The Rev. A. M. Malcolm will preach at 11:00 a.m. for morning worship and at 7:30 p.m. for evening worship. Bible study at 10:00 a.m. and an evening Bible study at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome.

A. M. Malcolm

Sabbath Services at Second United Presbyterian Church

The Sabbath school meets at 9 45 and the pastor preaches at 11 00. No evening service due to the union service at the chautauqua tent. All urged to attend Dr. Robinson's Sabbath night lecture at 8 00 with no admission fee. Various Bible lectures are offered each morning by Dr. Robinson, encouraged for others to attend. pastor L Mountford invites attendance.

United Presbyterian Chautauqua Dr. Robinson

First United Presbyterian Morning Service with Union Later

Dr G Robinson will preach at 11:00 am on The Originality of Jesus. Churches unite for a big union service at the chautauqua at 8:00 pm with Dr Robinson on Messianic Prophecy. Special music includes Mendelssohn Anthem and organ pieces performed by Helen Harvey and Carolyn Hamilton.

Jesus Chautauqua Robinson Athalia Mendelssohn Wilson Offertory Fevensong Drewedsi Johmstop Eran Adams Asa Rogers

Community concert highlights and church figures

Week events feature Dr. W. W. Bowers as speaker, Minister Alma Huppert, Director of Music Mary Hunter, and organist role highlighted, signaling a church service and musical program.

W. W. Bowers Alma Huppert Mary Hunter

County Churches Grace Hill Moravian Service Schedule

Sunday school begins at 10 a m with Carl Miller as superintendent Preaching at 11 a m conducted by Rev A P Simmerman All welcome to attend at the Grace Hill Moravian Church

Carl Miller A. P. Simmerman

Bible School and Services at Local Church

The church invites all to Bible school at 10 a.m. preaching at 11 a.m. and B Y P A at 7 30 p m with another preaching at 8 15 p m Pastor K E Anderson signs the invitation and extends cordial invitations.

Bible School KE. A. Anderson

Bible school selects verse from child or children

E A Anderson pastor invites attendees to Bible school at 10 a m and asks for the largest number of verses containing the word child or children this time.

Bible School E. A. Anderson

Bible School and Services Schedule

Bible school at 2 p m and preaching every other Sunday led by pastor E A Anderson.

Bible School E. A. Anderson

Sunday Services With Yale Divinity Preacher

Regular services throughout the morning begin with Sunday school at 9 30 and preaching at 11 oclock. Dean Chas R Brown of Yale divinity school will preach. Special music includes Prelude The Angelus Massaret Anthem Praise Ye the Father Gounod Offertory Andantino in D Fiat Me 4bebgauncice Lemare Postlude Ave Maria Arcadelt.

Chas. R. Brown Yale Divinity School Father

Advertising Religion in the Protestant Episcopal Church

A New York Herald piece argues for professional advertising to spread church messages. It contends that modern outreach should use newspapers to reach minds and hearts, citing Jesus and Decapolis as precedent and urging churchmen to embrace public enlightenment.

Protestant Episcopal Church Jesus Decapolis Christ New York Herald

Town Chautauqua Brings Mixed Plays and Interludes

The town gains aid from the college group for an evening of varied entertainment. The program blends romance amusement somber realism with interludes including tumblers dancers and musical numbers. The weekly prayer meeting is canceled due to attendance at the chautauqua.

Onion Teardrop through the Ages in Ancient Egypt

The passage claims onions caused vast tears across history, citing hieroglyphic depictions on ancient obelisks. It portrays the onion as the oldest and most aristocratic vegetable, used by Egyptian slaves as a notable dietary element.

Harvard Motto From Dutch Origin Says Librarian

Clifford B. Clapp of the Henry EB Huntington Library asserts in a Colonial Society of Boston address that Harvard’s motto Christo et Ecclesiae derives from an inscription on a portal at the Academy of Franeker founded in 1030 by Fries Hund estates.

Harvard University Christo Et Ecclesiae Clifford B. Clapp Henry EB. Huntington Library San Gabriel Colonial Society of Boston Academy of Franeker Frieshund

Lost Continent Atlantis Described As Mythic Land

The article recounts Atlantis as a mythic island continent in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar. Plato claims it was submerged about 1000 years earlier as punishment for its people’s warlike conduct against Athens.

Atlantis Atlantic Ocean Straits of Gibraltar Plato Athens

Huston Family Reunion Near Olds At Miller Home

The Huston family held their annual reunion at C. R. Miller's near Olds on August 17 with 124 registered attendees. Plans for next year were announced, celebrating a long kinship and noted a published family history. The community praises the intelligent, law abiding family and its contributions.

Winfield Huston C. R. Miller Olds Histon Kin Ifuston

Winfield Sorry for Junctions Bad Luck

From the Columbus Junction fair reports residents describe a lively event filled with arrests and incidents. Rain disrupted racing and flooded grounds as officials struggled to control troublemakers and protect attendees.

Winfield Beacon Columbus Junction Fair Association Wapé¢llo

Seed Wheat and Seed Longevity Cited by Scientists

The passage notes that seed wheat is not easily killed yet quotes Dr. Asa Gray on leguminous seeds preserving germinating power for long periods. It cites cases of up to seventy or even one hundred years with suitable conditions of temperature darkness and burial beyond atmospheric influence aiding vitality.

Peter Olesen Minnesota United States Asa Gray

Possibility of Another Ice Age Reported by Scientist

Dr. Robert Be. Griggs warned before the American Association for the Advancement of Science that a series of eruptions like Mt Katmat in Alaska in June 1912 could block sunlight and lower Earth's temperature, potentially triggering another ice age.

Mt. Katmat Alaska Earth Robert BE. Griggs American Association For Advancement of Science

Also Mentioned on This Page

Isaac T. Wradland Dr. Cadman Mallory Clifton Mallory G. L Robinson Moses Abraham Abimelech Jacob Ephraim Manasseh Samuel David Evra Job Jesus Christ Haines Red Cross Potgeter W. F. Bickel Associate Presbyterian First United Presbyterian J. M. Wishart Carolyn Hamilton Helen Harvey Grace Hill Prairie Plower Baptist West Chester Baptist NEW Haven Baptist Methodist Episcopal Kato Viscount Kato Japan Reunion Frank L. Wilson & CO Washington, Iowa Evening Journal Advertising Department
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