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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1924

Page

6

Woman's Missionary Society Meetings and Local News

The Bethel Presbyterian Woman's Missionary Society met at Mrs Bari Galloway's home with good attendance and two visitors. Mrs Applegate led the session with Helen Walker presenting the lesson. The Sigafoose Thanksgiving reunion was held at Walter Gardner's with 31 attending, and a dinner at the Gardner home followed by a program. The U and I Club enjoyed a supper gathering at Mrs J T Schulty's home with husbands as guests. The West Chester Woman's Home Missionary Society met at Mrs J D Dayton's, focusing on mission work and the book Adventures in Brotherhood. Miss Lora A Busby and Joe L McConnell announced their Chicago wedding license and planned ceremony, held Saturday at two o clock.

Woman's Missionary Society Bethel Presbyterian Church Bari Galloway Applegate Helen Walker Walter Gardner Charley Kephart Simmering T. R. Been Blossom Marie Simmons Lucille Beenblossom Mary Hopping Dale Beenblossom Elwyn Gardner Daisy Simmering Wilbur Beenblossom Hazel Helen Simmering Sam Simmons L.ff W. H. Sigafoose Gardners J. T Chulty South Fourth Avenue U_ and I. Club Sup Charlies Schulty Warren Matthess Woman's Home Missionary Society The West Chester Methodist Episcopal Church J.D. Dayton Laubach Qmn Wag Suffy Dayton Coffey America Christ Mol Me Tierney Meetitix Lora A. Busby Joe L. McConnell Chicago

President to Send Annual Message to Congress Wednesday

The piece outlines congressional plans as a new session opens. It notes the Senate calendar includes the deficiency bill the Muscle Shoals project and farm legislation. It mentions leadership changes with Borah Cummins Curtis and a commission on farm aid.

Congress House Interior Department Senate Muscle Shoals Henry Ford Senate Agriculture Committee Horah Lodge Senate Committee William E. Borah Foreign Relations Senator Lodge Senator Cummins Judiciary Committee Senator Brandagee Connecticut Curtis Kansas Watson Indiana Senator Curtis

Washington Couple Wed in Methodist Temple Ceremony

Rev. W D Fairchild officiated as Miss Mildred Bailey and Kenneth Rober attended the couple. Mrs McConnell, a Cedar Falls graduate and Kappa Theta Psi member, taught in Washington public schools. Mr McConnell, State Teachers College alumnus, coaches at Yarmouth High. Journal offers felicitations.

Cago Methodist Temple W D. Fairchild Mildred Bailey Kenneth Rober Northwestern University Evanston McConnell State Teachers College Cedar Falls Washington Beta Chapter Kappa Theta Psi Charles Busby Yarmouth

Ladies Aid Meeting at Christain Church Wednesday

The Ladies Aid of the Christain church will hold an all day meeting at the church on Wednesday. Every mother please be present.

RN. A. Royal Neighbors Woodman Hall Ladies Aid of the Christain Church

West Chester Baptist Ken Sington Social Wednesday Dec 3

The West Chester Baptist Ken Sington will hold their regular social on Wednesday afternoon December 3 with plans for fellowship and light refreshments.

West Chester Kensington

Sunday school social and PTA meeting notices

Sunday school holds a regular social meeting at the church Thursday afternoon. Bring scissors needles and thimbles. Notice from Parent-Teacher Association. General meeting at the high school auditorium Thursday December 4 at 7 30 PM. Special program arranged. Parents and teachers of the city invited. BK O W club meets with Mrs Nellie Crone for regular business meeting Wednesday at 2 30 PM.

Jackson Center Celesta Hasty Howard MccCleery George P. Mann Parent and Teachers Association of the St. James School BK. O. W. Club Nellie Crone

Rural Woman's Club Sets All Day Friday Meeting

Rural Woman's club schedules an all day gathering at Mrs. T. W. Hunter's home on Friday December 5 with lunch to be brought by attendees. Local notices also announce Ladies' Aid at St Pauls Evangelical Church on December 4 at Mrs Charles Zieglowsky home.

Rural Woman's Club T. W. Hunter St. Paul's Evangelical Church Charles Zieglowsky M. FE. C

Be not arrogant because of that which thou knowest

A proverb from the Precepts of Ptah Hotep urges humility toward all learners. It notes that art barriers remain and no artist holds perfection, calling for patient, respectful instruction and self-advancement.

Ptah- Hotep

Gettysburg Address Not Impromptu Says a College Professor

Urbana Nov. 29. Professor Daniel Kilham Dodge of the University of Illinois says Lincoln's Gettysburg address was the product of constant effort and preparation. He asserts Lincoln wrote speeches fully and memorized them, treating preparation like a legal case and advising students to work hard.

Associated Press Urbana Lincoln Daniel Kilham Dodge University of Illinois Goldsmith Dodge Washington Sewlard

One to the Manner Born and Lincoln’s Oratory Development

The passage traces Abraham Lincoln’s evolving speaking style from crude 1832 communication to the Cooper Institute Address and the Gettysburg Address, noting a defect that spurred mastery of spoken language and a stepwise progression through his early, mid, and late career. A remark suggests a small Want-ad could suffice.

Lincoln Cooper Institution

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