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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1922

Page

5

Society Notes Highlight Holiday Gatherings and Parties

Miss Elizabeth Bell hosts at cards for Miss Marcia DeBey and guests. Mrs. Tracy Phillips hosts two tables of bridge with Mrs. Pearl Chambers visiting from Ottumwa. Mrs. Ralph Minick entertains for Mrs. Ruth Lemley with twelve guests, then serves a pink and white luncheon at a countryside home. Various church groups and families hold Christmas exchanges, dinners, and parties with games, food, and gifts, including the West Chester Methodist leaders, the Pleasant Hill Sunday school, and First United Presbyterian choir events.

Tracy Phillips Pearl Chambers of Ottumwa Ralph Minick Ruth Lemley Cedar Falls Clase West Chester Polyanna’s Pleasant Hill Harry Jones Washington Cora Porter Hans John Teeter Warren Teeter Colorado Ida Roberts Sarah Grimes Gwendolyn Long

Kooking Klub Hosts A Christmas Party With Rarebit Challenge

Members of the Kooking Klub, hosted by Miss Maude Hott on South Second Ave, staged a festive gathering. Ralph Dougherty and Ralph Livingston argued over who made a perfect Welch rarebit as the dish finally wowed the guests. Roy Octavious Cohen praised their efforts as the evening ended.

The Kooking Klub Roy Octavious Cohen

First English Daily Paper and Sunday Publications

The Daily Courant began in 1702 as the first English daily. The first Sunday papers, the British Gazette and the Daily Monitor, appeared in 1780.

Daily Courant British Gazette Daily Monitor

Different Types of Sea Buoys

The article explains there are forty distinct sea buoy types each signaling a specific condition. It notes green buoys mark wrecks while others indicate rocks shoals sand banks or deepwater channels, helping mariners navigate safely.

Ancient Lamps Used Across Roman Empire

The article notes that wax candies existed in ancient times but from the start of the Christian era oil burning lamps spread across the Roman world. It cites Italy and Palestine as examples and mentions olive oil as a common fuel. It references lamps found in ruinous German cities and Pompeii Ve.

Italy Palestine Pomae

Associate Pastor Milhoim Preaches at Bible Echo

Trev. A. M. Milhoim, pastor at Bible Echo, conducts morning and evening services with themes Our Record on High and What to Do With Our Past and Our Future. The last Sabbath of 1922 closes the first year of the pastorate and a New Year social and business meeting is planned.

A. M. Milhoim

Sabbath and worship times at the church

Sabbath school begins at 10 o clock public worship at 11 prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7 30 led by Pastor W G Robb

Preparatory service and worship at First United Presbyterian

The First United Presbyterian Church invites all to a Friday preparatory service at 7 30 p m with Rev J Reade McCrory delivering the sermon The Sacrament of the Lord s Supper will be observed Sabbath morning at 11 o clock Sunday school meets at 9 45 with age appropriate classes Evening worship at 7 00 features the sermon The Chains of Habit The Junior choir leads Sunday school music and the Senior choir sings at both services Special meetings open next Wednesday evening Arthur R Oates pastor

J. Reade McCrory First United Presbyterian Church Arthur R. Oates J. W. Bishop M. R. Regan

Shorter A M Br Chapel Service Schedule

Shorter A M Br Chapel on 515 Sc Ave C C P Jones Pastor L A P Jodnes Evangelist. Sunday school 9 45 am preaching 11 am. Communion 12 30 pm. A C BE League 9 45 pm. Love feast 11 pm. New year observance urged. board meetings follow with reports due. Malachi 3 8.

A.M. BR Sc. Ave P. Jones L. A. P. Jodnes A. C. BE. League

Summer and Winter Sermons At Sunday Services

The Sunday schedule includes morning worship at 11 with the pastor on Summer and Winter and a 7 pm service of song and sermon. Sunday school begins at 9:30 with the Epworth League at 6 pm and Intermediate League at 6 pm in the chapel led by Harold Minch focusing on the importance of a treasurer. Music features multiple preludes and anthems by various organists and choirs, directed by J. Miller with Carolyn Hamilton and Helen Harvey as organizers and organists.

Epworth League Harold Minch

Christian Science Chapel Sunday Service Notice

Sunday services at 11 a m subject Christian Science. Golden text John 15 26 but when the Comforter is come whom I will send unto you from the Father even the spirit of truth which proceedeth from the Father he shall testify of me.

Christian Bible School and Worship Schedule for New Year

The church announces a 9 45 morning Bible school and 11 morning worship with topic How to Live a Successful Life in 1923. Evening meetings at 7 and 6 0 for Junior with address The Need of the Age. Pastor M R Regan invites all to attend.

Bible School C. FE. Society W. H. Hampton Bert Campbell Edith Polleau

Second Untpted Presbyterian Sabbath Services Schedule

The church holds Sabbath school at 9 45 am and morning worship at 11 am with a Christian Endeavor at 6 pm on Lessons from a New Year's Psalm 1201 17 led by Edna Bishop. Evening worship follows at 7 pm and a New Year's dinner is planned. No Wednesday prayer. Young Women's Missionary Society meets Thursday at 2 39 with leader Miss Blanche McFarlane at Mrs J H Baird's.

Christian Endeavor Edna Bishop Young Women's Missionary Society Willl J. H. Baird Blanche ‘McFarlane

Proposed use of maximum effort infernal labor

A fragment notes a plan to employ a small man paid 50 cents in advance to rake leaves off a lawn. The item reflects a crude, demeaning portrayal of a Black laborer in a satirical or critical tone within a Cincinnati Inquirer context.

Cincinnati Inquirer

Easy Deduction Caption

A classroom exchange presents a simple joke on definitions. Archibald defines an engineer as a man who works an engine while William offers a playful misdefinition of a pioneer as a man who works pig.we.

Archibald William

Sex of Cities in Advertising Man Perspective

An advertising man notes cities differ in character, claiming Pittsburgh Gary Youngstown and Akron are predominantly male oriented while stores for women would fail there, unlike Haverhill Lynn Lowell or Fall River which he labels feral nine communities with female appeal.

Pittsburgh Gary Youngstown Akron Haverhill Lynn Lowell Fall River

County churches schedule two services and events

Sunday Behdol service from 9 30 to 16 45 at a local church and Bethel Missionary Baptist Church holds Sunday school at 10 am. Community dinners and New Year’s Day church events are planned.

Hasking

New Haven Baptist Sunday Services and Thanks

Mea Casselman will lead Sunday worship with a short tale on Leadership at 10:15 and 11:24. Next Sabbath Jon and Doctor Alcorn plan to attend with Wa. Wa 2 60 p m service at New Haven Baptist. Mr H J Manigold to preach at 3 p m on Good Will. Rev and Mrs Aldrich express gratitude for gifts and remembrance.

Casselman Jon Doctor Alcorn H. J. Manigold Wilk A. B. Aldrich

Services at the usual church on Sunday

The article announces Sunday services at the usual place with an 11 a.m. sermon on In the Beginning God and a 2:30 p.m. sermon on Continuous Hope. League topic is Whats Ahead led by Alice Peterson. The annual church dinner is set for January 1 at noon, inviting all members to attend. Pastor J. F. Rex urges participation.

Alice Peterson J. F. Rex

West Chester Baptist Sunday Schedule and Yearly Meeting

West Chester Baptist holds Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. led by Walter A. Leet with public worship at 11:00 a.m. The evening service is canceled in favor of a Methodist church gathering. The annual New Year business meeting follows the 10:30 a.m. sermon by Rev. M. R. Regan, with a church dinner and officer elections for the coming year.

Walter A. Leet Baptist Church Methodist Church M. R. Regan A. E. Aldrich

One on the Jury

A prosecuting attorney addresses the jury calling the prisoner an unmitigated scoundrel yet notes the fairness of a trial by a jury of peers under the common law. The quote reflects courtroom rhetoric from a Boston Transcript item.

Boston Transcript

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Elizabeth Bell Marcia DeBey Rosa Ter Wer tIriene Chrawick Anna Knottnerus Wiards Santa Claus Kether Rittenhouse Donald Stutsman Robert E. KE. Stutsman Stutaman General Goverseer Missionary Society of the J. M. Godfrey Harold Duke Martha Jane Godfrey Richard Robert Godfrey Willa Gibson J. D. Byers Henrietta Byers Kodak Willis McCrory Helen and Dean Moravia M. J. Burns Maxine Des Moines Fred Byers Evelyn Columbus Junction von Hadley Dauzenary Rowamond Fairfiéda Harry Claypool John Uhhirry Allen Waldo Pauline First United Presbyterian Choir George W. Rudiger Louise Livingston Carolyn Hamilton Dade Shearer Assoctate Prestrerean W. G. Robb Malachi West End OUR Liberty Christmas Club Commercial Savings Bank Washington, Iowa Methodist Barrett Ceusne Ashford Rockwell Ieee Hosmer Ah Whiting v. Bowers de J. Miller Mustc Mary Hunter PST United Presbyterian Morning Meyerbeer Offertory Ave Marie BM Cs Adenboubne Donahoe Wilson Lorenz Organ Verne Helen Harvey Christian Scienceh Chapel Bethel M. FP Bethel NEW Haven Baptist Linsworth Methodist lLoure West Chester Baptist Ward’s H. J. Ward & Co
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