Missionary Speaker Describes India Work and Needs
Mrs Alma Hearne Holland, returning from fifteen years in India, spoke at the Methodist church on the three departments of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society medical evangelistic and educational. She stressed medical work amid need and urged greater society membership with two marshals appointed for January 4. Special music accompanied the service.
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Methodist
Alma Hearne Holland
India
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
England
Holland
Ida
Mayor Demands Clean Walks Amid Snow Thaw
Mayor Bovey announced strict enforcement to clear front walks of snow ice and slush. If residents fail to comply the street commissioner will act and assess the cost against property owners. With warm weather thawing recent snow, authorities vow full sidewalk clearing.
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Bovey
Evening Christmas Service Praised for Fuller Sound
An evening Christmas program repeated the prior Sunday with rich choral singing. The director and choir received praise for refined performances. Notable numbers included The Song of the Angels The Shepherds Christmas Song and The Manger of Bethlehem. Soloist Mr Wood rendered Holy Night Peaceful Night.
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Bethlehem
Thomas
Wood
Earthquakes Regular Visitors on Simatra Island
Rasak and lagen trees grow on Simatra off Sumatra in the Indian Ocean. Rasak is a very large, solid timber akin to teak. Lagaa is softer. Earthquakes shake the stand about every 12 days. rare to see a flower. Singabang is governed by Helland with modern improvements. the governor is the only white man and there is no Christian church.
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Simatra
Sumatra
Indian Ocean
American Forestry Magazine
Singabang
Helland
Splendid Cough Medicine Ad Shares Mrs. Fry Endorsement
A Ferguson Station Missouri reader Mrs. Clay Fry extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in an Lemmon's Drug Store advertisement. She says it quickly relieves croupy symptoms in children and cures her own coughs and colds after a few doses.
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Chamberlain
Clay Fry
Ferguson Station
Lemmon
Our Occasional Observance by Penny Matching
A wry note from the Indianapolis Star on a man who minds pennies at leisure but erupts in rage when his wife asks him to match a piece of dress goods hinting at domestic frictions and ordinary married life.
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Indianapolis Star
Local Club Notes Announcements From Fortnightly Page
Miss Alice Rownd entertains the B E O class Tuesday evening. The Just Us Club meets Wednesday with Mrs C L Brock. Mothers club meets Wednesday at 2 30 at Mrs A B Schmodller. Bible Department meets Monday Feb 5 at 2 30 with Mrs F J Wilson. Mays choir meets Tuesday and Friday at 4 at Mr Thomas Studio. Junior choir Wednesday at 4. Sunday school orchestra Friday 7. Senior choir Friday evening at church.
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Alice Rownd
Just Us Club
C. L. Brock
Mothers’ Club
A. B. Schmodller
Ture
Bible Department
Mays
M. KE
Thomas
Chamberlain’s Tablets For Indigestion And Constipation
These tablets are intended especially for indigestion and constipation. They tone up the stomach and enable it to perform its functions naturally. They act gently on the liver and bowels, thereby restoring the stomach and bowels to a healthy condition. When you feel dull, stupid and constipated give them a trial. You are certain to be pleased with their effect. Lemmon's Drug Store.
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Chamberlain's Tablets
Lemmon’s Drug Store
Advt
Uncle Eben Reflects On Misusing Bible And Law
A dialect line depicts Uncle Eben noting a man who mencoba to cite scripture like law to excuse himself for wrongs. The quote emphasizes hypocrisy and the confusion between Bible authority and legal loopholes.
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Uncle Eben
Cage Ball Debuts at Y M C A Gym
A two foot diameter air filled cage ball was added to the Y M C A gym. The device produced a lively giant volley ball game during the men's class workout. Several players show promise for an independent team while A W Clow was absent ill.
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A. W. Clow
Local News Items Include Visits and Legal Notices
Stanley White and Walter Drish head to EBl dora for New Year at White parents. J Kellogg departs for St Louis for a New Year visit with relatives. Lieut Col Fred S Holstein, Burlington, Republican congressional candidate, spends day in Washington with army ties. Marriage licenses issued to Charles Glenn McCall and Belle Jay of West Chester and to Thomas R. Johnson and Nina Belle Graf of Wellman.
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Stanley White
Walter Drish
Ebldora
Mr. White
Fred S. Holstein
Burlington
Congress
Washington
Beig
Judge Advocate General
Washington, DC
Charles Glenn McCall
Belle BE. Jay
West Chester
Thomas RK. Johnson
Nina Belle. Graf
Wellman
Decrease in Iowa coal consumption predicted
December 29 Iowa expects about 1,000,000 fewer tons of coal used in 1919 than in 1917 due to strikes and production stoppages. State Mine Inspector Ward Sweeney cites a U.S. Interior Department report noting Iowa imported 5,998,000 tons of bituminous coal in 1917 and total soft coal use reached 9,446,061 tons, with railroads and industries consuming large shares.
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Iowa
F Ward Sweeney
United States Department of the Interior
Co. &. Lesher
Sweeney
Towa
Rairoads
Lowa
Washington
Western
Kentucky
Tridiana
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
Tennessee
Southeastern
Kanawha
Kenova-Thacker
West Virginia
Polish soldier in Poland thanks Washington knitters for warm sweaters
A letter received by Mrs. John W. Davison of Washington Iowa from a Polish soldier fighting Bolshevists in Poland expresses gratitude for sweaters and socks knitted by Washington Red Cross volunteers a year earlier. The signer, identified as R. Polska, says the garments arrived as winter nears and notes former American volunteers aided Polish troops.
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John W. Davison
South Second Avenue
R. Polska
Mr. Polska
K. K
Germany
Washington
Towa
UC. S. A
Booth Transfer Line Long Distance Trucking Services
Do Your Hauling By Motor Truck will furnish one to three trucks for long distance hauls and general trucking. Rates per mile for one ton. Leave your call at Washington Steam Laundry office. Phone 48. Fri-Sat- then end of day tf.
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Washington Steam Laundry Office
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Quarantining Colds Urged by Physicians Ad
Many doctors advocate complete isolation for anyone with a bad cold to stop spread within families and circles as colds are highly contagious. They caution that early relief helps, recommending Chamberlain's Cough Kennedy as an effective remedy. Lemmon's Drug Store advertises it.
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Chamberlain
Cough Kennedy
Lemmon's Drug Store
Advt
The Door as Modern Convenience
The essay explains doors as a defining modern luxury not found in ancient cultures. It notes temples had doorways but not true doors and mentions tapestries hung over openings.
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Egypt
Greece
Little Frederick and Aunt Nellie Gum Request
A short memory scene shows Frederick asking Aunt Nellie for gum. She refuses citing germs, Frederick suggests washing them out. Weeks later a similar exchange repeats with a new spelling.
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Frederick
Nellie
Netile
Very Peculiar Phrase Causes Stir in Town
A note from a local column hints at a peculiar event as a resident experiences an abrupt change of fortune, prompting curiosity among neighbors and readers of the paper.
Blessings of Life And Health In Moral Teaching
A historic reflective note emphasizes conscience as the first blessing and health as the second. It urges gratitude for health as a divine gift, second only to a good conscience, and warns that wealth cannot buy these true blessings.
Enjoy Your Meals and Aid Digestion with Chambers Tablets
An advertisement from Lewimon's Drug Store promotes Chamberlain's Tablets to improve digestion. It urges moderate eating and waiting five hours between meals, claiming meals will become a real pleasure after taking the tablets after supper.
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Chamberlain
Lewimon
Advt
Parisian Lace Hair Loss Ad in Lemmon's Pharmacy
A fragment describes an ad from Lemmon's Pharmacy promoting Parisian Lace as a remedy to stop hair loss with a money back guarantee. The anxious quote from Albert suggests a personal endorsement or testimonial within the ad.
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Albert
Lemmon
Adyt
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DR. Swift
Woman's Relief Corps
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Isaiah
Jesus Christ
God
M. R. Regan
C. EF. Riddington
Ainsworth
Frank Edworthy
Howard Sittlar
W. E. Sickles
A. W. Yard
T A. Jones
Poland
Chocolate Shop
Journal Office
T. H. Barnes
Crawfordsville
Joe A. Limerman
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Ladies Home Journal
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L. Otho Gordon
Grand Hotel
Muscatine
S Fes
Journal
Red
N. T
Leesman
Washington, Ta. A
Dempsey Real Estate Company
Russell Smith
Fairfield
TOY
J. H. Baird
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Corsetiere
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Immune
Robert G. Sheetz
Kevin
C. A. Ruebsam
Brady
Black
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R. F. Brown
BABY
Ama Stewart
J. F. Foster
Oakland
Geo A Ainsworth
Salec Heap
Lee Cummings
Keota
West Chester No. 2
Cloyce Benson
Harkins Mutual
Fabrica
Lytle Bros
Graham
John Shields & Sons
R. H. Kelley
Lewin
Agother
Cal
I. Cohn
Menenenent
Annie
MES
M. W. Karman
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