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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1909
Page
2
United Presbyterians marked their yearly tradition with joint services yesterday at the two churches. Attendance stood out as a notable feature, reflecting community participation and shared worship.
Congregational meetings report the election of officers and the presentation of excellent reports. Key members and committees are named, with updates on church activities, finances, and programs for the coming year. Local lay leaders praise progress and set goals.
The Mary Garden Barette stars in a fashion note as black net returns to evening wear with trims in black and braided ribbons. Girdles and trimmings favor black, with options in black, white, or silver gray.
The piece catalogs fashionable hair ornaments such as the Greek fillet imitation pearl cap with a white aigrette, satin ribbon half-circles with bows, white roses, gold or silver tinsel flowers, and ostentatious Mary Garden barettes named after the opera singer. Lucy Carter.
The article discusses home made style basics around shoulders and square necklines, suggesting lace or metallic accents to match lining. It notes black spangled net costumes prevalent this season with graduated spangle arrangements creating a button like look. Beads increasingly replace spangles with vines of passementerie and gilt bead festoons edging low necklines.
W R Lipscomb of Washington North Carolina recalls his brother’s battle with consumption and relief after using Dr King's New Discovery, claiming cure after six bottles. The remedy is advertised as a quick, sure treatment for lung and bronchial ailments with trial bottles available.
Members of First United Presbyterian held a New Year dinner for 325 attendees in the Sabbath school room, celebrating interior improvements and a salary raise for the pastor. A congregational meeting followed with reports from church societies, and officers were elected including Dr. Boice as chairman and J. D. McLaughlin as vice chairman.
About 120 members of the West Chester United Presbyterian Church gathered for a congregational dinner and social at the church. They met the new pastor Rev. W. T. Graham and his wife while listening to a musical program with visiting friends including Rev. C. E. Baumgarten and his wife from the Methodist church. The event was described as a thoroughly enjoyable day.
A vintage advertisement touts a one day cure for colds using laxative Bromine Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money if the remedy fails. The box bears E. W. Grove’s signature and is priced at 25 cents.
B. Johnson spent Thursday night as an overnight visitor at G. S. Eckerman’s home while traveling from a holiday visit at Biggsville Lil to his home in West Chester.
The article notes fur toques as the prevailing headwear, often velvet crowned or trimmed with fur heads or tails, sometimes a rose or gardenias, plus military aigrettes. It cites January fur sales at C. C. Shayne & Co. with broadtail and maire caraca coats expected to remain fashionable. Local notices list residents visiting, traveling, or staying in the city during New Year’s period.
New York sports fans witness a Marathon revival as Tom Longboat defeats Dorando Pietri in New York and prompts managers from Los Angeles to offer 4000 dollars each to run against him. Don Connolly Albert Corey Jim Crowley and Alfred Shrubb received offers to turn professional as promoters expect more challenges. Longboat began his career five years earlier in Hamilton Ontario running 25 miles in 2 hours 24 minutes and became a national sensation.
The University of Illinois assigns a house near campus to two parallel apartments. One uses modern household science methods with gas, electricity, and electric laundry while the other sticks to traditional grandma era practices with coal heating and oil lamps. Students track costs time and convenience for comparison over one year.
A new pay system to reduce bookkeeping will be adopted on the Philadelphia rapid transit system. Motor men and conductors will receive daily pay at their car barns as they complete runs, with barn clerks auditing returns and paying immediately from the day’s receipts if no errors are found.
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