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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 06, 1920

Page

3

Pulpit Focuses on Permanent Fund and Evangelistic Drive

Dr. N F Gilbert occupies the Methodist pulpit to promote The Permanent Fund an endowment of 490 000 for retired Iowa ministers noting 78000 already on hand He also urges evangelistic services to enroll one million souls by June first The Sunday evening sermon frames the call Rev T F Barker reads greetings from Rev J A Glendinning and family a Christmas message from Pass a Grille Florida Miss Mary Hunter offers new organ numbers and Carl Hedges sings a bass solo O For a Clover Walk with God.

Methodist Church N.F. Gilbert Iowa Gilbert T. F. Barker J. A. Glendinning Pass-a-Grille Florida Mary Hunter Sehnecker Carl Hedges

No Tournaments In U S Basketball

A bulletin from Secretary C B Humphrey of the Iowa high school athletic association states the board of control will not manage district or state basketball tournaments. Schools may host invitation events if players are eligible and certified. Cedar Rapids high is suspended until 1920 for football ineligible players. Moulton faces similar action.

C. B. Humphrey Iowa High School Athletic Association Association Board of Control Des Moines High School Athletic Association Southeastern Iowa Washington Humphrey Cedar Rapids High School Iowa City Ames Moulton Albia

The De tective Who Never Lost a Case and The Worst Prayer

Tonight a joint meeting at the Y M C A will feature The Detective Who Never Lost a Case and The Worst Prayer in the Bible with delegates from Prairie Flower West Chester and Baptist Brotherhood. Boy Scouts are asked to attend at 7 15 pm and seats are reserved. The sermon on optimism criticizes cynics and urges Christians to spread sunshine, with notes on school athletics and public conduct.

Baptist Brotherhood Prairie Flower West Chester First Baptist Church Swift Moses Egypt Promised Land Washington

Washington Iowa considers memorial and six block pavement petitions

At the January meeting the city council referred two petitions to committees. One requests a Soldier's Memorial Building funded by bonds and a special election, the other seeks six blocks of paving from the water works to industrial sites. The council also amended a fire department water credit rule and noted the treasurer's report.

Soldiers’ Memorial J. B. Crail City of Washington Public Grounds and Finance Committees Iowa United States Thirty-eighth General Assembly of Thirty-eighth General Assembly City Water Works Fourth Avenue East Seventh Street North Seventh Avenue East Sixth Street Water Works American Pearl Button Factory Busby Factory Bruns Seed House Riverside Haskins H. H. Knott H. H. McCulley Frank Gobbie American Pearl Button Company C. W. Busby & Co Bruns Seed Company Council

Rebekah Club Plans All Day Meet at Odd Fellows Hall

The Rebekah club schedules an all day meeting this Thursday at the Reat Room in Odd Fellows Hall 7612 Then W A. Girls of the high participate in the event.

Rural Women's Club Sam McKee Rebekah Club Reat Odd Fellows Hall Girls of the High

To the Dyspeptic Consider Chamberlains Tablets

A promotional note claims Chamberlains Tablets cure stomach troubles and restore appetite. Mentions Lemmon's Drug Store and druggists everywhere as outlets for the remedy.

Chamberlain Lemmon’s Drug Store Adyt

Uncle Eben Praises Party Speakers On A Mighty Aim

A colorful remark describes Uncle Eben noting that a man who touts his own speaking often turns out to deliver a good speech on a serious, high minded topic. The quote highlights the paradox of self-promotion yielding meaningful rhetoric.

Uncle Eben

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