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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1905
Page
5
Miss Maud Kelley returned from Monmouth while George Snider came back from Des Moines to spend a few days in the city. John Miller left for Ottumwa and then Goodall Florida to enjoy the warm southern climate. Blank Books Stewart's advertises ongoing business in Vienna.
Harriet Howard of New York recalls years of salt rheum and eczema before using Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The ad claims it quickly heals cuts burns and bruises and is sold for 25 cents at J. H. Stewart’s drug store.
One-half block south of post office. Regular services every Sunday at 10 30 am. Sunday School at 9 15 am. Wednesday evening meeting at 7 30. All are cordially invited.
The church will hold all services except preaching on Sahiath because the pastor is ill. Other services proceed as scheduled.
This evening at 7 30 the preacher speaks on Counting the Cost of not Being a Christian. Tomorrow at 2 00 in the afternoon another service. Sabbath at 11 00 in the morning sermon followed by communion. Sabbath evening at 6 00 another service. Other church services at usual hours.
The notice lists Sunday School at 9 30, class meetings at 10 30, morning service at 11 with preaching by the pastor, Junior League at 3 30, Epworth League at 5 45 on the subject Am I My Brother's Keeper led by Ray Stryker, and an evening service at 7 with the subject The Inner Fortress Our Port Arthur. A cordial welcome is extended.
Eureka plans 10 a m Sunday School and 11 a m preaching on The Way the Truth the Life. Evangelistic service at 7 p m on Submission. Plains also holds 10 a m Sunday School. Pastor J F Robertson invites worshipers to come.
Sabbath School at 9 40. Morning preaching at 11. Junior Endeavor at 3 30. Senior Endeavor at 6. Evening service at 7. The public is cordially invited.
The Church of Covenanters holds services at 11 a.m. led by Rev. W. C. Allen. Sabbath School starts at 9:50 a.m. Christian Endeavor meets at 5:45 p.m. There is no evening service.
Bible School at 9 30 a m with preaching at 11 00 a m on the subject Crumbs Junior B Y P U meets at 4 00 p m Senior B Y P U at 6 00 p m with preaching at 7 00 p m on Winds and Waves The notice invites readers to make their home with us tomorrow at the listed times.
The funeral will be held at 2 30 PM from the residence. Rev L D Young of the Presbyterian church will conduct the service. Interment will follow in the city cemetery.
The County board adjourned today. They accepted the Rubio bridge from the Iowa Bridge Co yesterday. In a county printing contest between the Wellman Advance and the Ainsworth Clipper the contract was awarded to the Clipper.
Iowa Falls January 14 at the annual meeting the Iowa Lillooet Gold Mining company reported a shortage of $23 000 An investigating committee is at work and an entirely new board of directors will probably be elected.
The annual meeting of the stock holders will be held January 18 at 11 a m in this city to elect directors for the ensuing year and attend to other business as may properly come before the meeting.
Students faced final exams with one third of their grade at stake while the staff praised overall first semester progress. Martha Brindley fell ill and missed part of the week. A bobsted trip to a rural schoolhouse hosted a literary program and a Washington High School literary society opened with an address by Carl McKee, a reading by May Cocklin, and a debate on the value of a literary society versus athletics.
A report from inspectors of prisons lists eleven Lancashire individuals fined and imprisoned under the revived 3 Jas. TL. c. 4 act for Sunday church absence between February 1839 and May 1840. One laborer served ten weeks in prison before Home Secretary order. The act was repealed for Roman Catholics in 1844 and entirely in 1846.
A quoted reflection contrasts deserts with the human condition. It weighs misery versus the pursuit of what is best for humanity, urging a view of life that honors material and spiritual welfare.
An American mistakenly addressing a Frenchman as a waiter prompts a sharp retort from the Frenchman who presents his card and insists his seconds wait on the American. The exchange ends with a demand for Worcestershire sauce and a rebuke to hurry.
Rev Dr R Heber Newton of New York told the American Institute for Scientific Research that belief in unseen spirits is being scientifically investigated. He cited clairvoyance, stigmata, mesmerism and psychometry as examples of powers once deemed superstition now framed as measurable phenomena, with psychic research yielding therapeutic and moral benefits.
A boastful swordfish taunts anglers from the sea surface and dodges hooks. An old fisherman finally knocks the fish from the air with a stout stick, tumbling him into a boat. The Detroit Journal notes the moral that there is more than one way to catch a fish.
The London Express explains that Turkish and Virginian tobaccos are varieties of Nicotiana, not different origins, and that strong versus mild refers to nicotine retention and burn rate. It notes cabbage leaf misbeliefs about adulteration and green wrappers as unripe, improperly cured tobacco.
A Chicago Record Herald quote shows Willie asking about marriage proposals before his father. the reply notes many suitors and questions whether waiting brought any gain. The exchange emphasizes the count of proposals and the impact of waiting on marital choices.
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