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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1923
Page
3
A jury deliberated about five hours in the case of Man against C P Riverstare. The verdict awarded damages of 570 and 95 a month for six months, plus 561 in exemplary damages. The trial involved mocken claims and noted adjustments for missing items. Both parties are Brighton.
Jay Brewer has purchased the Art Rathmell dairy and will take over the property and routes February first. Brewer plans to continue the business along Rathmell’s lines, expanding capacity as trade demands while Rathmell returns to farming and Brewer assumes all customers and full-time dairy operations.
Residents and witnesses from Brighton testified, drawing interest from the community as the case moved forward. Several witnesses from Brighton provided testimony regarding the dispute and event details.
A boiler failure at the Christian church yesterday morning left the heating plant out of service. Officials say repairs will not occur until spring. With regular janitor absent, inexperienced substitutes managed the system when pipes burst due to an over supply of fuel, the pastor Dr. W. H. Hampton announced.
Mrs. William H. Helmick age 67 died at the Helmick home 834 East Madison street after a long illness pernicious anemia had weakened her last fall. Born December 18 1855 in Louisa county she taught music and married November 28 1883 to William H Helmick. They lived on a farm near Washington before moving to Washington city three years ago. She leaves three children Ben Helmick Blanche Helmick and Helene Helmick one sister Mrs Mary Bradley and brother W S Coe.
Dr. W H Hampton reports Des Moines will send a speaker for a Near East Relief union meeting of city churches at 7 PM February 4 in First United Presbyterian Church. The local ministerial association hosts, and an offering will go to Near East relief. No services at the church yesterday due to Pastor Rev J Reade Merory illness not serious.
The obituary notes a woman of fine Christian character with funeral arrangements awaiting word from her son in Maine on attendance. This brief confirms the family connection and pending decisions without detailing other relatives or service plans.
A sermon by W H Hampton emphasizes Jesus Christ as central to faith, urges unity beyond sects, and critiques worldly entertainments that replace spiritual longing. It contrasts Christ with Jazz era spectacle and notes the church foundation in Zion and rocks of Mount Moriah as steadfast against a changing world.
The Parsons college girls glee club opened its annual tour in Washington with a Saturday evening concert at the Presbyterian church drawing an overflow crowd. The Sunday sacred concert featured organ work by Professor Dwight Steere and solos by Miss Florence Gates, praised for tone and technique.
The text extols glorious biblical themes about Mount Zion and the gospel church. It highlights the church as Christ’s bride and a holy nation, asserting that despite reproach the church endures when built on the rock and supported by believers in the city on Mount Zion.
The passage credits nature as a great inspirer for those with inner springs of inspiration. It cites Abraham Mitrie Rhibhany in Wise Men as exemplifying a man who sees beyond the bush’s flame to Moses’s calling.
John H. Romine aged 85 longtime president of Wellman Savings Bank died Saturday evening at his home near Wellman from heart failure after returning from business. He leaves a widow two sons and two daughters. Funeral services Tuesday at ten in his home with Knights of Pythias in charge.
Mrs R E Brown of South Iowa Avenue slipped on Saturday evening after alighting from a car by the Presbyterian church. She fell and broke a bone in her right wrist. She is resting easy and learning to use her left hand.
A short aphorism attributed to William Penn cautions that false dealing is detectable and brings consequences. The remark emphasizes honesty in conduct and warns that deceit cannot endure.
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