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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1926
Page
4
Elders Cruise To Lyngen Fjord Norway On Carinthia
Word from Raymond & Whitcomb confirms the steamship Carinthia touched Norway after stops in Iceland. The Evening Journal believes Mr and Mrs Elder remain aboard, enjoying the far north as they travel toward the midnight sun with letters expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond & Whitcomb Company
Carinthia
Norway
Iceland
Lyngen Fjord
Steamship Company
Mra. Elder
Evening Journal
Broad
Visitor from Sheffield and church notes at Crawfordsville
Pletcher of Sheffield Illinois visits Crawfordsville with his mother Mrs J T Pletcher and brother. Miss Statel Anwyl returns home after visiting friends in Ottumwa. Presbyterian notes invite attendance at Sunday school at 10:60 a m and sermon at 11 a m with topic Why be a follower of Jesus Christ John 9 37. Christian Endeavor 7 p m led by Lina Jones. Rev E W Griffith pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Pletcher
Sheffield
J. T. Pletcher
Miss Statel Anwyl
Ottumwa
Church of the Glad Hand
Jesus Christ
John
Christian Endeavor
Lina Jones
E. W. Griffith
Local Tale of Woes and Changes
ABE MARTIN notes Mrs. Jake Bentley lingers ill after a year with her husband wishing for recovery. He also observes Tipton Bud’s uncle’s fall from status, lacking a chauffeur for two weeks and dismissing his chemist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Bentley
Tipton Bud
Daily English Lesson Word Avert Highlights
A compact note introduces today’s word AVERT meaning to turn aside or away with example usage. It also mentions common misuses and pronunciation notes while promising a daily vocabulary pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potghkeepsie
Visit to Zion City Exposes Voliva Led Temple Life
Jesse J. Miller recounts a Sunday visit to Zion City home of the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church founded by John Alexander Dowie and led by Wilbur Glenn Voliva. He describes the large crowd, white robed choir, 380 piece orchestra, divine healing doctrine, ban on tobacco and alcohol, and the stern guards at entrances as part of a vivid field report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeese J. Miller
Lake Forest
la Vielt
Zion City
Etter
Christian Catholic Apostole Church
Zion
John Alexander Dowie
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Tabernacle
Washington
M. E
Jett
Washington M. EE
Voliva
Rev
WCBD
Zion Church
Local notes from Nira Nira community page
Farmers busy in harvest. Opal Green undergoes tonsil operation and is recovering. Lucille Hanley and AWdua Rowe attend summer school at Cedar Falls. Various residents visit relatives and attend events. A 35 percent reduction in railway accident casualties since 1924 achieved and surpassed by 28 class LL railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nira
Opal Green
Lucille Hanley
Awdua Rowe
Cedar Falls
America Railway Association
By the Way column sketches town tales and quirks
A slice of local humor and gossip recalls morning fishing trips to Skunk River, hat mishaps atop porch pillars, a country club crowd, a neighbor scrap over liquor rumors, a child’s milking joke, consignment neckties, circus arrival notes, and a pack of six bull terrier pups seen at the Journal office opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club
Fairfield
Fred Neiswanger
Journal
Ralph Livingston
Do you know the new Rastus Say Sambe phrase
A brief item notes a newly popular expression titled Rastus Say Sambe gaining attention in local chatter with unclear origins and public curiosity about its meaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rastus
The Dancer of Paris thrills at Fox Theatre
Michael Arlen's The Dancer of Paris stars Dorothy Mackaill and Conway Teatre in a plot of unusual interest. The film features a dancer leaping from an inverted bell and a center table routine. It marks a shift in Arlen stories toward new stress and brighter characterization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Arles
Paris
Michael Arlen
Attrntion
Fox Theatre
Cory
Dorothy Mackaill
Paria
Conway Teatre
Michael Aglen
Alfred Ae Santell Meliowhide
Swiss bell ringers and the Reconstruction era mystery
A Texan chronicler recalls the roaming Swiss bell ringers that spread 1867 to 1874 across the United States. He notes their elusive origins and migration from the northwest rice fields to the Midwest, with eerie resemblance and long whiskers. The piece links the phenomenon to postwar poverty and silver agitation, claiming no clear explanation for the epidemic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Ez
Great Northwest
Emselves
Court House
United States
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