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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1933
Page
4
Today’s Bible Thought for Friday July 28 1933 highlights Proverbs 29 2 stating when the righteous are in authority the people rejoice and when the wicked bear rule the people mourn. The meditation links moral leadership with public welfare and calls for virtue in governance.
The Century of Progress Exposition has boosted employment for about 100000 people directly and indirectly and kept around one hundred million dollars circulating. The ripple effects reach many cities including Washington Kalona Riversoe Haykins Noble and beyond as increased buying power from Chicago spreads.
The piece discusses codes governing various business lines stirring firms large and small. It notes large firms can adapt quickly while smaller ones lack resources for sweeping changes but won’t be left isolated.
The text notes thousands of small businesses cannot raise expenses without higher income and warn many will struggle or fail without relief. It argues for equitable handling of emergency situations tied to a revolutionary policy shift and urges business support for the new deal while seeking protection from destruction during the transition.
William L. Chenery of Collier's Weekly argues President Roosevelt will stabilize the dollar soon without harm. He says premature stabilization could hinder price movement, expects gold and silver standards to be restored, and notes the dollar's value hinges on international trade and U S creditor status.
Richmond July 25 reports threshing nearly finished with Patterson and Sons yielding the highest crop, one field at 42 bushels per acre of good quality oats. Various local social notes include visits, church services, a train wreck view, a car accident minor, and local girls and kittenball results.
The Sage of Monticello withdraws from public service to enjoy tranquil pursuits. In retirement he tends gardens and reads at his mountain home near the Blue Ridge and the university, honoring his legacy as a founder and scholar.
A collection of brief anecdotes and verses recounting youthful honey cravings and mischievous domestic moments. Snippets feature John A Babcock as a child and a sloppy kitchen confidant tale, followed by reflective stanzas on aging and memory and a clipped note about a Chicago Fair incident.
A doctor argues medicine is the oldest profession from the Adam and rib story while an architect contends construction predates, and a Bolshevist asks who supplied the chaos. The piece ends with a recurring summer image of a boy mowing a lawn as grass grows.
A narrator meets a busy man who claims he has no time for vacations. The dialogue questions the persistence of nonstop work and compares other excuses for absence with visible routines, urging reflection on life balance and priorities.
Washington church announces no Sunday school or services this Sunday. Members will join St Johns Evangelical Lutheran at Wellman for a Mission Festival with morning sermon at 10 30 and 2 o clock lecture on Iowa mission work. Pastor Meibohm notes the hour change starting next Sunday with services at 915 and 1030.
Sunday services held at 11:00 a.m. and Wednesday testimonial meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the church on South Iowa. All Christians Science Churches invite the public for a Lesson Sermon on Sunday July 30 with the theme Love. The Golden Text is Isaiah 49 18 and quotes from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy.
The church schedules Sunday school at 9 45 and morning service at 11 60. At 3 PM the climax of an every member rally urges a $1 donation. Rev A A Vinz and his choir will preach. Women’s Mission Society meets Friday 2 30 with Mrs Emma Black. W F Ogleton, pastor.
A Presbyterian church invites all seeking God to join Bible school at 9:45 supervised by Vernon Witting with classes for all. Worship follows at 11 and 7 30. Sermons titled Morning The Power of Silence and Evening Nobody Somebody Everybody. Christian Endeavor meets at 6 40 led by Evelyn Watson with a focus on friendship across races.
Arthur A. Vinz, minister invites parishioners to attend two preaching services this Sunday with church school 9 30 led by C W Long superintendent. Church school continues through summer. Morning worship 11 00 evening 7 30. First three Sundays in August are vacation Sundays to visit other congregations. If away, worship God elsewhere.
Washireton Sundayschool begins at 9 45 a m with morning worship at 7 45 a m led by Pastor Carl W Klein at the church.
Sunday school at 10 AM followed by Communion at 11. Sermon topics include Motives in Discipleship. Evening preaching at 7 PM. Picnic planned for August 14 at Sunset Park with committee members Mrs Arnot Mathers Mrs Ralph Leffler and Miss Vivian Booth. Pastor Mrs Jessie Sarchatt invites families to attend.
The St Paulys Evangelical Church schedules Sunday school at 10:00 a m and an evening service at 8:00 p m The devotional committee of the Young People's League leads the evening program featuring a home mission illustrated sermon about Ozark mountain work and church contributions Carl W Kieto pastor.
The Ainsworth United Presbyterian Church schedules German subject sessions titled Forward with Christ and an Intermediate class at 7 o clock. A sermon on The Fifth Commandment follows. Preaching and services are planned for August fourth and fifth with preparatory events August 3. A business meeting occurred July 24 and a joint W M S and Glad Hand Missionary session is set for August 3 with reports from delegates to the Woman’s General Missionary Convention.
In Crawfordsville on Monday the Sunday school board of the Methodist church elected officers for the coming year. J. W. Rich was named superintendent, J. C Huston assistant superintendent, Beulah Rien secretary, Marie Ose assistant secretary, John McNeill treasurer, Verlee Orchard and Arlene Lowe librarians, Mrs. Kenneth Cherryholmes pianist, Ina Mae Walker assistant pianist, and department heads for cradle roll primary home missionary temperance and more. Community posts and upcoming visits noted, with sermons scheduled and an ice cream supper planned by the Standard Bearers.
Kalona reports visitors from Wisconsin and Colorado, a Cedar Falls student home for weekend, and a Chicago Century of Progress attendee. Mrs. J. A. Boller dies near Kalona with funeral held Tuesday. Kalona Community Club plans August 17 homecoming with kittenball, speeches, and a dance. Edith Maxwell attends Iowa Falls Baptist assembly.
The text defines defamatory words as words that injure another's reputation. It distinguishes libel as written defamation and slander as spoken defamation, noting libel often seen as more serious due to premeditation and permanence.
The Arizona cotton industry traces its roots to Egyptian cotton introduced over 30 years ago by the U S Department of Agriculture. Workers found the Egyptian variety did not suit the main cotton belt and focused on Arizona's irrigated districts and southern California where conditions resemble Egypt.
Mrs Al Walton hosted an all day Ladies Aid meeting at her home with quilting and a noon pot luck. The Young Girls Sewing club met at Mary Helen Swift’s home for an afternoon of sewing and games followed by refreshments. Funeral services for Jacob Frenk were held at St Marys church with burial at Mt Olivet cemetery.
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