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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1925

Page

6

Presbytery Missionary Convention Meets in Winfield

The forty second annual meeting of the Women’s Missionary society of the Keokuk Presbytery of the United Presbyterian Church will gather at the United Presbyterian Church in Winfield on Friday June 12. The program includes Miss Elizabeth May Caldwell of Gurdaspur India and a Ford purchase for her mission. Officers listed: President Mrs D Y Graham Morning Sun Vice President Mrs I K Beal Ainsworth Recording Secretary Mrs G Fred Sharpe Cor Secretary Mrs Jennie Atchison Treasurer Miss Ella B Gordon Thank Offering Sec Mrs T H Nichols Temperance Sec Mrs Mary Johnson Literature Sec Mrs S G Taylor Young Women Sec Mrs E J Clark Le Claire Junior Sec Mrs J C Rhea Crawfordsville.

Women's Missionary Society of the Presbytery Keokuk United Presbyterian Church Winfield Elizabeth May Caldwell Gurdaspur India Presbytery D. Y. Graham Morning Sun Iowa I. K. Beal Ainsworth G. Fred Sharpe Jennie Atchison First Church Washington Ella B. Gordon Second Church T. H. Nichols Burlington Mary Johnson Columbus City S. G. Taylor Crawfordsville E. J. Clark le Claire J. C. Rhea

Splendid Society Gatherings Include Household Party and Jugenheimer Picnic

The U and 1 Club hosted a Saturday evening entertaining husbands at Mr and Mrs George Schneider's home with a six o'clock cafeteria supper and card games. Jugenheimer relatives held a large Sunday picnic at Weade Park Muscatine with about fifty relatives attending from Davenport and Muscatine for a first clan gathering.

U and 1 George Schneider Jugenheimer Weade Park Muscatine Davenport Oscar Jugenheimer Lou Jugenheimer

Volume Diversified In Prehistoric Times

A concise note describes ancient water flow between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario via different channels, outlining the historical diversification of Niagara region hydrology.

Niagara Tate Erie Lake Ontario

Ashford Ireland Aerials Spur Cemetery Improvement

A fragmented report notes a project in Ashford Ireland to install a wireless aerial to assist cemetery work. Local officials or residents are not clearly identified in the readable text.

Ashford Irela

Racial Demographics in South Africa Cited

A report claims there are more than ten million Africans in South Africa, counting Black women and Khoikhoi groups, highlighting demographic counts amid social tensions.

South Africa

Social calendar items for Washington area churches and clubs

The list outlines meetings and events from Tuesday June second to Friday June fifth in Washington. Groups include the Washington Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Pythian Sisters, Royal Neighbors of America, Intermediate League, Fortnightly club, Daughters of Veterans, Just Us club, Wednesday Reading Circle, Pleasant Plains Missionary Society, Sunshine Community club, Kolah club, Pathers-Sons banquet, and more at various homes and venues.

Pythian Royal Neighbors of America Intermediate League of the Methodist Church Just Us Club Cora Fields Washington Eva Livingston North Iowa Avenue Pleasant Plains Missionary Society Doe Wright East Main Street Walter Gardner Sunshine Community Club Kolah Club Crolde Jackson Pathers-Sons West Chester The Baptist Church

The Other Angle on Growth and Sin and Virtue

A brief editorial fragment questions whether virtue rises with population growth if sin also increases. It notes the world population keeps growing and ponders moral balance as a general philosophical point.

Bpetroit News

Heavy Iowa Storms Leave Damage Across Counties

Reports from Burlington Hudson Dike Council Bluffs Iowa City Marshalltown Independence Cedar Falls describe powerful storms June 2 with lightning and high winds. Damages include collapsed barns uprooted trees shattered windows and wrecked outbuildings along with flooded streets and downed power lines.

Burlington Dike Dick Pabst Bluffs Council Bluffs Marshalltown Marshall County

Women's groups meet on Saturday evening and afternoon

At the regular meeting in the evening the Women’s Relief Corps gathers, while the Nineteenth Century Reading Circle convenes in the afternoon with Miss Myrta Jeffrey at 1005 South Avenue B.

19Th Century Club Myrta Jeffrey Ant Women’s Relief Corps Reading Circle South Avenue B

Morning Devotionals and Meetings Schedule

Morning 9 30 devotionals Burlington 9 45 roll call 10 00 greetings Winfield. Response Mrs fT Beal Ainsworth 10 15 reading of minutes Treasurer's report reports of secretaries business announcing committees convention song 139 Bible songs 11 30 discussion mission study classes First Washington lunch

Burlington Winfield Ft. K. Beal Ainsworth First Washington

Devotionals and Talks at Keota Meeting Schedule

The program lists 1:30 devotionals in Keota, 1:45 discussion on efficiency with delegate responses, 2:30 Junior Half Hour led by Mrs J C Rhea Crawfordsville, 3:00 talk to juniors by Miss Caldwell, 3:15 music, 3:30 The Mountain People by Mrs Winona Willson Stanton Ky, 4:00 committee reports, 4:30 officer presentations.

J. C. Rhea Crawfordsville

Evening Devotionals and Pageant in Columbus City

Evening program lists devotionals at 7:15, music at 7:30, and a pageant The Challenge of the Cross by Morning Sun Young Ladies at 7:45. Ford presentation to Miss Caldwell, Mrs. J. H. Hamilton, 2nd Washington, at 8:15.

Challenge of the Cross Morning Sun Young Ladies Ford

Pickford Plays Portuguese Fisher Boy in My Son at Fox

Jack Pickford stars in Edwin Carewe and Nazimova’s First National feature My Son now at Fox Theatre. He plays the title role a radical departure as a Portuguese fisher boy who loves three women. Also in the cast are Hobart Bosworth Ian Keith Charley Murray Mary Akin Constance Bennett and Dot Farley.

Jack Pickford Edwin Carewe Nazimova My Son Fox Theatre Pickford Carewe Hobart Bosworth Ian Keith Charley Murray Mary Akin Constance Bennett Dot Farley

Value in Proverbs Study Says Provokes Deeper Insight

The proverb suggests that studying proverbs is more instructive and comprehensive than complex philosophies, emphasizing practical wisdom over abstract systems. The remark highlights Motherwell as a source of such sentiment.

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