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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1910
Page
3
Rev W L C Samson spoke at Second U P Church and Rev D D Proper at Baptist Church while Rev W A Longnecker preached at Methodist yesterday. The message centered on Jesus overcoming the world and his eternal authority and power beyond death, praised by a large audience with strong musical contributions.
Yesterday morning the Second Unit ed Presbyterian church pulpit was occupied by the Rev. W. L. C. Samson of Santa Ana California. He is in the city visiting his parents Mr and Mrs F. H. Samson on his way to Philadelphia for the general assembly meeting. His text was Rev 1 18 I am he that liveth and was dead and behold I am.
A Fort Wayne Journal Gazette report details investigators visiting Root Juice laboratory and noting the vast business aided by a medical discovery. Letters of praise arrive from druggists in Indiana and Ohio with many saying Root Juice yields high customer satisfaction and top sales.
The Rev. D. D. Proper of Omaha preached at both services on The Open Door from Revelations 3 8 and The Life and Death of the Soul from Romans 6 23. He urged mission work and immigrants to seek open doors to church and salvation and explained spiritual death as eternal separation from God.
The writer describes the Matterhorn as a sharply pointed peak with a sheer rock wall and a steep slope that ends in a precipice. From the summit the panorama includes Rosa, Breithorn, Combin, Mont Blanc, Jungfrau, with Zermatt below. Wind and cold make the descent more feared than the ascent for climbers.
The April 1910 foreign commerce report shows imports totaling 133,942,729 with 62,680,754 free of duty and 71,261,975 dutiable, and exports at 133,089,109. Both measures set records or near-records for April, with year over year increases and ten month totals rising as well. Exports exceed imports by 167,782,454 in the ten months ending April.
A quiet Sunday baseball game features players from both sides trading sharp remarks about teammates and captains. Captains rebuke misfits while catchers and pitchers spar over skill. 200 spectators chat and the umpires depart as captains continue the tirade.
The Epworth League of the Lexington M. E. Church will hold a strawberry and ice cream social Wednesday night the 18th at the home of Oscar Rittenhouse. Everyone is invited.
Fire Chief Minick advocates keeping teams on call for emergency work, arguing they are always ready and should be preferred to automobiles for hauling fire apparatus. The on call teams would maintain readiness and respond as needed.
Secretary Sidney Coon reports weekly losses paid. Names include W. White of Ameworth damaged by lightning, 8068 dollars. A Prineman of Washington with 15.00. W Nicholas Roberts of Richland with 608 dollars in losses.
A woman wearing a new forty five dollar hat expresses disbelief that others spend time or strain eyes trying to spot a comet. The remark draws mixed reactions from onlookers amid the spectacle.
Dialogue captures Mrs Hoyle and Mrs Doyle debating a remedy with a wife claiming her husband has a mind of his own and planning to discuss it when he returns home. The snippet reflects early 20th century social humor in New York Press style.
A fragment quotes London Punch remarking on a mother’s role and a sailor named Jack who is restless at sea and ashore, highlighting the gag about homesickness and seasickness.
Quote attributed to Shakespeare about those who seek flattery. No news context or identifiable article content available.
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