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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1921
Page
5
Nearly everyone from Chester West West Chester attended events in Washington Saturday. The report covers local sermons, building, a new restaurant owner, Memorial Day planning, a Weiner roast accident, hospital visits, a wedding at St Patrick's in Iowa City, and local residents' activities.
A weekend visit by A W Pringle of Whittier California. trips to Keota to see a ailing mother. local church visits by Rev Wishart and Rev Owen. senior party and a May school picnic with a beef steak dish gift to teacher Mrs Mable Larson Weeks. Students Irene Bush Stanley Knupp Bernadine Jones Hazel Bessie Clarence Leeper Harold Mary Willa Briley. Mrs Morgan of Columbus Junction visits. Mrs Frank Pringle recovering from rheumatism.
The Junior class held a nine member banquet for the graduating class and high school faculty Friday night. The gym was split into reception and banquet rooms, decorated in seniors old rose and gray and juniors blue and gold with roses adorning the table. It marked the dress up night of commencement.
May 23 report notes the senior through freshmen classes with Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Phillips and Miss Zel da Blake enjoyed a Saturday picnic in Iowa City. It also covers Mrs. J. A. Moorhead’s return from Lenox for a funeral and visits from Chicago guests at local homes.
Questioning readers are urged to calculate savings if they put aside two dollars every week for two years or five years. The prompt labels the bank as The Bank that Accommodates and invites inquiry at the Commercial Savings Bank.
Prayerful reading from Cov enanter Church pastor Rev W G Robb based on Acts 2 41 47. The article argues true church growth is proved by divine addition and faithful obedience including worship sacraments unity benevolence and selfless service rather than large numbers alone.
Reverend M. R. Regan argues for vital godliness in homes citing unity and love as key Atmosphere factors. He warns current homes fail to reflect true character, urging frankness, parental guidance, and pure truth at the home fountainhead to combat moral decline.
Rev E A Anderson presents a sermon preached yesterday by Rev B A Anderson of West Chester and Prairie Flower Baptist churches on Habakkuk 3 2 and the prayer revive thy work in the midst of the years The message notes the prayer as uttered centuries before Christ and highlights revival possible when believers stand before God in faith and error.
A sermon from the Presbyterian church cites 1 Corinthians 1 13 on the church as the body of Christ and argues sin as the main cause of divisions. It notes Luther s reformation as a response to abuses, warns that sin still separates families churches and nations and calls for union to improve administration and avoid duplication. It urges living Jesus unity as his prayer.
The text argues God may be silent during Josiah’s reforms, yet promises a coming revival if believers hunger for Scripture. It links prayer, world missions, and private devotion to church vitality and warns neglect ends mercy. It urges individuals and churches to seek renewed vision and service.
A short verse fragment by a young girl named Carolyn Wella discusses Cinderella’s life starting in a low state and ending in a hymnlike affair. The lines reflect early literary play with moral undertones in a child’s writing.
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