Thanksgiving Services and W. R. Sawhill
Thanksgiving services are noted featuring W. R. Sawhill. The brief item highlights a local observance and its speaker.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1907
Page
2
Thanksgiving Sermons Highlight Civic Faith and Hope
Two Thanksgiving services were held in the city with Rev. George D. Rogers at the Methodist church and Rev. W. R. Sawhill at the First United Presbyterian church. Sermons urged gratitude for national blessings, revival of religion, temperance progress, and duty to work for better society. An annual offering for the poor was collected after the sermons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First United Presbyterian Church
Methodist Church
George D. Rogers
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Christian Church
W. R. Sawhill
United States
Sawhill
Beggar Prince Opera Co Appears in Graham Matinee and Evening
Two audiences enjoyed Fra Diavola in the afternoon and The Chimes of Normandy in the evening at Graham yesterday. The company delivered a strong performance with notable humor and makeup, though the heroine of The Chimes of Normandy lagged behind peers. The ghostly miser and girls’ drills drew praise amid a bustling crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Beggar Prince Opera Co
Fra Diavola
Normandy
Consider Others View On Indigestion Relief At Lemmon’s
An editorial urges weighing others’ opinions and avoiding indigestion. Lemmon’s pharmacy sells Miona stomach tablets with a money back guarantee if it fails to cure indigestion including symptoms like coated tongue bad taste dizziness and flatulence. They promise no charge unless relief is achieved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemmon
Public Sale at Alf Chilcote Farm Near Washington
Auctioneer D F Macon offers a public sale December 2 1907 at 10 a m on the Alf Chilcote farm three miles southeast of Washington. Sale includes horses cows hogs corn hay oats farm machinery chickens and miscellaneous items with credit terms 10 months on amounts over 10 cash for 16 and under six percent discount for cash Kennedy lunch provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. F. Macon
Alf Chilcote
Washington
Chester
Plymouth Rock
Kennedy
Found Guilty of Contempt in Typographical Union Case
New York officers of Typographical union No. 6 were found guilty of contempt of court. Referee Wiener says officers failed to inform members about a 106 injunction restraining interference with printers used to replace striking workers. Pickets assaulted non union printers, and many members were not aware of the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Typographical Union No. 6
Ty Adam Wiener
Supreme Court
Suit for receiver of St Louis Universal Life Insurance
Seventeen Illinois stockholders petition the United States circuit court in St Louis to appoint a receiver for the Universal Life Insurance Company of St Louis a mail order concern. They allege disipation of funds by officers and board members and seek suspension of those officers and directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
United States Circuit Court
Universal Life Insurance Ccompany of
Ilinois
Character Shadow Says Much About a Man
An old French saying notes that a man's character resembles his shadow, sometimes following or preceding him and sometimes longer or shorter, implying character adapts with actions and time. It suggests character reveals itself in how one behaves under varying circumstances.
Destruction of Bertillon Records Sought in Brooklyn Case
William Gow, director of the Borough Bank in Brooklyn, seeks to erase Bertillon measurements taken after his arrest in the bank suspensions affair. Franks Jenkins and Fred Jenkins face forgery charges. a court order demands explanation from police on photographing an indicted man before conviction. The issue centers on whether officers can lawfully photograph or indict a released defendant, a question debated as a matter of practice rather than statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Gow
Borough Bank
Brooklyn
Frank
Fred Jenkins
Martin W. Littleton
Gow
Supreme Court
Burr
Bingham
O'Keefe
Littleton
Gow Wis
Bertilion Bureau
Frank Jenkins
Jenkins Brothers
Bertillon
Justice Burr
Avueust Kuhn
Brooklyn Detective Bureau
Howard Maxwell
Torouch Bank
Fred
President Roosevelt visits Montpelier after Madison home call
President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt with Ethel and Quentin rode a special train to Montpelier to visit the former Madison home now occupied by William Dupont. The trip, informal and brief, aimed to complete visits to ex presidents’ southern residences before returning home for Thanksgiving dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Boy Bourke Arrested in Grand Trunk Train Theft
Pinconning Michigan November 28 1910 10 year old Martin BE Bourke arrested in connection with theft of a package containing 1000 from State Treasurer Frank P Glazier on a Grand Trunk train November 13 Bourke confessed possessing the money and turned over 813 dollars to officers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinconning
Mich
Martin BE. Bourke
Frank P. Glazier
Grand Trunk
Bourke
Watrous Wins Rhode Island Lieutenant Governor Race
Providence R I November twenty eight Ralph Watrous of Warwick Republican is elected lieutenant governor of Rhode Island by a plurality of nine votes over Charles H Sisson the Democratic nominee according to the state count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. L
Ralph Watrous
Warwick
Rhode Island
Chas. H. Sis
Report of Schools of Washington for Month Ending November 22 1907
The South School continues to hold the banner, which it secured at the close of last year. It returns from room 2 to room 4. Re. B. Crone, Supt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
L. P. Meade
Prin
Jamun Ae
Minnie Conner
Er Lein
M. Purvis
Wallace
Rave
Montgomery
Mary
Edna Deteller
Hkmma Buxbaum
Hee Ween Wnee Eeeeee
Reese Leee Ma
Mary M. Feltus
Gertrude Kendall
Nannie Laughead
RSL
Katherine Stichter
Wb Heights
Gertrede Emith
Mary Young
Kindergar
Laura B
Wapes
Prin A
Local News Briefs Highlight West Chester Visitors and cattle
Walter Hartman of West Chester visited the city on business. Joe Wolf returned from West Liberty with a fine short horn Cruck Shank heifer, among the best in the Crooksen herd. Mrs. N C Corbin visited Oskaloosa and reported Mr Davenport recovering and blaming no one but himself for his accident. Dr Shoop's Cough Cure is praised for stopping coughing safely, using a plant extract called The Sacred Herb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Wolf
West Liberty
Crooksen
Also Mentioned on This Page
G. D. Rogers
STECK
H.F. Steck
Shoop
Racine
Wis
J. H. Stewart
C. D. Weldin
J. A. McCoy
Wif
John Shields & Son
Montpelier
Madison
Just
the Store For Childrens Clothing
SOL Rich & CO
East Side Square
RE. B. Crone
Walter Hartman
West Chester
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