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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1930
Page
6
A detailed Sunday church program lists offertories and organ numbers from Bach to Handel, with sermons and prayers led by ministers R. Roll and D. C. Fulton. Rally Day aims to boost moral practice, while Christian Science and Presbyterian services outline morning and evening worship, music, and youth activities.
The W C program plans a Thursday afternoon talk by decorator Mrs Chrystine Button Carter, a descendant of two notable spinners, sharing design insights and community ties. The event highlights a local figure connected to regional craft and heritage.
Fragmentary text shows a poem style response to an offer. It references not giving, a prize, writing the wine one, keeping a dollar, and a sixty some amount or value, with unclear context or complete details. The passage appears incomplete and lacks full coherent meaning.
The Fox Theatre launched the David Belasco classic Girl of the Golden West with Ann Harding and James Warren in the leads. The production features a strong cast and lavish door-set elements, delivering a fast moving romance of redemption with Harry Bannister as Sheriff Jack Rance and Dick Johnson as Ramírez.
Sunday school and morning services listed for New Haven Baptist and West Chester Baptist with evening services and speakers. Rally days set for October 12 and 19 at West Chester and Lexington, with notes on community events and a festive entertainment by a local group.
President Hoover spoke to bankers in Cleveland addressing fears of high living standards and urging continued growth through invention and diffusion of new ideas. He defended the American economic system as elevating living standards and warned that reducing them risks unemployment and poverty, while stressing that increased wealth supports the nation’s spirit and security.
Wendell Wade of Cedar Rapids will present an organ and piano concert at the Methodist church Sunday at 7 30 under Epworth League auspices. The Epworth League Rally Day service features biblical reading by a local college and aims to raise funds for the league and Wade’s college work. The program includes Bach Toccata in Major, Wade’s organ and piano selections, Donizetti and Liszt numbers, a biblical reading, and a benediction. A free will offering benefits the Epworth League and Wade’s college endeavors.
A fragmented telegram style note from the Boston Transcript records a gray motor passing a scene where a cow was killed. The message oddly mentions four gentlemen and two greyhounds, one described as a clergyman, suggesting a satirical or garbled line rather than a clear event.
A brief note from the era urges motorists to use air rather than gasoline in their carburetors as a way to save fuel. The tip reflects early automobile efficiency ideas and consumer guidance from sources like Woman's Home Companion.
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