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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1944
Page
5
A brief reflection notes Jesus counsels a wealthy youth to sell possessions and give to the poor but the man goes away sorrowful due to his great wealth. The passage cites Matthew 19 22 as the source.
A Chicago convention trip reveals crowded trains, scarce hotel rooms, and long lines at meals. Travelers report mixed service, delays, and a culture of cooperation amid wartime controls while noting higher restaurant prices and odd social moments with families and troops.
A student rewrites the Red Cross Knight dragon encounter from Faerie Queen into a vivid scene. The dragon opens its mouth to seize him, and the Knight drive his sword into its throat piercing the heart. Life blood flows and the dragon falls, its body staining the ground. The dragon gives a final kick and dies.
A fisherman, absent minded, responds to a compliment about his wife by recalling a joke about the one that got away. The brief exchange highlights humor over personal ties.
A strong man at a fair challenged the crowd to squeeze juice from a lemon for $5. A small man stepped forward and squeezed out several drops, saying he could do it because he is a tax collector.
Churches invite the public to attend special evangelistic meetings led by Miss Smith as part of ongoing services. Arthur Peters serves as pastor and invites attendees to participate in all sessions scheduled across the week.
Prairie Flower Baptist offers Bible school at 10:00 with classes for all ages. Morning worship at 11:00 led by Rev. A. G. Annette. No midweek prayer meeting this week. Special services at Calvary Baptist led by pastor A. E. Diddams.
St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed announces no Sunday school due to the Mission festival. Dr Marcus L Bach, noted authority on small religious groups, will preach at 10:30 a.m. in Valley on Personal Religion. He will speak again at 2 p.m. in Washington on Faiths Men Live By.
Bethel Presbyterian Sunday school at 10 and worship at 11. Cotter Presbyterian Sunday school at 10 A M and worship at 30. Christian Endeavor at 7 P M. Topic How Does Prayer Help. Missions leaders Dean Meyer Richard Jones W Z Allen pastor.
A light syndicated joke about a student and teacher discussing why ducks and geese fly north in spring. Tommy answers that it’s because the trip is too far to walk, delivering a brief humor gag.
The notice blends wartime dialogue and local church timetables. Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. and morning worship around 11:00 a.m. Union services at 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. with Rev. R. M. McCracken and Rev. H. N. Poston listed among pastors.
Special weekend services mark the one hundredth anniversary of the Seventh-day Adventist movement. The national program highlights church progress over a century from humble beginnings to world reach with 000 religious workers, millions in Bible literature, hundreds of institutions, and a denominational investment of 74,785,933.08 dollars. The church now proclaims the Bible message in 12 languages and dialects.
Rev Milo Phillips announced that Dr Marcus L Bach extension director at Iowa University will be the special speaker at St Pauls mission festival on Sunday Oct 22. He will lecture at St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Church Valley 10 30 a m on Personal Religion and at St Pauls Church of Washington 2 p m on Faiths Men Live By. Public invited.
Joseph Jones superintendent coordinates Youths Fellowship hour at 6 30 PM and Boy Scouts Monday evening at 7 20 PM under Pastor Fredrick Westbrook guidance.
Miss Dorothy Smith of Spencer Iowa will lead a two week evangelistic revival at the New Haven Baptist Church beginning Sunday morning and running through November 5. She is a Moody Bible Institute graduate noted for central states evangelistic and children's work with daily 8 PM services and a children’s service each evening.
Medical note reveals citrate content in bones is many times higher than in body tissues, suggesting bones may serve as a reservoir for citrate. This finding implies a need to consider bone citrate storage in nutritional and metabolic contexts.
A special evangelistic campaign will be held at Calvary Baptist Church on 2nd Ave at Jefferson led by Rev. A G Annette, an evangelist and Bible teacher with twenty years pastoral experience. Services begin Sunday Oct 22 and run nightly except Saturday at 7 o clock with music and Scripture messages.
The fly swatter of the future is a small metal container that releases a smoke like aerosol when a valve is pressed. It lingers in the room for hours and is deadly to insects yet non toxic to humans. It is widely used in the South Pacific to guard soldiers from malaria mosquitoes.
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