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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1909
Page
8
The article extols timekeeping evolution from sun dials to hour glasses and emphasizes owning a watch as a twentieth century advantage. It highlights a range of watches from regular to bracelet models, praised for perfect time keeping and good value, urging purchase after viewing them.
Local news records numerous departures and visits including Lytle returning Sunday from Chicago and A Nicola of West Chester visiting family. Several families plan trips to Oklahoma Iowa Texas Nebraska and Colorado while Miss Myrtle Swift heads to Corpus Christi for a month. A baseball benefit game is announced for Saturday at 2 30 at the S E ball park and a Southern drama is advertised at Graham theatre September 28.
In Oakland the First Congregational Church crowded as Rev. Charles R. Brown opens a five sermon series on Religion and Health. He links salvation with wholeness and explains how faith, atmosphere, and psychic methods aid recovery alongside medicine. He cites Jesus healing practices to urge an alliance with the unseen for bodily and moral welfare.
Cheap For Cash offers a 3 percent horsepower H. P. Kelly gasoline engine advertised as barely used, claimed to run only six months, positioned as a bargain by Iowa Gas & Electric company. Contact 8316 for details.
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