Porter Torah to Battle Creek Return Home Mission
Professor W L Porter of Winterset forms part of a family voyage from Tombstone to New York then to Battle Creek Mich where his wife will enter a sanitarium for medical care. The couple plans to move forward with missions in Iowa while Mrs Porter recovers, aided by their daughter staying with Porters’ father in Winterset. Porter intends to resume work with Layman’s Missionary movement after this health pause.
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W. L. Porter
Winter Bet
Nawal Pindi
India
Gordon Memorial College
United Presbyterian Church
New York
New Haven
Professor Porter
Battle Creek
Mich
W. W. Porter
Winterset
Porter
Farmers’ Institute
Guthrie Center
John W. Foster
Carroll
Des Molines
Chapman
Institute
Fwso
Bethlehem
Blazer
Ray Treloar
People's Township
Boone County
Iowa
Henry Albert
Albert
Town
Commercial Club of
Mason City
Homer Viarmon
Oskaloosa
Colfax
Mr. Lowery
Moody
Chicago
Davenport
Creamery
Dows Creamery Company
al Yege
Sophia Smith
Clinton
Clinton County
H. L. Recksmier
Ackley
Anderson York
J. Sloan
Bloomfield
Yorks
Co. H. West
Keosauqua
Frank Meneeley
Asa Platt
T Hem
Saw City
Platt
Mr. Platt
Connecticut
New York State
Rose Hengy
Iowa Falls
Rock Island
Frederick Jr. Turner
American Historical Association
Mississippi Valley
Cleveland
B. H. Criley
Airs
Clya
Brenton
H. M. Shamel
K. H. Paul
Dallas Center
Charles Morris
Waukee
Mason City Commercial Club
Frank Hanlon
Charles H. Baker
R. S. Stanbury
Lincoln Webber
Dubuque
North Dubuque
Lincoln
Storm Lake
Frank Richmond
Boone
East Eighth Street
Richmond
Burlington
East Dubhuque
Woodward
Milwaukee Railway Company
Des Moines River
Madrid
Nick Wells
Montezuma
N. CG
Nelson
Essex
Thomas F. Armstrong
Lenox
William H. Tyrrell
Waverly
Charles G. Ryan
Eldora
Charles Chambers
West Union
Hardin County
Buckeye
Fhigelyn
Marie Dallmeyer
Lou Dallmeyer
Columbus Junction
Renowned Doctor Peddles Old Rheumatism Cure
An antique advertisement touts a home remedy for rheumatism and backache using syrup sarsaparilla, Toris compound, and whiskey with directions to take a tablespoon before meals and at bedtime. It claims cures and vitality boosts, while noting wholesale access to the ingredients. Also referenced are a kindergarten anecdote about Little Margery and a Klondike Incubator Co. iris Des Moines Iowa offering reliable incubators with a stated 82 percent hatch rate.
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Klondike Incubator Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Encouraging Signs of Life in Foreign Missions Growth
The Missionary Review of the World notes gains in nations a year of financial slump with United States and Canada offerings for foreign missions rising by 602000 dollars. Foreign field income up 1360000 dollars, total foreign gifts 4844000 dollars or 48 percent of North American Protestant foreign missions. Native converts added 164674 last year, about 450 daily. membership growth 1.5 percent in America and 12 percent abroad. Two new members per ordained minister in America versus 41 per ordained missionary abroad.
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United States
Canada
Protestant Churches of
America
Missionary Review of the World
Came After Her. Johnny and Descendants in a Field Note
A fragmentary dialogue discusses descendants as people who come after us including Mary, with a Carlyle quotation praising honest work as a cure for mankind, and a wry line about a felon learning love in relation to money. The text mixes aphorism and social commentary in a biographical voice.
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Johnny
Grandad
Grantad
Mary
Hard to drop but many drop it coffee to Postum
A California wife recounts quitting coffee for Postum after nerves worsened. A friend also quits coffee and sleeps better after five months, while the husband resumes Postum and insomnia recedes. she gains weight and says nerves settle. The letter promotes Postum as a healthful alternative and mentions a booklet.
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Calif
Postum
Wellville
Lujan Huivrest
Double Funeral for Lina Ammer and Verne Barr in Monroe
In Monroe Iowa January 29 a double suicide of young lovers Lina Ammer and Verne Barr prompts a joint burial in Monroe cemetery amid community mourning. Lina’s mother Mrs Mary Ammer is critically ill, her father Albert Ammer devastated, and a shared funeral at First Methodist Church will unite both families in sorrow. A coroner’s inquest is not planned and the motive remains a secret, with the families requesting privacy.
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Monroe
Mary Amer
Lina
Verne Barr
Albert Ammer
Barr Homestead
Ammer
Caroline
Oltman
George Ammer
Ammers
Missionary Conference Opens at Grace Methodist
Des Moines reports the first public meeting of the Woman's Home Missionary Society quarterly conference at Grace Methodist church. Rev. Dr. George D. Crissman of Ames delivered the address on the society's work. Today's program features talks "A Model Circle" by Mrs. J. H. S. Hollingsworth and "Pledges" by Mrs. A. E. Griffith with Mrs. A. E. Sanford and local Bible class leaders to discuss Bible work.
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Des Moines
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Grace Methodist Church
George D. Crissman
Ames
J. H. S. Hollingsworth
A. E. Griffith
A. E. Sanford
Jewa
Iowa Man Kills Himself at Palo Alto Lumber Yard
Jan 29 report from Omaha says Charles Bennett of Palo Alto Ja. shot himself with a revolver at Jensen lumber yard, dying instantly after lying on an old door. In Ottumwa a 16 year old Miss Helen Flowell from Douds Leando is ill at her aunt’s home from a hypnotic test by Grover McLaughlin.
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Iowa
Omaha
Neb
Charles Bennett
Palo Alto
Jensen Lumber Yard
Ottumwa
Ollumwva
Helen Flowell
Douds- Leando
Etta Landrith
Landrith
Grover McLaughlin
Taft Brother of President Visits Los Angeles
Henry W. Taft, brother of the president, arrived in Los Angeles for a short pleasure trip and is staying with his sister Mrs. William A Edwards. He recently returned from a railroad business trip to Mexico.
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H. W. Taft
Los Angeles
Cal
Henry W. Taft
William A. Edwards
Taft
Mexico
Slate Kills Driver in Mine Incident
Des Moines reports a fatal mining accident as George Wreha Jr., 21, son of Mr and Mrs George Wreha, was crushed when slate fell while hauling cog in the Mable Block mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Mable Block
George Wreha, Jr
George Wreha
Wilson Succeeds Wilcox
Des Moines January 29 George A Wilson of Des Moines has been appointed by Attorney General Byers as special counsel in his office to succeed Charles G Wilcox who resigned in office.
Calendar lesson ends in comic miscount
A teacher asks how days are divided and a boarding house girl blurts divisions as Monday and Sunday names, then adds friendly, humorous misstatements like beef for Tuesday and corned beef and beans for Saturday, reflecting a child’s playful take on time and meals.
Not the Proper Atmosphere Outside St Ann's Church
A Manchester Guardian brief notes overheard outside St Ann's church about attending the archdeacon's service. One man asks if they will enter, another declines saying it would affect his business mood for the day.
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St. Ann's Church
Manchester Guardian
Quotations on Better Homes and Kindness
A concise pair of maxims attributed to Emerson praising better homes books tools and a fair outlook, followed by Royston’s note that time cannot erase friendly acts from a grateful heart. The lines reflect themes of gratitude, virtue, and benevolence without additional context.
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Emerson
Royston
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Iowa News
Cleo Moore
Fred Schubert
Twelfth Street
Chicago, Great Western
Margery
Foreign Missions
Thomas Carlyle
Vern Barr
Caroline Ammer
Mary Ammer
Hull
Mail
Aluen
Pettie
Howard Bro
Buffalo, N. Y
Wrigley
Ingersoll
Swrigley
Eorseshoe
Roe
Larde
Ovid
Hon Dirge Union
Hemi Tio
Wreuley
Bundy, Sh
Thompson
Des Moines Directory
Youndry
Mpriema Crop Works
Windoor Purity ‘Candy Co
Des Monroe
Pierce
R.V. Pierce
Main St
Buffalo
N. Y
Mayer
George Washington
Martha Washington Comfort
X. Mayer Boot & Shoe Co
Milwauelee Wisconsin
Ees
Rey
Tomarow
Bilfion
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