Gods First Temple Vesper Services Begin in City Park
Rev Walter I Fowle led the first vesper service of the season in the city park on a pleasant Sunday evening. He preached Jesus as the Revelation of God and the necessity of Christianity for salvation, with love and Christ’s example emphasized as the means of revealing God. Singing was led by Rev Silverspan with no choir. Rev J W Stiverson of the U B church is slated to preach next Sunday evening.
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Walter I. Fowle
Park
Stiverson
City Park
Fowle
Rev. Fowle
God
Jesus Christ
Silverspan
U. B. Church
J. W. Stiverson
Rev Walter Fowle Heads to Waterloo for Vacation
Rev Walter I. Fowle left Tuesday for Waterloo to spend about four weeks on his summer vacation. The first two weeks will be devoted to work in the Young People's society as the annual gathering is held at Waterloo with Rev Fowle in charge.
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Walter I. Fowle
Waterloo
Young People’s Society
Rev. Fowle
Methodist Conference Set for Council Bluffs
The next Methodist conference will be held at Council Bluffs on Sept. 11 at the Broadway church with Bishop Birdsell presiding.
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Council Bluffs
Broadway Church
Birdsell
Christian Science Services Tonight in Odd Fellows Hall
Sunday evening services begin at 8 o'clock at Odd Fellows Hall with the subject Sacrament. Local congregants attend to study spiritual healing and Christian Science teachings.
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Odd Fellows Hall
Lincoln Visit At City Point A Heroic Hospital Moment
Major William S. Greenough recounts President Lincoln visiting the City Point hospital on April 2 1865 to comfort Captain Charles H Houghton and others. Lincoln’s tender tone and personal kiss moved the wounded as he spoke of bravery while doctors treated gunshot wounds and a critical artery near Houghton’s amputated leg.
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New Hampshire Volunteers
Thomas L. Livermore
Boston
Calumet and Hecla Mining Company
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
City Point
William 8. Greenough
Houghton
Ninth Corps
Fort Stedman
Petersburg
Charles H. Houghton
Fourteenth
New York Heavy Artillery
Fort Haskell
Gordon
Port Stedman
McDonald
United States
Army
Dr. McDonald
Washington Post
St Johns Episcopal Church Morning Service Announcement
St John’s Episcopal Church invites worshipers to morning prayer and sermon at 11 a m with the topic The Peace of God. Sunday school will be held before the morning service led by Rector Herbert A Wilson.
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St. John’s Episcopal Church
Herbert A. Wilson
Pastor to be absent for three Sundays. Bible school urged
H. D. Williams, pastor, will be absent for the next three Lord's days and there will be no morning preaching. Bible school at 9 45 a m will receive extra attention and the entire church is urged to attend. Union services in the park at 6 30 p m by OC E immediately after the park service.
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H. D. Wiliams
Congregational Church Announces Interim Services
The Congregational Church says Rev. William J. Minchin is away but the regular morning service and Sunday School will continue. The Orange? Epworth League will follow the park service and is open to all ages. Rev. T O Douglas of Grinnell will preach next Sunday.
Misquotation Fun Sparks Chautauqua Laughs
The Ames Chautauqua notes an apology to Ham Robinson of the Colfax Clipper for a misquotation in the Intelligencer. The printer allegedly rendered a line about Gov. Cummins entering the U. S. Senate race as a threat to suspend Robinson, illustrating the perils of hard to read quotes.
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Ham Robinson
Colfax Clipper
The
Intelligencer
Cummins
U. S
Clipper
Gettysburg Fight Recalled by Carolinian Regiment
A Civil War reminiscence recalls July 1 1863 actions near Gettysburg as the Twenty-sixth North Carolina clashes with Pettigrew and Brockenbrough units, losses mount among Cooper's battery and Iron Brigade, with high casualties for the One Hundred and Fifty first Pennsylvania and Twenty fourth Michigan. The piece ends by urging readers to keep Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy on hand and names local suppliers.
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Cashtown
Lee
Zeb Vance
Twenty-sixth
Gettysburg
Heth
Buford
Reynolds
Willoughby Creek
Pettigrew
Brockenbrough
North Carolina
McPherson
Sol Meredith
Iron Brigade
Rowley
Meredith
Cooper
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Fede
Twenty-sixth North Carolina Holds Line at Gettysburg
The Twenty-sixth North Carolina faced fierce defense of the roads to Gettysburg. Only 216 men survived unscathed at roll call. Captain Tuttle led with three officers and eighty-four men. all officers and eighty-three men were killed or wounded. The remnant joined Pickett's charge, attacking Smyth's line near the Bloody Angle and returned with eighty fit for duty.
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Gettysburg
Twenty-sixth
North Carolina
Tuttle
Pickett
Smyth
Hancock
The Bright Recruit
A lieutenant tests a recruit with hypothetical foes and cattle, revealing the recruit’s rigid thinking. When asked what to do if meeting the examiner in uniform, the recruit remains resolute until the final twist showing the examiner is not the enemy but a uniformed officer. The recruit finally adapts by taking the horned chess of authority to camp.
Kennedy’s Laxa tive Cough Syrup Promotes Gentle Bowels
An old style cough remedy claims to ease colds by moving the bowels without opiates. It uses Honey and Tar and tastes like maple syrup. Children like it and it is sold by C. A. Gamble.
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Kennedy
C. A. Gamble
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Abraham
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Lowell
Bass
Loughran & Bauer
Joel C. Cagwin
Ames
Ames, la
Hemos Bios. & CA Tire Clothe
Colimors Sod New Yard
Paris Green
Cagwin’s Drug Store
Union Temperance Colony Lands
Sorenson
A. Lucas
A. G. Bryan
Des Moines
Lucas
Iowa
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