United Presbyterian assembly bars lodge members
In Des Moines the United Presbyterian general assembly voted 90 to 63 to adopt the judiciary committee interpretation of article 1 of the creed, effectively barring secret-order members from church admission and prompting some delegates to view it as expelling current members. Local notices and brief items follow about shops, a court visit, product ads, visits, and railroad schedule changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
General Assembly of
The
United Presbyterian Church
Judiciary Committee
City Council Proceedings May 28 1901 Minutes and Actions
City council met with Mayor Daniele presiding. Actions included approving prior minutes, allowances for Cooper Hodgkins and various bills, grants of time for street work, and discussions on street lighting. A committee was formed to study lights to discontinue, two scrapers purchased, and plastering repairs ordered at the city opera house. John Gaines noted for Warwick Place improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniele
Cooper & Hodgkins
Second Ward
Smith
F. R. McGregor
J. H. Black
Gaba
Doty
Callies
Callie
Ryan
Perkins
Caba
W. G. Niccum
Thomas Patton
Griswold & Hawk
Fourth of July Arrangements for Big Picnic in Missouri and Kansas
Bills announce the third annual Woodmen of the World picnic for Jasper and Newton counties Missouri and Cherokee county Kansas. Reunion Park hosts the event on July 4 with rides, an electric launch, dances by Quapaw and Osage Indians, and football. Trains run to the park with low excursion rates. A bandwagon appeal urged attendance. Jail and burglary incidents are reported, including arrests of Negro men for fighting and a separate burglary at Morrow's drug store with whiskey missing. Several suspects linked to both crimes are detained or released pending hearings. A school term report will appear next issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Black
Constable Jones
Bert Turner
Emery Lavender
Jim Boyd
John Lytle
Boyd
Lytle
Morrow
Turner
Lavender
Columbus
Andrews
Vinita
L. C. Jones
Teep” Stevens
Jones
Stephens
Stephene’ Bondeman
Memorial Day Observed in Baxter Springs and Local News
Memorial Day in Baxter Springs featured a G A R ceremony at Spring Park with addresses by Mayor Daniel and T B Hanughawont of Carthage, followed by a cemetery tribute with flowers. Ledger notes local social visits, depot moves, a lost chatelaine, and a Fr Scott lights controversy amid a Christian Endeavors meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baxter Springs
Baxter Post
Spring Park
Daniel
T. B. Hanughawont
Carthage
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John M. Cooper & CO
O. K
John Jones
United States Court
J. G. Polster
C. M. Jones
John Opperman
A. R. Kane
Cross Implement Co
J. L. Cantrell
Miami
Studebaker
McCormick
Fribley Hardware & Implement Co
Joplin Globe
Stie
Gulfton
Joplin
Memphis
Galena
Columbia
Carl Junction
Kenown
Council Proceedings
John Gaines
Wariwick Place
L. H Cross Iv. Co
Woodmen of the World
Jaeper
Newton Counties
Missouri
Cherokee County
Kan
Reunion Park
John A. Logan
Limbo
Gant
Batiste Farenza
Batiste D’aragon
Batiste Brenton
India
J. C. Haskett’s
J. G. Polster’s Corner Drug Store
Shakespeare Club
Wa. F. Sapp
W. W. Hoff
W. B. Stone
C. F. Beatty
J.M. Camp
Springe Hotel
L. M. Perkins
Memphis and
Frieco
Military
Baxter
W. A. Douthit
Alligster
Tradere Bank
Modern Woodmen OF America
Baxter Camp
C. Weaver
Clark, A.&. Hanback
V.C
London
C. T. Yerkes
Mr. Yerkes
Tama
Yerkes
Scott
Law and Order League
Christian Endeavors
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