Revival closes with 40 conversions in tiny Texas town
Evangelist Andrews led the revival begun in the Methodist church and moved to the Baptist church after a fire. A women’s service drew a large crowd and the week ended with forty conversions, reclamations, and several church additions. Morning sermon asked What Lack I Yet. Afternoon address urged men to choose whom they will serve. Evening sermon referenced Romans fourteen twenty one.
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Baptist Church
Dorcas
Evangelist Andrews
Opera House
Evangelists Andrews Howell to Lead Meetings in Atlanta
Evangelist J. B. Andrews and gospel singer Victor Howell will start a meeting in Atlanta Texas next Sunday. They left last night for Houston and Dallas this week and will rest after their labors here. Another meeting led by Evangelist T. T. Martin of Louisville and his assistant Rev. J. F. Haily of Mississippi opens at the First Baptist church in this city on Sunday April 8 at 11 o'clock a.m.
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Evangelist J. B. Andrews
Victor Howell
Atlanta
Texas
Houston
Dallas
Evangelist T. T. Martin
Louisville
J. F. Haily
Mississippi
First Baptist
Correction on report of five baby boys born
The Eagle through Madisonville correspondence to the Galveston News retracts a prior note about five baby boys born to Mr and Mrs Lee Gunter. The Eagle states the information was erroneous and acknowledges misinformed informants and a correction is issued.
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Eagle
Madisonville
Galveston
Lee Gunter
German Baptist Minister Dies on Centennial Birthday
Rev Samuel Murray a renowned German Baptist minister died at Wabash Indiana Sunday on the day marking his century birth anniversary He had served in the ministry seventy years and planned to preach his final sermon on that date in Chicago April 2 Tribune dispatch reports
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Centennial Mile Post
Chicago
Samuel Murray
Wabash
Ind
The
Tribune
In Memory of Martin Observed by Texas Legislature
Departments closed and courts adjourned in memory of the late Assistant Attorney General Martin who died at Fort Worth. Both legislative houses adopted resolutions recognizing the loss.
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Martin
Austin
Fort Worth
Fatally Shot By Mistaken Entry In Houston
E Swinker died at St Josephs infirmary from a gunshot after mistaking M T Sisson s home on Shearn Street Fifth Ward for another house. Sisson, a city salesman, was the homeowner. Swinker, a union brewer, leaves a widow and three children.
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E. Swinker
Houston
St. Joseph's Infirmary
M. T. Sisson
Shearn Street
Fifth Ward
Mr. Sisson
Mr. Sneaker
Fooled Undertakers Spring April Fools Prank in Cleburne
In Cleburne on April 2 an unknown party fooled the two local funeral homes by telephoning a death at a number. Representatives came to the same address at the same time, only to realize it was April 1 and a prank.
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Cleburne
Steamboats halted as Alabama Tombigbee floods rise
Mobile reports show landings along the Alabama and Tombigbee rivers inundated by high water. For 150 miles above Mobile landings are submerged and cattle starve while steamboats wait for waters to lower. One steamer tied at Claiborne lacks fuel. crops delayed, and damage estimates unavailable.
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Alabama
Tombigbee
Mobile
Tombigbee River
Claiborne
Alabama River
Two Hour Prayer Closes Dallas Business District
One hundred Dallas businesses including all banks agreed to close from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. so employees could attend Chapman prayer meetings and services. About 10,000 people attended the Sunday Chapman gatherings across the city.
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Dallas
J. Wilbur Chapman
Chapman
Infant Shot Amid Target Practice Tragedy in Minnesota
In Chisholm Minnesota on April 2 the nine month old child of Mr and Mrs Frank Bovet was killed when a stray bullet from nearby target practice entered their Glenn Mining Location home. The mother held the infant when the bullet penetrated the skull scattering brain matter and killing the baby instantly. Insurance matters are to be taken up as Recorder Goff impanels a grand jury in New York.
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Chisholm
Minn
Frank Bovet
Bovet
Glenn Mining
New York
Goff
Court of General Sessions
Jerome
Pythian Bill Seeks Expanded Powers for Supreme Lodge
Richmond Ind April 2 Supreme Chancellor Chas Shively of the Knights of Pythias has given Congressman James E Watson a bill to amend the supreme lodge charter. The measure would allow the order to take and hold estate and personal property exceeding the present $100 000 value. The bill is to be presented at this session of Congress.
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Richmond
Ind
Chas
Shively
The
Knights of Pythias
James E. Watson
Indiana
Supreme Lodge
Congress
One Man Shot Dead in Charleroi Miners Orgie
In Charleroi Pennsylvania on April 2 a wild miners scene in the woods near Twilight left one man dead and four others injured. Two men suffered bullet wounds expected to be fatal a third was cut with a knife a fourth burned and a fifth seriously wounded by a bullet.
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Charleroi
Twilight
Twelve natives executed for murder of policemen in Natal uprising
Twelve natives condemned to death for murdering policemen during the February uprising over poll tax in Pietermaritzburg Natal were shot Monday after a delay in execution sparked a dispute between imperial and colonial governments.
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Pietermaritzburg
Natal
Wheat belt reports show 70 million bushel Kansas yield
Topeka reports from the wheat belt indicate prospects for a 70,000,000 bushel yield as the growing crop looks better than at this time of year.
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Topeka
Wheat Belt
Kansas
Man From Illinois Robbed of 1450 Dollars at Sunset Depot
A. C. Corman of Pana Illinois and two companions were at Sunset depot preparing to board a train for New Orleans when Corman was robbed of 1450 dollars. The incident occurred in Beaumont on April 2.
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Illinois
Beaumont
A. C. Corman
Pana
Ill
Sunset
New Orleans
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