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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Times
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1880
Page
3
A Cedar Rapids article surveys the city’s religious and educational institutions, noting seventeen church organizations and fourteen buildings. It details the Methodist Episcopal, First Presbyterian, and other creeds, their early founders, memberships, properties valued at tens of thousands, and active Sabbath schools and missions including the Hope Mission. It underscores broad civic prosperity and sustained church leadership.
The article outlines the founding of Scond Presbyterian on May 2 1855 under Rev Joshua Phelps within the Cedar Rapids Presbytery. It traces its origins from Old School to Second Presbyterian, lists original and current members, building history at Daniels Hall, and notes a 182 member body with 5728 in contributions and 1500000 property value. It covers past pastors, Sabbath schools, and two mission schools Bethel and South Mission. The piece also briefly surveys Grace Episcopal, First Baptist, Olivet Baptist, and United Presbyterian churches with details on buildings, memberships, contributions, and leadership.
The report lists multiple downtown congregations organized between 1870 and 1888 with properties valued from 2,900 to 17,000 dollars and memberships ranging from 30 to 100. It notes ministers who served, current pastors, Sabbath schools, and rising church prosperity across Methodist, Universalist, Congregational, African Methodist Episcopal, and other denominations with several new edifices under construction or recently completed.
An 1876 report notes the Young Men's Christian Association grew to 100 active members from 18, with regular Sabbath services and two Sabbath schools nearby. The piece catalogs church counts, debt status, and harmony among Cedar Rapids churches, highlighting active outreach and small indebtedness. It also mentions a free offer for a medical cure recipe from W. W. Sherrar in Rochester NY.
Telegraph reports the worst railroad accident on record as a train with about 300 Edinburg passengers plunged eighty feet from a Tay bridge during a gale. All on board perished except one body washed ashore later. Cause unknown but bridge brief and new since May 1878.
The Best I Ever Knew of J G Starkey reports relief after long dyspepsia and liver trouble. He credits Shiloh's Vitalizer, saying it cured him. Sold by W L Weller and C lay Minnie. Union prayer meeting of the Young Men's Christian Association held in Post Office Building Room 13 every Sabbath at 4 45 p m. All young men urged to attend. President O Hf Adams, Speaker Gro LaWmer. tf
In the community a quirky notice touts Shiloh's Vitalizer as a guaranteed cure for ailments like indigestion constipation and general debility. Sold by W L Weller and Chas W Milten with price 9.40 or 9.60.
A historical notice urges people to favor Hop Bitters over costly cures and luxurious living. The document then records a bankruptcy district notice from Cedar Republic in Iowa, naming Winthrop resident Wal H. Melmni as a debtor and creditor actions to be handled in the district court.
Public notice announces N. C. Lawton of the New York Store will lease the double front room in the New Water house block at Town Avenue and Adams street and move in about February 1, 1880. He will offer a vast stock of dry goods, dress goods, silks, cloaks, and trimmings at greatly reduced, cash-only prices to convert current stock. The sale is pitched as a genuine bargain boom for Linn county citizens, inviting ladies, farmers, and country visitors to inspect Lawton’s goods and save by shopping at first cost. Do not buy elsewhere before visiting.
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