Thanksgiving Proclamation by Iowa Governor Cummins
Governor Albert B. Cummins proclaims Thanksgiving Day for Thursday November 28 1907 in Iowa urging nationwide gratitude to God for peace prosperity and moral progress. He calls citizens to suspend labor attend worship and express thanks to the ruler of all things for divine favor and the nation’s improvements.
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Cummins
United States
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
Commonwealth
State of
Home Paper as Community Link
A call to readers praising the Home Paper as the best source for local news about neighbors churches schools and community interests urging regular readership and participation.
Officers for Interurban Rail Line Elected in Keosauqua
The Fairfield Keosauqua Memphis Interurban Railway Company held its second annual meeting in Keosauqua with officers elected: President H. Blackledge of Keosauqua, Vice President De Bauman of Lick Creek township, Treasurer George Craven of Milton, and Secretary John Watkins of Memphis. Donald Hug Gerald plans to return December 2 to meet company officers after favorable overseas reports.
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Donald Huggerald
Memphis
Fairfield
Keosaqua
Keosauqua
Urban Railway Company
H. Blackledge
de. Bauman
Lick Creek Township
Gieorme Craven
Milton
John Watkins
Trunk Theft Trial Set for Two Suspects
Arthur Pickett of this city and Martin Curran of Muscatine face a trial in Muscatine for obtaining money under false pretenses from the United States Express Company. They allegedly conspired after a trunk shipment and a separate package case led to a $2860 payoff. The men reportedly confessed, saying the deed was a joke.
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Arthur Pickett
Martin Curran
Muscatine
United States Express Company
Squire J. M. Stinson
Pickett
Cedar Rapids
Pickete
Curran
Parsons College Invitation to Fairfield Residents in 1907
The citizens of Fairfield and visitors are invited by the President and Faculty of Parsons College to attend a Thursday evening program on November twenty first nineteen hundred seven. The event includes a seven o'clock microscopic exhibition in Ballard Hall eight o'clock entertainment in the college chapel nine thirty reception at the college library and an appeal for all Fairfield residents to attend and greet guests from the Southeastern Iowa Horticultural Association and Southeastern Iowa Medical Association.
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Fairfield
Parsons College
Southeastern Iowa Horticultural Association
Southeastern Iowa Medical Association
Ballard Hall
Entertainment College
College Lbrary
Ladies Improvement Association Warns Park Signage
The Ladies Improvement Association calls public attention to new signs reading Dont walk on the grass in the park. A one dollar fine is imposed for violations as the association hopes walkers use the designated paths all season.
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Ladies Improvement Association
The
Improvement Association
Billy Sunday Delivers Labor Sermon in Muscatine
At the Muscatine tabernacle Billy Sunday preached on labor with a forceful call to work. He praised the workers from kitchen to factory, urged public dedication, and linked Nehemiah 4 6 to a national revival as crowds of about four thousand sang and pledged to work. He noted press coverage as vital and urged a special Friday offering to support the campaign.
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Muscatine
Prof
Fischer
Nehemiah
Artaxerxes
Jerusalem
Incere
Scotland
Associated Press
Wan. A. Sunday
Billy Sunday conducts talks after hospital stay
William Harlan Sunday known as Billy Jr remains unable to sit up after appendicitis surgery but is recovering lively. He spoke with Professor Fischer and Mr Butler at a high school visit and plans factory talks soon with noonday visits to the Automatic button factory as bids come in.
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William Harlan Sunday
Billy, Jr
Mr. Sunday
Sunday
Prof Fischer
Butler
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