Lutheran Clergy Explain Church State Distinction in Sun Day Law Debate
A Fort Wayne German Lutheran statement explains church and state roles over Sunday laws, asserting the church preaches forgiveness while the state upholds peace through the law. It stresses that ministers should not prosecute transgressors, and Christians must obey laws unless they clash with God's commands.
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Paspra
Fort Wayne
German Alliance
Old Lutheran Church
Caesar
God
Church
Christ
St. Paul
Earth
St. Peter
Rom
Church View On Prohibition And Civil Law
A group of church leaders states that prohibition is a civil issue and the church should not press its introduction or repeal. They insist members obey existing laws within civil bounds, urge lawmakers to act for welfare, and avoid guiding oath-bound officials to break laws. August Lange and others sign the statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aug. Lange
J. W. Miller
W. Moll
H. Luehsr
P. Stoeppelwerth
Ambsganss
H. Juengel
C. F. W. Huge
Democratic leaders laud Lafayette banquet and Indiana party unity
Miles Baxter of DeKalb county reports the Jackson club banquet in Lafayette was a success with Democrats optimistic about winning the presidential vote in 1900. He predicts Bryan for president and Marshall for governor, notes a possible fight for state committee chair, and backs Dan M. Link of Auburn for district chairman, with DeKalb solid for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sentinel
Auburn
Ind
Miles Baxter
Democratic County Central Committee
DeKalb County
Luther W. Kinsley
Butler
Fred L. Feick
Garrett
J. Howard Wagner
Auburn Daily Courier
Lafayette
Indiana
William J. Bryan
Thomas R. Marshall
Baxter
Democratic State Committee
James Kirby Risk
Cilbert Hendrin
Stokes Jackson
Congress
Ed Hoffman
Fort Wayne
Daily Courier
Dan M. Link
Allen
Whitley
DeKalb
Dan
Trolley Car Blaze Delays Decatur Line on First Trip
A Decatur trolley car on its first trip at 7 30 am Thursday caught fire on Calhoun street near Masterson avenue due to electrical trouble. The car stopped and water from a nearby hydrant was used to extinguish a blaze described as not extensive.
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Decatur Line
Calhoun Street
Masterson Avenue
Cornerstone Laid for Indiana Odd Fellows Temple
In Indianapolis a corner stone for the new grand lodge temple at Pennsylvan ia and Washington streets was laid at mid day by the Indiana I O O F. officers. The ceremony included a copper box with documents and a Bible, and the stone was set as the 14 story structure rises. Miller of Terre Haute named grand warden, to become grand master in three years. Hastings of Washington elected grand master. Jean named deputy grand master. W A Morris re-elected treasurer. Benjamin Franklin of Indianapolis reappointed trustee.
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Indianapolis
Grand Lodge
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Washington Streets
John B. Cockrum
Joel
Rebekah Assembly
Leedy
W. A. Morris
J. M. Pyle
Miller
Terre Haute
Grand Lodge of Indiana
Odd Fellows
Elmer BE. Hastings
Washington
Jacob Joel
H. M. Jean
Frankfort
Geo. B. Lindley
Kokomo
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas B. Jessup
Richmond
Unwritten Law Acquits Dunklin Man in Missouri Murder Case
Aud McMunn in Kennett Missouri is acquitted by a Dunklin county circuit court jury of murder in the shooting of Arch Brown on September 8. The defense argued unwritten law and public sympathy supported McMunn’s action after Brown urged Mrs McMunn to leave her husband.
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Kennett, Mo
Dunklin Country
Aud MccMunn
Arch Brown
McMunn
Brown
Inauguration of Grace Reformed Church Pastor at Leo
Rev C A Row was installed Tuesday November 19 as pastor of Grace Reformed Church at Leo. Rev A K Zartman directed services. Congregation organized in July 1906, now over sixty members. A church edifice costing about 5000 dollars was erected, with a bright future anticipated.
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C. A. Row
Grace Reformed Church
Leo
A. K. Zartman
Hartje defeats divorce bid in high court
Mrs Mary Scott Hartje, sued by her Pittsburg millionaire husband, won a complete victory in the Pennsylvania superior court which affirmed the Allegheny county court decision denying a divorce. Reopen petitions based on alleged new letters and forged handwriting were denied.
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Philadelphia
Mary Scott Hartje
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Superior Court
Allegheny County Court
Hartje
Thomas Madine
Hartie
Ireland
Madine
Device perfected that pictures speech at Purdue
Prof Arthur Bessey Smith of Purdue University with senior assistants has perfected an oscillograph that pictures speech. The first model, built by C A Mendenhall and W B Adams, depicts speech and various alternating currents. Experiments have just begun and further development is expected to capture even delicate voice currents.
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Lafayette
Ind
Arthur Bessey Smith
Purdue University
C. A. Mendenhall
W. B. Adams
Druggist in Elkhart Takes Own Life Over Store Lease
Frank J. Goldman a 65 year old druggist in Elkhart Indiana shot himself this morning. He was despondent after losing the lease on the store he had long occupied leaving a widow and three children.
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Elkhart
Ind
Frank J. Goldman
Supreme Court ruling on tax collection in Indiana cities
Special to The Sentinel notes the Indiana Supreme Court ruling that when city treasurers are not ex officio county treasurers, counties must still collect taxes and forward them to city treasurers. The decision affects city and county fiscal administration.
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Sentinel
Indianapolis
Ind
Supreme Court
Ageaurer
Bronx Woman Shoots Husband Then Self in Jealous Rage
In the Bronx, Mrs. Lottie Hitchcock killed her husband, compositor Robert L. Hitchcock, as he slept, then wounded herself in a failed suicide attempt. She blamed his alleged talks of sending her to a sanitarium for drug habit treatment and was hospitalized after the incident.
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New York
Lottie Hitchcock
Robert L. Hitchcock
Bronx
Hitchcock
Purdue Agriculture School offers free scholarships to Indiana farmers
The Purdue University School of Agriculture opens to Indiana farm families with free annual scholarships funded by county and state agrarian groups. Dean J H Skinner notes the programs in four year and short winter courses in agriculture horticulture animal husbandry and dairy. Winter sessions start January 20 lasting eight weeks.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University School of Agriculture
Indiana
J. H. Skinner
Farmer Boys
Purdue University
Farmers’ Organization
Agricultural and Horticultural Society
The
Fair Association
Farmers’ Institute
Farmers’ Club
Grange
School of Agriculture
Farmers’ Institute Association
Election of Indiana 600 Fellows Now Complete
Indianapolis reports Robert T. Daniels of Atlanta addressed the grand encampment of the I O O F after installing officers elected that afternoon. H W Hodson of Martinsville won the third ballot as grand officer, with 306 of 541 votes, and J S James of Linton was runner up. Other officers named include L C Helm Decatur grand high priest H J McSheehy Logansport grand senior warden W H Tabor Terre Haute grand scribe W H Leedy Indianapolis grand treasurer J M Lang Sullivan grand trustee S P Stroup Shelbyville and retiring grand patriarch L G Akin Indianapolis who was elected grand representative to the sovereign grand lodge at Denver in 1910. John B Cockrum will seek deputy grand Sire. Nominations for grand junior warden included W J Hughes Alexandria Sam Owens New Albany S J James Linton W B Brening Rockfield J R Andrews Lawrenceport Perry Higman Lafayette S O Sharp Indianapolis E H E Kelsey Vevay and George W Long Shipshewana. The encampment also moved to seek legislation to add a Greensburg Odd Fellows home representative to its board of managers, currently drawn from the grand lodge and Rebekah assembly.
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J. M. Lang
Board of Trade
Hartford City Lodge
Lincoln Lodge
Indianapolis
Tomlinson Hall
Lewis G. Akin
L. C. Helm
W. H. Leedy
John T. Wallick
George Rogers
Samuel P. Stroup
Vinton I. Nickey
John B. Cockrum
Indiana
Aiken
Leeds
Cockrum
Robert T. Daniels
Atlanta
Georgia
Sovereign Grand Lodge of the World
Daniels
H. W. Hodson
Martinsville
J. S. James
Linton
Decatur
H. J. McSheehy
Logansport
W. H. Tabor
Terre Haute
Sullivan
S. P. St
Alexandria
Sam Owens
New Albany
S. J. James
W. B. Brening
Rockfield
J. R. Andrews
Lawrenceport
Perry Higman
Lafayette
S. O. Sharp
E. HE. Kelsey
Vevay
George W. Long
Shipshewana
Grand Lodge
Odd Fellows
Greensburg
Board of Managers
Rebekah
Rev Father H C Kappel Dies at Oxford at 34
Reverend Henry C Kappel a Fort Wayne native and Catholic clergyman died at his Oxford Indiana home at 5 am on November 20 age 34 He had served as pastor in Arcola Walkerton Fairmount Plymouth and Oxford His parents survived him and he had battled heart and lung illness his ordination in Cincinnati was in 1897.
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Henry C. Kappel
Fort Wayne
Oxford
Ind
Father Kappel
Arcola
Kappel
St. Mary’s
St. Lawrence College
Mount Calvary
Wis
Mount St. Mary’s Seminary
Cincinnati
Rademacher
H. M. Plaster
Hammond
Father Kroeger
Logansport
Walkerton
Fairmount and
Matthews
Plymouth
Pierceton
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Hoffman
Aew
Capital
Missouri
Mrs. McMunn
NEW Church
Sloan's
Hoyses
Purdue
Self
Purdue School OF Agriculture
Grand Encampment
H.C. Kappel
Monroeville
S. W. Stirk Cirele
George H. Thomas
Fannie Gibson
George H. Thomas Post
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