Episcopal Church Plans General Convention Debates Canon and Remarriage
Notes from churches outline plans for the church’s tercentennial Jamestown observance and a possible court of appeals on divorce matters. Key speakers include Bishops Hartzler and Hell and reforms to church governance and remarriage law are discussed as offerings for Episcopal progress in America.
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Court of Appeal
Episcopal Church
Episcopal
Crapsey
Court of Appeals
Jamestown
Church of England
America
Methodists Call for 100 New Missionaries Worldwide
The Methodist Episcopal church through its board of foreign missions asks churches to recruit 100 missionaries at once with $1,000 each for equipment and support. They seek $1,250,000 this year and urge a one dollar per year gift from each of America's 3,000,000 Methodists to fund expansion amid separate home and foreign boards and a joint appeal across three church bodies.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Board of Foreign Missions
Korea
India
China
Japan
Africa
Methodist Board
Methodist of America
Methodist
Missionary Society
Freedmen'’s Aid
International Christian Endeavor Convention Heads for Seattle
Announcements of summer church gatherings rise daily. The twenty third international Christian Endeavor convention will be held in Seattle from July 10 to 15. Attendance is expected to grow with reduced rates and a strong program drawing east and Midwest visitors, plus many from California and other coasts. Vice President Fairbanks will speak, with a roster of Protestant leaders and some international speakers. The program emphasizes citizenship training with topics on graft, civic conscience, new neighbors, enforcement of liens, and the laboring man and the church.
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Christian Endeavor
Seattle
Wash
East
Middle West
Pacific Coast
California
Fairbanks
Ireland
England
Russia
Australia
India
China
Arabia
Mexico
Japan
Clerical Readers Debate Key Issues for General Convention
Clerical and lay readers in the Episcopal Church discuss the important questions to be decided at the upcoming General Convention to be held in Richmond Virginia in October. All agree on three main points guiding the deliberations.
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Episcopal Church
Richmond
Vast Growth Since 1800 In U S Statistics Revealed
Washington May 24 A new Statistical abstract of the United States from the department of commerce and labor presents a 700 page panorama of area population production commerce money circulation wealth intercommunication education from 1800 to 1906 and the present. It notes population density rising to 28 per square mile, per capita wealth and deposits growth, rising imports and exports, and surging manufacturing value from 1 billion in 1850 to about 15 billion in 1905.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Music at Cost Piano Parlor Offer for a Year
Advertises one year access to sheet music at actual cost with registration by mail or phone. Smith & Barnes Song Book offered free to all callers. Dr Vorx E Piano Co at 76-78 Stephenson St Freeport promotes the deal along with a pastel picture option at Brown & Dollmeyer's location.
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Smith & Barnes
Drvorxe Piano Co
Stephenson St. Freeport
Public warning on household property at 104 Clark Ave
Mrs Charities Perkins warns the public against buying or removing any household property from 104 Clark Avenue under penalty. Such property disposed of by her husband must be returned within ten days.
G A R Ladies Meet For Memorial Service At Church
By invitation of Commander F C Held the ladies of the G A R will meet at G A R hall Sunday May 26 at 7 pm sharp to attend memorial services at U BR church All members are requested to be on time.
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F. C
G. A. R. Hall
U. BR
A Sure Return
Do not speculate and risk loss. Put your money in a reliable bank at a good interest rate for a fair safe return. Deposit surplus in the Savings Dept. of the State Bank, run on sound conservative principles with large capital and ample resources, held in public favor.
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State Bank
Methuselah’s Age Debated by Clergy and Scholars
Chicago scholars and clergy dispute Professor Starr’s view that people live longer now than in Methuselah’s era. Rabbi Stolz Jenkin Lloyd Jones and Dr Emil Hirsch offer literary and poetical readings of Genesis, suggesting longevity is speculative and Genesis is not history. Insurance data is cited to note modest life expectancy gains from hygiene over four decades.
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Chicago
Frederick Starr
University of Chicago
Methuselah
Johnston Myers
Starr
Rabbi Joseph Stolz
Adam
Eve
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Hirsch
Emil G. Hirsch
Noah
Memorial Day events planned in Lena
The G A R memorial service is set for tomorrow at 2 30 pm at the Baptist church with Rev J F Wood delivering the sermon. Lena high seniors host a County Fair memorial day on the vacant lot east of the old skating rink featuring booths and a basket social to raise funds for commencement expenses.
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Lena
Baptist Church
J. F. Wood
Lena High School
Methodist Church
Epworth League
W. R. Hoppe
Will Kisfer
Thimble Club
W. R Bowlin
Washburn
Chas. Barrett
Freeport
George Lantzer
Emogene
Sadie Meyers
Sterling Policeman Fatally Shoots Man Near Depot
Sterling police officer Janyng Sheehan shot and killed Michael Grady, about thirty five, around 5 PM Thursday near the Northwestern depot after Grady broke away from arrest.
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Michael Grady
Sterling
Janyng Sheehan
Northwestern Depot
Grady
Burdett Piano Tuner Advertises Browod and Demeyer
KF J Burdett piano tuner issues order at Browod and Demeyer with phone reference 29) ttt for contacting service and scheduling tuning sessions.
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KF. J. Burdett
Ordera
Browod& Demeyer
Harriet M. Burbank Piano Teacher at Studio Girove St
Harriet M. Burbank, piano teacher, operates a studio on Girove Street. Available lessons span daily hours, with instruction for beginners to advanced students. Contact details listed for enrollment and schedules.
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Harriet M. Burbank
Studio Girove
The Knock-out Blow and Dr Pierce Remedies
The article argues the stomach is the most vulnerable organ and promotes Dr. Pierce remedies the Golden Medical Discovery and Catarrh Remedies. It claims cures for digestion and catarrh and offers free booklets and the Common Sense Medical Adviser mailed on request from Buffalo New York.
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Corbatt
Pierce
R.V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Dr. Pierce
Memorial University Announces June Mason City Commencement
Memorial University will hold its commencement in Mason City Iowa during the first week of June. The event marks the graduation of a large class and will be held in Mason City Iowa.
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Mason City
Iowa
Memorial University
Memorial University Fund Lauded As Next Great Institution
The Friends of the University praise Memorial University as the coming year’s greatest success in learning and a monument to patriotism, emphasizing its role as a leading institution.
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Memorial University
Tribute to Hero John A Dornblaser Memorial Room Dedication
Thomas B. Jones of Gilbert Station Georgia traveled to Freeport and Chicago to attend memorial exercises and dedication of a room in memory of John A. Dornblaser, General of the Forty-Sinth Regiment who died years ago.
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John A. Davis
Thomas B. Jones
Gilbert Station
Freeport
Chicago
John A
BL Dornblaser
Porner
Aare
Portrait and funeral rites mark Colonel Davis death
Davis, first commander of the Forty-sixth Minors Regiment and namesake of a local Grand Army post, was mortally wounded October 5 1862 at the Hatchie and died five days later. A portrait unveiling and General Atkins address will accompany the ceremonies. Lieutenant Edward A Snyder from Cedar Falls Iowa, a signal officer on General Grants staff and member of the Forty sixth, sent the first dispatch from Sherman's army before Vicksburg. Seven miles.
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Cedar Falls
Grant
Sherman
Vicksburg
Porter
New President Chosen At Veterans University
The university, founded to honor Civil War heroes, will graduate its largest class in five years. Rev. Walter J. Patton D D is named president after a year as field secretary and financial agent. Receipts from patriotic orders rise and student numbers grow by about 50 percent. The Women’s Relief Corps and the Ladies of the G A R boost progress as Commander-in-Chief Amies plans to visit for inspections and receptions.
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Walter J. Patton
The
Baptists
Board of Regents
Women's Relief Corps
Amies
Lieutenant Snyder Named Postmaster at Cedar Rapids
An official bulletin announces Lieutenant Snyder appointed as post master at Cedar Rapids, detailing his rank and the assignment to oversee mail distribution in the city.
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North
Snyder
Cedar Rapids
Rockford Picnic Hits One-Fare Rail Rates Across District
The Modern Woodmen picnic committee in Rockford reports a one-fare rate by all railroads into Rockford. Rates extend from within the Picnic association to Chicago, Dubuque, Madison, and Rock Island. Railroads plan special trains and interurban competition to handle a predicted large turnout, with Chicago camps also granted low rates. Deputies expect at least 2000 Cook County neighbors to attend. The Rockford & Turnerban company anticipates its busiest day ever with frequent car service.
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Rockford
Chicago
Dubuque
Madison
Hook Island
Rockford & Tnnterurban Company
Humpty Dumpty Pantomime at Grad Opera House May Day
The Saville Humpty Dumper Company led by John McDonald brings a top pantomime to Grad Opera House next Tuesday in May. The troupe offers singing dancing and visual acts with entertainers and specialty numbers. They promise a lively show with striking stage realism and broad appeal.
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Saville
John McDonald
Grad Opera
Aetorn
Siieps
Daneere
Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup advertised
A 1900s style medical ad promotes Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup as a non opiate remedy that gently moves the bowels to drive the cold from the system. It claims compliance with the National Pure Food and Drug Law and lists Wm. F. Jungkunz druggist at 5 Stephenson Street as the seller.
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Kennedy
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Stephenson Street
Man Killed Sliding From Moving Freight Train
Richard McIntyre, 24, of Amboy, was instantly killed in Dixon Illinois when he fell from a moving Illinois Central freight train returning from Mendota after a circus visit. He slipped from the cars and was run over.
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Dixon
Ill
Richard McIntyre
Amboy
Tlinois Central
Mendota
Nesemeier Baby Girl Born in Florence Township
Mr and Mrs Wm Nesemeier of Florence township welcome a baby girl born Thursday. The event marks a joyful addition to the Nesemeier family.
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Wm. Nesemeier
Florence Township
Saturday Night Card Party at Local Hall
A regular Saturday night card party is scheduled at the Knights of Columbus hall. The event invites community members to join for an evening of games and socializing at the venue downtown.
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K. of
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