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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1908
Page
7
Fragmentary financial note lists scattered figures including 3 849 73 6 445 58 27127 and 59 625 00 with no clear context or dates. The readable bits resemble liabilities data but lack full descriptions.
Ira D Sankey, famed evangelist and hymn writer with Dwight L Moody, dies in Brooklyn at 68 after five years of blindness and illness. His gospel hymns reached wide reach, with compositions like The Ninety and Nine and When the Mists Rolled Away, selling over fifty million copies. He preserved his voice by singing into pianographs for posterity.
The account recounts Dwight Moody inviting Ira Sankey to join his evangelistic tours after Sankey impressed Moody with his voice at a Y.M.C.A. convention in Indianapolis. Sankey and his wife joined Moody, touring Great Britain from 1873 to 1875 and again in 1883, later facing blindness and a nervous breakdown after retiring. Sankey, born August 28 1810 in Edenburgh Pa, lived in Brooklyn for 27 years while writing many songs. He is survived by his widow Fannie, two sons I Allen and Edward, and two grandchildren.
Aug 15 reports say Mehmed Ali Bey former Turkish minister to the United States has received several anonymous death threats. The former legation on Calvert Street is now guarded day and night by Secret Service men, as admitted by Mehmmed A. Beys secretary.
Augara Jia announces a forthcoming event involving the Dutchy royal family. The statement hints at a notable public or ceremonial occasion expected to unfold soon.
Two thousand Gaelic Athletic Association members greet Martin Sheridan of the Irish American Athletic Club on arrival in Dublin with a torchlight procession led by the mayor. The event honors his support in the dispute with the Amateur Athletic Union. Sheridan did not participate in the games abroad.
Goshen churches announce service times with Baptist and Christian Science details. First Church of Christ, Scientist lists morning subject The Soul and Sunday school at 11 45 with a 730 Wednesday meeting and daily reading room hours. Dickey of the Winona Interurban defends board record amid subsidy and Sabbath dispute. The Smith Clark Co undertakers listed.
Chicago and Buffalo market notes show varied grain prices and livestock activity. Wheat and corn futures quoted with mixed highs and lows. hogs and cattle receipts noted, with prices ranging for heavy, light, prime and feeder categories. Buffalo reports indicate slower cattle demand, lower hog prices, and steady lamb and sheep values.
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