Return to Wesleyan Rule and Divorce Law Debate in Methodism
The Methodist Episcopal quadrennial session in Saltillo reports bishops' address urging restoration of John Wesley's rules on worldly amusements and a return to strict discipline. It condemns certain modern amusements and calls for uniform divorce laws synchronized across states to avoid national social decay and factional strife. The address notes church growth in membership and property, and records about 3,036,000 US members and 275,000 worldwide communicants.
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Baltimore
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Book of Discipline
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Professors to visit Europe from the University of Kansas
A KU delegation will spend the summer in Europe. Members include Dr. W. L. Burdick, J. N. Van der Vries, C. H. Ashton, Nadine Nowlin, Maude Cooke, and Fish. W. H. Carruth returned from Germany. Vanders Broek travels to Holland to visit parents. D. F. McTarland will take a year’s leave to spend time at Yale.
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Germany
Vanders Broek
Holland
D. F. McTarland
Chemistry
Yale
Acquittal in Horse Maiming Case Shocks Robinson Farmes
In Hiawatha Kansas a district court jury acquitted James Patten a Robinson veterinarian on charges of maiming horses. Prosecution alleged injections caused lameness to boost his practice while Patten claimed an epidemic caused the trouble. The jury found not guilty after deliberating on seventeen counts.
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James Patten
Robinson
Patten
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Noted Pequot House at New London Burns
Fire destroyed the Pequot house at the western entrance to New London harbor and two nearby cottages with another damaged. A strong cast of flames swept across the lawns to adjoining buildings, fourteen of which were saved. The Pequot house was long a premier New England summer resort. Loss estimated at about a unknown amount.
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Conn
New London Harbor
Pequot House
Les New England
Murder in an Express Car on the Rio Grande
Denver dispatch reports train robbers boarded the Rower s Rio Grande train No. 4 at Castle Rock and killed express messenger Charles H. Wright aged 60. Robbers fled with keys to a small safe, opened it and took under $100. a large safe remained untouched. Wright lived at 342 Lincoln Avenue with his family.
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Charles H. Wright
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Lincoln Avenue
The Radical Move of Larry From Conservative to Explorer
Larry the “Fixture” leaves his seven year curbside routine on Main Street and city hall area. Stung by a new idea he stretches his bounds walks across Main Street and heads south seeking novelty. He abandons beer and bunkhouse life to explore a strange saloon with a free lunch and drink.
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Larry
Main Street
Ship Peter Rickmers Stranded Days Extended
High waves and a northeast gale pushed the German freighter Peter Rickmers farther onto the sandbar where she grounded a week ago. Three masts are gone, tugs have abandoned due to heavy seas, and crew members remain aboard as life lines are prepared for rescue by life savers.
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Peter Rickmers
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Kentuckys May Wind Destroys Homes and Barns
A heavy rain and wind storm swept through Kentucky with Choateville hit hard. The Collins family of five were injured in a demolished residence, while Melville Collings saw a house blown from its foundation. Barns and telephone lines were torn by the high wind across the area.
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Choateville
Jesse Collins
Melville Collings
Willis Wood Week Brings Mannering Adams In Dual Stage Run
Next week at Willis Wood theater features Marty Mannering in Glorious Betsy and Maude Adams in The Jesters with three performances starting Monday and Thursday respectively. The Orpheum closing bill includes Polly Pickles Pets in Petland and other acts.
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Willis Wood
Marty Mannering
Aida Johnson Young
Betsy
Maude Adams
Miss Mannering
Miss Adams
Orpheum
Joseph Hart
Polly Pickles
Petland
Pantzer
Charles H. Bradshaw
Eleanor Falke
Floradora
Harry Allister
Lillian Apel
Davis and
Walker
Frank Brothers Yiddish Opera Company
Willis Wood Theater
Bar Kockba
Ben Schomron
Scholar
Wild Man
Joseph
Miller Parents Testify in Ruth Miller Murder Trial
Mr and Mrs Charles Miller testified in Wyandotte County District Court concerning Ruth Miller's murder case. He said he received a package of poisoned candy from the postman and gave it to Ruth's half-sister Elia Van Meter for the children to share, leading to Ruth's death within thirty minutes.
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Ruth Miller
Sarah Morasch
Wyandotte County
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