Debt to Methodism and the American frontier
President Roosevelt praise for Methodist circuit riders and frontier faith. A sermon on national unity, religion, and the debt owed to Methodism centers on the journey from Washington to the West. The piece also notes efforts to unite Methodist factions, funding for church papers, and a call to Congress against opium imports to Hawaii.
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Pelicu
Martin Luther
Dent
Eae Cranston
Roosevelt
Uife
America
Washington
Atlantic
Methodist Protestant Dissenters Hear Union With Episcoal Church
The May 16 general conference of the Methodist Protestant church discussed uniting with the Methodist Episcopal Church. A 33 delegate committee from conference districts weighs the merger while the public focus remains on Lipton and Vanderbilt figures. The article also notes plans for motor buggies and other horseless vehicles, and that Western Pump company owned eight and one half acres in Sheffield, purchased by an unnamed party.
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Okie
Methodist Episcopal General Conference
John F. Goucher
Methodist Episcopal Church
Southwestern Christian Advocate
New Orleans
Advocate Journal
Chattanooga
Tenn
W. S. Truesdale
M. H. Marvin
Columbia River Conference
Rocky Mountain Advocate
Union
Congress
Foraker
Hawaii
Parssies
General Conference
Methodist Protestant Church
Episcopal
Western Pump Company
Sheffield
Maryland Conference Adopts Resolution On Infant Baptism Approval
A resolution by the Maryland conference withholds approval of infant baptism when neither parent has made profession of faith in our laws and in the law of Jesus Christ. The measure reflects church governance and faith requirements under the general conference president's appointment.
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General Conference
Maryland
Vanderbilt Coach 18 Popular in English Revival
London May 16 Alfred G Vanderbilt's effort to revive British interest in coaching has won wide cheer. Crowds between noon and Brighton applaud his coach Venture with steady bookings and growing demand for seats. Vanderbilt has become highly popular among Englishmen, signaling a lasting impact.
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London
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Brighton
Vanderbilt
Factories Grow in Kansas City Area Add Three Plants
Kansas City's role as a factory center strengthens with three new plants and a ground purchase. The Blakesley Buggy company from St Louis takes a five acre site at Blue River and Independence road. W F Lyons Artificial Ice plans a 100 ton daily plant. Washburn Excelsior seeks a site at Eighteenth street and Railroad avenue. Kornfalfa Milling buys land at Eighteenth and Cookson to build a mill for crushed stock food.
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Kansas City
Blakesley Buggy Company
Washburn Excelsior Company
Kornfalfa Milling Company
W. F. Lyons Artificial Ice Company
Blakesley Buggy Company of
St. Louis
Blue River
Independence Road
Kansas City Motor Car Company
W. F. Lyons
Washburn Excelsior
Railroad Avenue
Eighteenth and
Cookson
J. W. Anderson
Glucose Trust
Kansas
Standard Oil
Sugar Creek
Blue Valley
Dodson
Armourdale
Rosedale
Novelty in a Minstrel Show at Willis Wood Theater
The Elks plan a May thirty minstrel at Willis Wood theater featuring a roof garden scene with over fifty women. Ford Heim leads with Percy Lorie. the show ends with a burlesque initiation. John C. McGrory heads the management. Joseph K. Bren is musical director and Clinton Wilson stage manager.
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Elks
Willis Wood
The
Ford Heim
Percy Lorie
Elks Humbug Circus
John C. McGrory
Joseph K. Bren
Clinton Wilson
Senate Sets Postal Savings Bill for December 14
In Washington on May 16 the Senate, on Senator Carter's motion, set the postal savings bank bill as a special order for December 14 to allow more floor discussion before possible adjournment. Also on May 16 the Senate confirmed Judge Oscar H. Hundley for the Northern District of Alabama after a lengthy, contested nomination that faced opposition from the late Senator Pettus.
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Washington
Senate
Carter
Postal Savings Bank
Georgia
Oscar H. Hundley
Alabama
Senator Pettus
Committee On Judiciary
Hundley
Scarlet Fever Outbreak Hits St. Joseph's Orphanage
An epidemic of scarlet fever at St. Joseph's Orphan asylum in Privspure Pennsylvania causes alarm with thirteen children ill and fears that three hundred may have been exposed.
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Privspure
St. Joseph’s Orphan Asylum
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