German Pastor Builds Hopeful Church From Junk Materials
Rev Julius F Schwarz aims to serve Omaha’s German community with a new church built largely from scrap and junked materials. He has raised funds through donations, sales of old property, and odd jobs, planning a 44 by 73 foot basement church with a 200-seat auditorium and a 11-room parsonage, to complete within tight funds.
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Omaha
First German Presbyterian Church
Julius F. Schwarz
Solomon
Schwarz
Rosewater
Union Station
Street Railway Company
Mr. Schwarz
Fred Slather
Indiana
Riley
Kan
University of Omaha
Presbytery of
Franklin County
Heidelberg
Baden
Germany
Religion and science in dialogue: can faith endure knowledge
A reflective piece questions whether greater knowledge undermines religion. It contrasts zealous bigotry with scientifically trained minds, argues that truth must be faced, and asks if intelligent, educated minds can fully grasp religion without surrendering it.
Ballinger Sees Public Lands Policy And Reclamation Needs
Washington reports of Ballinger's annual interior department summary cover private enterprise under national supervision for land development and continued prosecutions of land frauds. He urges remedial legislation, outlines land classication, reclamation fund bonds up to 30 million dollars, and reorganization of the Indian bureau, closing distant warehouses and tightening park management.
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Washington
Richard A. Ballinger
Interior
James R. Garfield
Ballinger
Hitchcock
Garfield
Congress
Reclamation Service
Reclamation
Indian Bureau
New York
Chicago
Ontario
St Louis
San Francisco
Yellowstone
Yosemite National Parks
Forage Requisition Question On Maneuvers
An Army Service Corps officer questions a groom about forage for a horse. The groom admits no receipt but offers a bucket instead, stating no requisition has been brought. The exchange reflects shortages and improvised rations during maneuvers.
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Army Service Corps
Good for Something Subbubs Fishing Preserve Idea
A fragmented exchange shows Subbubs questioning the buyer about plans for a Swamy iurst lot while Commute contemplates turning it into a fishing preserve on ft' srooklyn Lite. The dialogue hints at potential land use and local development intentions.
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Swamy Iurst
Ft' Srooklyn Lite
Lost Registered Letters Found In Queer Plage
Five registered letters from Schuyler disappeared on The Overland Limited between Schuyler and Omaha. The pouch catcher failed to catch the pouch, which fell and split. the letters were later recovered on the car trucks, undamaged, resting under the dining car as mail was cleared. Postoffice Inspector L A Thompson investigated and found the package resting on the trucks, blown loose when the pouch was dropped. The incident highlighted the railway’s track reliability.
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Schuyler
Omaha
Postoffice
L. A. Thomp
Council Bluffs
Union Pacific
Pathetic Pride and a Crutch Tale in a Baby’s Fall
A child Willie, battered by an early tumble, uses a crutch and revels in a new style, imagining how Johnny Knowles would envy him. Also notes Dr. S. F. Spohn’s election as Goshen mayor and past role as County Superintendent of Schools, highlighting local figures. A brief moral on a single thought ends with a playful quip about being single again.
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Willie
Johnny Knowles
S. F. Spohn
Spohn Medical Co
Spohn
Goshen
Refrigerated Staterooms on New Fruit Ships
Refrigerated staterooms are found on three new ships engaged in the fruit service between New Orleans and Colon. Each room is fitted with a cooling radiator operated in connection with the refrigerating system installed for preserving fruit in transit.
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New Orleans
Colon
Fragmented 19th century ad heavy text excerpt
A garbled OCR collage of vintage advertisements and slogans. Mentions Resinol healing ointment with a London testimonial, a jokey farm joke exchange, Rheumatism cures by Dr Detchon, Russ Blue laundry soap, Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup for teething, and assorted product lines and misspelled phrases.
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Rer. Schwarbz
Science and
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Warone
John B. Cain
London
Eng
Detroit Free Press
Adam
Eve
Detchon
Blackie
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