Pherome History of Augustana Synod by Sodergren
A historical narrative recounts early trials and growth of Swedish Lutheran communities in Illinois Wisconsin and Minnesota. It details Hasselquist’s arrival 1852 and the formation of Augustana Synod, with struggles of pastors wages housing and organization, and the 1859 synod size and assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustana
Boston
Jenny Lind
Andover
Moline
New Sweden
Iowa
Illinois
Cedarville
Esbjorn
Galesburg
N. Hasselquist
Lund
Sweden
Hasselquist
Lutheran Church In
Immanuel Church
Chicago
Erland Carlsson
Ddiocese
Wexio
Carlsson
Augustana Hospital
Wingls
Si © Olsson
Swedish Lutheran Church
Owen
M Wahltrom
Tmatitutian Sainee
Otter
Synod
Hethesda Hospital
St Paul
Minn
Minnesota Conference
Immanuel Hospital
Omaha
Neb
Taska Conference
Augustana Synod Administers Nine Colleges And Homes
The Augustana synod oversees nine educational institutions and eighteen charitable facilities, including eight orphanages, three hospitals, two deaconess homes, and five elderly homes. The text details Augustana College and Theological Seminary’s jubilee, its origins with Prof L. P. Esbjorn, and a list of synod member colleges and hospitals across the United States.
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Thed
Ryd
Augustana Synod
America
Augustana College and Theological Seminary
F All
L. P Esbjorn
Augustana Snod
Immanuel Church
Chicago
Paxton, Ill
Rock Island Duriner
I. P Esbjorn
T N Hasselquist
O Oleson
Gustav A Andreen
Synod Art
Endowment Drive Nears $250000 for Augustana College Jubilee
Dr Gustav Andreen announces that Augustana college is close to reaching a $250000 endowment goal as part of a jubilee celebration. The drive involves tri cities and multiple state conferences with major gifts from Denkmann heirs and earlier Swedish endowment efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustata College
Gustav Andreen
Tri-Cities
Augustana Synod
Paxton
Augustana College
Andreen
Yale University
Augustana
Sweden
Bishop von Scheele
Ekman
Oscar
Rally of Sunday Schools to Attend Rock Island County
A county committee reported thirty Sunday schools will attend a rally in Rock Island with delegates from Moline and many country townships. The event will feature a male adult class and a women’s class parade prize, with speakers visiting Andalusia and Canoe Creek township institutes.
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Tepett
Rock Island
Tal L
Moline
Central Presbyterian
Broadway Presbyterian
United Presbyterian
Aiken Street
Plrst Methodist
Memorial Christian
South Park Presbyterian
Spencer Memorial
Grace Lutheran
Help Chapel
Seventh Street Lutheran
Union Congregational African Methodist
Firat Congregational
Second Congregational
Firat Methodist
Second Methodist
First Baptist
Plymouth Congregationial
East Moline
Reynolds
Carbon Cliff
Foster
Andalusia
Coal, Valley
Port Byron
Enterprise United Brethren
Zuma Methodist
Ethel Baptist
Fairfield Methodist
H. H. van Duzer
C. 8
Trevor
C. C. Child
E. H. Osborn
L. R. Gaylord
J. H. Hauberg
Messrs
Trevor, Osborn, Hunt and Child
County Association
van Duzer
Osborn and Hauberg
Canoe Creek
Hillsdale
Monument to Honor Deceased Woodmen Members in Riverside
Memorial services are planned for Woodmen of the World deceased across tricity camps Sunday June 6. A $100 shaft will mark the grave of each member, with Davenport Rock Island and Moline camps coordinating the Riverside cemetery unveiling for A W Peterson.
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Tricity
Riverside Cemetery
W_ Peterson
Rock Island
Davenport
Lincolin
Moline
United States
Canada
County Local Option Rally Set for Springfield June 7
Illinois awakens to county local option as the state hosts a great convention and rally in the Arsenal Springfield on June 7. Delegates from every church and voting precinct are invited with special rail rates arranged to bring the largest attendance possible. The primary fight continues as Liquor Dealers and Anti-Saloon leagues mobilize across states, with September primaries shaping the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Arsenal
Springfield
iNnols
Ossible
Liquor Dealers’ Protective Association of Illness
Anti-Saloon League
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Nebraska
South Dakota
Professor A toun Proposes To Miss Emily Wilson
A social anecdote from Special Messenger describes Professor A toun asking Miss Emily Jane Wilson for marriage. The couple consults her father Christopher North, who is absent. Miss Wilson finds the proposed reply pinned to her dress: with the author's compliments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toun
Marriag
Emily Jane Wilson
Christopher North
Miss Wilson
Passing of the Cradle Poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Poem laments progress replacing the wooden cradle with modern systems. Wilcox contrasts past lullabies and safe bedtime rituals with a world that dismisses the cradle as obsolete, casting off the old ark of slumber while bowing to progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prigress
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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Sodergren
Hasevelquist
Cederstam
A Andreen
Noredun
Chinago Lake
O T Andrew
Jonas Svensson
Sugar Grove
Jamestown
VP Beckman
Careleen
Stockholim Wis
Carser Minn
Boren
Red Wing
Ctoeago
Warn
Vaso
Novelius
Alo
Sean de
Kew
Batoa
Wassey Tor
Dinavian Evangelical Lutheran Vagistana Synod
Noretas
Augsburg
Ton
Augustana Tiege and Theological Seminary
P Shjornning
Berew
John G. Dahlberg
A. M
Gustavus Adolphus College
St Peter
Mion
Hospitals of Synod
Joliet
Avon Mass
Immigrant Homes
New York
Stethesda
Chicago City
Mona Nazareth
Hev
Nobelius
D. D
Vasa
Mariadahl
Kas
Stanton
Jees
Donatiéne
Lapd
Bulle
Inge
Friéride
Havai
Walsh
uable-College Eatate
Theodore Ekblad
Andrew Kempe
Kansas
California
Ilinois
A. W Williamson
Augustana University Association
J A. Ericson
Boone
Cable Hall
J. Bengstion
Bynod
Emenee
Lovig
Woodmen of World Plan
Shaft
A. W
Dr. Caldwell
Trandoele
Tarsas
Joseph A. Andergar
Ahowe
E. Frisk
Columbia
F. N Swanberg
Special Messenger
Abhyawad Ndasseeee Tema
Augustané
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