World Wide religious revival surpasses 1857 in scale
Chicago reports a global religious awakening led by Torrey and Alexander in Australia four years ago. The movement spans the United States, Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland and beyond with thousands of conversions in cities like Toronto and Chicago and rising evangelical activity worldwide. Analysts cite prosperity, distress, and prayer as factors fueling the revival and note sectarian lines fading as evangelists unite.
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Torrey and
Alexander
Australia
Chicago
United States
China
India
Dwight L. Moody
New Zealand
Australasia
London
England
Scotland
Ireland
Torrey and Alexander
Cardiff
Wales
New England
Boston
A. C. Dixon
Canada
Toronto
Torrey
Philadelphia
Pacific Coast
Middle West
Salvation Army
Army
Booth
Weather Shapes History At Royal Meteorological Society Meeting
The president Richard Bentley outlined how weather influenced over 300 historical events. Examples included fogs blocking invasions, Mount Athos naval actions, Marlborough’s river crossing in mist, and snows and hail altering campaigns from Hannibal to Napoleon and beyond.
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Royal Meteorological Society of England
Richard Bentley
Mardonius
Mount Athos
Ireland
Lord Anson
Duke E of Marlborough
Scheldt
Alps
Song of those who answer not
Poem reflects on the departed and the living who honor them with quiet memory. The speaker and others hear a timeless elegy in every heart and recall the kind, true, brave, and sweet who walk no longer beside us. The verse ponders of God, home, and enduring love. John W. Chadwick.
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John W. Chadwick
Complaint of the Scientist Prepares for Amazon Ethnology
Dr W Farabee laments how world neglects science as he departs for Amazon headwaters to study Indians. He notes science is valued mainly in Germany and recalls a western trapper remark about a dug site attributing it to a wild hog or a botanist.
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Farabee
Amazon
Germany
Sparse Persia Population and Nomad Routes
Persia remains sparsely populated with about 9,000,000 residents across a 14 per square mile density. Nomads including Arabs Kurds Leks Turks Lurs Baluchis and Gypsies roam the country following grazing grounds and other needs as described in Persia Past and Present.
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Persia
Weather and war reckonings from ancient to early modern conflicts
The text notes two notable weather linked military events: Marcus Aurelius’ 176 defeat of the barbarians blamed on a hailstorm prompted by the Melitene Legion, and Maurice’s 1622 Antwerp plans thwarted by sudden frost and gale. It also discusses weather impacting sieges and epidemics, citing Portugal’s 1578 disaster at Alcazarquivir.
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Marcus Aurelius
Melitene
Legio
Maurice
Antwerp
Portugal
Alcarcerquivir
Demand for State Disclosure on German Tariff Report
An editorial urges the new treasury chief and the state department to publish the German tariff commission report. It argues secrecy harms American producers by concealing potential undervaluation, wage adjustments, and broader foreign competition, stressing the public has a right to timely information.
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Congress
Treasury Department
State Department
Germany
United States
House Committee On
Secretary
Paris
Washington
Kasson
France
Dicker
Secretary of the Treasury
Baby Uses Car Metaphor For Family Fun
Five year old Joseph watches his father bounce his baby brother and quips that the baby is running on one cylinder. The innocent remark reflects a child’s literal view of motion and toy car language.
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Joseph
Joe
Lowering the Dike and the Tariff Debate
A Boston correspondent warns against removing tariff protections amid rising consumption. The piece argues keeping the wage level stable and avoiding a flood of cheap imports, cautioning that lowering the dike would force American workers to bear wage cuts while risking economic turmoil. Leiter urges leaving the dike intact.
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Boston
Leiter
The One Great Question on Tariff Revision Signals Debate
In a Lowell Citizen editorial, the piece weighs the imperfection of the tariff and questions whether immediate revision is warranted. It contrasts Roosevelt and Gov Guild positions, notes unrest from change, and asks if reform would yield net benefits despite risks to market stability. It scrutinizes Massachusetts Republican views and odd protective alliances backing reform.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Gov. Guild
Massachusetts
Mugwump Newspapers
Mugwump Orators
Lowell Citizen
Tariff Changes Desirable to Farmers and Workers
The Hancock Journal argues that tariff removal clamor mostly serves personal or political gain and not the broad farmer miner or factory worker classes. Periodic tariff shifts are seen as unnecessary and undesirable by a large majority of Americans.
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Hancock
Mich
The Texas tariff idea
Texas cattle growers and rice growers favor free trade in general but seek protection for cattle hides and wool. They oppose competition from Mexican, Argentine cattle or Philippine rice, yet support lifting tariffs on non Texas produced articles to open foreign markets. Washington Herald notes the stance.
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Texas
Washington Herald
Col. Bryan Targets Trusts With Mail Denial Scheme
The article questions Col. Bryan's plan to bar the mails to trusts while noting his reliance on trust talk to fuel his platform. It suggests the colonel benefits from the same entities he criticizes.
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Col. Bryan
No Danger of a Tariff War Discussed by Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal notes advantage in the dual tariff system but warns it should not lift tariffs broadly. It argues the US could source goods from Britain if needed, yet fears shifting $271 million in imports from Germany and France to the UK would hurt British industry while preserving German and French markets.
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Dr. Harper
University of Chicago
Welhausen-Grafft School
Germany
Higher Criticism
Sunday
Billy” Sunday
Wall Street Journal
France
Great Britain
United Kingdom
United States
Tornado Rips Through Page County North of Clearmont
A cyclone formed afternoon of the 28th mile north of Clearmont Missouri and tracked north past Braddyville Page County Iowa. It destroyed barns and outbuildings including those of John Burch J M Hunt and Will Akin. No deaths reported. Remarkable hay and livestock disturbances occurred at Kelly and Stanton farms with uninjured mule and cows lifted then dropped nearby.
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Clarinda
Clearmont
Braddyville
Page County
Iowa
John Burch
J. M. Hunt
Ira Hodges
Will ‘Akin
Jim Burgess
Henry Lush
Eathen Kelly
Lawrence Snodgrass
Buchanan Creek
Kelly’s
Stanton
Kelly Farm
Stanton Tarn
Rocker Convicted Third Time for Murder at Sibley
Charles Rocker was found guilty of first degree murder in the August Schroeder case, a Lynn county farmer. After fourteen hours of deliberation the jury returned a unanimous verdict for life imprisonment. Rocker showed no emotion and noted the outcome, while a new trial motion will be filed.
Remarkable Runaway Injures Mason City Official
Mason City County Superintendent Mahannah was thrown twenty feet from a bucking buggy when the team bolted and overturned. The vehicle somersaulted, catapulting him clear. he landed in soft mud, was run over by the horses, but later recovered enough to call for help as a rescue team was dispatched.
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Mason City
Mahannah
Stonemason Dies After Train Collision in Le Mars
Henry Neumann, 61, a Le Mars stonemason, was struck by a slow freight at Main street crossing while watching a passenger train. His left leg was caught under the cowcatcher. he died three hours later from nervous shock with no broken bones or internal injuries found.
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le Mars
Henry Neumann
Main Street
Neumann
Timber Wolf Attack Near Mink Trap Wounds Doctor
Dr. O Fuller was attacked by a large timber wolf while inspecting a mink trap. He fought the animal without a weapon and strangled it with the chain, suffering severe facial lacerations and the loss of his 25 dollar gold eyeglasses.
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Goodell
Stockman Killed by Fall in Barn Near Sac City
David C. Lewis prominent stockman in the vicinity died after a midnight fall in his barn. He lay unconscious for over an hour, suffered blood loss and shock, and died a few hours later. He was about 46, wealthy, and well known in the community.
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Sac City
David C. Lewis
Wreck Halts Westbound Freight Near Brockton
A Great Western freight derailment near Brockton involved eight cars, six ditched, tearing up 100 feet of track and causing an $8,000 property loss. A broken truck triggered the accident and traffic delays lasting through the night.
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Brockton
Marshalltown
Great Western
Electrician Killed by Live Wire on Pole
George Falkners an electrician was instantly killed by a live wire while working on a pole at Waverly He fell twenty feet but had been dead before he started the work and the tragedy was reported in local dispatches.
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Waverly
George Falkners
Stranger commits suicide by leaping before Burlington fast mail
A man believed to be Oscar Nylen of Cambridge Illinois leaped in front of Burlington fast mail train No 7 near Mount Pleasant at 70 mph. His body was mutilated and scattered along the tracks for half a mile. Remaining clues included a memorandum book showing residency and occupation as a Cambridge tailor and a note of despondency. Nylen was later identified as wanted for the murder of Lewis McGuire at Galesburg over a week earlier, tying the death to a pursuit by Galesburg police.
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Mount Pleasant
Oscar Nylen
Cambridge
Ill
Burlington
Ottumwa
Lewis McGuire
Galesburg
McGuire
Nylen
Buxton Saloon Crackdown Leads to Fines and Lockups
In Albia Buxton authorities fined six saloon operators and arrested eight for running illicit joints. Several pleaded guilty to maintaining liquor nuisances and received the minimum $300 fines. Sheriff Griffin sealed and closed the establishments, with over $1,000 in fixtures seized for county sale, notably in venues run by George Hurst and John Wright.
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Albia
Buxton
John Baker
Henry Lewis
Love Kinney
George Brooks
John Wright
Vermillion
Griffin
George Hurst
Hole Punched in His Heart in Cedar Rapids Shop
Joseph Hrneal, 21, of Cedar Rapids, died while operating a steam punching machine in the Rock Island shops. A snapped steel fragment from the die struck his heart as the power suddenly shifted, he walked a few feet toward the door and collapsed.
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Joseph Hrneal
Cedar Rapids
Hrneal
Rock Island
Burlington Man Killed in Bridge Accident Near Unionville
Centerville brakeman Chester Gallup was killed near Unionville when a locomotive lurched and pitched him against bridge girders. He died within thirty minutes.
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Centerville
Chester Gallup
Unionville
Independence Man Takes Morphine In Local Hotel Death
Cedar Rapids reports James McAllen a leading Independence Iowa businessman ended his life by taking morphine in a local hotel. He had long struggled with a drink habit and despondency over failed efforts to quit.
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Independence
Cedar Rapids
James McAllen
Iowa
McAller
Big Mill Burns at Iowa City Hummer's feed mill loss
A major feed mill in Iowa City suffered partial destruction by fire. The plant, among the state's largest, caused about $10,000 in damages, fully insured. Investigators deem an exposed electric split wire the probable cause.
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Iowa City
Thirty-One Saloon Keepers Sued in City JV Cases
Thirty-one saloon keepers in Sioux City face junction suits filed by the Anti Saloon League for keeping their bars open until 11 o'clock in violation of a municipal law allegedly granted by city authorities.
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Sioux City
Anti- Saloon League
Bold daylight robbery at public residence on main street
Thieves broke into the home of George W. Smith on a prominent residence street in broad daylight and stole jewelry valued at about 300 dollars. The thieves remain unidentified.
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Marshalltown
George’. W. Smith
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