Loose Him and Let Him Go Creed Sermon by Talmage
Dr Talmage argues for a creed for all denominations drawn from Scripture and urges Christians freed from old grave clothes of creeds to live boldly. He uses Lazarus and Bethany to urge shedding fear and doubt and embracing liberty in Christ.
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Louis Klopsch
Washington
Talmage
Bethany
Mary
Martha
Lazarus
Jordan
Dead Sea
Jesus
Jerusalem
Palestine
Christ
Azarus
Presbyterian Church
John Calvin
Paul
God
London
Calvin
Jesus Christ
Sinai
Calvary
Newton
Saul
Christ Jesus
Stephen
Temple
Mount Olivet
Nazareth
Golgotha
Heaven
Earth
Savannah fisher recites tale of old man on riverbank
A Savannah sportsman recalls meeting an old man on the Savannah riverbank. The exchange features a boastful line about Mr Swinn and a sharp retort about a daughter but no son. The tale appears in the Savannah News.
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Savannah
State Agricultural Society to Modernize Des Moines Fair
Des Moines officials approved improvements for the next State Fair including new walkways to avoid mud, improved sanitation with dry closets, nightly entertainments, and a Hagenbeck trained-animal show option. A stock pavilion and permanent stock sales facility are planned, with a $50,000 state appropriation and the Fifty-first Iowa regimental band engaged for music throughout the event.
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Des Moines
State Agricultural Society
Fifty-first
Iowa Regimental
Davis to serve in War Department in the Philippines
A. Davis, connected with the board of control, has secured a wartime post in the Philippines. He is ordered to report in San Francisco by May 4 and will be assigned as a stenographer in the commissary department at $1200 per year. Davis, formerly a Villisea newspaper man, will depart soon.
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Normal Institute
Shaw
House
Christian Miller
Fayette County
Trewin
Miller
Senate
State Board of Health
Kennedy
State Board of Control
Ed A. Davis
Board of Control
War Department
Philippines
San Francisco
Davis
Villisea
Romance of Two Continents Ends in Suit for 15000 Damages
Alma Paul of Chicago sues George S. Irovost of Dubuque for breach of promise to marry seeking 15000. She formerly lived in Berlin and gave up her business to come to America to wed him after years of searching.
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Alma Paul
Chicago
George S. Irovost
Dubuque
Berlin
Germany
America
Tow National Guard Inspection Ordered by General Byers
General Byers issues an annual inspection order for all companies troops and regimental bands of the Tow national guard. Inspections will occur at each unit’s station on dates designated by inspectors Col. J. A. Olmsted and Maj. A. L. Fiule with at least three days notice.
Wolfinger Divorce Granted in Atlantic Court
Judge Macy grants a divorce to the Wolfinger parties. The 16 month old child remains with the mother until age five, then final settlement on custody. Mrs. Wolfinger awarded $100 yearly alimony.
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Wolfinger
Atlantic
Macy
Will Employ Women Census Enumerators in Iowa District
Supervisor Eliott in Hawarden announces hiring several women as enumerators for the Eleventh Iowa district. Counties Buena Vista to Woodbury may see visiting young women with portfolios to ask census questions, an innovation in Iowa.
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Eliott
Hawarden
Iowa
Buena Vista
Cherokee
Clay, Dieckinson
Ida
Lyon
Monona
O’brien
Osceda
Plymouth
Sue
Sioux
Woodbury
Censul
Trenee
America
Death of Matt Parrott Pioneer Journalist and Lt Governor
Matt Parrott, born May 11, 1848 in Scholarie New York, died in a Battle Creek sanitarium from Bright's disease. A printer and publisher, he founded the Iowa State Reporter in Waterloo in 1800 and served as state senator and lieutenant governor. he later attended the National Editorial Association convention as president and faced a planned trip to Europe. He leaves a widow and three sons.
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Matt Parrott
Battle Creek
Mich
Pright
Dunnary
Tne
Eureka Springs
Ark
New Orleans
National Editorial Association
Europe
Wilson
France
Tle
Scholarie
N.Y
Iowa State Reporter
Waterloo
Gle
Child worker joins the locomotive engineers lodge record
Edward Mntwistle, aged 7, who rode with George Stephenson on the first Stephenson rocket trip of 1829, joins Des Moines lodge No. 143 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He started as a Liverpool apprentice in a machine shop when the locomotive era began. Stephenson took a liking to him and he served as an assistant on the trip. Tim later became a steamboat and stationary engineer for life, emigrating to America as a young man.
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Edward Mntwistle
George Stephenson
Stephenson
Des Moines Lodge
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Liverpool
Tim
America
Clinton Man Suffering From Rare Cancerous Disease
Charles L. Joselyn of Clinton suffered a mysterious illness that turned his skin slate black. A Chicago specialist diagnosed melanoma or cancerous involvement of the system, noting few cases are on record and no known recoveries.
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Charles L. Joselyn
Clinton
Nerry
City Council Faces Restrictive Injunction Over Water Rates
Judge Shiras bars Enjojlan City Council from regulating Cedar Stupids Water rates citing contract-based rights. The charter expired with the injunction, but the court allows rate control only via contract. City and company urged to negotiate an agreement as the city pursues a new plant after refusing to bury the current facility.
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Shiras
Cedar Stupids Water Company
Wheaton College Prohibition Club Oratorical Contest Winner
The Wheaton College Prohibition Club held its annual event in the college chapel. Speakers presented topics including The Greatest Issue of the Day, A Plain Duty, Individuality, Future of Our Nation, A National Duty. O M Olson of Cambridge won and advances to the state contest in Galesburg on May 4–5.
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Wheaton
College Chapel
Delaney
Will Swink
Wesley Harrop
Mr. Leech
O.M. Olson
O. M. Olson
Cambridge
Galesburg
Bevington farmer sets fire to home barn during divorce attempt
John Sterling, living two miles north of Bevington, piled hay under his wife’s house and barn, then set them ablaze. Mrs. Sterling and her children escaped as horses plummeted in the barn. The barn and all outbuildings burned. Sterling attempted suicide with a jackknife but is expected to recover.
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John Sterling
Bevington
No Place Like America Ends for Whiting Native
After 24 years in the United States Mons Thompson of Whiting returned to his old Norway home seeking to spend his days there. He found Norway unlike America and soon went back to his adopted home in Whiting. Rev Frederick K Hopkins of Dubuque has accepted a call at Pilgrim Congregational Church in Chicago.
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America
Mons Thompson
Whiting
Norway
Frederick K Hopkins
Dubuque
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Chicago
Relics of Past Ages Attract Scientist Interest In Eldora
Discovery in Hardin County by Joseph Booda and Elliott Gaynes reveals mound builders relics and a prehistoric man skeleton. Curator Charles Aldrich plans careful exploration with legal permissions, while Eldora showcases the well preserved skeleton and artifacts at a storefront window near Eagle City.
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Hardin County
Joseph Booda
Elliott Charles Gaynes
Charles Aldrichy
State Horticultural Society
Aldrich
Eldora
Eagle City
N.C. Morse
Joseph Dooda
Idora
Alhough
Aldriech
Des Moines
Beets Grow on Mason City Vacant Lots Anew
Alderman Mercy directs a plan to cultivate city vacant lots near Mason City to provide work for jobless residents. THigtey and four other landowners offer free use of 5 to 10 acres each to grow beets, sold to a Minneapolis concern at 3 dollars per ton, aiming to spur local farming and a future beet factory. The effort draws state attention and interest from Agricultural College professors citing beets over potatoes as charity.
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Mason City
Mercy
Thigtey
Ery
Minneapolis
The
Agricultural College
Des Moines
Cedar
Hospital Romance Sparks Wedding at Sioux City Ward
In Samaritan hospital, Charles T. La Croix of Wayne Nebraska 28 marries his sweetheart Miss Hilda Woltgren at his bedside after a sudden proposal sparked by his injury. A license and minister were arranged by a one person committee as he recovers in bed.
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Samaritan Hospital
Sioux City
Charles T. la Croix
Wayne
Neb
Hilda Mwoltgren
Charlie
Century-Plus Clinton Man Remains Sharp at 101
William Zimmer of Clinton celebrates his 101st birthday at home. He walks without aid, hears well, and recalls events from Napoleon to the War of 1812. He voted for James Monroe, came to Clinton in 1864, and has five children, 30 grandchildren, and ten great grandchildren. His 103-year-old brother lives in Schoharie County, New York.
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William Zimmer
Clinton
Lis
Robert Fulton
Clermont
Hudson
Napoleon
Tippecanoe
James Monroe
Zimmer
Jury Awards 5000 in Le Grand Quarry Gunpowder Case
At Marshalltown the jury in the Tanza case found for the plaintiff against Le Grand Quarry Co in a $25,000 damages suit for eye loss from a premature gunpowder explosion while employed by the defendant. The verdict awards the plaintiff $5,000.
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Marshalltown
Tanza
le Grand Quarry Company
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