Evolution Debate as Infidelity Opposed to Bible Faith
Rev. T DeWitt Talmage argues evolution contradicts scripture and science, labeling it infidelity. He defends the Bible creation account, critiques Darwinian theory, asserts species remain fixed, and cites Agassiz against observed biological change. He calls for faith in God as the source of creation and condemns attempts to eject God from science.
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T. DeWitt Talmage
Timothy
Prof
Morse
Cyrus W. Field
James Y. Simpson
Edinburgh
Edinburg
Thomas Paine
Hume
Voltaire
Ernst Heckel
John Stuart Mill
Huxley
Tyndall
Darwin
Spencer
Garden of Eden
Jesus Christ
Herbert Spencer
Heckel
Mr. Huxley
Science
Agassiz
Florida
God
Fraunhofer
Kirchoff
Evolution denial sermon drives faith and fear alike
The speaker rails against Darwinian theory and natural selection, arguing that evolution fails to explain human progress or moral declines. He cites experiments aboard the Cunard liner, human life spans, and historic battles to refute natural evolution, claiming Scripture shows the heart’s corruption and evolution’s downward path.
Gov Shaw Returns from Iowa Volunteers Camp Tour
Des Moines reports Gov. Shaw asked the War Department to remove or muster out the Fifty-second Iowa Regiment from Camp Thomas Chickamauga after a health survey. He praised the camp as healthy in parts yet noted poor water and fever risk.
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Des. Moines
Chickamauga Creek
Jacksonville
Forty-ninth
Chickamauga
Forty Ninth
McKinley
Gen
Alger
Sternberg
Fifty-Second Regiment
War Department
Adjt
Byers
Epee
Iowa
Vermont
Fifty-second
Iowa Historical Building First Wing Contract Awarded
The executive council awarded the contract for part of an Iowa historical building to Capital City Brick and Pipe of Des Moines. The first wing of the $300 000 project will cost $46 651.51 and foundation work is planned to begin this winter. Charles Aldrich heads the Iowa historical department and helped initiate the project. Uncertain whether stone will come from Le Grand Indiana or Bedford Indiana.
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Capital City Brick and Pipe Company
Des Moines
Charles Aldrich
Iowa Historical Department
le Grande
Bedford
Ind
State of Iowa National Banks Reserve and Loan Changes
The abstract shows the average reserve at 32.45 percent, down from 34.60 percent. Loans and discounts rose from 31,589,920 to 31,801,247. stocks and securities from 2,006,222 to 2,122,640. gold coin from 1,594,284 to 1,676,805. total specie from 2,338,769 to 2,428,847. lawful money reserve from 3,415,671 to 3,492,563. Individual deposits increased from 29,127,403 to 29,399,594.
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National Banks of
Iowa
Des Moines
Hedrick Kite Track Meeting Ends After Four Prosperous Days
The Hedrick kite track meeting closes after four days of successful trotting with a 2 15 pace continuing until dusk. By agreement the purse is divided according to each horse’s rank at that time. The event proves profitable.
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Hedrick
Walnut implement dealer J P Grants dies from laudanum overdose
J P Grants a noted Walnut implement and grain dealer died from an overdose of laudanum. Despondency over financial troubles is thought to have driven the death.
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J. P. Grants
Des Moines Women Plan Permanent State Red Cross Society
Prominent Des Moines women organize the Des Moines Red Cross Society as the seed for a permanent Iowa state society linked to the national organization. Mrs. B. B. Whitcomb leads the local group, with Mrs. L. M. Shaw chairing the emergency committee to identify needs during disasters and guide relief efforts statewide.
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Iowa Red Cross Society
National Red Cross Society
Des Moines
Des Moines Red Cross Society
Iowa
Camp McKinley
Des’ Moines Society
B. 3
Red Cross
A Big Farmer Judge Tubbs Owns 11 Farms in Mills County
Judge Tubbs operates 11 farms totaling 3 500 acres in Mills County. He rents for grain not cash and shares crop ups and downs with tenants. Each farm has a good house and barns, with regular highway weed control and blue grass. Taxes run about 1 200 dollars yearly.
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Judge Tubbs
Emerson
Mills County
By-Products of Town Farms Worth More Than Klondike Gold
Crop Manager J R Sage notes corn fodder and straw, often seen as by-products, yield large revenues. Unwet corn fodder used for pasturage nets about 1 dollar per acre, totaling 800000 dollars annually. Straw from Iowa farms amounts to 7 to 8 million dollars yearly, making these by products far more valuable than Klondike gold estimates of 15 million dollars annually.
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J. R. Sage
Iowa
Klondike
Queer Coincidence Marks First Kossuth War Casualty
Edyar Winkel was the first Algona life sacrificed in the Spanish American War, dying at Chicla mauga and buried in Algona. He was a promising soldier, with his uncle John Riehhoff the first Kossuth county man to die in the Civil War, at St. Louis in 1861.
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Edyar Winkel
Algona
Spain
Ile
Chiclamauga
Edgar Winkel
Kossuth County
John Riehhoff
St. Louis
Sioux City Physician Returns From Alaska Gold Quest
Dr. J. M. Henry and two companions from Sioux City returned home alive after 250 miles inland with a party of 37. They found some claims on the Alaska river placers but expect limited gold. Henry may return next year with the group.
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W. B. Niles
Ames
Hamilton County
Agricultural College
Randall
J. M. Henry
Sioux City
A. L. Schneider
J. A. Kass
Alaska
Dr. Henry
Des Moines Seeks Army Brigade Headquarters
Leading Des Moines men push to make the city the northward army brigade headquarters with pressure on Congressman Hull and Gov. Shaw leading Iowa delegation to press claims at Washington.
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Des Moines
Congressman Hull
Washington
Gov
Shaw
Iowa
War Department
Fourth Anniversary of Adair Fire Rebuilds Town
Four years after a major blaze destroyed much of Adair's business district, five acres burned before the town rebuilt. The event, once a loss, is described as a catalyst for a newer, finer district.
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Adair
Rurni
Missouri Bourbons and the Silver Question in Missouri
The Missouri Democratic platform endorses free coinage of silver and gold, calling it bimetallism, but critics label it silver monometallism and warn it would ruin the nation’s currency. The piece argues Missouri voters should reject the Bourbon faction in November, citing past voting deficits on expansion and Hawaii annexation and urging defeat of the platform.
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Missouri
Commonwealth
United States
Fust
Springfield
St. Louis Republic
St. Louis
Congress
Hawaii
Currency Harmonization in New American Territories
The United States faces currency integration issues for Puerto Rico Cuba and the Philippines with a focus on fixed exchange rates and maintaining local legal tender laws. Officials including Mr. Harden will study the Philippine condition while recommendations to Congress hinge on harmonizing coins and debts to replace the silver standard with American gold. The transition will respect existing Spanish laws for land titles and payments as the new monetary system takes hold.
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Harden
Chicago Fivening Post
Philippines
Secretary of the Treasury
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Congress
Santiago
United States
California
New Mexico
Chicare Times-Herald
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