Dr. Talmage Urges Common Sense in Religion and Church Building
The Reverend Thomas Talmage argues in a sermon that Christians lack practical wisdom in spiritual life, urging clearer church design, more religious concentration, and proactive faith. He compares worldly efficiency in business to the need for disciplined effort in seeking God and growing in grace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talmage
Bethlehem
New Orleans
God
Jesus
Tabernacles
California
Pacific Coast
Pennsylvania Avenue
Philadelphia
New York
Christ
Celestial City
Samson and the
Common Sense Prayer and the Restored Image of Man
The speaker urges persistent prayer and faith, arguing that believers should expect God to answer and avoid bargaining for blessings. He compares spiritual renewal to restoring a faded Raphael painting, with Christ as the divine restorer who heals sin and restores the image in humanity.
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Eclock
Tlis
George
Mary
Christ
Paul
Mars Hill
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Venice
Raphael
Heaven
Earth
Sam
Brotherhood in faith and service across tongues
A Unitarian pastor in Omaha Nebraska reflects that true religion shows fellowship through good deeds. He notes that servants of humanity share a bond beyond name and language, calling for universal brotherhood.
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Servants of Humanity
Rey- N. M
Muuo
Unitarian
Omaha
Neb
Iowa General Assembly to Convene January 10 1898
Special correspondence from Des Moines reports the Twenty-seventh general assembly will meet January 10 at the capitol. Expect short session 30 to 60 days focusing on appropriations and corrections in the new code. A major issue is the proposed increase of representatives from 100 to 115, facing strong opposition and possible bitter debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Twenty-seventh General Assembly
Twenty-sixth General Assembly
Towa
Western Poultry Fanciers’ Associations
Cedar Rapids
Fire and Life
Frank Shinn
Federal District Court
Council Bluffs
General Assembly
Shinn
United States
Frank Stewart
Carson
Kinne
L. G. Kinne
Iowa
Charles
Bradshaw
Supreme
Suit Fails to Open in $50,000 Damages Case
A Sigourney suit for 50,000 damages against 8 W Brunt Keokuk county state bank cashier and Democratic politician is dismissed. P J Wood sues for alienation of his wife's affections, citing prior divorce and reconciliation with Mrs Wood who worked in a church. Brunt is described as wealthy with a large family.
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Sigourney
W. Brunt
Keokuk County
Brunt
Burlington Baseball Association Elects New Directory
At a meeting the Burlington Baseball association elected F. J. Riting C. U W. Laeger Ora J. Gould W. W. Parsons and Charles Toss to a new directory. The board is organized for the coming season and ready to boom baseball with strong citizen financial backing.
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Burlington Baseball Association
F. J. Riting
C. U W. Laeger
Ora J. Gould
W. W. Parsons
Charles Toss
Burlington
Western Association
Mount Pleasant Newsman George W. Edwards Dies in Duluth
A telegram from Duluth announces the death of George W. Edwards, former state printer and Mount Pleasant Journal proprietor during the war, later linked with Dr. Charles Beardsley in publishing the Burlington Hawk Eye. Remains laid to rest beside his wife in Isle of Tome cemetery, Mount Pleasant.
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Mount Pleasant
Duluth, Minn
George W. Edwards
Mount Pleasant Journal
Charles Beards-ley
Burlington Hawkeye
Iverest Tome
Iowa Central October Receipts and Expenditures Report
Town Central presents Iowa Central financials for October showing total earnings of 180,331.03 and total expenses 111,469.06. Fixed charges including improvements amount to 41,926.33 leaving net income of 26,934.74, which is 4,045.22 higher than the same month last year.
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Town Central
Iowa Central
Poultry Show Planned at LeMars February First
Plymouth county poultry fanciers announce a big show at LeMars on February 1 with Theodore Ilewes of Trenton Missouri as expert judge. Ilewes is regarded as a top west coast poultry judge and the event already shows several hundred birds promised.
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Plymouth County
LeMars
Theodore Ilewes
Trenton
Iowa Sand Geyser Discovered Near Bague Lake
Professor C. E. C. Stoner of Idstherville reports the sand geyser at Bague Lake north of Eldora continues to blow. It emits sand stones and gas, which the state geologist identifies as carbon dioxide gas.
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Iowa
C. E. C. Stoner
Idstherville
Bague Lake
Eldora
Dingley Tariff Grows Treasury Surplus, Wakeman Claims
United States Appraiser Wilbur 2 Wakeman asserts the deadline in tariff matters has passed or will pass within a month. He says Dingley duties will boost imports, warehouses will empty, and revenue will rise to eliminate the deficit, citing invoice figures and projected sugar and wool resumption.
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Treasury
United States
Wilbur
Wakeman
Mr. Wakeman
Dingley
Wilson
Aimerienan Sugar Refining Company
Sun
Hanna Surely Elected to U S Senate in Ohio Stage
The Hamilton county fusionists pledge to back the Republican caucus nominee Senator Hanna. The five fusionists plus Republicans yield an 80 to 65 joint-ballot majority for the Senator, ensuring Hanna’s renomination and signaling party control depending on Oregon vacancy politics. The report notes George Gould’s wage restoration on Missouri Pacific asBryan’s foe.
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Jamilton County
Ohio
Tannws
United States
Senate
Hanna
Republican Party of
Wold
Republican Caucus
Tanna
Wanna
Maryland
Committee of Elections
Oregon
Corbett
Hobart
Ilanna
Chicago Times-I[erald
The Kern Serious Case Mystery Solved at Cedar Falls
William Kern confesses to aiding Delilah Fales in a plot to murder his father Jerome Kern and cover it up with arson. Delilah is accused of involvement and both are in custody awaiting grand jury findings.
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Kern
Cedar Falls
William Kern
Delilah Fales
Jerome Kern
Korn
Delilah
Iage
Sero
William
Sensational Arson Case Ends With Five Year Penitentiary Sentence
Sylvester Hoover, a youth described as innocent looking, was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary for arson at Independence. The case followed his earlier violent acts against his teacher and her husband, for which he faced a prior conviction for assault with intent to do great bodily harm. A venue change to Jack Hawk county preceded the verdict and sentence amid public outcry.
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Sylvester Hoover
Independence
Hoover
Tay
Jack Hawk County
Murder Stirs Tramp Theory In Passenger Train Death
Conductor Charles Starr is killed on a freight train near Dubuque amid suspicions of tramp involvement. Starr, a sworn foe of trespassers, had prior tensions with tramps and a suspect with a bruised head is held in Dubuque as investigators pursue two others said to have fled the car as the train entered the city.
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Tealmagn
Charles Starr
Iinoise
Waterloowex
Dubuque
Peosia
Starr
Ea Pips
Frozen whaler holds in Arctic ice near Point Barrow
Mr and Mrs C A Baxter of Toledo receive a notice about their son Jesse aboard a whaling vessel frozen in ice near Point Barrow since November 1897. Rescue parties, led by Capt Tuttle on the Bear, will reach them. mail will be forwarded from Seattle. The danger lies in possible ration shortages until spring.
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C. A. Baxter
Toledo
Jesse
McMahon& McCarthy
San Francisco
Point Barrow
Seattle
Tuttle
United States Revenue Cutter
Bear
United States
Cattle Receipts At Sioux City Stock Yards Season Totals
The Sioux City Stock Yards Company reports season receipts of western range cattle. From South Dakota the yard received 436 cars and 10,356 cattle, from Montana 108 cars and 2,476 cattle, and from North Dakota 187 cars and 4,525 cattle. Aggregate total 1 73 cars and 17,359 cattle, up 413 cars and 9,550 head from the previous season.
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Statinstica
Sioux City Stock Yards Company
Sioux City
South Dakota
Montana
North Dakota
New Duties for Lieut Walter Hughes in San Francisco
Lieut Walter B. Hughes, a Marshalltown native and son of John Hughes, has been assigned to new duties in San Francisco in addition to leading the hydrographic office there. He also serves as an instructor with the California naval militia and began his Navy career as midshipman in 1870 after being appointed from Iowa, later becoming a lieutenant in 1889 and serving aboard the Thetis. G T Husband, a Shell Rock area pioneer farmer, was killed by a runaway team.
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Town Engineering Society
Cedar Rapids
Joseph McGuarraugh
State House
Shaw
Senate
Leslie M. Shaw
Frederick Brasted
Ida Grove
Tlarvier Perry
Grinnell
Breasted
Mlwood
Perry
Eleet Shaw
Walter 8. Hughes
Marshalltown
Johnn. Hughes
San Francisco
Cal
Hydrographic Office
Naval Militia of
California
Hughes
Annapolis
Iowa
Navy
Thetis
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DR. Talmage
Brotherhood
Hawkeye News
Henry Sabin
Sabin
Educational Board of Examiners
Board of Examiners
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Vr. L. Wood
S.W. Irani
WILD
George Edwards
le Mars
George Gould
Missouri Pacific
Mr. Bryan
Cleveland
Jesse Baxter
Scefesda
G. T. Husband
Shell Rock
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