The King’s Ferry Across Jordan to Heaven
A preacher frames the Jordan crossing as a ferry ride from the kingly audience of Barzillai to David’s return. He emphasizes that death is a brief crossing with Christ on the boat, the King present to guide and greet, offering assurance to believers and inviting all to join the King’s household.
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Niagara Falls
God
Jesus Christ
Christ Jesus
Thomas Walsh
Sarah Wesley
David
Jordan
Paul
John Wesley
Sir William Forbes
Christ
Heaven
Shaw
Earth
Lebanon
The
St. John
John
St. John's Heaven
Mr. Toplady
Isaac Watts
Mozart
Zion
Massillon
Antwerp
Constantinople
Southey
Bishop Heber
London
Standolph
William Cowper
England
Iowa Schools Install 100 Libraries Daily Under New Law
Des Moines reports Iowa school libraries expanding rapidly under the recent law. Counties report thousands of books purchased with funds from five to fifteen cents per pupil. The traveling library program, begun in 1897, now operates about 90 sets of 50 books, plus specialized collections, loaned to schools, colleges, clubs and individuals under new bond-free rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Towa
Public Instruction
State Board of Educational Examiners
Mills County
Iowa
State Library Board
Brigham
Burlington Police Hold Strong Evidence Against George Anderson
Police say sufficient evidence exists to charge George Anderson with the murder of W. 40 Linter of Codw Rapids and seriously wounding Mrs Linter. A knife found in a yard linked to him, and shoe tracks matched his footwear. Anderson denies the shooting but shows keen interest in Winter’s condition as Mrs Linter’s life hangs in the balance.
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Burlington
George Anderson
Linter
Codw Rapids
Ashe
Anderson
Masked robbers strike Sioux City grocery. store owner mortally wounded
Maxwell Koolish, an elderly grocer in Sioux City, fights off masked robbers but is fatally struck with a revolver butt. The assailants flee without loot as cries for help alert others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell Koolish
Sioux City
Judge Denies Citizenship Over Literacy Shortfall
Cedar Falls Judge Clifford Smith refused naturalization to several foreigners who could not read or write English. He stated that they were not yet ready for citizenship after failing to answer simple questions.
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Clifford Smith
Cedar Falls
Rural free delivery routes announced for Clarinda and Willamsburg
Free Oral Delivery establishes routes in Clarinda Page county with three carriers covering 80 miles serving 4276 people O N Woods B Mcpherrin T A Wilson and Willamsburg Iowa county with one carrier on a 23 mile route serving 605 people FF Edwards. York Center post office to be discontinued.
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Clarinda
Page County
O. N. Woods
B. McPherrin
T. A. Wilson
Willamsburg
Iowa County
O. Edwards
York Center
Mulct Law Debate in Iowa High Lights Saloons Rule
H H Abrams Iowa Anti Saloon League leader returns to Des Moines amid battles over the millet law and Spirit Lake petition. He backs 66 percent petition rule for counties, calls for eliminating 6 000 town privilege clause, urging county unit approach to saloon legality across Iowa.
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H. H. Abrams
Iowa Anti-Saloon League
Des Moines
Emmet
Dickinson
Spirit Labo
Dickinson County
Tly
Board of Superviora
Spirit Lake
Towa
Lowa
Charges of insurance fraud hinge on Barber case
J H L Tlurd of the Laboringmen's Cooperative Life association returns to Sioux City to pursue an alleged fraud centered on George A Barber of Webster City who held a $7 800 policy. Barber died in Pagosa Springs Colorado after meeting Mary Wright of Chicago and is said to have plotted with her. Mrs Wright and WR Neff are held to face a coroner's inquest. Tlurd asserts the policy was taken to defraud though Barber’s wealth was not ample at first. he later claims Barber was poisoned in a Denver hotel office.
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J. H L. Tlurd
Laboringmen’s Cooperative Life Association
Sioux City
George A. Barber
Webster City
Comepany
Pagosa
Mary Wright
Chicago
WR. Neff
Barber
Wright
Denver
Nett
Vlard
Tater
Journey Stopper Alters Plans of New York Sail
Miss Alma Tearne of Keosnugna sailed for Conception via New York to marry Toward Stolland. A cable warned her to wait minutes before sailing, suggesting her betrothed might return. She later learned of no second call as he was said to be ill, ending hopes of the match.
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Alma Tearne
Keosnugna
New York
Chad
Stolland
Ape
United States
Tolland
Methodist Episcopal Church
Fle
Milton
Miss Deane
Seduction Trial Shocks Ringgold County Courtroom
In Mount Ayr a district court tried State v Mackie, a prominent Ringgold attorney calling the case the most revolting in 30 years. Miss Debbie Brown, physically and mentally wrecked, pressed the charge for seduction. Judge Towner cited the four young male witnesses as unworthy of fair consideration. Mackie, seeking a self-protecting appeal, allegedly coerced the prosecuting witness to marry him to avoid punishment.
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Ringgold County
Mount Ayr
State Va
Stob Mackie
Debbie Brown
Towner
Lad
Mackie
Couple Flee Lenox as Husband Seeks Arrest
Mrs Mdith Shader left Lenox with Charles Moore after a period of attention. She leaves a husband and a son three years old. The Shader marriage appeared happy for four years. A warrant was sworn for Mrs Shader's arrest and Sheriff McGinness went to Omaha to locate them.
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Mdith Shader
Lenox
Charles Moore
Masonic Temple Project Proposed in Muscatine
Influential Masonic members organize a stock company to erect a new temple in Muscatine. The plan, already in motion, aims to fund one of the city’s most substantial and expensive structures, signaling a major civic-building venture.
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Muscatine
Death of a Pioneer Squire Wilcox Fades at 90
Franklin Wilcox longtime Burlington resident and former justice of the peace died at his family home aged 90. His wife had passed away years ago and he had lived retired for the last two decades, leaving behind his daughter. Known across the county as Squire Wilcox.
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Franklin Wilcox
Burlington
Squire” Wilcox
Fire destroys north wing of Town agricultural college dormitory
About 250 students escaped in night clothes as a blaze in the boiler room destroyed the north wing of the main building. The loss is near 100000 dollars with no insurance. the Parry-Vammel botanical collection was saved by quick student action.
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Town Agricultural College
Botanical Museum
Parry-Vammel
America
College Fire
Ames and
Hoone
Amos
WINS A BRIDE IN RIFLE DUEL NEAR CAULDER
Near Webster County a rural duel decides a marriage winner. Mizenn defeats Alstor in a rifle contest as Miss Micnie Anderson selects Mizenn, who then receives a gilded rifle for his parlor.
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Charles Mizeun
Calender
Webster County
Micnie Anderson
Mizenn
Bret
Alstor
Mrzena
A Happy Reunion of Brothers in Sioux City
A. Anderson, wealthy shockman from Llanberry Missouri, travels to Sioux City after learning his long separated brother Bennett Anderson resides there. He visits Bennett’s home and hires him to supervise a new business venture, then the pair unknowingly reunite in a staged surprise at town, hotel, and theater. The accidental reveal leads to a poignant moment of joy.
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Anderson
Bennett Anderson
Sweden
Llanberry
Sioux City
Bennett
Tawn
States City
Missouri
A. P. Anderson
Des Moines Insurance Case Settled in Ringgold Court
Morris Shein sued for 3000 dollars over stock damaged by fire January 19 1900. The criminal trial accusing arson to defraud insurers ended in acquittal. Shein started a heavy damage suit in Polk County against the insurer and won the first round with a 1632 dollar award.
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Morris Shein
Des Moines Insurance Company
Ringgold
Mount Ayr
Shein
Ife
Polk County
Arthinst
Farmers acquire controlling interests in multiple banks
Farmer Thompson and Nelsell of Sioux Rapids buy controlling stakes in the First National Bank of Spencer and the Greenville bank. The firm now holds the largest bank chain in northeastern town, including the Bank of Sioux Rapids, First National Bank of Rolfe, Marathon and Tourens banks, Bank of Havelock, Bank of Greenville, and the First National Bank of Spencer.
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Farmer, Thompson & Nelsell
Sioux Rapids
First National Bank of Spencer
Greenville Bank
Bank of Sioux Rapids
First National Bank of Rolfe
First National Bank of Marathon
First National Bank of Tourens
Bank of Havelock
Bank of Greenville
Chandler's Audubon Relic Sword Traces Lineage to Revolution
James Chandler of Audubon cherishes a sword passed down from his father Kh J Chandler of Pennsylvania. It descends from John Chandler a shipbuilder who received it from a relative named Stanton. The weapon traces further to Solidauy, who captured it near Lake Erie during the Revolutionary War.
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James Chandler
Audubon
Kh. J. Chandler
Pennsylvania
John Chandler
Stanton
Mr. Solidauy
Lake Erie
San Francisco Man Tries Suicide Aboard Northwestern Train
Joseph Crispi, en route to Genoa, Italy, attempted to cut his throat with a razor on a Northwestern train near Cedar Rapids. A passenger overpowered him and Crispi was jailed. He carried considerable money, and believed someone was after him, but he is expected to recover.
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Joseph Crispi
San Francisco
Genoa
Italy
Northwestern
Cedar Rapids
Crispi
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