Washington for God rallying cry for national revival
Rev T DeWitt Talmage urged a nationwide religious revival beginning in Washington at a Washington church. He warned of moral decline and Armageddon if America did not turn to God, calling for 30 000 to pray and a sweeping gospel campaign from Potomac to Oregon. He highlighted national leaders joining a holy awakening and urged citizens to meet for prayer.
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T. DeWitt Talmage
Washington
Jerusalem
Jehoshaphat
Isaiah
Jeremiah
David
Paul
Christ
America
Potomac
Oregon
Neversink
Golden Horn
Baffin's Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Magnolia
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Diocletians
William the Conqueror
Willam
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Samuel
John
John Quincy
Georgia
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Commodore Foote
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Grant
Robert E. Lee
Justice Chase
Supreme Court
Frelinghuysens
Theodore
Frederick
United States Senate
William Pennington
Kingdom of God
Yonder Hill
Earth
Heaven
Union
First Presbyterian Church
Capitoline Hill
Labrador
Caribbean
Habakkuk
United States
Providen
Call to repentance and national revival across America
A sermon urges a continental awakening through prayer across the nation. It calls on leaders, churches, and all citizens to mobilize, invoking biblical figures and historic reformers while urging immediate, collective repentance and faith. The speaker envisions a spiritual transformation guiding politics and society.
Boundary Commission to settle Missouri Iowa line
A U.S. Supreme Court appointed three man panel led by Gen James Harding and Peter A Dey will determine the boundary between Decatur Iowa and Mercer Missouri. The action follows a 1850 decree and current disputes over the four to five mile stretch and 176 to 180 feet width. The goal is a clear demarcation and new markers to end jurisdiction fights.
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United States Supreme Court
Missouri
Iowa
James Harding
Peter A. Dey
Dwight C. Morgan
Decatur County
Mercer County
Frank Walker
Walker
Mercer
Decatur
Supreme Court
George F. Magown
George IF. Magown
Town College
Grinnell
Dr. Magoun
Bath
Bath Academy
Bowdoin College
Andover
Yale
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Davenport
Lyons
Iowa College
Europe
Fromm
Illinois
Magoun
Emily W
The Eye as a Self Adjusting Telescope
An earnest compendium on eye traits notes that wide open eyes signal rashness while brown eyes are strongest per oculists. Side glances breed distrust and downcast eyes signify modesty. Near-sighted people often have prominent eyes. the proper distance between eyes equals one eye’s width.
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Caesar Borgia
Aerolite bursts over Madrid causing panic and damage
A Madrid aerolite exploded Monday morning lighting the sky with a flash and a white cloud. The blast shattered hundreds of windows and caused tremors like an earthquake. Seventeen people injured in a tobacco factory as panic caused a staircase collapse. The palace suffered wall and window damage.
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Madrid
Confession in Pearl Bryan Case Ties Lulu Hollingsworth
Indianapolis reports a new confession by Lulu May Hollingsworth, claiming she helped in the criminal operation and that Pearl Bryan came from Cincinnati with Walling. She says Bryan died in Jackson’s room and her body was transported to Kentucky, beheaded, with the head tossed into the river.
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Lulu Hollingsworth
Bryan
Indianapolis
Ind
Lulu May Hollingsworth
Pearl Bryan
Miss Bryan
Cincinnati
Walling
Miss Hollingsworth
Jackson
Pearl
Kentucky
Greencastle
Hollingsworth
Terre Haute
Wheelmen Meet opens annual good roads assembly
Baltimore hosts the 15th annual League of American Wheelmen gathering with 40 000 wheelmen to debate highway improvements over four days. Chief Consul Potter of New York chairs the opening session at the YMCA hall and presents a stereopticon survey of good and bad roads.
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Baltimore
The
League of American Wheelmen
Young Mens’ Christian Association
Consul Potter
New York
Potter
Death of Texas Congressman Crain in Washington
Representative William H. Crain of Texas died in Washington from pneumonia contracted at a charity ball last week. He was 1846 born in Galveston and had served in the Forty-ninth Congress since 1885. funeral arrangements had not yet been announced.
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Washington
Wilam H. Crain
Texas
New York City
Indianola
Tex
Twenty-third Judicial District
Plead for Armenians Petition Spreads Across Powers
Sixty two Episcopal bishops in the United States have asked President Cleveland to act to stop the Armenian massacre. They now petition the archbishop of Canterbury and, through foreign ministers, reach the czar, France, and rulers of Germany and Austria.
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New York
Protestant Episcopal Church
Cleveland
Armenia
Canterbury
France
Germany
Austria
Iowa Senate Debates Codes and Monument Requests
Iowa Senate discussions featured Blanchard and Waterman resolutions on code revision and removal of portraits from the soldiers monument. The chamber also debated tax, health, and education bills, with committee actions and bills on alcohol, building loans, civics exams, and street railroads.
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Des Moines
Senate
Blanchard
Waterman
Soldiers’ Monument
House
Berry
Committee
Bowen
Healy
Carpenter
Code Committee
State Board of Health
A. W. Luke
Committee On Insurance
Blanchard Avisi-Combine
Tewin
Committee On Schools
Reed
Lusey
Sargent
Patent Office Notes At A Glance
A historical summary notes counts of patents issued across categories. Explosives patents near 500, tall-building elevators 1,636. papier mache 3,381. air and gas engines 1,025. weapons 268. paving 1,090. pumps 4,240. roofings 665. knives forks spoons 2,103. steam boilers 5,883. brushes 3,184. Farmers benefit from over 50,000 patents overall.
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Washington
City Officials Form Permanent Iowa Municipal Law Group
About 100 city officials from across the state met in Des Moines and elected officers for a permanent organization. J. L. Hillis of Des Moines was named president, George A. Lincoln of Cedar Rapids as vice president, and H. D. Crawford of Ottumwa as secretary. A constitution was adopted and committees were named to pursue laws for better municipal government.
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Des Moines
St. Louis
Dolliver
George B. Stewert
Fort Madison
Frank G. Atharton
Osage
W. H. Skewis
Inwook
Centerville
Kenworthy
Oskaloosa
T. J. Davidson
Muncazine
William Beford
Waukon
W. H. Goodrell
Iowa City
EB. 0. Craig
Independence
J. H. McGee
Thomas Stoudgill
Ottumwa
Eli Manening
Chariton
James Wilson
Casey
John F. ‘Thompson
Jefferson
W. J. Dixon
Sas City
J. L. Hillis
George ‘A.’ Lincolln
Cédar Rapids
H.° D. Crawford
Dubuque Officials Indicted Over Salaries
A Dubuque grand jury indicted Mayor Olingér for taking 500 above the lawful 1800 salary for health board services. Aldermen Halpin Cullen Shea Crawford Voegsler Schulte Kaufman Bauer were charged for voting on their own salaries contrary to the city charter.
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Grand Jury
Dubuque
Olingér
Board of Health
Halpin
Cullen
Shea
Crawford
Voegsler
Schulte
Kaufman
Bauer
Piano Fire at Andrew Smith Home in Burlington
A remarkable blaze occurred at the home of Andrew Smith in Burlington. Mrs. Smith, confined by illness, noticed smoke in her room. No fire was seen initially, but the parlor piano was found burning in a room unused for days.
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Andrew Smith
Buriington
One Dollar Verdict in Cox vs Chicago Northwestern
The Clinton jury awarded plaintiff one dollar after 12 hours and 25 ballots in the Cox case. George Cox’s brother sued for $10,000 over his death in a wreck caused by spreading rails near Low Moor.
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Clinton
Cox
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Road
George Cox
Low Moor
Des Moines Woman Dies In Suspected Suicide
Mrs. Wickersham wife of Jacob Wickersham of Des Moines 37 is found dead in bed by her husband after leaving a letter saying she had taken strychnine She had lived ten years in Des Moines and was married twice The couple reportedly never lived happily
Highwayman murders peddler near Manning
Des Moines peddler Ben Lereich was slain on a public highway near Manning. A boy witness saw the assailant rifle the victim and flee when a wagon approached, as the highwayman searched the body.
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Ben Lereich
Des Moines
Manning
Multiple Iowa Notables Die and Incidents Reported in Brief
Adam Kelly aged 52 died at Mount Vernon. Benjamin Underwood and Mrs. Thomas Leedham also died, while J. W. Warren died of pneumonia in Rolfe. Fire hit Independence, damaging the Sherwood & McGowan block. Bank extensions approved for Dubuque. Several deaths and legal cases across Iowa towns are noted, including suicides, accidents, indictments, and a prison sentence for arson.
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Adam Kelly
Mount Vernon
Benjamin Underwood
Afton
Thomas Leedham
Quainton
England
Lyons
J. W. Warren
First National Bank of
Rolfe
Sherwood & McGowan
Independence
Second National Bank of
Dubuque
J. R. Smith
Sioux City
Arcola
David Fessler
Fort Dodge
Paton
William Arnold
Copperack
Austin Signs
Boone
Bloomington
Security Savings Bank
Brinkman Company
Keokuk
Waukon
BL. F. Boomer
Allen
E. F. Hammer
Russell
Grip
John Rania
Ottumwa
Edward Beliford
Jacob Pitka
Toledo
Wolfe
William T. Stuart
Anamosa
J. C. Hubbinger Bros. Company
New Haven
Conn
John C. Hubinger
Col
Edward Travis
Waverly
Forty-eighth
New York Infantry Volunteers
Cedar Rapids
Fergusson
Henry
Cedar County
Lysle
Ingerson & West
Robert Schaffer
Town Falls
Jurgen H. Reimer
Giesing
Calmar
Fred Giesing
Harold Land
Summers
Creston
Nels
S. Nohrbeck
Jewell
Louis Johnson
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