Revivalist Billy Sunday praised in Ohio reward
The report notes Billy Sunday converted 6,500 sinners in Youngstown Ohio and received a $10,000 gift from locals. It contrasts revivalist zeal with 18th century Wesley Whitfield reformers, and critiques liquor and sin while discussing tariff polls and political opinions across multiple newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
Youngstown
Ohio
Wesley and
Whitfield
Litchfield
London
Wesley
Nine dollar hog and other Iowa notes from Mason City
A roundup of local Iowa items includes seed corn prices at Mason City up to 11.50 a bushel, a fatal runaway near Dubuque, H Lohrman renting Anamosa Grand Opera House for films, and schools in Vinton closing then reopening after diphtheria deaths. Also a Cedar Rapids cadetship exam, a Laurel explosion injuring a 15 year old, mayoral race in Cedar Rapids, and a $10,000 damages suit by Mrs. Strief against Dyersville saloonkeepers. Nearby reports cover the state health board quarantine threat, the Iowa colleges oratorical contest in Cedar Rapids, Carnegie hero award to Frank B. Weik, a reflection on capital in land vs money, and social scandal about a corpse sold to a medical college. The piece closes with the Nine Dollar Hog verse.
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Mason City
Ben Yeager
Bellevue
Dubuque
H. W. Lohrman
Anamosa
Vinton
Cedar Rapids
United States Naval Academy
Laurel
Marshalltown
John W. Barry
Hawkeye Lumber Company
Parlor
Miles
Barry
Margaret Strief
Dyersville
State Board of Health
Board of Health
State Board
Iowa
Leander Clark
Toledo
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Iowa Wesleyan
Mt Pleasant
Penn College
Oskaloosa
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Morningside College
Sioux City
Tabor College
Tabor
Frank B. Weik
Walker
Carnegie Hero Fund Committee
Weik
O. J. Fisher
Nyle
Zella McCalley
Cora Bitterfield
Christian Church
Cousins Praised as Magnificent Orator at Lincoln Anniversary
Robert G. Cousins of Iowa, former congressman, spoke before the Republican Club of Denver on Lincoln’s anniversary. The News-Times lauded him as a silver tongued speaker, with Frank O. Goudy calling him the greatest orator ever heard in Colorado. He delivered a superb address and received warm congratulations from guests.
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Robert G. Cousins
Republican Club
Denver
News-Times
Iowa
Frank O. Goudy
Colorado
Cousins
Good Stoodz By Tait Predicts Good Re-Election
The Vinton Eagle reports Hagle predicting James W. Good will win another term in Congress despite 23 district editors calling the Payne-Aldrich tariff a fake. Good backed the tariff and is seen as farmer endorsed.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Cannon
Commercial News
Danville
Ilinois
the Tribune
Tribune
Good
Tait
Vinton Eagle
Hagle
James W. Good
Congress
Missouri man writes eighty eight times for money
A Missouri man persistently wrote to Andrew Carnegie eighty eight times seeking funds and finally received money. The tale underscores the claimant's determined approach and Carnegie's response.
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Washington Herald
Missouri
Andrew Carnegie
Stand or Fall by the Record
The Sioux City Journal argues Republicans must win the next Congress by defending Taft’s tariff policy and the Payne tariff bill. It contends party adherence to protectionist measures is essential and that voters should reject attempts to mislead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Sioux City Journal
New York
Taft
Hard to Agree From the Kansas City Star
A Boston mistress learns a cook plans to marry, but delays persist as the couple clash over drinking. The cook Nora explains she will not marry Mike while he is drunk and he will not marry when sober. The situation remains unsettled with no wedding date.
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Boston
Nora
Mike
Test Your Seed Corn Says Wallace Farmer
A Wallace Farmer message urges farmers to test their seed corn before spring planting. It argues repeated reminders help, compares to revivalist appeals, and warns that ignorance about seed quality can be costly. The note stresses that seed quality largely determines Mississippi valley corn yields this year.
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Mississippi Valley
Rural carrier exams and a medical mishap at Anamosa
Rural carrier examinations were held in Anamosa with four Monticello applicants and two Scotch Grove candidates. Mr E R Moore of Monticello and family traveled to California, and he sustained a serious ankle injury while at Long Beach. Doctors sewed the cord, and while reunion is expected, full strength may not return. The note also lists weekly reading in periodicals and Modjeska memoirs in brief.
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Anamosa
Monticello
Hejinian
Gorman
Supervisor Proceedings Report Poor Outside County Home
Records detail payments and allowances for the county poor and district court, including costs for medical treatment, lodging, food, and staff. Notable items include infant assistance, quarantine water carrying, and various hires and rent payments across February.
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E& Walton
Conmey
Alspaugh
Gould & Olson
Cyrus Lamb
T M Redmond
S D Alspaugh
Josiah Meyers
Gordon
Lashaway
Gomer
Chas Herrington
JJ Locher
Homer Webster
OL Holcomb
Flaherty
Orsa Appleby
Amos Appleby
Wescott
Ed Smith
Iosty
Aubrey
J A Leaper
John Moran
RJ Schoonover
John Ailer
H Helstad
Mrs Smith
County Home
T McLaughlin
ES Stone
Meek & Beam
LE Moats
Wil
Miller
Atty By Appointme
M Brown
GA Harper
Jan Salary
C J Cash
M Ramsey
M Byerly
W B Scott
Eugene Newhard
Belle Hotz
Geo Jackson
George Jackson
JC L Niles
EF Miller
RM Peet
E A Osborn
H C Worthington
T C Gorman
A G Hejinian
Ben H Chamberlain
Eeeak
W A Mirick M D Hysiolan and Surgeon
W A Mirick M D Hysiolan and Surgeon offers medical service from his residence on South Cedar Street Monticello Iowa with prompt day and night availability.
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W. A. Mirick
South Cedar St
Monticello
Iowa
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South Dakota
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New York Times
Kansas City Star
Wallace Farmer
Anamosa Eureka News
Charles Frederick Holden
India
Harry A. Franck
Roosevelt
Charles J. Bonaparte
Oscar King Davis
Capitol
Julia Ward Howe
Richard Watson Gilder
Modjeska
Jones County
Druet
W W Hunter
Seward White
S J Beam
H © Worthngton
J A Voorhees
Puleston
Inglis
Thomas
Redmond
Mirick
A Schleimme
IL Boxwell
John Baister
A DeWitt
Mike Takes
Albert Rohwedder
Julius Lorenzen
Dan James
Henry Ahrendsen
J M Moffitt
Merlin Moses
J Lyon
Eugene Wood
B Skinner
H Monroe
A Hogan
Stamps
Hogan
Harrison & Griffeth
B Scott
John Thomson
John Hale
Matt Noyes
O J Murned
WM Welch Co
M Welch Co
Louis Gardner Express
Louis Gardner
Reva Crow
Toll Calla
Rand McNally & Co
Macmillan Co
Ginn & Company
American Book Co
Burdett & Company
Harrison
Bagley
L E Mead
Guy A McDonald
Joe Luke
Geo Seely
Harry Freeman
Frank Skahill
C A Larson
Monticello State Bank
Topico P. P
Lovell State Bank
Geo. L. Lovell
R. C. Stirton
Home Savings Bank
the Diamond Creamery Co
Northwestern
Minneapolis
Suceests
Eclipse Lumber CO
J. H. Henry
H. M. Remley
James Remley Remley & Remley
Attorneys AT Law
Main Street
Hasterly Hotel
Fred Puleston
Qfeice
Ellers & Bolton
E. E. Reed
Burrichter's Drygoods
Jaws
A. M. Maurice
Lovell Block
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