Great Woman of Shunem Praised for Hospitality and Piety
Dr. Talmage extols a nameless Shunemite as a model of noble womanhood citing her hospitality to Elisha, kindness to the prophet, and steadfast faith. He contrasts domestic virtue with public fame, argues for Christian hospitality in churches, and lauds the woman’s dignified simplicity amid trials and prosperities.
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Washington
Esdraeion
Louis XV
Spain
Russia
Shunem
Elisha
Jupiter
House of God
Kossuth
Palmer
Bierstadt
Yosemite
Rod
India
Nile
Tigris
la Plata
Tartary
Turkish Garden
Persian Palace
Alhambra
Indus
Ganges
Men and Manners and a Changing German City
The piece contrasts Coleridge Ben Johnson Shakespeare Southey Lamb and Addison in talk and self presentation. It notes Coleridge luminous in conversation while others avoid or mock talk. It adds that Düsseldorf has grown from 100000 to 196000 inhabitants in twelve years.
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Coleridge
Ben Johnson
Fuller
Shakespeare
Southey
Lamb
Addison
Pope
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Dusseldorf
State Agricultural Society Meeting in Des Moines Sets 1899 Fair Plans
Des Moines reports the annual Iowa State Agricultural Society meeting elected officers, revised premium lists, and planned a semicentennial exhibit for the 1899 state fair. Discussions covered dates, ticket pricing, and potential borrowing to fund improvements, while Iowa wool premiums rise.
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Iowa State Agricultural Society
Des Moines
State Agricultural Society
Iowa
Auditorium for Des Moines Nears Realization
A committee at the commercial exchangeadvanced plans to build a Des Moines auditorium with the goal of securing $20,000 in stock and donations. Carroll Wright and John A. Reed will draft subscription blanks, an assistant soliciting team of 12 was named, and officials expect to raise $20,000 in two weeks followed by another $20,000 through buttons and related methods.
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Aldrich
State Historical Department
Washington
Iowa
Congress
Allison
Post Office
Annals of Town
History
Des Moines
Commercial Exchange
Carroll Wright
John A. Reed
Exchange
Auditorium Company
Old Folks Outwitted At Court Ceremony In Oskaloosa
A young couple sat through a seduction charge as a ruse to obtain a marriage license. After the court judge noted friendly relations, the groom refused an attorney and insisted to marry the girl, leaving court happily united and amused by the trick on the parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Esquire
Freeman H Bloodgood Named State Teachers Leader
Freeman H Bloodgood, newly elected president of the State Teachers association, is serving his third term as Fayatte county superintendent. A Linn county Iowa native born in 1867, he rose from farm days to Upper Town University graduate in 1890 and Fayette principal, later becoming county superintendent in 1898. He has led educational advancement, lectured nationwide, and held past presidencies of the Northwestern Iowa Teachers and State County Superintendents associations, with his State Teachers presidency won almost unanimously despite local political opposition.
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Freeman H. Bloodgood
State Teachers’ Association
Fayette County
Iowa
Linn County
Huron
M.D
Upper Town University
Fayette
Warvard College
Bloodgoosed
Broadgood
Northwestern Jaws Teachers’ Association
State County Superingendents’ Association
Itls
Regents to Meet in Des Moines on January 26
The Iowa Board of Regents will convene in Des Moines January 26 to review campus building specs and discuss selecting a university president. A subcommittee will investigate candidates including Dr Samuel T Smith John W Coot J W Divine N Medea Winters Folin Brennan Albert Shaw director Wolcott Turner Riggs Jerome Raymond William Bryan President Brown William Beard Seerley Amos and others.
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Board of Regents
The
State University Hags
Des Moines
Shaw
Barrett
Wuttt
Samuel T. Smith
University of Minnesota
John W. Coot
Ulineis
de. J. W. Divine
New York
Pennsylvania
Oxford
N. Medea Winters
Hyangton
Folin G. Brennan
Leland Stanford
Albert Shaw
Review of Reviews
Director Wolcott
United States Naval Mine
Yeam
Turner Riggs
Michigan
Jerome Raymond
Wiliam Ta Bryan
Indiana
President Brown
University of Virginia
Wiliam M. Beardshear
the Town Agricultural College
Amos
Seerley
Low Ree
Ruling May Reshape Iowa City County Fees Case
Judge A R Dewey of Mahaska County District Court rules against LB Seevers mayor of Oskaloosa in the Seevers v Mahaska County case. The board of supervisors refused to pay justice of the peace fees arguing an 1896 act limits such fees for city mayors with salaries. The court ruled for the county and costs against the plaintiff.
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A. R. Dewey
Mahaska County
Iowa
State veterinarians push for licensure and health powers
The State Veterinarians' association convened in Des Moines and urged state licensing for all veterinarians. They seek authority to declare quarantines for hog cholera glanders and other contagious animal diseases and want army veterinarians given second lieutenant rank. Drs W B Miles Ames S B Whitbeek Decorah and James D Parslow Marshalltown were appointed to draft a memorial to Congress.
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State
Des Moines
Army
W. B. Miles
Ames
Whitbeek
Decorah
James D Parslow
Marshalltown
Congress
Peculiar Suit Aims to Reclaim Land after County Sale
August Keister filed a district court suit in Webster City after his wife’s death and his move to the county poor farm. He deeded his farm for life maintenance and the county sold the land to George Streever at 40 dollars an acre. Keister gathered 30 neighbors to recapture the land, and a suit against the county is planned with Streever also expected to sue for nonfulfillment of contract.
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Keister
Webster City
George Streever
Streever
Wall v. Chicago Rock Island Pacific rail case granted new trial
In Des Moines a motion for a new trial in the Wall versus Chicago Rock Island Pacific Railway case was sustained. C E Wall, a switchman, had won $23000 for logs of an arm and the new trial was granted after it was argued brakemen were improperly allowed as expert witnesses. Judge Conrad admitted the error in expert testimony.
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Des Moines
C. E. Wall
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Wall
Conrad
Iowa editors hold seventeenth annual meet in Eagle Grove
The Upper Des Moines Editorial association meets February 16 and 17 in Eagle Grove with papers on delinquent subscribers news value advertising partisan papers and country correspondence. A question box opens at the first session and Dr Willits of Chicago lectures for the equality club followed by a banquet hosted by Eagle Grove business leaders.
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Eagle Grove
Upper
Des Moines
John Brennan
Sioux City Northwestern Catholic
BE. D. Chasael
Ue Mars Sentinel
Barnard Murphy
Vinton Eagle
Fred B. Wolf
Primghar
O'Brien County
Bell
Minna’, Murray
Nashua
L. Mede
Desmond
Willits
Chicago
Equality Club
State Agricultural Society reports strong 1898 fairs and crop gains
Des Moines notes from the annual meeting that 1898 county and district fairs were strong, 98 reports completed, premiums rising, with average receipts about $2,000 and premiums around $1,874.60. Crop yields boom compared with 1897: winter wheat up 1.4 million bushels, spring wheat up 6.2 million, corn up 49.8 million, oats 7.0 million, potatoes 2.46 million bushels. farm values jump from $40.7 million to $60.6 million.
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Des Moines
State Agricultural Society
Omaha
Exemption Rules For Widows And Union Soldiers
Attorney General Remley outlines tax exemptions for widows of union soldiers and veterans. Widows qualify for a $800 exemption regardless of status, effective with 1809 assessments but not for 1897 or 1808. $500 applies to those years. A soldier must be unable to perform manual labor and depend on the service for support to claim the homestead exemption. If other income exists or non homestead real estate exceeds $800, exemption may be denied or adjusted accordingly.
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Remley
Auditor of State
Fireproof Warships and Corn Based Coatings
Secretary Fowler of the Iowa State Agricultural Society argues that one acre of cornstalks can form a cellulose belt around a battleship to make it fireproof above the water line. He urges a state representative be sent to Paris to showcase corn uses and notes experiments with petroleum to harden roads, claiming it firms highways and repels water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fowler
Iowa State Agricultural Society
Iowa
Paris
United States
Reward Paid After Wolverton Arrest Acquittal
Clarke county pays 250 dollars reward for the arrest of Wolverton tied to the Mary Gilfillan murder. He was acquitted and located in Nebraska. One third goes to Cambridge Postmaster King who provided the tip, one third to Sheriff Lukenbill of Clarke county, and one third to Milnard Neb Postmaster Swearengen who supplied information.
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Clarke County
Wolverton
Mary Gilfillan
Nebraska
King
Cambridge
Lukenbill
Swearengen
Milnard
Neb
State Institution Supplies Awards for Three Months
State boards of control awarded contracts for the next three months totaling about 100000 in round numbers. Seven bidders participated with Iowa firms winning most of the awards. Fifty three town firms secured contracts representing leading cities while twenty four outside firms also obtained awards. In London official returns show forty one deaths from starvation in 1808.
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State Boards of Control
Iowa
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