Bring Zenas the Lawyer Sermon on the Lawyer as a Christian
Rev. T DeWitt Talmage urges young men entering law to couple profession with faith. He praises lawyers who defend morality and cites famous jurists, warns against skepticism Sabbath breaking and artificial stimulants, and stresses Christ as advocate at life’s final trial.
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Christ
Paul
Titus
Zenas
John
Tombs
Jesus Christ
George Briggs
Massachusetts
John McLean
Supreme Court Rom
United States
American Sunday-school Union
Story
Kent
Mansfield
Debtors. Humanity Our Debtors to All Men Quote
Rev. L. A. Crandall of Chicago Baptist church proclaims debt to all mankind as humanity. The observed remark frames communal obligation and ethical accountability in a religious context.
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Rev
L. A. Crandall
Baptist
Chicago
Ill
Fusion ticket chosen amid Iowa party splits in Des Moines
The Democratic state convention in Des Moines and allied Silver Republican and Populist groups finalized a free silver platform and a five member ticket. Gov. F. White heads the ticket with B. A. Plummer and G. Rhinehart as key nominees. Weaver factions split, with about 100 bolters walking out.
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Fred B. White
Keokuk County
Des Moines
A. W. C. Weeks
J.B. Weaver
Ottumwa
Cleveland
Bryan
Boies
Plummer
Rhinehart
Grain
Kinne
Supreme Court
Warwickshire Superstition Survives in Rural Customs
George Morley notes Warwickshire's dialect and survivals of superstition endure from medieval times into the late 19th century. Folk beliefs persist especially in the Vale of the Red Horse south of the Avon, with magpie omens and witchcraft in Kineton Tysoe and Long Compton, despite education and modernity.
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Warwickshire
England
Vale of the Red Horse
Seldon
Avon
Forest of Arden
Shakespeare
Rollright Stones
Woodland
Feldon
the Redorse
Kineton
Tysoe
Long Compton
March of Education
George Morley
Populists Nominate Railroad Commissioner as Split Convened
The populist convention nominated 8. B. Crane of Perry for railroad commissioner and bolters formed a separate meeting vowing a September populist convention. Fusion delegates named B. A. Plummer for lieutenant governor and Rhinehart for superintendent amid clashes over the American Book Company. Rhinehart narrowly led Clift 126 to 4.
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Belangee
B. Crane
Perry
Collins
W. A. Spurrier
B. A. Plummer
Forest City
Plummer
J. W. Clif
Des Moines
G. F. Rhinehart
Newton
B. P. Holst
Boone
Holst
Rhinehart
Clift
American Book Company
Pride and marriage doubts in Tit-Bits excerpt
A brief dialogue shows a newlywed couple amid accusations of forgetfulness and waning affection. The wife warns the husband of emotional distance while referencing meals shared before and after marriage, highlighting tensions over expectations and appetite.
Brahms Known for Harsh Touch and Witty Apology Remark
The San Francisco Argonaut recalls Brahms as a demanding performer who could keep an accompanying cellist from hearing themselves. After lively evenings with friends he would say if anyone felt hurt he hoped for their forgiveness, a blunt yet humorous trait attributed to the late musician.
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Brahms
San Francisco
Clergyman Mixes Parish Notices With a 10 Percent Joke
A well known actor recalls a Kent parish tale in which a clergyman finishing weekly notices warned of a 10 percent error, then, crossing to the pulpit, sternly intoned Remember Myre Tomlinson, I said 10 percent 30. The moment captures dry wit and strict timing in church life.
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Kent
Myre
Tomlinson
Great Loss as University Library Burns in Iowa City
Des Moines reports a major fire at the state university library in Iowa City caused by lightning. The Talbott private collection, about 4,500 volumes valued at 15 000 to 25 000 dollars, is irretrievably lost. Estimated damages include 50 000 dollars in replaceable books, 33 000 for building and equipment, and 17 000 for lab apparatus.
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Des Moines
University At
Iowan City
Talbott
Schaeffer
Chicago
Lowa
Gen
Logan
Drake
State
Adjt
Wright
State of Town
Adjutant General's Office
John A. Logan
Fifteenth Army Corps
Lake Front Park
Norges
Henry H. Wright
Portland Cement’s Origin and Noted Craftman
The hardest cement known as Portland cement was invented in 1824 by Joseph Aspin a mason of Leeds. It was designed to resemble Portland stone whose use colors many grand English structures.
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England
Joseph Aspen
Leeds
Hindoo convicts escape jail using improvised tools
Report describes two inmates reportedly using a string Gand grease to saw through a two inch iron bar in five hours and escape from a jail. Weak wording and unclear names. The incident signals a breach in security at the facility.
Abused His Pardon Higney Ordered Back to Prison
William Higney, who served months of a two year term for burglary and was pardoned by Governor Drake on good behavior, returned to criminal activity in Sioux City with a companion and attempted to break into a shoe store. The governor ordered the sheriff to send Higney back to Anamosa.
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William Higney
Allamoxa
Drake
Sioux City
Higney
Anamosa
Drowns Saving Man At Otter Island Resort
Matthew Madison 36 proprietor of the Otter Island resort two miles above Burlington drowned while aiding Bert Copeland who lost his balance attempting to board a tug. Madison held Copeland up but sank and drowned. his body was recovered.
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Matthew Madison
Otter Island
Burlington
Bert Copeland
Madison
Suicide of Milwaukee Road engineer in Sioux City
Thomas J. Conley an engineer long employed by the Milwaukee road hanged himself to the door of his house in Sioux City after cutting his throat. He left seven children. the mother had died years before. He was described as a man of good habits with no known financial trouble or reason for the act.
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Neilson
Rufus Choate
New York
Choat
Choate
Dr. Gardiner
Lord Castlereagh
Sir Thomas Romilly
Wilberforce
Castlereagh
Hale
White
Kao- Kul
BR. A. Plummer
Winnebago County
Supreme Court
G. Kinne
Bryan
Polk County
Grath
Dallas County
G. N. Fhinehart
Silver Repuliean
Jasper County
Fred White
Germany
Ile
Ble
Board of Supervisors
Hamiledon
Webster City
I. J. Lundens
Buell
Capt. Landers
Mary A. Pilger
Ildora
Pilger
Sunny Lake
Minn
Minnesota
Red Lake County
Iris
Thomas J’. Conley
Milwaukee Road
Sioux City
Farmer and wife deaths linked to poisoned eggnog
John Gugelheimer, a farmer six miles from Davenport, allegedly murdered his wife by mixing strychnine with eggnog and then died by suicide in the same manner. Neighbors found both bodies, one in the kitchen and one in the cellar. Gugelheimer had a history of insanity.
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John Gugelheimer
Gugelheimer
Davenport
Mystery Sharpshooter Down in Jefferson Orchard
Alexander W. McClintie a farmer near Rodford Jefferson county was found dead in his orchard with a bullet wound to the mouth and a rifle nearby. Initial belief of self inflicted death gave way to murder as new details emerged.
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Alexander W. McClintie
Rodford
Jefferson County
Fatal Runaway In Dubuque Kills Two
Mrs Maria Jones Hay daughter of the late Gen Jones and her cousin Mrs Scott of Chicago were instantly killed when their carriage horse ran away near Dubuque. Elderly Mrs D D Myers was slightly injured as the party returned from a funeral.
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Maria Jones Hay
Iowa Peo ple and Events Summary
Deaths and accidents reported across Iowa including Rev Thomas Bulling of Oskaloosa dying at 80 Henry Hoskins killed by lightning near Spencer and cattle lost while farm work. Creston train collision fatal for engineer with fireman injured. Business and public notices: Bannister Bros grain firm bankruptcy $20,000 Moore county treasurer allegedly $10,000 short. Veterans associations meet Ida Grove and Clear Lake. Ruth Ball 19 of Bode suicide. John House early settler dies at Sigourney. Stella Herrick 10 killed by a colt at Sigourney. Roy Featherton killed by lightning. Major improvements planned at Sioux City stock yards $15,000 and brick sidewalks urged in Council Bluffs. Lead deposit found in Clayton county. Fires burn Oak Grove creamery Clarksville $3,000 loss. Cedar Rapids enhances pump production. Several drownings and poisonings reported among campers and travelers.
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Thomas Bulling
Oskaloosa
M. Cook
Keokule
J. W. de la Plain
Henry Hoskins
Spencer
Hamilton
Creston
Bannister Bros
Clinton
W. D. Moore
Boone County
Western Iowa Veterans’ Association
Ida Grove
Henry Watterson
Sioux City
Miesourt River
Ruth Ball
Bode
John B. House
Sigourney
Stella Herrick
Roy Featherton
Mount Union
Chapman
Sidney
Ernest Hern
Northern Iowa Veterans’ Association
Clear Lake
Cedar Rapids
Clayton County
Council Bluffs
Page County
Daniel Sullivan
Washington
Frank Wilces
Union
Oak Grove
Clarksville
Burnam
Fort Dodge
Burlington
Penn College
Iowa
Webster City
United States
West
J. HH
Kay
Holstein
Walter Wheeler
H. Noehlesen
Riceville
Plymouth
H.C. Wheeler
Qdebolt
Europe
Thomas Wilson
J. N. McCannahan
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