Soul's Moving Day Sermon Urges Prep for Eternal Home
A May sermon links life’s moving day to the soul’s return to God, using home imagery to urge decisive faith. The preacher recalls death as a final move, contrasts old homes with Heaven, and invites listeners to secure a lease in Heaven through Jesus Christ.
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Chicago
Drummond
Wance
Weven
Christ Jesus
God
Jesus Christ
Ecclesiastes
Bunyan
Celestial Kingdom
Abraham
Jesus
Frances E. Townsley
Mr. Moody
Paradise
Gadara
Christ
Jacob's Well
Heaven
Peculiar Currency of Abyssinia Described by Count Gleichen
A story recounts Abyssinian money uses Maria Theresa 1780 dollars for standard cash and salt bars as small change. Bars ten inches long and five and a half wide trade at five per dollar, with strict fineness rules and a custom of exchanging licks of amplis to reduce value.
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Abyssinia
Count Gleichen
Menelik
Popular Science Monthly
Fraterville Mine Disaster Claims Hundreds of Lives
May 20 Coal Creek Tennessee reports the Fraterville coal mine explosion killing between 175 and 225 workers and boys. Rescue efforts found all inside perished, with only one severely injured survivor named William Morgan who was blown from the entrance.
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Coal Creek
Tenn
Tennessee
Fraterville
William Morgan
Coal Creek District
Thistle
Earthquake felt in San Francisco area on Monday morning
A light to sharp quake struck at 10:30 in the San Francisco area with Solano county reporting its strongest shock in a decade. Suisun clocks halted at 10:32 as glass shattered and a brief panic spread along Main street, though overall damage was slight.
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San Francisco
Solano County
Suisun
Boer doctor ready to sail as relief unit plans new ambulance corps
Berlin reports that Boer physician Alprecht was told by Dr. Leyds to prepare for departure to South Africa. The Berlin relief committee has been told by telephone to form a new ambulance corps as peace talks have collapsed.
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Berlin
Vienna
Alprecht
Leyds
Transvaal
South Africa
Destructive Hurricane Hits Scinde Province
A deadly cyclone swept across Scinde in British India on May 20 destroying forty miles of railroad and bridges houses and embankments. Fifty miles of telegraph lines were wrecked with many lives lost.
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Bombay
Scinde
British India
Nine Drowned on Killarney Lake in Kerry Ireland
Nine English tourists including four women and four boatmen perished when a boat capsized during a squall on Killarney Lake in County Kerry Ireland Sunday.
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London
Killarney
County Kerry
Ireland
Curious English Shop Signs in Japan Window Displays
A collection of imperfect English phrases seen in Japanese shop windows includes promises of all country wares, a horse shoe maker instruction note by a French healer, and notices like Cut hair shop and If you want sell watch I will buy.
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Tere
Japan
Marina
Nurse Miss McNeel Dies by Her Own Hand in Fond du Lac
Miss Jessie McNeel daughter of Dr J H McNeel member of the state board of health married nurse returned from Chicago exhausted by a serious case she attended and shot herself Monday in Fond du Lac Wisconsin May 20.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Jessie McNeel
J. H. McNeel
State Board of Health
Miss McNeel
Chicago
Gasoline Tank Explosion Kills One in Pittsburg
One man is dead and eight injured after a gasoline tank exploded Monday at 908 Winnebago Street on Pittsburgh's South Side. Details remain sparse as responders assess the scene.
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Pittsburg
Winnebago Street
South Side
Tornado Devastates Goliad Suburbs Killing Many
May 20 reports from Goliad Texas say 98 killed 103 injured as tornado hit Sunday afternoon demolishing 150 stores and homes. Affected area 250 yards wide for a mile and a half. hail earlier drove residents indoors. Gov. Sayers urged Texas mayors to fund relief. Also reports from Preston Minnesota of water spouts and four deaths, eight feet of flood, and extensive property loss.
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Houston
Tex
Goliad
Sayers
Texas
Tan Crosse
Wis
Preston
Minn
Dubuque
Milwaukee Road
Alderman Conkey
CG. L. Colman Lumber Company
York
Granger
Michael Wilbright
Forestville
Remains Found of American Consul and Family in St Pierre
Ruins at St Pierre yield the remains of Mr Prentis the American representative and his family. They will be brought to Morne de France by warship for burial with military honors. Warnings note Mont Pelee eruptions continue with wind changes spreading ashes. Foreign officials report no panic in the north while mass casualties mount in St Vincent and Barbadoes relief funds tally increases.
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Fort de France
St. Pierre
United States
Mr. Prentis
Mort de France
Prentis
Paris
Hay
A. McAllister
Barbadoes
W. L
St. Vincent
Lodge Defends American Troops in Philippines Speech
Albany Journal lauds Senator Lodge for defending U S troops amid partisan attacks. He condemns cruelty but urges fairness to the army, recalling heroic acts in Samar and urging readers to judge the army by its overall record of victories from Trenton to Manila. The crowd applauded as his patriotism drew strong support and silence from critics.
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Senator Lodge
Philippines
Albany Journal
Philippine Republic
America
Philippine Republics
Lodge
Waller
Samar
Appomattox
Grant
Trenton la Manila
Republic
UMWA President John Mitchell Arrives in Wilkesbarre
President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers arrived in Wilkesbarre at 9 p.m. and set up strike headquarters at the Hotel Hart. Local leaders met him at the station and he spent a quiet day at Hazleton with no new developments to report.
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Wilkesbarre
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Hart
Hazleton
Ferry Collision Leaves Man Dead Near Staten Island
The Staten Island ferry Middletown collided with the steam yacht Aileen Monday morning. J C Atterbury of New Brighton, Staten Island, a passenger, was killed. The Aileen belongs to Richard Stevens of the New York Yacht Club.
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New York
Middletown
Aileen
J.C. Atterbury
New Brighton
Staten Island
Sileen
Tichard Stevens
New York Yacht Club
Balloon ascent ends in tragedy in Georgia
While attempting a balloon ascent at Tulla poosa in Georgia, Meredith Rowe of Evansville was killed when the balloon exploded. The incident occurred May 21 in Palloontist wired, Jivansville, Ind.
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Palloontist
Jivansville
Ind
Tullapoosa
Meredith Rowe
Evansville
Political drift and party blame across newspapers
A compilation of editorials from several papers criticizes party strategies amid the Spanish American War era. It discusses free trade, the war’s prosecution, calls to unite around Tillman and Bryan, and the politics of labeling American soldiers. It notes the death of Dr. William Helmuth in New York.
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St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Tillman
Bryan
Indianapolis News
Ind
Spain
Cleveland
Cleveland Leader, C7 Jt
Philippines
United States
Los Angeles Herald
Dem
twoPryan
Republican Party
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Ryan
Aaron
Moses
Nebraska
Albany Argus
Senate
Indianapolis Journal
William N .Ted Helmuth
New York
Supreme Court bars Iowa liquor sale bans for nonresident agents
The Iowa high court rules that selling liquor to bootleggers and other nonresidents by agents of nonresident dealers cannot be prohibited. The mulet law conflicts with interstate commerce and is unconstitutional, halting seizures of liquor held by express and transportation firms and nullifying dozens of pending cases.
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Supreme Court
Iowa
Express
Governor Cummins Vetoes Insurance Suit Bill
Gov. Cummins vetoed the bill from the Twenty-ninth general assembly that would have required suits on notes to be brought in makers' counties. He ruled the measure unconstitutional for impairing contracts and unfairly classifying insurance companies. The veto ends the legislature's session and marks the end of that era.
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Cummins
Vhis
Twenty-ninth General Assembly
Webster City duo jailed for corn thefts at Fort Des Moines plant
Thomas Wopking and his uncle M C Wopkins of Webster City were sentenced by Judge Whitaker to two years at hard labor in the Anamosa penitentiary. Convicted of stealing canned sweet corn from Fort Des Moines Canning Co factory warehouse. Both described as well known street characters.
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Thomas Wopking
M.C. Wopkins
Webster City
Whitaker
Anamosa
Fort Des Moines Canning Company
Call Issued for Iowa Republican State Convention in Des Moines
The Republican State Central Committee chairman announces the official call for the state convention to be held in Des Moines on July 40. Delegates total 1,233 with one delegate at large per county and one additional delegate for each 200 votes or fraction over 100 for Gov. Cumming in the prior November election.
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IL Spence
Republcan State Central Committee
Des Moines
Gov. Cumming
Swept by Fire Destroys Farmin Business District
A blaze swept Farmin in Greene County along the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line destroying the entire business section. Loss is estimated above $40,000 with every store and the post office burned out or damaged.
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Farmin
Greene Comme Ty
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Woman Accused in Kitchen Knife Wound at Newton Restaurant
A quarrel between Louis Wade and a young woman named Thomas at a Newton restaurant kitchen ended with Thomas stabbing Wade in the abdomen with a butcher knife. Wade sustained fatal injuries, authorities report. Thomas says the blow was near dental.
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Louis Wade
Thomas
Newton
Wade
Crop Outlook Says Favorable Conditions for Iowa Planted Crops
The Washington Weather Bureau weekly crop report notes cold and wet weather benefiting oats and small grain. corn planting in Iowa is nearing completion in southern counties and well begun in the north. Germination is satisfactory and soil conditions show generally improved prospects by mid May.
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Washington Weather Bureau
Monroe Post Office Robbed by Dynamite Burglars
The Monroe post office in Jasper county was robbed recently as burglars blew open the safe with dynamite. Several hundred dollars in stamps were stolen and the explosion damaged part of the building. Local authorities investigate the incident.
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Monroe
Jasper County
Multiple Local Incidents Highlight Regional News
Nashua veterinarians struggle with a new cat disease. Hilda Temkain age eight burned by matches at Muscatine. Mrs George claims child Mamie abducted to Canada. Sioux City notes. Robbery attempt at Albia bank ends with escape after police fire.
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Nashua
Catire
Hilda Temkain
Muscatine
Magpie George
Toha George
Grand Rapids
Mick
Mamie
Sioux City
George
Canada
People’s Savings Bank
Albia
Edward Dennis
Clarinda
Oscar IX. Miller
J. ¥. O'Connor
Dennison
Congress
Suckeye
Hardin County
Edward M. Nnaiiman
Mystic Shrine
Des Moines
Imperial Council of
California
C. Z. Albright
Primghar
Company C
Second
Lawa Infantry
Nicholas Bray
Dubuque
Herring Medical College
Chicagro
A. J. Sweezy
Decorah
Josiah True
Avocn
Nora Wogencamp
Newton Hogencamp
Onawa
James Bonner
Carson
Nishuabouta
Stewart
Grinnell
Jock Stewart
Patrick O’mera
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