Uses of Adversity by Rev. Dr. Talmage Sermon
Sermon frames comfort for the bereaved, rejects smug counsel, and urges sympathy from those who have suffered. It argues God sends trials in love to purify and prepare usefulness, likening hardship to a forge refining iron for axes and to a path toward heavenly reunion and glory.
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Sunday Reflections by Rev RB White on Holier Opportunities
The Sabbath exhortation urges making Sunday a glad home library church and art museum day, a quiet respite from unnecessary labor, so the soul may meet its holier opportunities. Rev RB White of Universalist Chicago delivers a call to spiritual fullness.
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Universalist
Chicago
Iowa News notes price rises burden state institutions
Des Moines dispatch reports that rising food prices strain the Iowa state board of control under the July 1 funding cut. Hospitals for the insane face inmate allowances trimmed from 14 to 12 or 13 dollars monthly, squeezing budgets and prompting staff reductions and office consolidations. Insurance statistics show mutuals growing, with county and town mutuals delivering cheaper farmer coverage than stock firms. The Fiftieth Iowa volunteers prepare for Chickamauga, while discipline tightens at Camp McKinley and Alaska gold prospecting hopes emerge from W. M. McFarland. Butter makers protest new exhibition tests at the Omaha exposition. James Grant Jordan named state board secretary.
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Ife
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Embark for Philippines First California Volunteers Sail
San Francisco on May 20 witnesses the 1086 men of the First California Volunteer Regiment marching from the Presidio to the City of Peking dock. Crowds line streets to cheer, cry, and wave flags as the unit departs for Manila while police clear the dock amid a loud, emotional sendoff.
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Consul Brice Returns to Bedford from Matanzas Post
Consul Brice and Consul A C Brice returned to Bedford from Matanzas Cuba. A large crowd met the train morning. the Grand Army of the Republic post and veterans escorted him to the opera house. Speeches followed with general handshaking.
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Matanzas
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Opera House
Reverend Johnson Named Chaplain of Fourth Regiment
Col Humphrey informed Johnson of his appointment as chaplain for the Fourth regiment. The Mapleton pastor and secretary of the Northwestern Iowa conference of the AME church has served five years in that role and is well regarded by many friends.
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Secretary of State Board of Control Appoints Jordan
Wiled Wis Bond, Grant Jordan, newly elected secretary of the state board of control, said he does not expect to start duties for several weeks. The board takes charge of state institutions on July 1. Jordan has filed $18,000 with the board, and it has been approved.
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State Board of Control
Jordan
Safe Blowers Rob Jewell Junction Post Office
Expert safeblowers entered the Jewell Junction post office in the same building as Carey and Knudson’s hardware store. They blew open the safe taking 35 dollars in cash and 200 dollars in stamps then filched every razor and pocket knife from the showcase.
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Jewell Junction
Carey & Knudson
Sunday Hunters Fined for Sabbath Day Violations
Six hunters were arrested in Eldora for desecrating the Sabbath by repeatedly firing guns. This appears to be the first case under the new law from the last legislature. The local justice imposed the maximum fine.
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Eldora
Senator Foraker's Father Dies at 83 in Millsboro
Henry Foraker, father of Ohio Senator J B Foraker, died at Millsboro Ohio aged 83. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Notorious Rainsburger gang members sent to Anamosa Penitentiary
Webster City omitted. Charles Anderson and J. S. Reynolds were taken to Anamosa penitentiary accused of long membership in the Rainsburger gang. They were captured during a harness store looting at Esworth, arrested at Jewell, and sentenced by Judge Weaver to 24 years each after a ten minute jury deliberation.
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Women Admitted to Town Workmen in Waterloo Session
After four days in Waterloo the grand lodge of Town Workmen adjourned with major reforms. Women are admitted to membership and dues nonpayment reinstatement is shortened to 60 days. Grand master salary rises to 1500 dollars yearly plus per new member, and full-time devotion required. Next convention set for 1000 in Waterloo. Officers named: J. Duke Navan Una Porte grand master. P. B. White Waterloo grand recorder. C. Blythe Dubuque grand medical examiner.
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Beer Company Wins Suit Over Prohibition Era Notes
Columbia Brewing of St. Louis won an $8,000 verdict in federal court in Iowa against Van Vliet of Pella. The suit concerned notes given during Iowa prohibition for beer bought and sold. Van Vliet claimed $14,000 repayment for beers purchased under the prohibitory law.
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Pella
Columbia Brewing Company
St. Louis
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Bank Deposits Rise in Iowa State and Savings Banks
Auditor McCarthy reports on Iowa banks shows deposits in state and savings banks increased since June 30, 1897. Net gains of 5.34 million since January 6 1898 and nine month rise of 12.026 million reflect total assets and deposits surpassing 57 million dollars.
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Iown
Iowa Celebrations Planned in Omaha for June and September
The TransMississippi Exposition Commission plans two Iowa events in Omaha. A June dedication of the Iowa building will feature music and speeches. A larger Iowa Day celebration is likely in September with parades music fireworks and speeches over two days.
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Omaha
Burlington Thrives as Railroad Hub for Manufacturers
Bur lington backs a booming slate of manufacturing industries with the Chicago Burlington and Quincy lines radiating like spokes from a rail hub. The railway network enables fixed low-cost bills of lading and broad market access, supplying every state or territory in the country.
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Webster City man swindled by trusted employee in horse scam
George Holloway of Webster City was defrauded by a longtime employee who traded his valuable horse for a deed to a Texas property that turned out to be fictitious. The swindle left Holloway and the horse vanished to unknown parts.
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Webster City
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Texas
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Woman Found Dead In Atlantic Home
Margaret Lovejoy aged 54 was found dead in her dining room in Atlantic. No relatives in town reported. She used a rheumatic remedy excessively, which is presumed to be the cause of death. Relatives named Blackledge live in Cedar Rapids and Clinton.
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Margaret Lovejoy
Atlantic
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Blackledge
Saloons Closed by Iowa Supreme Court Ruling
The Iowa supreme court has ordered four Marshalltown saloons shut, likely permanently, ending months of anti saloon warfare led by the Anti Saloon League. The decision marks a decisive victory for the temperance movement in Marshalltown.
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Marshalltown
Anti-Saloon League
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