Urge Purity in School Politics and Reform
Iowa teachers push sweeping changes including abolition of school treasurers and four new normal schools. The Better Iowa Schools commission proposes voluntary district consolidation, state aid tied to districts, and higher teacher training standards, while also urging rural high schools and revised normal institutes.
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Des Moines
State Teachers’ Association
Better Iowa Schools Commission
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Deyoe
Berhard Murphy
Vinton
Minnesota
Iowa
Wedded by Beecher A wartime marriage by Melville Beecher
Danbury Connecticut recalls the 1863 wartime wedding of Horace Q Judd and Ebenek Crofut performed by Henry Ward Beecher in Washington Connecticut. The ceremony drew a crowd, inspired by love and duty, as they hurried to enlist with the 17th Connecticut Volunteers, leaving for war next day. The Bethel home celebration ended with a farewell hymn at the gate.
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Danbury
Conn
Henry Ward Beecher
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
Washington, Conn
Horace Q. Judd
Bethel
Judd
New York
Eben Ek, Crofut
New Preston
New York Independent
Frank Brinsmade
America
Brave dog Tige honored with funeral in Columbus
In Columbus a dog named Tige, who saved many lives in a hotel fire three years ago, lay in a white silver handled casket in a local hotel. He was embalmed and carried to a cemetery in a hearse after earning ten cents for every rat he killed and maintaining his own bank account. He ran through corridors to wake guests during the blaze.
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Tige
Columbus, O
New York Sculptor Potter Dies in Seattle Treatment
Chinese cure falls as New York sculptor Louis Potter dies in Seattle during treatment by a Chinese physician for a chronic skin ailment. Potter, who arrived ten days ago for a Western tour, died under investigation by the coroner as the cause remains undetermined.
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Seattle
Wash
Louis Potter
New York
Potter
West
Exile Planned for Nicaraguan Rebel Chief Mena
Washington reports Rear Admiral Southerland accepted the surrender of General Mena and 700 followers at midnight September 24. Mena and aides were moved to Panama under guard, signaling the collapse of the revolt and removal from Nicaragua. Bluefields confirms the surrender and views it as ending the revolution.
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Washington
Mena
Panama
Weltzel
State Department
Southerland
Boalleva
Nicaragua
Qranin
United States
Bluefields
Madero Offers Amnesty as Mexican Peace Move
President Madero and cabinet order amnesty for Pascual Orozco followers in northern Mexico. Government enforces stern measures but seeks 20 million pesos or a loan to fund the campaign against rebels, awaiting Congress action.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Madero
Pascual Orozco
Congress
Churchill seeks names for torpedo boat destroyers
The Times reports Winston Spencer Churchill as first lord of the admiralty is choosing names for 20 new torpedo boat destroyers from works by Shakespeare and Sir Walter Scott.
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London
the Times
Winston Spencer Churchill
The
Admiralty
Shakespeare and
Scott
Polished Gabriel Stows Away On French Vessel
Gabriel Fanches, praised for polish and manners, boards La Lorraine at Havre with $15. He seizes a large second class stateroom, clashes with the purser, and is placed in the lazaret after refusing to discuss his passage. A Swiss stowaway, Lucien Guillermot, is found aboard and likewise sent to lazaret.
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New York
Gabriel Fanches
la Lorraine
Gabriel
Havre
la Belle Vrance
New York Harbor
Spond
Lazaret
Lucien Guillermot
New World
la Compagnie Trans-Atlantique
Dilia Island
Wilson Wins New Jersey Primary Sweep
Newark New Jersey September 27 Governor Wilson secured a sweeping victory in the state primaries pursuing the U S Senate nomination against former Senator James Smith Jr He carried Essex county with Smith forces strong in that area The Democratic total vote neared 70 000 with Representative William Hughes Wilson’s candidate leading Smith 17 030 to 11 751 in 511 districts reported.
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Newark
N. J
Wilson
New Jersey
United States
James Smith
Essex
Smith
William Hughes
Bimith
Married at the age of 150 in Mexico
A letter from Frank L. Watson reports Jose Calvario born in 1727 and living near Colima Mexico to age about 200. Officials studied the claim and noted 7 000 descendants. Calvario, an Aztec, reportedly married again at 150 and witnessed Tuxpan’s 1806 earthquake.
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Austin
Tex
Tuxpan
Mexico
Jose Calvario
Frank L. Watson
Coloma
Calvario
Mount
Colima
el Cano
May Kiss On The Street Causes Disorderly Arrest
Harold Luders was arraigned before Magistrate Scott for kissing his fiancée Miss Hilda Young on a street corner in Philadelphia. A nearby policeman arrested him for disorderly conduct after blushing at the scene. The magistrate discharged Luders, saying a kiss should be public if a girl is good enough to be kissed.
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Philadelphia
Harold Luders
Scott
Hilda Young
Luders
School Head Indicted in Peoris Grand Jury Finds 15 Indictments
Newton C. Dougherty former head of the Peoris city schools may face trial on 15 indictments returned by the grand jury after a three week session. The true bill accuses forgery while embezzlement charges are said to be outlawed.
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Peoris
Newton C. Dougherty
Dougherty
Senators to Quiz Hilles Over Campaign Spending Charge
Senator Clapp said Charles D. Hilles will be called before the Senate Investigating Committee on campaign expenditures. The probe will cover the Roosevelt charge that Harvester trust money financed campaigns and will examine overall contribution practices.
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Senate Committee
O. P
Washington
Clapp
George W. Perking
Charles D. Hilles
Republican National Committee
Senate
Roosevelt
Hilles
Opening Game Of World Series In Gotham
The first game will be played in New York on Tuesday October 8. The schedule calls for alternating games between New York and Boston until the series ends.
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Gotham
New York
Thia City
Boston
Fixes Hole in Her Holed Foot At Parade
A Des Moines drug store clerk helps a concealed tattoo by applying a tiny piece of black court plaster over a hole in her silk stocking during a circus parade. The moment ends with the clerk reflecting that shoe blacking might have sufficed.
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Des Moines
Walnut Street
Rumors of Revolutionary Moves Denied Abroad
Denials come from Deny Rebellion Rumora New York on September 27 that rumors of a coordinated series of revolutionary movements led by Castro in Venezuela Zelaya in Nicaragua and Diaz in Mexico are unfounded.
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New York
Castron
Venezuela
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Diaz
Mexico
Armstrong Will Gives Entire Estate to Charity
Henry Beekman Armstrong of the Astor family died recently and his will valued at 250000 dollars leaves all property to charitable causes.
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Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Henry Beekman Armstrong
Astor
Mrs. Gray Arraigned On Records Charge In Crow Affairs
Mrs. Helen Pierce Gray of St. Paul an investigator of Crow Indian affairs was arraigned before a commissioner on a charge of concealing public records and her trial was postponed.
Motive for Christian service and the hope of glory
The passage explains the Christian hope as resurrection and eternal life in heaven. Paul links suffering, faith, and the Holy Spirit as guarantees, urging believers to live to be well pleasing to Christ whether present or absent. He cites accountability at Christ’s judgment seat and the motive to win souls.
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Christ
Paul
Paul Seta
Apostle
Lord Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ
Pauls
Better Force Win a Victory
Excerpt from The Universalist Leader on morality and immortality. It argues that virtue lifts individuals and society, vice drags them down, and that life influences life to improve the world if immortality is true. It envisions a final harmony of souls with God through enduring moral progress.
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Mason City
Hawkeye Farm and Orchard Company
J. F. Shaibie
A. H. Gale
R. A. Tofflemire
A. L. Brooks
Clyde E. Brooks
Employers’ Liability Commission
W. W. Baldwin
Carroll
Towa State College
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Cosson
Henry HE. Sampson
Louis W. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Mr. Hill
Iowa State College
Raymond Pearson
Europe
Iowa Farmer Boys
Ames
EB. W. Stanton
Pearson
Germany
Dayton Lumber Company
Dayton
Charles City Engine Company
Charles City
Wieling Opera House Company
Toledo
Colo Savings Bank
Colo
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New Hampshire
Burkit
Iowa Insurance Department
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Beecher
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