Darwin's Doctrine and the Christian Evolution Debate
In a fiery sermon, Dr. Talmage attacks Darwinian evolution as atheistic and brutal, arguing for a divine creation and a future evolution from sin to holiness. He contrasts ape ancestry with human destiny, mocks missing links, and seeks to anchor humanity in God while condemning secular progress. He ends by noting the vast death toll from earthquakes since historical times.
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Talmage
Apassiz
Hugh Miller
Faraday
Dawson
Dana
Atlantic Ocean
Central
Africa
Borneo
Gulf
HARDSHIPS OF GAMPLI Aessments to Be Mustered Out
Des Moines Aug 29 six soldiers from the Fifty second regiment return home to Iowa towns and discuss Chickamauga camp conditions. Army officers blamed. new ground in healthier camps. Olmstead to muster out Fifty second and two light batteries in two to three weeks. Officials note hospital work, Red Cross efforts, and plan to move sick home.
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Des Moines
Fifty-second
Chickamauga
Hampton
Ira
Chicago
Uncle Sam
Marshalltown
George Boyle
Whittemore
Algona
Fifty-second Regiment
Algona Company
Shaw
Iowa
Clark
Jacksonville
Olmstead
Camp McKinley
Red Cross Society
Iowa Sanitary Commission
Trev. H. H. Abrams
Iowa Anti-Saloon League
Marshall County
Terrific Iowa storm damages crops and kills man
A severe rain and hailstorm swept Boone causing about 10000 dollars in crop losses and killing Charles Bassett and his team. A cloud burst at Madrid injured campers Charles Otis and Fred Rogers. Wilson's store flooded with two thousand dollars of goods damaged. sparrows were killed in large numbers.
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Boone
Charles Bassett
Madrid
Charles Otis
Fred Rogers
Des Moines
Wilson
Windstorm Ravages Buchanan County Hit Fairbank Area
A fierce windstorm crossed Independence, nearly a cyclone in strength, tearing farm buildings between Fairbank and Littleton, flattening corn, snapping wires, and wrecking the Horace George and Frank Say properties. Fred Crow, Rank Say, George Harrison, and Jess Agnew report barns lost. A northwest to northeast current leveled structures where it centered with heavy livestock and crop damage but no known deaths.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Fairbank
Littleton
Horace George
Frank Say
Fred Crow
Rank Say
George Harrison
Jess Agnew
Destructive Storm Hits Dickinson County Killing Families
A northwest storm devastated Spirit Lake and Superior regions in Dickinson County. Norman Nephlestein and his wife were killed when their house collapsed. A second family between Superior and Spirit Lake is reported dead, names not confirmed. Several churches were demolished and the Harris residence near Superior wrecked with no injuries.
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Dickinson County
Spirit, Lake
Superior
Norman Nephlestein
Spirit Lake
Harris
Tragic double suicide at Tussell clothing merchant home
During the night William M. Newell a Tus sell clothing merchant killed himself his wife and their ten year old daughter with a revolver. A son aged twenty was away in Omaha at the Exposition. Financial troubles were given as the cause.
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William M. Newell
Tussell
Aittle
Milford Tornado Destroys Windows and Buildings
A Milford tornado tore through the town nearly all window pliss were broken in town. Jarns sawed off roof wreckage and several buildings were overturned. The worst damage occurred at FW Knight’s stock ranch where the windmill toppled, a buggy shed was wrecked, a hay barn unroofed and stacks were killed.
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Milford
Knight
Allgood Lowers State Bicycle Records at Sioux City
C. J. Allgood shaved the amateur state bicycle mark in Sioux City from 2:01 to 1:50 1-5 while pacing, also setting records for one-third mile and two-thirds mile events. The rider, 20 years old with two years in the sport, achieved these improvements with a pace.
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C. J. Allgood
Sioux City
Iowa State Il Posters' convention to meet in Marshalltown
The Iowa State Il Posters association schedules its state convention for September 7 in Marshalltown. Other items note officers elected at the Iowa division United Mine Workers of America in Oskaloosa, local deaths, weather damage, burglaries, and various crashes across towns. The report includes multiple obituaries, accidents, and civic notices from Keokuk to Mason City.
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Iowa State Il Posters’ Association
Marshalltown
Oskaloosa
Iowa
United Ming Workers of America
John I
Ream
Beacon
John YP
Reece
Witeman
John Brennan
Keb
Dennis Kief
Oxford Township
Genter Point
Loxie's
Stewart's
Waterloo
Hugh McGann
Computy i Fifty-second
Camp Chickamauga
Mason City
Robert. T. Lincoln
Tessie Linecoln Beckwith
Mount Pleasant
I. C. McMaster
Ute
Sioux City
Henry Coleman
William Coleman
Allison
Harry Smith
el Caney
Cuba
John Smith
Carroll
Charles Burcoon
Reinbeek
Ey Clark
J. J. Clark
Des Moines
Hoskins
Seward
Neb
Rosengram
Willison
Henry Brandt
Westville
Copenhaver
Wood-bury County
Luton
Old Case Revived in Hamburg Over $25,000 Damages
Reno city attorney T. Julien represents a Hamburg defendant in a suit seeking $25,000 in damages linked to a half century old shooting incident. Jacob McKissick, once Reno’s prominent builder, faced trial for the 50s shooting of John Allen with claims McKissick intended to kill Allen. Now aged 86, McKissick owns property in Reno Long Valley Hamburg and at other Iowa points. Forby sues, alleging admission of the long-ago motive and attaching Hamburg property to cover the claim.
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Hamburg
T. ¥. Julien
Reno
Nev
Jacob McKissick
McKisick
John Allen
Forby
Allen Forby
McKissick
Allen
Tlamnburg
Superintendent Henry W Robert Reappointed at Deaf Institute
Henry W Robert of the town school for the deaf receives a four year term starting next September. The board of control expresses gratification over the decision following an investigation at Council Bluffs. The unanimous vote reappointed Robert, who began duties September 4 1887 and would reach fifteen years at the helm if he serves the full term.
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Henry W. Robert
Downie
Des Moines
Eading
Robert
Rotert
Plymouth County Farm Family Tragedy Ends in Death
J M Jurt of Plymouth County dies after his daughter Louise Hurt’s arrest for larceny. Hurt, once employed by the family, was jailed briefly and then vanished. Authorities seek the missing daughter as the father’s despair turned to madness and he died a raving maniac. Hart was a respected local farmer.
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J. M. Jurt
Plymouth County
Louise Hurt
Storm Lake
Buena Vista County
Hart
Paint Mines Near Fairfield Yield Venetian Red Like Substance
About a year ago C W Whitham and Fennett Brothers drilled a well on John Krumboltz’s farm near A Freshwater’s west of Fairfield. They struck a dark red mineral 185 feet deep in an oil-bearing vein. They tested it as paint material and found it works without grinding, mixes with water, and yields a good pigment.
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C. W. Whitham
Fennett Brothers
John Krumboltz
A. Freshwater
Fairfield
Fatal Consequence From Teeth Extraction in Boone
M Krustdorf a leading Boone businessman and early settler died after a routine dentist visit extracted eleven teeth. Hemorrhage followed the operation and despite efforts to stop the bleeding he died before ten o clock. It later emerged he suffered a condition making blood loss hazardous and he had been advised caution.
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M. Krustdorf
Boone
Boone cousins escape Spanish bullets in Santiago
Jfheny Sharder of Boone reports his cousins August and Henry Slagen were in the charge up the bluffs at Santiago. The brothers state that while men fell around them they were not struck by Spanish bullets. Their wellbeing is welcomed by many Boone friends.
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Klondike
Hamilton Hulse
Oid
Boone
Behring Sea
St. Michaels
Yukon River
Thomas Tippel
Jfheny Sharder
August
Henry Slagen
Santiago
Goth
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Eyrie
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Heaven
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Bethlehem
Gampli
Chickamauga Park
Anti-Saloon League
the Geological Survey
Iowa Geological Survey
Sires
Tom
Dallas
Delaware
Buchanan
Decatur
Plymouth
T. F. Bain
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Department
WH. Murphey
Hamilton County
Haw
W. B. Niles
National Bureau of Animal Industry
Page County
Department of Agriculture
Animal Industry
F. W. Bicknell
Winterset
William Delane
Iowa State News
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School For the Deaf
J. M. Hard
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