Talmage Sermon Urges Ban on Borrowing Trouble
In a September Washington address based on Matthew 6 34 Dr Talmage argues life is under divine care and warns against forebodings that fuel despondency. He cites blessings of nature and biblical promises, urges gratitude, prudent care, and trust in God for present trials and future worries.
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Louis Klopsch
N. Y
Washington
Talmage
Helen Chalmers
Thomas Chalmers
Free Church of Scotland
McCheynes
Robin
Payson
Robert Hall
Theodore Frelinghuysen
Judas
Joshua
Patmos
God
Why He Declined the Job Notable Treasury Department Selection Rejected
A Washington correspondent reports a unique case from the Civil Service Commission. A young bookkeeper from Atlanta was repeatedly selected and offered a $600 yearly post, but declined each time due to a business position paying $50,000 annually. Veterans in the secretary's office call it the most unusual instance observed.
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Treasury Department
Civil Service Commission
Atlanta
Washington
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
The
Times
Temporary Croesus: Wichita Falls Postmaster Handles Million in Office
H T Canfield, postmaster of Wichita Falls Texas, visited the sub treasury and handled one million dollars in small packages for a brief period. He described feeling elated and conceited only momentarily before the money was taken away and he returned to stamping postage.
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H. T. Canfield
Wichita Falls
Tex
New Orleans
A Proposal for a National Collective Name Us for the United States
A Chicago Inter Ocean report cites a South Side car passenger proposing a new collective name for the United States. He argues using Us, or Usites, would be short, expressive, biblical in sound, and unambiguous, replacing terms like America or Columbia.
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Congress
Chicago
Inter Ocean
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Columbia
Usonia
Iowa Officials Hear of State Finances and Mine Output
Des Moines reports from the auditor Frank Merriam show Iowa spent 4.42 million to run the state and its institutions in the two years to July 1 1901 up from 4.196 million in 1899 1901. The mine inspectors note coal output rose to 15 million dollars in value with 8 835 miners and 1 400 other workers paid 8 121 716 to miners and 3 494 196 to others in the period.
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Frank F. Merriam
State of Iowa
Agricultural College
Clarinda Hospital
Ccee
Andependence Hospital
Leasant Hospital
Mienwood Institute For
Knoxville Industrial Home
Eldora School
Bmibbellville School
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Davenport
Anamosa
Essccees
Iowa
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Shaw
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Boone
Webster
Jasper
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Beott
Adams
Appanoose
Monroe
Wapelloan
Wayne
Taylor Vs
van Buren
Ees
Davis Viscseres
Temoyson Veccesescseceee
Miss Winters and Somers on Eloping Taboo
A witty exchange in the Chicago Daily News features a 36 year old woman who elopes with a 20 year old, while a friend notes the awkward questions from strangers about whether he is her son. The brief dialogue underscores social judgments around age and marriage.
Iowa Men Buy 40000 Acres in North Dakota Near Glen Uhin
Iowa figures led by John Herriott James H Wilson and D W Woodin joined by Stuart and Guthrie Center capitalists bought three adjacent townships totaling about 30000 acres south of Glen Uhin within miles of the Northern Pacific railway. Land purchased directly from the railroad company. Buyers praise the parcel as well-watered and suited for stock and grain with expected rapid appreciation.
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Iowa
North Dakota
John Herriott
James H. Wilson
Secretary of State
D. W. Woodin
Des Moines
Stuart
Guthrie Center
Glen Uhin
Northern Pacific Railway
Herriott
Woodin
Beast terrorizes Greene County farms and towns
Northwestern Greene County residents report a wild beast roaming the area. Half grown boys were freed and girls chased near doorways as sheep were killed. Witnesses say the animal appeared as large as a three month old calf and is suspected to be a mountain lion. Locals plan to form a posse to hunt the creature.
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Greene County
Muscatine Rail Line Extension Plan to Burlington by 1903
The Muscatine North and South Railroad will extend its line from Elrick to Burlington and expects operation by January 1, 1903. L A Waldin led negotiations for right of way in Benton and Jackson townships with land offered outright on condition the road be completed by 1903.
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Muscatine North & South Railroad Company
Elrick
Burlington
L.A. Waldin
Benton
Jackson Townships
Prosperity and Reciprocity Urge Global Trade Growth
President McKinley in a Pan American exposition speech urges reciprocity to expand American commerce and industry. He links prosperity to savings, industrial expansion, and a wider foreign market while stressing peaceful, cooperative relations with Europe and the Americas.
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McKinley
United States
Pacific Coast
Mexico
Gentraut
South America
South American
Central America
Facts From The Natural World And Science
A compilation of various scientific tidbits. It notes a standard relation between elevation and barometer readings, discusses nettle varieties and global average temperature, lists relative densities of turpentine olive oil and alcohol, explains bacteria dissolving stone via nitrous acid, ranks beetles as strong insects with a horned beetle lifting many times its weight, identifies Halley as having the longest orbital period for a known comet, and compares sea island and East Indian cotton fiber lengths.
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Sea Island
Ministers Testify On City Gambling Saloons Court
Judge Silvary of Des Moines police court orders ministers including Evangelist M B Williams to testify about their presence at gambling houses resorts and drug stores. A ministerial party is accused of buying beer at a drug store and Williams cites the bottle in court. The drug store owner George Keenhold accuses the ministers of visiting illegitimate places and the case spurs talk of stricter city policy on immoral resorts.
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Silvary
Des Moiines
Evangelist M. B. Williams
Rev. A. GC
Douglas
Williams
Silvara
George Keenhold
Labor statistics show state spending on labor investigations
State Labor Commissioner Wennerstrom presents a comparative view of per capita spending on labor investigations. Iowa appears low at 1.08 dollars per 1000 people, while Connecticut spends most. several southern states show low or moderate levels. The report aims to influence the incoming legislature to empower the labor commissioner’s office.
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Ghimichean
Colorado
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North Dakota
Washington
Pennsylvania
Socialists in Iowa nominate ticket at Des Moines convention
The Iowa Socialist party held its state convention in Des Moines naming James Baxter for governor and W A Jacobs for lieutenant governor with A F Thompson for supreme court judge H C Middlebrook as railway commissioner and B K E Stevens for public instruction. Fifteen counties were represented by eighteen delegates as they declared a platform advocating cooperative ownership and elimination of poverty and capitalist control.
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Socialist Party of Iowa
Des Moines
James Baxter
Hiteman
W. A. Jacobs
Davenport
Supreme Court
A. F. Thompson
Centerville
H. C. Middlebrook
Rock Rapida
B. K E. Stevens
Burlington
United Socialistic Party
Indianapolis
Ind
Rural Free Delivery Set for Iowa Towns
Rural free delivery will begin in Iowa on October 1 with Rock Valley Bronx county three carriers to Camel discontingued and mail routed to Rock Valley Manning Carroll county one carrier 24 miles served population 000 Jefferson Greene county two carriers 49 miles served 1 176
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Carroll County
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Greene County
Urania Boat Burned At Mascatine In Fire
The Carnival City Packing company’s new Urania boat burned to the water’s edge at Mascatine, the laundry fire started the blaze. The large Burlington excursion party returning from Davenport escaped with no loss of life. Urania was bought by Capt. Walter I. Blair in Cincinnati for 17000 and was recently in the trade. The boat was fully insured. A. A. Walker of Crystal sold hogs worth 1751 from 80 acres, converting travel to farm wealth with a 75 dollar per acre value.
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Mascatine
Burlington
Davenport
Walter I. Blair
Cincinnati
A. A. Walker
Crystal
Iowa
Texas
Walker
Auction sale of Wellsburg saloon fixtures by county treasurer
County Treasurer White sold the saloon fixtures of Sander Assing J H Gereke Henry Schniderman C Schrage George Dunn of Wellsburg and Nels Nelson and W Wilson of Dike for failure to pay the mulct tax. Most property was bid in by the owners who will continue to do business.
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White
Ackley
Sander
Robbed of a Big Sum At Long Beach Cottage
Five bundles of $100 bills totaling 29000 dollars were taken from a trunk in a cottage at Long Beach a seaside resort near Los Angeles. The money belonged to John Kempley who moved to Long Beach from Fort Dodge about five months ago after selling his Lowey farm.
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Los Angeles
Cal
John Kempley
Fort Dodge
Lowey
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