Jerusalem Scenes Seen Through Expatriate Guide Eyes
J L Corley recounts his Jerusalem tour as a city guide. He describes Holy Sepulcher colleagues and Jewish synagogues visited with Boston tourists, Mecca processions, street filth, and biblical sites still drawing crowds amid war and upheaval. He notes comparisons to ancient times and ample humor amid religious contrasts. He observes pilgrims, beggars, and vendors and reflects on Jerusalem's persistent religious fervor.
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Jerusalem
Jaffa
Jericho
Dead Sea
Jordan
Hughs
South Africa
Church of the
Constantine
Golgotha
Gen
Gordon
Mamascus
Mt. P
Boston
Young People's Union Reports Promising Year At Baptist Church
The Young People’s Union of the Baptist church held its annual meeting with a large crowd, reporting a promising financial condition and encouraging progress. Rev Fowler urged higher effort. officers were elected for the year including Rosa Brandt as President and Ed Kintzle as Treasurer.
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Mar
Young People’s Union of the Baptist Church
Fowler
Rosa Brandt
Tese Westlake
Alice Waltop
Marie Prosser
Ed. Kintzle
Horace L. Husted
Bessie Porter
Elsie Hubacher
Julia Hutchinson
Augusta Bertram
Meeting of Muscatine Board of Directors 1900
The Muscatine board met March 19 1900 with most members present except Morgridge and Busch. The old board adjourned sine die after approving prior minutes and the new board organized with Little as chairman. J B Hunt became president and Z W Hutchinson vice president. J J Engel named treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Franklin
J. J. Engel
J. B. Hunt
Z. W. Hutchinson
A. K. Raff
Sec
Demise of Mrs Morris at Mulberry home
Mrs M M Morris died suddenly at home 1906 Mulberry around 9 pm Tuesday. She had been in good health after a hearty supper and retired, with granddaughter finding her asleep and dead. She was 65, widow of the late M M Morris known as a house mover, who died about a year ago. The death shocked the family due to its suddenness.
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Moses
David
Solomon
Moses Levi
Ezekial
J. L. Corley
M. M. Morris
George Pyle
Barger
Pyle
Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets
Advertisement claims Cascarets candy cathartic cures constipation forever. It promises refunds if CCC fails and asserts druggists retain no earnings from returns.
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C.C.C
Des Moines Senate Mix-Up and Pruning in Iowa Session
Unusually quiet day at the Iowa State Capitol with a journal printing error and a push to lower salaries. The Senate debated a lowest-bidder printing amendment, passed the Lambert dairy-commissioner bill with salary cuts, and defeated Hobart’s dental exam reform as the House prepared to tour Ames facilities.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
House
Lambert
Hobart
State Board of Dental Examiners
A Chariton Attorney Shot in Charityton Iowa
County Attorney Will G. Barger was shot in the head at Mrs. Geo Pyle’s Rowland avenue home. The shooting followed a confrontation over alleged broken promises after her husband’s recent divorce.
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Chariton
Iowa
Will G. Barger
Geo. Pyle
Rowland Avenue
Barger
Prominent Young Man Drowns in Carthage Lake
Ernest O. Schlapp, 28, a rising Burlington businessman and social figure, disappeared during a hunting trip Saturday. A large search found his body in seven feet of water at Carthage Lake. He was soon to marry Miss Gertrude Cottsworth of Chicago and leaves parents, a brother Carl, and a sister Anna. He had just returned from travels in Europe and the Nile.
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Burlington
Iowa
Ernest O. Schlapp
Carthage Lake
Schlapp
Riklen, Winter & Co
Furonce
Nile Country
Rev Herr lectures on applied Christianity at church
Rev Herr of the 1st Congregational church leads a series titled applied Christianity in the church lecture room. Last night crowds filled the room as he discussed the mission of the church and the theme The word and the work of the church.
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H. D. Herr
1St Congregational Church
Sheldon
Herr
Kansas City
Charles Sheldon
Narrow Escape On Cedar River Ice Breaks Boat
Fred Brazel Louis Klein and Charles Bodman barely escaped when their flatboat sank after hitting a snag in the Cedar river. Ice along the banks held, they forced through to shore, losing three guns and ammunition in the icy water.
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Fred Brazel
Louis Klein
Charles Bodman
Cedar River
Highway Robbery Stuns Ottumwa Desperado Arrest
Ottumwa Iowa March 19 After a fierce clash with local police Con Stafford a former resident and a young man with a bad police reputation was jailed with blood streaming from multiple head wounds and a nearly severed finger He was taken on drunkenness charges but police believe he and Grub Sherrod with a third suspect robbed E A Abbott Hillsboro of a $500 certificate of deposit a silver watch and 75 cents Stafford was beaten but appeared to enjoy the injury His notoriety as a young desperado is noted by authorities.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Con
Stafford
Grub Sherrod
E. A. Abbott
Hillsboro
Runaway Hay Rack Incident Injures Team Leader
B C Ludlow suffered a serious runaway this morning while loading a hay rack with furniture for Wilton. The man in charge was thrown from the wagon and struck on the head as the team dragged through Mulberry and Second streets. Ludlow estimates the loss at about 100 dollars.
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Mr. Ludlow
Mrs. Adams Linked to Local Resident in Cincinnati Shooting
Mrs James Adams once known in this city was identified as sister to Mrs Henry Scott in connection with her involvement in the March 15 Cincinnati shooting of her husband. The report notes a Davenport Clinton Railroad connection.
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James Adams
Cincinnati
Journal
Dubuque Native Bert Duncan Dies Suddenly at Home
Ethel Robert O Duncan a popular Dubuque figure dies last night after feeling unwell. Civil War veteran of the Forty-fourth Iowa infantry, long time city assessor, he leaves a wife four children and a brother Ed W Duncan of Salt Lake City. He would have faced renomination next year.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Ethel Robert O. Duncan
Weiland
Bert” Duncan
Forty-fourth Iowa Infantry
Ed. W. Duncan
Salt Lake City
Citizens
Beauty Is Blood Deep Cleanse Ad
An old advertisement urges readers to take Cascarets to purify blood and improve skin. It claims clean blood yields beauty and promises to reduce pimples boils blotches and bilious complexion. It lists price options 10 25 and 50 cents with druggists offering satisfaction guaranteed.
Notable City Figures Remembered in Obituary Snippet
The passage notes J. K. Scott’s son ran the Scott House for years and mentions Mrs. Furman, mother of Mrs. Adams, who was a leading dressmaker before moving to Omaha about twenty years ago.
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J. K. Scott
Scott House
Furman
Adams
Omaha
Traveler's Guide Schedule for Montezuma Travelers
Daily and Sunday passenger times from Montezuma to Muscatine and back. Freight and passenger trains listed with eastbound and westbound designations, noting departures at 8:00 and 7:10 p.m. freight at 6:00 p.m. and various No. numbers with times such as 10:43 a.m. and 11:35 p.m. indicating mixed passenger and freight service.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Clinton
Muscatine
Camanche
Harrison St
Folletts
Aos Mes
Princeton
LeClaire
Tile Works
Valley City
Wines
le Clair
Gilbert
Chicago
BR. &N
Montezuma
Assenger
Vratgat -Eoee
Wwelf
Passen
Fruitland
Grandview
Elrick
Muscatine Rail Time Table and Connections Highlight
Muscatine N and S Railroad time table outlines connections with the Burlington and Quincy for Burlington and southward routes and with Iowa Central for points east west and north. R M Darley serves as General Passenger Agent.
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Burlington
Muscatine
Iowa Central
R. M. Darley
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Young People’s Union
Morris
Capi
Tal
Senate Journal
der—Daily Commission
Trewin
Board of Control
Porter
Ames
Assembly
State Agricultural College and Mechanic Arts
Legion
Trebor
Jim
Huusald
Lacy
L Cusinolly
Sherrod
Clinton R. R
Traveler’s Guide
BR. L & P. Railroad
Denver
St. Joseph
Evane
Washington
Wilton
Muscat
ING ‘T
Crain
Muscatine N. & S. Railroad
Dillaway’s Crockery Store
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Muscatine, Iowa
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