Echoes of pulpit by Prof Piersel at Mt. Pleasant church
Prof. A C Piersel dean of Iowa Wesleyan University spoke at First Methodist with Deut 34 4 on Moses lifework and divine will. Rev H D Herr began a series and praised Daniel Webster as a Christian product with a long sermon full of anecdote and inspiration.
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A. C. Piersel
Iowa Wesleyan University
Mt. Pleasant
First Methodist Church
God
Moses
Promised Land
Christ
Napoleon
Cardinal Wolsey
Philip of Macedon
Belshazzar
Darius
Dartmouth College
Webster
Marshall
Hayne
Herr
Beacon Lights in Biography Daniel Webster Sermon
The First Congregational church spoke on Beacon Lights in Biography focusing on The Life and Character of Daniel Webster. Reverend H. D. Herr argued Webster's greatness sprang from a Christian civilization under American institutions and that such a civilization produced him.
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First Congregational Church
Beacon Lights
Daniel Webster
H. D. Herr
Webster
Senate
Rev G M D Slocum Praises Moody at Y M C A Talk
Rev G M D Slocum delivered a discourse at the Y M C A yesterday afternoon on Moody’s work in Chicago. He described Moody as wise modest and unselfish with great tact and closed with a tribute to the century’s greatest evangelist.
Young People's Day at U B Church Features Vision Sermon
The U B church observed Young People's Day with a 10:30 a m sermon titled A Young Man's Vision by the pastor and a 7:30 p m meeting led by the Young People. Essays and music enhanced the program and a collection was taken for the Chicago mission.
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U. B
Chicago
Davenport Times Announces New City Directory Delivery
The Davenport Times is delivering its new city directory to subscribers under easy conditions. The directory aims to be nearly correct and complete and reflects credit on publishers and compilers. Davenport’s population is shown at about 40 000 with canvassers at work and a Muscatine edition planned for a similarly complete book.
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Davenport Times
Davenport
Muscatine
George Wright Sent to Fort Madison for Murder
A large crowd gathered at the depot to witness the departure of murderer George Wright. He stepped from a carriage, boarded the train under Sheriff McGaughey, and was escorted to Fort Madison where he will remain for life.
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George Wright
Sheriff McGaughey
George
Ft. Madison
Reppert's Drug Store Changes Hands
John J. Coady, former clerk for F Reppert on West Second Street, buys the entire stock and starts his own business. He plans an enlarged inventory and aims to preserve the store's leading city reputation with Muscatine friends offering best wishes.
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John J. Coady
F. Reppert
West Second Street
Mr. Coady
Sailboat Louise Sold to Chicago Buyer
Saturday afternoon the sailboat Louise owned by Will Dillaway and Cc W Hodge was sold to Walter P. Rait of the Columbia Yacht Co Chicago for 60 dollars. He will ship the vessel today to Chicago where it will be launched on the lake.
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Louise
Will Dillaway
Cc. W. Hodge
Walter P. Rait
Columbia Yacht Co
Chicago
Rait
Death of Mrs. Mary Fedder at Fruitland
Mrs. Mary Fedder, 82, died yesterday afternoon at her Fruitland home. She leaves a large family. The funeral was held at her home and burial took place in Fruitland cemetery.
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Mary Fedder
Fruitland
Trolley Day Returns with Open Street Cars
The piece evokes a summer mood as Trolley Day approaches and open street cars may be back on the streets.
Journal Adds New Press and Linotype Machines
The Muscatine Journal announces a near completion of installing a new perfecting printing press and a second Linotype from Mergenthaler. The big press was shipped from R Hoe & Co and is expected to arrive by week’s end. The Linotype is due near the 17th, with setup to begin promptly for the paper’s high circulation.
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Journal
Word
Mergenthaler Lynotype Co
New York
R. Hoe
Strike Settled at Leo Hirsch Button Factory in Chicago
Leo Hirsch & Co. announces a wage raise after a weeklong strike. The new scale increases by one cent on butts and one-half cent on tips, with workers supplying saws and files. Most returning as factory resumes normal output. effects on related plants noted by D A Willis and Boston operations unchanged.
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Leo Hirsch & Co
Hirsch Button Factory
Leo H. Hirsch
New York
Fred. Vetter
D. A. Willis
Chicago
Hirsch
Boston
Bosten
Runaway Adorns City Streets Involving Kaisers Horse
A noon incident in the business district sparked a runaway when William Kaiser’s horse broke loose and struck the Giesenhaus delivery wagon on Second Street. George Crouch was thrown as the wagon veered west, sending the team into a gallop and colliding with Dr. A J Oliver’s buggy.
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William Kaiser
Giesenhaus
George Crouch
A. J. Oliver
Plucky Cane-Grab Halts Runaway Horses On Front Street
Horace Herr city editor of the Journal chased two frightened horses through Sycamore and Depot streets before catching one by the bridle with a cane. The dramatic dash ended near the Commercial hotel where Herr halted the pair and earned hero status. He is the son of Rev. H. D. Herr of the First Congregational church.
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Sycamore
Front Street
Commercial Hotel
Waterloo
Horace Herr
Herr
Journal
H. D. Herr
First Congregational Church
Muscatine Siblings Highlight Northwestern Dental School Grad
Charles Seiler traveled to Chicago to attend the Northwestern University dental school commencement at Central Music Hall. Miss Agnes Seiler, a Muscatine High School graduate, also earned her degree amid a class of 185 and will practice dentistry in the city after a short vacation.
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Charles Seiler
Chicago
Northwestern University Dental School
Agnes Seiler
Muscatine
Charley Seiler
Central Music Hall
Seiler
Iowa University
Northwestern University
United States
Miss Seiler
Charles
Hotel del Prado
Fruit crop shows improving Apple and grape yields
Secretary Wesley Greene reports a generally satisfactory fruit crop with apples at 92 percent and grapes at 35 percent of normal. Readings show replanting of grapes and black berries statewide after last winter's damage, though raspberries and strawberries suffered from drought and winter injury.
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Wesley Greene
The
Horticultural Association
Greene
West Liberty Social Notes Reflect Local Movements
Miss Mariam Hildebrand visits Letts while Edward Elliott begins a cosy house project on East Seventh Street. The Ruthian Missionary Society hosts a tea at the M E church and Epworth League plans a Monday meeting at H H Hildebrand's home.
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Mariam Hildebrand
Letts
Edward Elliott
East Seventh
Ruthian Missionary Society
M. E
Epworth League
H. H. Hildebrand
Lou Chesebro
Harry
Edith Smith
Iowa City
Z. W. John
Newton
Sara Watters
Grinnell
H. B. Watters
Old Cottage
West Fifth Street
Delightful Evening at Fruitland Home Party
Miss Cora and Roy Fitzsimmons hosted a pleasant gathering of young friends at their Fruitland area home on Friday evening May 4. Games and light refreshments followed, and all attendees enjoyed the evening.
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Miss Cora
Roy Fitzsimmons
Fruitland
Electoral College Perfume Sold At Auction
Indiana observes 100th anniversary as chiefs of police meet? tele phone company session and municipal election noted alongside Maryland events.
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Chiefs of Police
Grosvenor gives first electoral college split estimate
Gen Charles H Grosvenor releases a statistical forecast of the 477 electoral votes. He assigns 174 to the Democrats led by McKinley’s rivals in Alabama Arkansas Colorado Florida Georgia Kentucky Idaho Louisiana Maryland Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia for a total of 174 and 260 to McKinley with Pennsylvania the big prize at 32 and New York 36. He marks Kansas as doubtful and notes the Porto Rican tariff may help.
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Washington
Charles H. Grosvenor
Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Idaho
Louisiana
Maryland
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
McKinley
California
Connecticut
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
New Jersey
New Hampshire
New York
North Dakota
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Vermont
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Kansas
Auction of Ionone Violet Water Valued at 1200 Dollars
Baltimore dealers attend the sale of a bottle of ionone violet water seized by customs as undervalued. Officials report the pint liquid, a coal tar fragrance, was valued at 645 pounds in England and 150 by importers, with high duties boosting the final price to 1200 dollars. */
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Baltimore
England
Indiana Observes 100th Anniversary in Statewide Celebration
Indianapolis marks the 100th anniversary of Indiana becoming a Territory with statewide observances. The article notes Indiana's historic role next to Ohio, its presidential ties with two Harrisions, numerous Speakers of the House, and influential Cabinet holders, plus a strong senatorial delegation.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Ohio
Harrisons
Mercantile Trust Case In Denver City Franchises
The Mercantile Trust Company of New York sues the City of Denver in a U S Court of Appeals hearing seeking to block the city from repealing blanket franchises held by the Denver Tramway company. The dispute tests the district court power to enjoin a city council from acting on ordinance repeal.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Mercantile Trust Company of New York
City of
Denver
United States Court of Appeals
United States District Court
Denver Tramway Company
New Canadian Cycling Association founded in Montreal
A convention of all Canadian bicycle clubs meets in Montreal to form a new Canadian Cycling Association in opposition to the Canadian Wheelmen's Association. Officers will be elected and a constitution and by laws adopted. The proposed name is Canadian Cyclists Association.
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New
Canadian Cycling Association
Montreal
Wheelmen’s Association
Canadian Cyclists Association
Adamson to Wrestle Two in Louisville Tonight
Edward Adamson set to face Albert Meish and Mueller at Music Hall in Louisville on May 7. Promoter rates Adamson favored to win easily as his opponents are regarded as novices and have no notable throwing records.
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Louisville
Edward Adamson
Albert Meish
Mueller
Music Hall
Adamson
New England Telephone Co Stock to Rise to 20 Million
New York May 7. The annual and special meetings of the stockholders of the New England Telephone Company are held here to consider the directors recommendation to increase capital stock from 15 million to 20 million dollars.
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New York
New England Telephone Company
Showers to Night and Iowa Weather Outlook
Showers tonight with thunderstorms in the east and cooler conditions in the west. Tuesday should bring fair weather. In Iowa indications suggest continued unsettled conditions.
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Chicago
Ill
Iowa
Boers Retreat as British Cross Vet River
London reports Lord Roberts crossed the Vet river and encamped at Smaldeel Junction. Boers are in full retreat and British forces confirm the capture of Winburg.
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London
Lord Roberts
Vet River
Smaldeel Junction
Winburg
Police Chiefs Convention Opens in Cincinnati
The National Convention of Chiefs of Police began in Cincinnati on May 7 with a full schedule of entertainments including an Ohio River Island Queen ride with refreshments and music, a mammoth trolley tour and lunch, a Fire Department exhibition, a May Festival visit, and the police inspection and drill at the ball park followed by a banquet at Alms Hotel.
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Cincinnati
National Convention of Chiefs of Police
Canada
Ohio
Queen
Zoo
Fire Department
Government Square
Music Hall
Cincinnati Police Department
Baseball Park
Alms Hotel
Phyllis a Romance of Old Virginia at Waldorf Astoria
The Strollers present a two act operetta tonight through May 12 at the Waldorf Astoria grand ballroom with matinees on Thursday the 10th and Saturday the 12th. Proceeds aid Brightside Day Nursery Harlem Exchange for Women's Work and several charities including Mothers' and Babies' Hospital and the Samaritan Home for the Aged.
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New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Brightside Day Nursery
Harlem Exchange For Women's Work
Mothers’ and Babies’ Hospital
Columbia University Crew
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
Samaritan Home For the
Philippines
Old
Virginia
Hyattsville Elects Mayor and Council in Ward Ballot
Hyattsville Maryland voters go to the polls to choose a mayor and two councilmen per ward under a city government reform. A $30,000 water works bond measure is also on the ballot.
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Hyattsville
Presbyterians Discuss Creed At Washington Meeting
The presbytery of Washington holds a church meeting at the Church of the Covenant to consider a general assembly recommendation for a brief creed. Presbyterians nationwide have already begun taking action toward this church creed proposal ahead of the St. Louis assembly on May 17.
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Washington
Church of the Covenant
General Assembly
St. Louis
Riverside Cat Meal Mill closes amid uncertainty
In Riverside the cat meal mill halted operations to grind remaining oats then shut down without stated reason. Locals fear a buyout by a trust as new machinery and a storage building recently arrived, signaling a grim future for workers and town.
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Trust
Riverside
Muscatine
Jas. Walsh
Sam Ferrers
Sam
Dr. Kelley
Iowa City
Ed. Molin
Livermore
Lew Critz
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Leyan
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Moody
U. B. Church
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Will
News of the Journal
New Press and
Linotype
Northwestern Dental School
West Liberty
Electoral
Nicipal Election
First Electoral Statistics
New England Telephone Co
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