Memorial Sermon Highlights Soldier Saints And Nation
Rev J N Elliott delivered a memorial sermon at the Presbyterian church as Shelby Norman Post the W R C and Company C attended with a large crowd. The service praised military sacrifice and Christian patriotism noting war can serve humanity and honoring Grand Army veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Elliott
Presbyterian Church
Shelby Norman Post
Woman's Relief Corps
Company C
G. M. D. Slocum
A. T. Fowler
H. D. Herr
Richard Fox
Christ
L. B. Hix
America
Ross
Pastor Slocum Departs Pilgrim Mission Church in Muscatine
In Muscatine Rev. G M D Slocum preached farewell at Pilgrim Mission on Green Street after six years as pastor. He resigns amid opposition from a Reading Circle and Christian Endeavor group. notes his wife’s health and library gift, and urges continued church operation with Des Moines Home Missionary support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilgrim Mission Church
Green Street
G. M. D. Slocum
Brethren
Paul
Corinthian Church
Slocum
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Pilgrim Church
Reading Circle
Christian Endeavor Society
Muscatine
Home Missionary Society
Des Moines
Sabbath School
Eclipsed Sightings Reported by Scientists in 1869
The article notes a modest solar eclipse observed in Muscatine by J. P. Walton and colleagues with instruments from St. Marys school site. Observers recorded a one degree temperature drop and a 0.06 inch barometer change, photographing seven images and recalling the 1900 total eclipse reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithsonian Institute
Josiah P. Walton
Thomas Brown
Muscatine Academy
R. H. McCampbell
J. A. Matthewson
C. M. Brown
H. i. Robbins
J. P
John W. Walton
St. Mary's School
Hacan
J. P. Walton
J. W. Walton
Big Shoot Tomorrow at Muscatine Rod and Gun Club
Preparations are finished for a shooting event tomorrow afternoon at Park Place. The Muscatine Rod and Gun club expects high participation as clay birds return to the competition. Jim Davis holds the gold medal with J Fige as silver. both will defend their titles under Interstate association rules at the old rolling mill site, with spectators admitted free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Place
Muscatine
Jim Davis
J. Fige
Burglary Report From Washington Iowa May 28 1900
Early Saturday James Metzg ar lives in West Washington chased two burglars who fled along the railroad track. Phil Brown near Rock Island station lost a gold watch and $25. A. Hind was fired upon but unharmed. police report the culprits are local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
James Metzgar
West
Phil. Brown
Rock Island Station
A. Hind
Hind
Canvass Nears Finish for Sunday School Work
About eighty-five workers canvassed Friday and some on Saturday with more districts to visit tomorrow. Twenty joined in the First Ward, twenty-four in the Second, twenty-one in the Third, and twenty in the Fourth. Cards will be sorted by church preference and given to pastors. Country townships vary in response. a later canvass will organize them. Mr Ven Blarcom of Moody Training School began work in Adams station and will cover Conesville and surrounding areas for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ven Blarcom
Moody Training School
Chicago
Adams Station
Conesville
The Christian’s Supremacy Through Christlike Life
Yesterday morning Mr. Fowler preached on The Christian's Superiority basing the discourse on Matthew 5 47. He argued true differentiation over others makes a life influential and that Christianity supplements all good, yielding a life made by God not self made. The distinctive Christian life is likeness to Christ and Christlike love.
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Israel
United States
Budha
Socrates
Jesus
Christ
Shell laden Whitney drifts down river with 350 tons aboard
The A. J. Whitney reached its landing after a voyage from Prairie du Chien with four barges loaded with shells. Low water caused sandbar delays and a sinking barge before final removal and progress downstream to the city with the largest cargo of shells ever brought there. The river remains unusually low for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Whitney
Prairie du Chien
Clinton
Whitney
Gen. Barnard
LaCrosse
Lilly
Keokuk
Blair
Davenport
Iowa
Quincy
Dubuque
Twelfth annual Railroad Commissioners meet in Milwaukee
The Twelfth annual meeting of Railroad Commissioners is being held in Milwaukee under the Inter State Commerce Commission with many in attendance. Topics include construction and operating expense classifications, railroad statistics, uniform classification, powers and duties, legislation, delays in enforcing orders, safety appliances, grade crossings, and plans to ascertain fair valuation of railroad properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Trial Delay in South Muscatine Clam Rake Fight
The Wesley Machlin and Settlemires case was postponed as one participant could not appear. Machlin and Ed Settlemire sustained the worst cuts, with Machlin visiting the police court and having stitches removed. Settlemire remains bedridden, delaying trial until he can attend and recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Machlin
Settlemires
David
Ned
South Muscatine
Machlin
Ed. Settlemire
Settlemire
Astronomers from Naval Observatory view total solar eclipse
Professor Milton Updegrave and a team of astronomical attaches visit Barnesville to observe the solar eclipse along the totality line. The government station says it is the largest and most complete along the path sixty years apart and centers on the corona beyond the dark band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnesville
Milton Updegrave
Government Naval Observatory
Mexico
United States
New Orleans
Norfolk
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Delaware Lackawanna and Western Run Direct Train to Chicago
The Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad began a joint service with the Wabash Railroad this week, offering a twenty five hour trip between Delaware and New York. Known as differential lines they had agreed to stop paying passenger commissions and to avoid through trains New York to Chicago in under twenty eight hours. Pennsylvania and New York Central may respond with action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Wabash Railroad
New York
Lackawanna and Wabash
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Death of Mrs Mary A Gilbert at Muscatine home
Mary A Gilbert widow of Samuel Gilbert who died in 1873 passed away Saturday at 11 30 pm at her East Hill home. Born March 5 1824 in Indianapolis she moved to Muscatine in 1839 and resided there ever since. Surviving are three sons and three daughters. Funeral held at Park Avenue M E Church this afternoon at 2. Interment in Gilbert Cemetery.
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Mary A. Gilbert
East Hill
Gilbert Cemetery
Careless shooting nearly hits woman and child in Mulberry area
A stray bullet narrowly misses Mrs. Ed Millett and a child when youths shooting at a mark behind Bitzer's barn fire high and strike Reinecke's Mulberry Street window. The pane shatters and the bullet is recovered inside the room, prompting sharp critique of the reckless act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Millett
Bitzer
Reinecke
Mulberry Street
Miss Katherine Clark to Wed Dr Louis Morris in New York
Miss Katherine Stauffer Clark daughter of Senator Clark of Montana will marry Dr Louis Rutherford Morris today at St Thomas Church New York. The bride has a $6,000,000 fortune and the couple will travel to Paris shortly after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Clark
New York
Katherine Stauffer Clark
Montana
St. Thomas’s Church
Louis Rutherford Morris
Clark
Dr. Morris
Paris
Miss Clark
National canning and preserving trades form protection association
Representatives from all leading U S canning and preserving manufacturers meet in Buffalo New York to form an association aimed at mutual protection and information. The group seeks to guard shared interests and monitor trade developments nationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Ancestry Pride Turns Questionable for Modern Man
A reflective quip notes that a man may feel pride in his ancestors yet suggests those ancestors might not approve of his current life choices. The line exposes tensions between heritage and present behavior in a concise witticism.
City reports heavy farm turnout for replanting corn
Far mers from near er farms gathered in the city today as cold damp weather ruined the first planting and made replanting necessary in many fields.
McKinley and party arrive to view eclipse in Norfolk
President Mc Kinley Secretary Long and six guests arrived in Norfolk aboard the Dolphin to witness the total solar eclipse passing over the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
McKinley
Long
Iowa Weather Outlook Showers East. Partly Cloudy
Chicago reports for Iowa indicate partly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday with showers in the eastern portion. The forecast emphasizes variable cloudiness across the state with localized rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Iowa
Disfranchisement on Negroes Debate in Virginia Polls
Richmond May 28 An important question to be decided at the polls today concerns the negroes franchise rights. The measure aims to disenfranchise black voters through a Constitutional Convention reform led by Democrats in white supremacist counties. Opponents include corporations local office holders and Republicans with some Democrats like Gov. Tyler doubt passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Great Corporations
Gov
Tyler
Seven States Hold Elections Before Next November Vote
The Chicago Record notes seven states Oregon North Carolina Alabama Arkansas Vermont Maine and Georgia will hold primary or election dates before the presidential contest. North Carolina Alabama Arkansas Vermont and Georgia are unlikely to influence the national outcome while Maine and Oregon attract more attention for potential impacts ahead of the conventions.
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Oregon
North Carolina
Alabama
Arkansas
Vermont
Maine
Georgia
Chicago
Charter Revision Hearing in Brooklyn Tonight
The Charter Revision Committee will hold a public hearing at City Hall in Brooklyn on May 28. Topics include the Mayor's term, legislative department, municipal ownership, education, borough system, taxes, economy, police organization and public improvements. Some radical changes will be recommended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charter Revision Committee
City Hall
Borouch
Brooklyn
Illinois Club Women Convene in Evanston on Mothers Congress
The convention of delegates from Illinois women's clubs meets in Evanston for organizing a State congress of mothers. Bishop J. B. Vincent will deliver the evening address on Religious Training of Boys. Tomorrow's session focuses on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llinois Club
Evanston
Ill
Woen's Clubs
Illinois
Congress of Mothers
J. B. Vincent
New Commander Takes Charge of The Prairie
Naval Chane Washington May 28 Commander Williams Swift assumed command of the Prairie relieving Commander M R S Mackenzie who is ordered home and placed on waiting orders The Prairie engages in exercising the naval militia of the Atlantic and gulf States
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Williams Swift
M. R. S. Mackenzie
Atlantic
Gulf States
Morristown Woman Faces Strychnine Murder Trial
Emma K. Sutton indicted by the grand jury on May 9 for suspected murder of her husband. The trial opened in Morristown, New York, on May 28 with Sutton having pleaded guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morristown
N. Y
Emma K. Sutton
Wilton Man Recovers After Repeated Accidental Shootings
Frank McCartney of Wilton endured a third accidental gunshot, the bullet lodging near his hip after a companion’s hammer snagged his rifle while they shot at a target. He previously survived a 72 grain load lodged in his right side and back and a shot to his instep.
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Frank McCartney
McCartney
Jewelry house becomes Charles E Graves & Co in Chicago
The J. B. Chambers & Co firm at Madison and Clark streets shifts to Charles E. Graves & Co. Charles E. Graves remains president and Col William Keeler secretary, continuing the policy that has brought success. Col Keeler is well known in Muscatine, making the move of local interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Chambers & Co
Madison and
Clark Streets
Charles E. Graves & Co
Charles E. Graves
William Keeler
Presents Company
Chicago
Col
W. B. Keeler
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Arthur Fowler
Christian
Pil- Congregational Church
Muscatine Rod and Gun Club
Ington
Railroad Commissioners
van Blarcorn
The
First Baptist Church
Canners
Wilton
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