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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1900
Page
4
A mix of short help wanted and service ads appears. An offer to rent a horse and buggy for work, a call for men to join a tailoring department, a drug store position for a registered female pharmacist seeking experience, and a contact via Camp Douglas Wisconsin.
Iowa Baptists gather for the fifty-ninth annual state convention at the First Baptist church with sessions Monday through Friday. Delegates from churches, a reception for delegates Wednesday, a Young People's banquet Friday, and plans to raise $75,000 for Des Moines College mark the weeklong events.
Devotional at 7 30 led by Rev I Coon Osage. Anthem by the choir at 8. Sermon by Rev J B Edmonson DeWitt. Appointment of committees.
A devotional service led by Rev. A. W. Caul of Manchester opens the day, followed by a talk on Ordination and Re-ordination by F. W. Parsons in Marshalltown. Judge E. E. Lewis discusses pew expectations, then Rev. J. A. Sutton speaks on local church relations to unevangelized fields. Election of officers and business items cap the program.
Morning sermon by J. W. Wed dell D D Davenport. Afternoon devotional by Rev G C Peck Wella. Secretary and treasurer reports. Address The Progress of Baptist Education During the Nineteenth Century by Dean James R Pen toff D D Burlington. Address The Paramount Duty by Rev Walter M Walker Des Moines. Reports of committees election of officers and business. Evening anthem by choir and 7 30 address The 20th Century.
Rev. Geo. D. Adams of Kalamazoo Michigan gives a sermon on The Vital Element in Education at the church venue. H. L. Stetson D. D. also delivers an address in Kalamazoo highlighting educational principles.
The program for the Baptist State Convention lists a full day of devotions, addresses, reports, and discussions across October 24. Notables include Rev. D McMasters Tama Rev. H M Remley Anamosa and speakers Mary Jayne Oklahoma and Mary Burdette Chicago.
Thursday schedule outlines devotional talks by Rev. Orr Campbell and Rev. C. Stiles with topics on prayer and weaker churches. Committees report on enrollment recommendations pastoral supply resolutions obituaries and beneficence led by Rev. L N Call and Hon D C Shull. Election of officers and closing business follow with additional devotional by Rev. D M Stiles.
The Baptist Missionary Union holds an afternoon 2:00 prayer service led by Rev. Thomas Ratcliffe of Farmington. Rev. Frank Peterson of Minneapolis and Rev. W. E. Story of Glenwood will address attendees.
Rev. Henry Clark of Creston delivers a talk on modern Sunday schooling. Rev. E M Stephenson, Chicago, outlines district secretary duties for the A B P and.
Baptist Home Mission Society session featuring 7 30 prayer for the country led by Rev E F Lilley of Woodbine and a 7 00 illustrated address on American evangelization by Rev D D Proper of Des Moines highlighting work in Mexico Porto Rico and potential work in Hawaii with the A B H M Society district secretary urging participation
Friday schedule lists a devotional service at 9:30 and an address at 9:00 by Mrs. Lydia Campbell, Field Worker of the Woman's Board of Foreign Missions Society. The event highlights missionary activities and guest speaker.
Program begins with song led by Rolla E Brown in Council Bluffs at 1 45. Committees announced at 2 00. State officers Minnie J Headley treasurer Artie Greene junior leader F W Bateson secretary. 3 00 The Wise Builder by P M Smock Waverly. 3 30 Unused Forces by R Garton Burlington. 4 00 Presentation of State Prize Banner J E Treloar Central City. 4 15 News from the field John G Farmer presiding. 4 30 Business meeting reports of committees election of officers. 5 00 Social hour Muscatine Union. 6 00 Banquet courtesy of Muscatine Church Milton Remley toastmaster. 7 30 Devotional W H Fowler Pella. Address The First Decade J O Staples Cedar Falls. The Next Step Rev F W Parsons Marshalltown. Sunshine and Shadow in the Christian Life John A Earl Waterloo.
A society ball at the newly renovated Armory Hall opened the 1900-01 season. Howard Warfield oversaw decor and improvements while a ten piece orchestra played. attendance was light due to warm weather, yet guests enjoyed a refined setting and refreshments. A forthcoming young social club dance is planned two weeks after last evening.
Anna Keck, who has spent her summer outing among the Rockies, returned to her home Thursday morning.
Town notes report Anna visiting coastal sites and Yellow Stone Park with photographs. Wapello Redard Gun club forms with land leased along Muscatine Slough and Turkey Island. Arthur Sprincer elected president. Roy Thompson and Stella Morse marry in Marshall township with Rev. Charles Blanchard in attendance. Keokuk Gate City referenced in critique. Schuyler Verdon named district court reporter. Frank Argyle opens new furniture store. local football 0 0 draw with Ottumwa.
A concise note observes that truth often sparks temper in political arguments, suggesting honesty provokes stronger reactions than rhetoric or charm.
Advertisement touts a home treatment by Dr. W. O. Coffee of Des Moines Iowa promising permanent cures for cataracts deafness and other eye and ear troubles. It offers a free 80 page book and a sample of the absorption method with testimonials from Judge George Edmunds and Thus Gorman and invites readers to write for guidance and the book.
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