Iowa Baptists rally for Central University growth in Pella
The Iowa Baptist state convention in Pella reports a strong financial year with nearly $10,000 raised for state missions, over $35,000 bequests for an endowment, and about $100,000 for Central University and Des Moines College. New pastors welcomed, officers elected, and plans set for 1903 including a Des Moines convention HQ and focused missions funding.
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Pella
Iowa Baptist State Convention
Wilcox
Central University
Des Moines College
Simons
Hamburg
Council Bluffs
Muscatine
Keokuk
Town City
Ames
Milford Riggs
Mac Minn
Burlington
Greaves
H. A. Porter
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
A. K. de Blois
Pigin
Ill
Central College
Pel-la
Iowa Baptists
Ladies Aid Society
Baptist Young People’s Union
D. C. Shull
Sioux City
E. B. Smith
Waterloo
S. E. Wilcox
Des Moines
Fred B. Palmer
Chariton
E. F. Sperry
Convention Board
Sac City
Cure a Cold in One Day Ad Preview
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promise a one day cure for colds with a money back guarantee if ineffective. Official boxes bear the signature of W. Grove. Price is 25 cents.
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Ki. W. Grove
Rev Clapp Conducts Quarterly Meeting at Sweetland
In Sweetland Iowa Oct 24 Rev Clapp from Muscatine led a quarterly meeting and preached to a large crowd. The report notes various residents traveling and visiting relatives, including Oliver Duffield returning from Colorado, Frank Bamford from a Des Moines trip, and Mrs Ella Haifleigh hosting a brother from Oklahoma. Farm labor remains scarce with high pay. J A Reynolds and family dined with the Chamberlins. Several attendees joined the funeral of Mr S C Kelley in Melpine Thursday.
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Sweetland
Iowa
Clapp
Muscatine
Oliver Duffield
Colorado
Frank Bamford
Des Moines
Ella Haifleigh
Oklahoma
Clinton County
Harry Bunker
Villisca
K. van Camp
J. A. Reynolds
Ed. Chamberlin
S. C. Kelley
Melpine
Grocer Seeks New Pint Measure Overcharged by Molasses
A corner grocer tells his wife they must acquire a new pint measure because the current one is used for measuring molasses and coal, angering customers who start to complain. The exchange is recounted by the Philadelphia Press.
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Philadelphia Press
Eve's Generosity Questioned in Star Cartoon
In a Washington Star cartoon dialogue Miss Cayenne defends Eve saying she shared the apple because Eve was generous and Adam was not a gentleman. The exchange plays on temptation and gender roles.
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Eve
Adam
Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Determined to Win in Philadelphia Press Journal
A terse quarrel unfolds as an old fashioned man proclaims his determination to win a woman. She rebukes him for lowering himself after he kisses her hand, revealing the social tension of courtship in a brief dramatic exchange.
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Philadelphia Press
Market Gossip From Potatoes to Michigan Celery Trade
Market notes show stable prices with modest shifts in apples oysters crappies and white perch. A commission merchant touts Kalamazoo celery from Michigan and explains a starch test for potatoes while listing current prices for corn oats wheat hay and produce including hogs cattle and fruit items.
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Commission
Journal
Illinois
Rio
Graham
Local Family Reunion and New Shop Near Atalissa
Atalissa Iowa October 24 1920 Mr and Mrs J W Lewis entertained Mrs Lewis brother and sister and her husband from Pedee and a niece from Wisconsin Wednesday. Mr Hampton has a roomy two story shop enclosed on the lot where his old shop was burned. He has used his tools many years and desires a place to work as long as he is able.
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Atalissa
J. W. Lewis
Pale schoolgirls seek beauty through blood food remedy
An ad promotes Scott's Emulsion as pale girl blood food that restores beauty and health. It urges send for a free sample and lists Scott & Bowne chemists in New York as the source.
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Scott
Scott & Bowne
Pearl St
Local notes on business, visits, and school schedule
Glad to see him establish again in a place of business. Speer prepares room south of the bank to start into groceries again until better quarters are ready. Charles Lundy visits Jamaica with his mother J W Melick. other party members return soon. Mrs Nettie Kingsbury’s visit ends with a horse accident injuring a four year old girl badly. School board extends term to Oct 31 and Miss Sarah Barkalow earns winter teaching post. Next Sunday Rev Griscel’s final services. West Liberty defeats Atalissa 10 to 0 as Asa Bowie injures shoulder. Will Speer returns from Ohio. Mrs Lobin hosts Kansas visitors. Ernest Van Horn sick with rheumatism.
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Speer
Charles Lundy
Jamaica
J. W. Melick
Pennsylvania
Nettie Kingsbury
Dakota
Sarah Barkalow
Penn Avenue
Griscel
West Liberty
Atalissa High School
Atalissa
Asa Bowie
Dr. Chesebrough
George
West Liberty Boys
Will Speer
Ohio
Wilton Club Delegates and Community Events Report
Mrs D E Smith and Olga, along with Mrs C C Bacon and Bertha attended the Confederation of Woman's Clubs meeting in Iowa City as N N club delegates. A Modern Woodmen banquet was held, Miss Hagerty visited Burlington relatives, and George Crocker of Beloit noted a local visit. Chas Curtis fell from scaffolding during shingling at the new Methodist church, breaking the right leg above the ankle and injuring a hand, but survived with less severe injuries.
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Mrs. Derby
the Pines
Chas. Curtis
New Methodist Church
A Good Side Dish and the Illusion of Fame
A Brooklyn Eagle quotation frames a literary man who shuns fame as a sole goal. He acknowledges that while pursuit of renown is tempting, true fulfillment comes from nourishment beyond it, treating fame as a side dish rather than a full meal.
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Brooklyn Eagle
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