Memorial Service for McKinley Draws Large Crowds
The McKinley memorial service was held at the M E church on Thursday afternoon with a full house and Knights Templar in uniform leading the procession. E J Salmon presided, the K T band played Nearer My God to Thee, and bishops Merrill and Summerville gave eloquent eulogies. Thursday was a day of mourning as business houses closed and the city reflected on the late president.
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McKinley
M.E
Knights Templar
K. Band
E. J. Salmon
K. T. Band
Merrill
Summerville
Okkaloosa
Local Briefs from Burlington District and Newton
Local notes report church and civic activities in Burlington and nearby Newton area. Mentions include Iowa Wesleyan University leaders, Grace church, anti saloon league events, and updates on residents such as Mrs. Vaughan who broke her hip. Also notes on local business moves, political figures, social events, marriages, and the death of Nellie Reynolds with funeral plans set.
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J. W. Hancher
Iowa Wesleyan University
W. 3. Mitchell
Mt. Pleasant Quarterly
C. F. Williams
Grace Church Burlingto Anti-Saloon Leagueiersel
Wm. Vaughan
D. J. Eberhart
Vaughan
Eldora
Eli Ammons
Mr. Ammons
Iowa Methodist Conference Ends Busy Fifty-Eighth Session
The Fifty-eighth annual Iowa Methodist Conference met in this city from Wednesday to Monday with 170 members, 13 in pastoral charges. Bishop Stephen Merrill, 76, presided as Newton hosted nearly 250 attendees. Officers elected included John C. Willits as secretary, W T Heppe and W P Stodard as assistant secretaries, Elias Handy as statistical secretary, T S Pool as treasurer, and C N Pace as postmaster.
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Millereburg
Titin
G. W. Burkit
Muscatine
Park
Av. C. L. Stafford
W. L. Clapp
Oskaloosa
Jay W. Somerville
J. A. Roovaart
Pella
H. F. Pugh
Lone Tree
Reasnor
D. F. Stiles
Reasnor Rose Hall
Mame
Sonora Batavia Taintor
D. Phillips
Sonora
B. F. Shane
Batavia
Bentoneport
R. Collier M Thornburg
A.W. McBrain
Rose Hill
Birmingham
E. J. Smith Bermingham Victor C.R. Zimmerman
Victor Bloomfield
J. W. Potter
Bloomfield
Elias Handy
G. L. Minear
Centerville
C. N. Pace
Thornburg
A. V. Kendrick
Centerville Tead School
Cincinnat Ge
Cincinnati Ottumwa
Donnelleon
J. H. Dimmitt
Doneon
Drakeville
Kemble Fairfield A
W. T. Howe
Pleasant Plain
First Church
W. S. Gardner
Blakesburg
M. L. Sanders
Tracy Keokuk Firet Ch
Brighton
H. A. Ingham
Keosanqua
W. R
Shearer Cedar Milton
J. F. Barnett
Ft. Madison
Chillicothe
Las E. Coggeshall
Chillcothe
Montrose
Hug Keosauqua Circuit
Moulton
Ville H. Dillon
Durham
Latham Ingham
Fremont
Blue Grass
Attica Kalona
Richland
G. W. Pool
Richland Keats
A. Shawkey
Sigourney A
Loveall
Newton Circuit
J.B. Payne Keota
Tracy
Smith
Mllard St
Enperin
Geo. Filmer Tendent America
Finsaragion
B. M. Bo
Ainsworth
Danville
J. McCleland Intendent
Towa
Iowa Methodist Conference
Lowa
Newton
Stephen M. Merrill
Newton Davenport
Missouri
Monroe
Des Moines
Knoxville
W. P. Stod Jard
J. B. Eyestone
H. I. Rutledge
J. A. Decker
Lincoln Hughes
J. W. DeVoe
Pool
C. W. Wilson
Iowa Conference Presiding Elders and Pastors List
The Iowa Conference announces assignments for the coming year with changes from last year. The left column names the charge, the middle column lists the appointed pastor, and the right column shows the previous year’s charge.
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Iowa
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Methodist Church
District
Dewey
E. J. Miller
Mingo A. L. Rumbaugh
Pere J. H. Dooley
Murphy J
Davis
Rucker Robert Bank
Curtis Mottitt
W. H. Morrison
P. H. Russell
Oliver Snodgrass
W. W. Porter
P. Helphrey
C. Cline
Sherman
Stuart McCullough
F. Altemeier
L. E. Simpson
Ed. Miller
John Alexander
Seereess
Monroe -Newburg
Avrams
Des Moines Register
H. H. Adams
Mr. Abrams
al Billard Hall
Albert Lufkin
Mr. Lufkin
Lufkin
Door
Joseph Woe
Joseph Coe
John Coe
le Claire
Oan
Burlington
Keokuk District
JS. Myers
Financial
C.S. Cooper
Presiding Elder
Keosauqua
California
C. H. Jasper
van Schoick
Gov. Shaw
Dr. Failor
M. E
Mr. Handy
G. M. Cole
A. K. Lufkin
Jasper County
Republican Central Committee
Altoona
Messrs
Fred Lattimer
Dyer Farnham
Anne Rayburn
Montezuma
Joe Rayburn
McElroy
Miles Humphrey
Jet Wright
Kellogg
Davenport
McCalmont
Woutheast
Geo. Hart
James S. Shaw
Marengo
J. C. Willits
Lon A. Woodruff
Bell Lathrum
R.F. Chambers
Presbyterian Church
Frank Osborn
Anderson
John Wormhoudt
Ottumwa
Nthe City
A. I
D. Wormhoudt
Ed. Giese
Nita Stephenson
Colfax
This City
Dr. Miller
J.T. Pound
Grinnell
Deathinas
Reynolds
Nellie Reynolds
M. Church
G.M. Tugrix
W. N. Potter
Barlington
R. F. Horlbert
Grace
J. W. Hackiey
G. W. Powelson Cok
Bus City
J. H. Taylor
F. W. Adame
Fordeville
E.E. Doud
L. A. Crull Ft. Madison
D. O. Bevan State Av
W. C. Chew
Wayland
Cannon
West Point
W.B. Ireland
Winfield
Thomas Osbornes
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