Revival Sermons Draw Crowd in Des Moines Meeting
W. E. D. reports on Billy Sunday’s Des Moines revival. Audiences of 7,000 to 15,000 attend twice daily over four weeks, with 7,000+ converts and 800 at one service pledging to give up improper amusements. The article notes large crowds, strong organization, and Sunday’s effective sermons on booze and prohibition, plus broader support for national prohibition efforts.
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America
Billy Sunday
Des Moines
South Dakota
Christ
Gough, Beecher
Wendell Phillips
Speackers
Billy
United States
Rhody
Oc’sions
Sunday
Roads of the Future: Brick or Concrete Suggested
A New York Sun writer cites a Connecticut state engineer who after eighteen years says macadam fails due to upkeep costs. Concrete and brick roads prove safer longer lasting, with examples in Wayne County Michigan and Cuyahoga County Ohio. Brick roads in Terre Haute, Anderson, Cleveland, Newark show durability despite higher initial cost.
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Simmeri Ag
New York Sun
Connecticut
Wayne County
Mich
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Akron
Canton
Painesville
Terre Haute
Anderson
Ind
Newark
N. J
The Liquor Traffic Deliverance Day Pleads Reform
A fragmented report discusses a push for liquor reform and delivery controls in a city era. Officials and citizens debate temperance efforts while a broader movement calls for stricter rules to curb illegal saloon activity and improve public safety.
Meridian Road progress cited with 1913 spend
President John Nicholson of the Meridian Road association says over 500000 dollars were spent on permanent improvements in 1913 and at least an equal amount will be spent in 1914. The organization, started in Salina Kansas in 1911, aims to build a highway from Winnipeg to the Gulf of Mexico, passing through Grand Forks Fargo Watertown Yankton Salina Wichita Enid Oklahoma City and Lawton with a branch to Houston Galveston and another to Laredo via Temple Austin and San Antonio. The route is largely level and soon a car may traverse it in high gear. The current officers include Newton Kansas and DB Colp of San Antonio Texas with Robert Campbell of Anadarko Oklahoma as treasurer. Divisions cover Canadian North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Texas and others with seven Texas subdivisions.
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John ©. Nicholson
Meridian Road Association
Salina
Kaw
Winnipeg
Canada
Gulf of Mexico
Waco
Tex
Grand Forks
Fargo
N. D
Watertown
Yankton
8. D
Norfel
Yort
Neb
Wichita
Kan
Enid
Oklahoma City
Lawton
Oklo
Fort Worth
Colp
San Antonio
Tes
Robert Campbell
Anadarko
Okla
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Military
Texas
Good Roads Day Proposed For Iowa Schools
The Iowa highway commission and state superintendent urge consolidated school superintendents to designate a yearly Good Roads day in late April or early May. Each school should host its own event to study highway laws, prepare papers on highway work, and review road views, with an evening program and lecture by a highway representative.
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Iowa
Highway Commission of Town
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Highway Commission
Town Highway Commission
United States Office of Public Roads
Highway Commission
A Good Road Means Comfort for Autoists and Farmers
A good road brings comfort and pleasure to motorists and to the farmer pulling a farm wagon. The text notes that quality roads offer economy and ease, benefiting both drivers and agricultural transport.
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Mahaska County State Bank
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Geo. J. Thomassen
Puone
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Otley
Vander Zyl Bros
Chichester
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Campbell MacCulloch
Ladies Home Journal
the Smith's
Virginia
Kentucky
Congress
Webb-Kenyon
Smiths
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Baptist Record
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FESS
SSS Ssrn Soo Sid Frasteed
Castoria
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Blommers & Co
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