Montezuma Youth Sentenced for Fraudulent Checks in Iowa
Sigourney Review reports Ralph Gullett, 24, of Montezuma, jailed ten years in a state reformatory after passing worthless checks totaling thirty dollars to Oppenheimer Alsop Company. Similar bad checks were given to Pfaff Bros. Co. and Fischer Shoe Co., with another store in What Cheer involved. Officers say Gullett, likely Oklahoma-origin, used a rented truck and planned to flee. Sheriff Keating proved ready, and Schrier Brothers filed information in Des Moines.
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Sigourney Review
Ralph Gullett
Montezuma
State Reformatory
Gullett
Oppenheimer Alsop Company
Pfaff Bros. Co
Fischer Shoe Co
Oklahoma
Keating
Schrier Brothers
Des Moines
Keota Family Escapes Injury In Prairie City Crash
Mr and Mrs A D Stewart of Keota and their son Bobbie with Mr Stewart s sister Mrs George McCarthy of Oskaloosa were en route to Des Moines for the state fair when their car overturned in a ditch near Prairie City The five boys in an overtaking car struck the Stewart vehicle causing a double overturn punctured gas tank and small flames but all aboard escaped with only bruises
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Sigourney Review
A. D. Stewart
Keota
Prairie City
Stewart
Bobbie
George McCarthy
Oskaloosa
Des Moines
Stewarts
Plans of Hog Thieves Frustrated Near Carlisle Farm
Indianola Tribune reports two hog thieves were trapped by nine Polk County deputies at the Clarence and Hugh Schrier farm on the county line near Carlisle. Hogs were loaded into a truck when deputies surrounded the pasture. Hugh Schrier alerted Sheriff Keating, and authorities uncovered a prior planned raid thwarted by a prior postponement.
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Indianola Tribune
Clarence
Hugh Schrier
Polk County
Carlisle
Keating
Clarence Schrier
Schrier
Death Is Sudden for Searsboro Man
Searsboro mourns William McCullough who died in his sleep after a night of normal health. The coroner ruled the cause as an unexpected sleep death. He was active with local lodges and had been seen in good spirits Monday evening. he was alone at home when death occurred as his wife was away visiting relatives in Canada.
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New Sharon
Searsboro
William McCullough
McCullough
Canada
Bloomfield Woman Found Drowning in Pond
Mrs. Eulala Williamson Rayburn wife of Dog Rayburn of Bloomfield took her own life by drowning in the Burchett pond near her home in Bloomfield. The body was found after 11 o clock following a note left at home. She had been in poor health and despondent over her illness, shocking family and friends. Her husband works at Clyde Young grocery in Bloomfield.
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Milton Herald
Eulala Williamson Rayburn
Dog Rayburn
Bloomfield
Burchett Pond
Rayburn
Jasper County Farmer Ends His Life in Ill Health
J T Newell, a leading Jasper County farmer from Mound Prairie township near Fairmount, shot himself with a .32 caliber rifle at about 7:00 Monday night. Despondency from cancer and four recent unsuccessful operations were cited as the probable cause. the coroner was informed by an attending physician.
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Monroe Mirror
J.T. Newell
Jasper County
Mound Prairie Township
Fairmount
Newell
James J. Engle
Newton
Death of Mr Newell After Alleged Gunshot Self-Inflicted
The dead man was found in his bed by family after a gunshot. He was born November 8 1859 near Eddyville in Wapello County and moved with his parents to Jasper County as a child. He lived on a farm near his current residence before his death.
Iowa to hold one month waterfowl hunt in October
Des Moines reports the State fish and game commission says Washington has limited Iowa waterfowl season to October due to drought in Canadian breeding areas. The season runs from October 1 noon to October 31 sunset, applies to surrounding states, with hopes for decent hunting despite a shortened flight. Local hatch reports indicate normal conditions for hunters.
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and Game Commission
Des Moines
State Fish and Game Commission
Washington, D. C
Iowa
United States
Alaska
International Sunday School Lesson by J A Lapham
International Sunday School Lesson discusses missionary experiences from Acts 14 8 23 and related scriptures. It highlights teaching aids like First Memory Lessons leaflets by Rev Pritk Guedier, aims to help primary and junior classes find Bible books, and notes the challenges of miracles and cultural beliefs faced by Paul and Barnabas in Lystra.
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Pritk-Guedier
American Baptist Publication Society
Michigan Ave. S
Chicago
Obadiah
Philemon
Gardner
Paul
Barnabas
Iconium
Lystra
Apostle
God
Poultry Disease Ad Promotes Kamala Nicotine Worm Caps
Farmers' Co operative Store urges farmers to use Dr Salsbury's Kamala Nicotine Worm Caps to combat worms in chickens. The ad claims worms steal nourishment and profits and promises the product is easy on birds yet hard on worms, offering a free Poultry Disease Book.
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Salsbury
Farmers’ Co-operative Store
Turn To The Living God And The Paul And Barnabas Tale
In this sermon fragment the speaker contrasts mob violence with faith in turning to the living God. It recalls Paul and Barnabas facing worship, backlash, and endurance, urging obedience to good laws and steadfast mission work amid peril. The lesson plan asks youth to map early Christian sites, study miracles, and compare church structures and associations.
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Paul
Barnabas
Europe
Jesus Christ
Henry van Dyke
God
Derby
Jesus
Baptist Association
Iowa Baptist Convention
Northern Baptist Convention
Baptist World Alliance
Thekla
Iconium
William Bancroft
First Missionary Report Reaches Antioch With Praise
W W Far and Dr Amos Wells recount the return journey of early missionaries. From Perga to Attalia they found transport back to Syria and Antioch. They reported Cyprus evangelized, Asia Minor churches established, Jews and Gentiles converted, and hardships endured. The account ends as a long paean to God and Jesus Christ.
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Amos Wells
Perga
Attalia
Pamphylia
Antioch
Syria
Church
Cyprus
Asia Minor
Courage Defined as Coherent Manhood in Read the Chronicle
A reflective note on courage equated with active unity of a man’s faculties. It argues bravery is not fearlessness but the gathered, focused coherence of will, mind, and action shaping a single effective identity in the world.
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Philip Brooks
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Heaven
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Chronicle
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Pella
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Co-operative Sale Co
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