Evangelist Jones Berates Old Excuses At Quincy Tabernacle
A 3000 plus crowd heard Bob Jones denounce excuses to salvation in a fiery campaign. He urged personal conversion, criticized church membership without rebirth, and led Converts toward joining city churches as a revival pushes toward 1600 confessions. He cited Lot and urged public commitment despite fear of ridicule.
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Grace Methodist Church
Batt
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Bob Jones
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Jesus
Edith Colby on trial for murder in Thompson Falls
Miss Edith Colby, a newspaper reporter, is accused of murdering A. C. Thomas, a Montana politician, last September. Defense testimony introduced claims she sought Thomas arrest for insult and that she was of unsound mind. Judge Nippert testified about her remark on slapping a man who called her a “woman of the underworld,” offering restraint for such action. Spokane residents testified she was of unsound mind. Attorney John Mulligan said Colby would testify next.
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Miss Colby
American speech is good says professor at conference
At a New York convention of the National Council of Teachers of English Professor Frederick Newton Scott of the University of Michigan argued American speech lacks uniformity does not prove inferiority to English speech He defended regional dialects and asserted sincere cultured speech while noting New England speech no longer dictates dialect choices. He also cited memory as a tool not an end with Harvard's Wm A Nielsen cautioning against letting memory replace real thinking.
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New York
Frederick Newton
Scott
University of Michigan
National Council of Teachers of English
New England
New
Wm. A. Nielsen
Department of English Literature
Harvard
Carranza Addresses Congress in First Session
General Venustiano Carranza spoke at the first formal session of the constitutional congress in Querétaro on Friday. He did not reference the ongoing tensions between Mexico and the United States during his address.
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Congress
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Mex
Constitutional Congress
Mexico
United States
Fresh Gift Announced
CHICAGO December 2 A gift of 256 OK was added to the fund of the Chicago university medical college Friday, bringing the fund total to 83 950 000 of the 5 300 which must be made.
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Chicago
Chicago University Medical College
Lift Quarantine on Cattle From Five States
Cheyenne Wyo Dec 2 The state quarantine against cattle from Kansas Iowa Missouri South Dakota and Nebraska will be lifted today state veterinarian A W French announced the move reflects improved health conditions and aims to ease interstate cattle movement during the winter season
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Wvyo
Kansas
Iowa
Missouri
South Dakota
Nebraska
A. W. French
Capt Pennoyer Completes 47 Years in Steamboat Service
Captain A H Pennoyer, a Quincy icon in river trade, ends his 47th consecutive winter season after steering steamboat operations since 1869. Known from St Paul to St Louis, he greets wharf visitors with steady optimism and recalls meeting thousands of people, with a few exceptions.
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A. H. Pennoyer
Quincy
Pennoyer
Waters
Mr. Pennoyer
Great River
St. Paul
St. Louis
Christmas in G C B C observed at Gem City business college
A short lecture to the actual business department by J H Crafton marked Quincy’s Pulse Christmas observance at Gem City Business College. Stage money and hour by day banking simulated real transactions as students received souvenirs, with Christmas repeating in cycles through the year. Circuit Court Today Judge Akers to set docket for week of Nov 11. no cases of special interest listed. Janitor Has Hard Work Steve Ferryman, long-time courthouse janitor, to appear before supervisors. eight years in service with broad county support. Indoor SBaseball Two games at YMCA Friday night Otis Elevator office tea vs Standard Oil 13–8. Otis vs Electric Wheel 9–6 in favor of Otis.
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Grace Methodist Church
Loren Jones
P. P. Billhorn
Georgia
Billhorn
Tabernacle
John T. Inghram
S. P. Osgood
Dand
Evangelist Jones
Gem City Business College
J. H. Crafton
Circuit Court
Akers
Steve Ferryman
Court House
Board of Supervisors
Y.M.C. A
Otis Elevator Office
Standard Oil Company
Otis Office
Electric Wheel Company
Otis Boys
Otis
Druvall
Bybee
Standard Oil
R. Bernbrock
Elmer Meyer
Electric Wheel
Drew
Grimmer
Strenuous chaser hunts after the good things waited for
A terse maxim describes a determined man pursuing rewards others anticipate. The speaker emphasizes effort and ambition as driving forces behind seizing opportunity and overcoming competition.
Poultry show and social notes from Quincy brief
Local items note Beverly residents Charles Gallaher and G A Hestdicks visiting Quincy on business and pleasure, with plans to return home. The weeklong poultry show draws visitors including Mrs. Spence and son Aubrey of Camp Point, and Miss Daisy Mollenhauer at Carthage college. Various shoppers, deliveries, and social visits are listed along with minor civic updates and a note on a price error for Tokay grapes.
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Wisherd
Charles Gallaher
Beverly
Ill
Hestdicks
Beverly Bank
Quincy
Spence
Aubrey
Camp Point
Boerr Dept
Mary Carr
Joy
Stillwell
Snyder
Collins Plow Company
Europe
Mississippi Valley
Adams
Front
Central Fruit Market
Zelma Briggs
To Cure a Cold in One Day Ad
Bold ad asserts a colonel cure claim, urging nine tablets of LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE with GROVE'S signature on each box. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure, a 25 cent Ady notice. The fragment implies a patent remedy marketing approach typical of early 20th century newspapers.
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Grove
Poultry Show and Visits Mentioned in Springfield and Quincy
The report notes George H. Wilson visiting Springfield on Friday. T Callian, principal of Sacks onville High School, stopped in Quincy Thursday night en route to Carthage for a vacation. He visited his uncle W. A. Robertson of the post office. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Boyer of Keosauqua and Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Boyer of Liberty are guests of Le Boyer at 1259 Vermont Street.
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George ‘H
Overton murder trial denied new trial motion
Huntsville Alabama December 2 A motion for a new trial for David Overton under death sentence for the murder of Probate Judge W T Lawler a political opponent has been denied by Circuit Judge Miller Overton's counsel cited juror fear of verdict with protection court terrorized the jury by ordering spectator searches and jurors expressed support for hanging the prisoner
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Huntsville
Ala
David Overton
W. T. Lawler
Miller
Overton
Four Killed When Train Hits Truck Near Warren
Four persons died when a New York Central passenger train struck a baggage truck being pushed across the tracks at Coalburg in this county. The dead include Mrs. Ella Mutton, Station Agent Charles Burnett, 65, Luther McKintey, 31, and freight agent named Smith of Andover. An unidentified woman was seriously injured by falling wreckage.
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Coalburg
Ella Mutton
Charles Burnett
Luther McKintey
Smith
Andover
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East Hampshire Street
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Lawrence Randall
Canton Christian University
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Griggsville
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Quincy Gas, Electric & Heating Co
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