Billy Sunday nets over seven thousand in Ottumwa revival
Evangelist Billy Sunday concluded three Ottumwa revival meetings addressing about 26 000 attendees and receiving a free will offering surpassing 7000 dollars. Notable donors included $500 from D Iosier and multiple, hundred dollar gifts from local figures. Sunday plans Marshalltown visit in March. He refused to pledge future offerings to charity if questioned by petition signers linked to Ottumwa Brewing and local officials.
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Ottumwa
Billy
Evangelist Sunday
JL O D. Iosier
Geo
A. Brown
W. T. Hall
John Wormhoudt
John Morrell
W. E H. Hunt
H. Duke
Milwaukee Railway
Marshalltown
Congressmat
N. PF
Kendall
Alvin
Ottumwa Brewing Company
Sunday
T. D. Foster
John Morrell Packing Company
RG Davis
W. J
Phillips
Asso
Gialea
Pastor's Texas land deal leaves five acres under water
Des Moines reports Rev. John Day of First Presbyterian bought five acres in Texas after a real estate pitch promising fertile land. A Texas traveler revealed the plot lies entirely under water. Day plans a cautious approach, joking about fencing and starting a frog farm rather than argue the loss.
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Des Moines
Trev
John Day
Tela
Lay
Texas
Day
Hammond resigns to lead Trimmer clubs in Des Moines
John B. Hammond resigns after a year as state chairman of the Prohibition Party to become state manager of Trimmer clubs organized by Samuel S. In Des Moines an executive committee meeting is set to act on the resignation. Capital will fund the boys clubs aimed at promoting citizenship, with 100 members each receiving one dollar on signing and a penny daily until age two, plus a pledge to abstain from tobacco and liquor.
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Des Moines
John B. Hammond
Prohibition Party
Samuel Suu Cerman
Eecutive
Hammond
Bved
Second election ordered for Fifty third regiment major
Failure to elect a major of the Fifty third regiment on December 7 leads to a second election set for December 21 in Des Moines. Candidates Whipple Bartley Culsch Evans Joegaert and Cotton did not win a majority, so the adjutant general's department will oversee the new vote.
Minister Defends The Dance In Sermon Debate
Des Moines church leader denounces vocal church denouncements of theater and dance as prejudice. He argues a Christian standard allows harmless amusements and urges guiding youth from old strictures to Christ, warning against sweeping bans on cards and drama.
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Des Moines
Despie
I A. S Stephens
North Des Moines
Stephens
Moses
Christ
Fears Not Impeachment In Indeterminate Sentence Case
Sioux City December report says moves to impeach Judge Gaynor loom in Des Moines over his refusal to apply the indeterminate sentence law to prisoners. He rejects the legality of the law and suspects the agitation is political pressure by backers of the measure.
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Sioux City
Judes
F. R. Gaynor
Des Moines
Mene
State Board of Parole
Judge Gaynor
Hutchinson
Fourth Judicial District
Gaynor
Romance on Des Moines Street Ends in Army Wedding
Des Moines reports a romance of the street culminates as Blanche Harrington and Clyde Gore are wed at the American Salvation Army mission hall 416 Walnut. The free ceremony drew a large crowd with a hallelujah celebration led by Star Captain Hayes and a brief program on marriage and single life featuring Army members, solos, duets, and scripture readings.
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Des Moines
Mise Blanche Harrington
American Salvation Army
Clyde Gore
Mission Hall of the Army
Walnut Street
Hayen
Dead Moines
Army
Ballinger
Hayes
McCauley
Fees
Dorne and
Johnson
Jarrard
Common Sense And A Tablet
A persuasive ad promotes Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets as common sense relief for indigestion. It argues dyspepsia stems from poor stomach materials and blood, claiming the tablets digest food, stop gas, and enrich gastric juices, with drugstores selling them for 60 cents per package and a free trial offer via mail from F. A. Stuart Co. Marshall Michigan.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Alig
Marshall, Mich
Iowa Farmers See Record Wheat and Crop Yields
Des Moines reports from 1908 show record corn oats and wheat outputs across Iowa. Secretary Wells and Dr Chappel provide competing estimates for six cereals, with total value near $210 million and crop totals exceeding those of 1907.
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Chappel
Wells
Ustimaht
Dr. Chappel
Mr. Wells
Br. Chappel
Des Moines
Western Grain Dealers’ Association
George A. Welly
Iowa
Chanpel
Town Weather and Crop Bureau
Dr. Channel
Money sent home fuels Christmas cheer in foreign lands
New York post office records show over six million dollars in foreign money orders issued in two weeks since December 1. Ireland long led recipients, but Italy now rivals for top share as funds go to Europe, Britain, Germany, Hungary, Russia and others, with large shipments aboard ships bound for multiple nations.
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New York
Europe
New York Post Ofice
Ireland
Atlantic
Italy
United Kingdom
Germany
Hungary
Rrussia
Denmark
Austria
Sweden
Elgium
Greece
Netherlands
Switzerland
Incubator baby heir to estate in Omaha will trial
In Omaha a 08 year old incubator baby, Josephine Knaub Sr, to receive 16000 from adopted mother Amanda A Patrick who died Nov 1 and left 29000 total. the girl adopted after the exposition and will be provided for. The will was filed for probate amid notes of Mrs Patrick’s long care of the child.
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Omaha
Josephine Knaubsr
Amanda A. Patrick
Dessie Wax ‘Wear
Patrick
Wear
Latreet
Dodge and
Douglas
Chicago honors Bishop Muldoon with grand testimonial
Elaborate testimonial meeting at the Auditorium honors Bishop Muldoon before his move to Rockford. Archbishop Quigley presides as clergy and Chicago laity pledge funds to help buy a Rockford home, with a special train and a large contingent expected for the installation and banquet in Rockford.
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Chicago
Dcc
MuLdoon
Rockford
Quigley Wll
Quigley
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