Zion City grows as Dowie builds a Lake Michigan colony
The article details John Alexander Dowie’s Zion City near Lake Michigan, its planned economy and strict morality, including lace mill, bakery, laundry, stores, and a thousand-seat hotel. Dowie’s theocratic rule, monastic discipline, and anti tobacco and alcohol laws are described alongside the community’s rapid population rise and optimism for future Zion settlements.
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John Alexander Dowie
Zion
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Dowle
Bowie
Zion City
Dowie
Zion General Stores
Elijah Hospice
Zion College
Northwestern Railroad
Emmaus
Elim
Tabernacle
Beets Run At Leavitt Factory As Sugar Plant Begins
The Standard Beet Sugar Companys Leavitt works started the October season at full capacity with beets entering at 225 to 200 tons daily. Machinery overhauled, two new boiling plants added, and carbonation presses working fast. Beets average high sugar content, with many at 15 percent and few under 11 percent, boosting efficiency and sugar yield.
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Imont -Tes
Standard Beet Sugar Company
Leavitt
Zion City lace and industry in the Dowie era
A report outlines Zion City's lace factory growth in England and its plans for trimmings and curtains. It notes a candy factory, the Tabernacle structure, and a proposed million dollar temple, with Dowie’s leadership shaping strict moral and social reforms. The Restoration Host marches on New York and Zion aims for high birth and low death rates. Anna Nichols Goodnow, copyright 1993.
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Dowle
Zion
New York City
Madison Square Garden
Dowie
Anna Nichols Goodnow
Trouble Over Statutes In Nebraska Statehouse
Lincoln report says Cobbey statutes authorized by the late legislature face weak reception across the state house. The secretary of state has bought three Wheeler volumes and AG Prow placed a copy in his office from office funds. The Cobbey volumes are not yet released and The State Journal sues to block the state purchase. The Journal previously printed the Wheeler statutes.
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Lincoln
State House
Secretary of State
Prow
Marsh
State Journal
Lightning Kills Valuable Team Near Beatrice
Beatrice reports a thunderstorm killed a team of valuable horses owned by Thomas Williams nine miles northeast of the city. The animals were standing by a wire fence when a lightning bolt struck, instantly killing them. A nearby cow was severely shocked.
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Beatrice
Thomas Willigams
Two Lighting Plant Contracts Awarded by State Board
LINCOLN The State Board of Public Lands and Buildings let two contracts for lighting plants. The penitentiary dynamo is to be supplied by Western Electrical Company of Omaha for 8135. Milford contract for an engine and dynamo will be filled by Cox & Phelps of Lincoln at 1188.
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Lincoln
State Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Penitentiary
Western Electrical Company
Omaha
Milford
Cox & Phelps
Dairyman Fatally Injured In Hitch Wagon Runaway
Gust Newman, a prosperous dairyman from near Stromsburg, was driving a milk wagon into town when his horses bolted. He jumped free, but his back broke and neck dislocated, leading to fatal injuries.
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Springfield
Loomis
Bassett
Firth
Joseph Kaiser
Burlington
Bertrand
Lincoln
Minden
Nels Pearson
Ifunk
Pearson
Northwestern
Jef Vasey
Albion
Partnes B.C Hurd
Omaha Lincoln & Teatrice Railway
American Printing Company of Omaha
George J. Helton
Charles Carlson
Charles Burdge
Columbus
Jed Scofield
Gust Newman
Stromsburg
Plattsmouth
United States Court of Appeals
Antone Skoumel
Cudahy Packing Company
Omaha
Culver
Carl H. Pilger
Frederick W Ludwig
Will Brewers
Art Russell
Chadron
Neb
Burwell
M Key
Sherif
Pounty Marshal
Cherry County
Mike Severington
Dobson
State Board of Irrigation
Will Boin Whimball
John McIntosh
Henry H. Howe
Londre Pale Creek
George H Payne Investment Company
North Platte
Pierce
Insurance Department
Norris
Adams County
Towa
Ashland
Tom Jackson
Goodman
Bpig Geer
Randolph Bryan
Cass County
Jackson
Corning
Richard Mankin
Wood River
Mr. Newman
Gohones
Burglars Active at Albion
Burglars entered the Chicago and Northwestern den in Albion through a window and secured $3.05 in small change from the money drawer. They left the safe untouched.
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Albion
Chicago & Northwestern
Asarney Hotel Sold in Kearney for About $20,000
The Midway hotel property in Kearney was sold to the Crocker syndicate, which had recently purchased the opgy house. The price paid was a little under $20,000.
Passengers Identified in St Joseph Train Robbery Case
Identified as Passengers. John King, Charles, Ray and George Svears suspected of aiding the St Joseph train robbery held up last month were positively identified by Conductor Finner of the Southern Burlington Missouri division as the men who rode the train shortly before the robbery. The men are jailed at Beatrice and bound over for pocket picking.
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Lincoln
John King
Charles
Ray
George Svears
St. Joseph
Finner
Southern Burlington & Missouri Division
Beatrice
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City OF Zion
Christian Catholic Church
Michigan Avenue
Zion Publishing House
Zion's
Jerusalem
Brookh Barn
Arana
Oneida
Zions
Vn Zion
Christ
Brigham Young
Elijah
Jane Dowie
General Nebraska News
England
Aion City
Lyman Abbott
Associated Publishers’ Corporation
Chienzo
Qvela Alet LE
LACE
Dairyman
Asarney Hotel
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