FULTON PASTOR COWAN HONORED FOR HALF CENTURY SERVICE
In Fulton Missouri northeast Callaway County held a two day celebration honoring Rev. Dr. John Fleming Cowan as pastor of the Old Auxvasse Presbyterian Church for fifty years and more. He arrived at twenty four and has since guided a church seen as the mother to many local congregations. The church stands high on a bend of the Auxvasse River on the Williamsburg McCredie road. organized 1828 by Kentucky and Virginia planters. Three buildings served the congregation before the present simple frame church. Cowan ministered with steady sermons to industrious parishioners who trusted his leadership.
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Fulton
John Fleming Cowan
Callaway County
Doctor Cowan
Auxvasse Presbyterian Church
Old
Aux Vasse
Augasse
Williamsburg
McCredie
Kentucky
Virginia
Cowan
James Perry Mugg
Shaft for Cherry Victims Memorial Unveiled in Bloomington
In Bloomington Illinois a granite shaft memorial 14 feet high was unveiled for 266 miners who died in the Cherry disaster. 20 survivors spoke on the platform and John P White of the United Mine Workers attended. Relief funds totaled 216 424 with a 300100 appropriation and 87498 distributed to widows and orphans.
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Bloomington
Ill
Chery
John P. White
United Mine Workers
Cherry
Tinola Legighatare
Doctor Cowan Longtime Pastor Of Old Auxvasse Church
Doctor Cowan born March 8 1827 in Potos Missouri served Old Auxvasse Presbyterian Church for fifty years preaching about 3000 times and leading 50 revival meetings. Under his pastorate 545 members joined 200 children baptized 249 marriages 137 members died and funerals conducted.
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Neaer
Doctor Cowan
Old Auxvasse
Potos
John F. Cowan
Westminster College
Princeton Seminary
Mr. Cowan
Mixx Jane Grant
Coaway County
Fulton
Auxvasse
Cowan
Hidden jag in watermelons spurs alcohol extraction
Washington government asserts a concealed jag in southern watermelons. Lab effort and science enable extraction of one tenth of a gallon of alcohol per 100 pounds of melons. Alcohol also produced from sweet potatoes, with two thirds of a gallon per bushel. Potential denatured alcohol project noted.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Dog buried in flag sparks protest from women’s group
Washington DC mourns a college park aviation school dog buried with full military honors, wrapped in the flag. Isabel Worrall Ball petitions War Secretary Stimson, calling the act repugnant and demanding reprimand for those responsible. Bites wife in Chicago. Antonio Naraski fined $100 for assault.
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Washington
D. C
United States
Aeronautical Corps
College Park
Isabel Worrall Ball
Woman's Relief Corps National Committee For the Prevention
Stimson
Aviation School
House of Silence Hooster Home Amid Unchanged Decades
In a rural village a long untouched house known as the House of Silence stands as a relic of a past era. The master lives elsewhere and the home remains closed, filled with items from a vanished life, from a Bible to a work basket, while the surrounding farm and a son named James Perry Mugg carry on with daily labor.
Crow as food raises curious claims in Topeka
In Topeka, L J Dyehe claims crows are good to eat. A professor says fledgling crow flesh rivals guinea hen and hawk meat, with dark but fine texture. Separately, a hog found alive after 62 days in a dry well walked to the barn before dying. In Spokane a farmer, 74, was decapitated by an empty mail car crossing a track.
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Topeka
L. J. Dyehe Bax
Ile le
Henryetta
Okio
John J. Jordan
Jordan
Spokane
Wash
Robert Cool
Illinois
Device for Cutting Washer Invention by Connecticut Man
An ingenious washer cutting device invented by a Connecticut man uses a bit inserted into a brace to slice leather washers. The bit broadens at the bottom with a central pivoted spike forming an axis, two horizontal slots hold screws to regulate the cutting depth, and a mark beneath the slots guides diameter settings. Wetting the washer diameter first may leave material for a clean cut on the pivot.
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Connecticut
Mining cap makes blasting fuse safe
A simple mining cap is described to prevent moisture from reaching the fulminate in the blasting fuse. The device places the explosive chemical in the lower cap portion with a rubber sleeve, waterproof preparation, and an expandable upper end to seal over the fuse.
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Saya
Stone Age in Present Day Near White Settlements
Explorer Erland Nordenskiold reported in 1908 1909 that Bolivian districts near Pilcomayo river and Sara province harbor Indians still living in the stone age. Natives lack stone tools due to scarce stone, using bone and wood implements, while wild Sirlones in Sara remain uncivilized and isolated from whites.
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Erland Nordenskiold
Bolivia
Chace
Pilcomayo
Sara
Hellvia
Phivex
Nordenskiold
Rich Harvest of Spruce Gum in Adirondacks
A summer harvest yielded 1,400 pounds of spruce gum in the Adirondack mountains. The collector recalls a peak 30 pounds in a day and notes a gum buyer would pay about $1,400 per pound, reflecting potential profits.
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Adirondack
Doan's Kidney Pills Backed by Alma Resident Testimony
An Alma citizen Mrs J F Sarton of 401 Lincoln Ave credits Doan's Kidney Pills with easing severe backaches and kidney pains. She reports two boxes provided relief and no pains since using the remedy. Sold by dealers nationwide at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole U S agent. Remember the name Doan's.
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Alma
Doan
J. F. Sarton
Lincoln Ave
Alma, Mich
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
ST LOUIS Pe Union Trist Co award of bond issue
The union trust company of Detroit awarded a $1 bond issue in December for a school district. They offered the best bid, paid a premium of $195, and accepted the loan. The event drew about fifty attendees as Presbyterian ministers and others attended the church gathering amid reports of local civic activity.
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Pe Union Trist Co
Detrent
Diseric
Shore Mained Company
Rake
Presbyterian
Elureti
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