anniversary of A M E church marks historic growth
The sixty first anniversary services closed with a jubilee concert raising 215 dollars and bake sale proceeds. pastor Rev B A Wilbur Johnson urged forward action. A long history recounts founders Thomas Jefferson Samuel Carter G W Black and the 1876 church building with updates and extensive church improvements funded by Inter Church Committee cooperation.
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A. M. EE
Ensurch
First United Presbyterian Church
B. A. Wilbur Johnson
Milly Hall
Lizzie Moore
Caroline Mackey
Sarah Turner
Martha Jackson
Sarah Davis
G. W. Black
Eb, C. Joiner
P. C. Cooper
William M. Willetts
Rev. Roberts
Geo. C. Benson
Wm. Myers
Geo. H. Hann
Wm. Williams
Clinton
Jessie Newsome
W. RK. Alexander
Jim W. Malom
Aron R. Ward
G. H. Wade
Richard Holly
C. H. Thomas
Madison
Lewis
Moline
M. W. Thornton
New York
Jas. Higgins
P. E
Keokuk
H. C. Boyd
Sioux City
D. W. Brown
Buxton
Iowa
J. H. Bell
Aurora
N. R. Morgan
Ottumwa
T. J. Peterson
Chicago
J. W. Norris
Muscatine
J. H. Deniels
Deg Moines
E. A. Wilbur Johnson
Lewis H. Wallace
Treas
A. L. Hall
N. L. Black
Nora Motts
Sec
H. R. Crayton
See
Henry Campbell
Thos. H. Lewis
Delphia Howard
Anna Barkley
Nora Mottis
Emma Black
Elisa Redd
Lulu Hellen
Mary Campbell
Mite Missionary Society
Joanna Johnson
Mise
A. C. E. League
Florence Hall
Willing Workers
Lillian Mondy
Mra
Inter Church Committees
Txt U. P
Inter Church Committee
Ad Wilbur Johnson
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Choice of Gibson Pleases Leaders in Des Moines
Des Moines July 24 Plans for a harmony convention are to be made by the Republican state central committee at its meeting Monday. Senator Charles A. Rawson, state chairman, is expected to preside. Attorney General Ben J. Gibson is seen as temporary chairman to unite party factions and bolster his own candidacy. Resolutions and platform talks loom, with county conventions seen as forerunners. Rawson plans to retire after November, likely remaining as seventh district committeeman.
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Des Moines
Republican State Central Committee
Charles A. Trawson
Rawson
Washington
Lars Bladine
Cedar Falls
Ben J. Gibson
Gibson
League of Nations weighs aid plan for Russian refugees
London July 22 The council of the League of Nations discussed care and evacuation for thousands of Russian refugees in Constantinople. The American Red Cross American Relief Administration and YMCA pledged funds or help to form a nucleus for further international contributions.
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Constantinople
League “London
Council of the
League of Nations
American Red Cross
American Relief Administration
Council
Washington D C Faces Bachelor Shortage Says Census
Census figures show 99,864 unmarried women in Washington D C versus 70,316 unmarried men leaving 29,558 women without eligible husbands. Advice to lovelorn girls warned against coming to the capital in search of husbands.
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Washington
D. C
National Capital
Cedar Falls Wins Bond Issue for New Ward School
In a special election Cedar Falls voters authorized the school board to issue bonds up to 140000 dollars to build and equip a new ward school. The measure won by 175 votes. Men supported 215 to 176 while women backed 206 to 70.
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Cedar Falls
Miner Fairchild Returns to a Mine Wrapped in Secrets
In a small town, Fairchild confronts a decades old mine tragedy linked to his father and a missing woman. He and ally Harry seek an unwatered vein while a watcher lurks. Harry reappears flamboyantly as Fairchild contemplates the perilous path ahead.
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Fairchild
Chad
Harry, Markines
Harry
Mother Howard
Robert Fairchild
Sissie Larsen
Uarry
Terry
Mother
Fairehild
A Resolute Reunion Wraps Fairchild and Harry Harkins
In a tense page from Fairchilds memory, Harry Harkins arrives after a cable and Beamish references to aid Fairchild. Mother Howard greets him with a warm slap, while Fairchild recalls the morning pursuit and the Kentucky gulch trek that follows.
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Fairchild
Beamigh
Mother Hoeward
Harry Harkins
Harry
Mother Howard
Cornwall
Maine
Kentucky Gulch
Proverbs of Spain and Wisdom Fragments
A collection of adages including making a silver bridge for a flying enemy, imagination shaping desire, others’ troubles harming, and warnings about fools and generosity. It cites diverse maxims on prudence, charity, and social behavior with terse, proverbial phrasing.
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N.L. Black
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Christian Endeavor League
Dora Black
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Black
A. W. Carter
E. C. Jones
Muscatine A. M. E
Old Presbyterian
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Samuel G. Carter
Caleb White
Mary Jefferson
Sarah Carter
Sarah A. Black
Fannie Palm
Fanny St. Claire
City School Board
Rev. P. Co. Cooper
Muscatine Church
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Geo. Turner
G. W. Davis
Edward Skinner
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Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry
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