Fortieth State Sunday School Convention at Ottumwa
Renowned specialists from across the United States join Iowa leaders for the Fortieth State Sunday School convention in Ottumwa on June 14 15 and 16. Notable speakers include Prof W Pearce Rev A P George Rev Stephen Phelps and Mrs J A Walker with Iowa executives Supt J J McConnell and Capt A R O'Brien among others. County excursions and Harvard plan entertainment accompany railroad open rate of one third fare.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
W. ©. Pearce
Chicago
A. P. George
D. J
St. Louis
Stephen Phelps
D. D
Omaha
J. A. Walker
Denver
International Primary
EB. Towner
Moody's
T. B. Turner
New York
J. J. McConnell
Cedar Rapids
Teachers’ Assn
F. E. Bolton
Iowa City
State Caiid Study Assn
Thoren
J. I. LeMars
A. R. O'Brien
Les Moines
Lucy Leavett
Waterloo
R. L. Marsh
Burlington
A. R. Paddock
Keokuk
L. 8. Coffio
Ft. Dodge
Gen’ Sect’y
Des Moines
American Sunday School Union in Iowa report March May
Dear Friends I announce that during March April and May the American Sunday School Union in Iowa organized new schools 7 teachers and scholars 2458 schools reorganized 42 teachers and scholars 1381 schools visited or aided 348 gospel meetings 400 cottage prayer meetings 11400 visits to Christian homes 2863 prayers in Christian homes 226 people spoken to about becoming Christians 1081 promised to attend existing schools 460 preaching services for schools 33 hopeful conversions 85 churches developed from Sunday Schools 1 Young peoples societies 6 leaving home for college or seminary 3 home department class recruits 49 books and periodicals sold or given away 8201 64 Bibles and Testaments distributed 550 nights away from home 482 miles traveled 37188 Joseph Wells State Supt.
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American Sunday School Union
Iowa
Electric Bitters Restorative Cures Cherokee Man Kidney Disease
C F Collier of Cherokee Iowa reports a severe kidney ailment left him unable to sit without a cushion and plagued by backache headaches and low mood. He credits Electric Bitters as a cure restoring health and recommends the tonic to others with kidney liver or stomach issues. Sold by J Stewart Druggist for 50 cents guaranteed.
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C. F. Collier
Cherokee
Iowa
J. Stewart
Women as railroaders reshape small town depots
A Chicago Record-Herald dispatch reports that the Lake Erie and Western Railroad hired women as station agents at Mount Summit and other small towns in Indiana. The women scrub stations, attract patrons, boost receipts, and reduce complaints, with telegraphy training and larger implications for the industry.
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Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Indiana
Indanapolis
Chicago Record-Herald
Cathryn L. Dicks
Mount Summit
Ind
Emalier
Lightning Fancies Baffle Scientists Says Flammarion
In Paris Camille Flammarion described lightning freaks as causes not yet understood. He noted varied effects from deadly to benign and even playful, including a paralysis cure in 1808 at Romaines where rheumatism vanished after a shock.
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Camille Flammarion
Paris
New York Tribune
Romaines
France
US Ships 10,000 Mules for Panama Canal Zone Work
The United States government orders 10,000 mules to be sent to the Panama Canal Zone for use in canal construction, a move reported by the Quincy Herald and Era.
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Panama Canal Zone
United States
Quincy (Ill
Herald and Era
Canal Zone
Panama Canal
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