Revival Opens at Walnut Street Church with Beeman
Enthusiasm filled Champlin chapel at Chau tauqua Park as Rev. H G Beeman D D of St Paul led the revival under Walnut Street Baptist Church direction. Dr John Bunyan Smith opened services with a Romans two text as George Moody directed music and a chorus choir, with daily evenings for two weeks and morning prayers in district chapels.
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Champlin Chapel
Chautauqua Park
Walnut Street Baptist Church
John Bunyan Smith
H. G. Beeman
D. D
St. Paul
Walnut Street Church
Beeman
George Moody
Moody
Walnutstreat Baptist Church
Dr. Beeman
B. J. Howrey
J. S. Tuthill
T. A. McManus
L. G. Adams
W. B. Howell
Wade Nelson
Waldo Brown
President Wilson Nominates Federal Officials For Key Posts
President Wilson announced a wave of nominations including John B. Osborne of Wyoming as first assistant secretary of state Walter H. Page of New York as ambassador to Great Britain and H Snowden Marshall as U S attorney for the southern district of New York Also named were Frank Myers postmaster of Portland Ore Edward G Worth surveyor general of Oregon Onias C Skinner John H Bowne and John F Burgess as land office registrars and several receivers of public moneys across Colorado Oregon and California.
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Washington
Wilson
John B. Osborne
Wyoming
Walter H. Page
New York
Great Britain
W.H. Osborn
Greensboro
N. C
Internal Revenue
H. Snowden Marshall
United States
Southern District
Frank
Myers
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Edward G. Worth
Onias C
W C A Camp Fire Enrollment Questioned
One hundred fifty Haiech School girls are enrolled in the camp fire program run by the W C A A question is raised on the effectiveness and value of the W C A program and its funding.
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W.C. A
Haiech School
City in Brief Adopts Local Notices and Social Habits
Local items report visits by H W Grout and Mrs Harry Cortright, Des Moines business traveler J J Rainbow buys clover seed for Mt Vernon farm, Hallie Turner returns to Sedewick Lichty Abstract Co after California sojourn, and Joseph McManus plans a Grand Forks NC trip to inspect crops. Helmet Lodge K P will meet at the Pythian temple with Page rank conferred, plus cattle shipments from W H Miller & Son. An entertainment feature showcases a rhino photograph lecture and safari film sequence followed by a vivid animal chase sequence and an exotic Africa voyage.
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Helmet Lodge No
K. of Py
Pythian Temple
Attendance in training and Bible study classes rises
Four thousand nine hundred nineteen girls attended physical training and Bible study over six months. The report notes sustained participation and asks if the effort pays, highlighting turnout and engagement without broader outcomes.
Wonderful Jungle Pictures at Waterloo Theater
Rainey African hunting scenes shown last evening depict wild beasts in their native haunts. Photographer J Hemment endured 72 hours aloft to film at a waterhole, capturing baboons zebra gazelle and antelope as rhinos clashed and giraffes and elephants appeared in sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainey
Waterloo
J. Hemment
Judge Kelly for Supreme Justice
A movement began to secure Judge C. H. Kelly of Charles City for the supreme court. George A. McIntyre of Shell Rock visits to advocate Kelly, reporting county endorsements from Butler and Bremer with Floyd and Mitchell counties likely to follow. Judge Clark of Mason City is also cited as a candidate.
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C. H. Kelly
Charles City
Supreme Court
George A. McIntyre
Shell Rock
Courier Patterns Offer Patterns via Coupon on Fashion Dept
The Evening Courier Fashion Department advertises Courier up-to-date patterns sent for ten cents each. Orders require a coupon and a ten day delivery. The Child's Play Dress pattern lists sizes 2 4 and 6 with material needs and price.
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Evening Courier
Waterloo
Noxubee School Fund Drive Reaches Waterloo Churches
Rev. R. A. Broyles of the Noxubee Industrial School in Mississippi has visited Waterloo, speaking at six churches to raise interest and funds. Attorney John S. Tuthill joins the school advisory board, succeeding the late J. O. Stevenson. Broyles reports strong Midwest fundraising and favorable testimonials.
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R. A. Broyles
Noxubee Industrial School
McLeod
Miss
Tuskegee Institute
Waterloo
Emanuel Evangelical
United Brethren
United Presbyterian
Broyles
Noxubee
John 8. Tuthill
J. Hunter
Noxubee School
J. O. Stevenson
Middle West
Rock Island
C A P Men Hold Meeting
J T Ryan general agent for the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad returned from Cedar Rapids where he attended a Rock Island conference of fifty officials to gain a clearer understanding of federal livestock shipment laws. A government representative explained knotty points in the laws to the group including Supt A E Wallace of the Minnesota division.
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J.T. Ryan
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Supt
A. E. Wallace
Minnesota
United States
Motor Club Seeks Boat Landing at River Front
Waterloo Motor Boat Club meeting votes to form a committee to urge river front officials and park commissioners to install a motor boat landing on the east side near the Illinois Central station. The boating season opens May 15. A three member committee will plan a clubhouse on land donated by J. E. Sedgwick.
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Waterloo Motor Boat Club
River Front
Illinois Central Station
J. E. Sedgwick
Sprinkling System at Iowa Dairy Doused Tin Shop Blaze
Waterloo firemen fought three blazes in 24 hours including a tin shop fire at the Iowa Dairy plant suspected to have started from an acid explosion. The plant’s sprinkler system likely saved the building. Earlier, eight acres of prairie grass near Eleventh Street West and Williston Avenue burned before crews contained the flames.
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Waterloo Fire Department
Iowa Dairy
Iowa Dairy Management
Eleventh Street
Williston Avenue
Murder to avenge girl's ruin shocks Chicago
Chicago reports George Dietz, a German North Side tailor, found beaten to death in his bed at 733 Aldine Avenue. The hammer used weighed three pounds with a knotted red bandanna, and a note stamped letter by letter on yellow paper claimed the murder was for betraying a young girl.
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Chicago
George Dietz
North Side
Aldine Avenue
Dietz
Black Hawk Co Ready for Work at Hotel Site
Black Hawk Construction Co completes a tool house at the Commercial and Fifth streets site for the Russell Lamson hotel project. The foremen and crew will have offices on the immediate work site.
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The
Black Hawk Construction Co
Russell-Lamson
Commercial
Fifth Streets
Waterloo Manufacturers Propose $50,000 Panama Exhibit Building
A group of Waterloo manufacturers plan a meeting this afternoon to push action in the General Assembly on authorizing Waterloo to erect a $50,000 structure for the Panama-Pacific exposition in San Francisco in 1915. They expect Senator De Wolf to reintroduce the measure as a special order, arguing state authorization should accompany the project if locals fund it.
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Waterloo
General Assembly
San Francisco
Towa
de Wolf
Iowa
Commonwealth
Plans Made for Leimer Funeral
Arrangements for the funeral of Mrs. Georgianna Bickley Leimer are set. The service will be at her mother Mrs. Eliza J. Bickley’s home 816 Wellington Court tomorrow afternoon. Viewing will be 8 to 9 this evening and 10 to 11 tomorrow morning at the Bickley home. Two sisters of Ferdinand Leimer have arrived to attend the rites Marta Thompson of Chicago and Ida Evarts of La Porte City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgianna Bickley Leimer
Eliza J. Bickley
Wellingston Court
Leimer
Bickley
Ferdinand Leimer
Carl Hagenbeck dies famed showman and animal dealer
Hamburg reports the death of Carl Hagenbeck the renowned showman and senior partner of the Handel a renowned animal collection and Tierpark at Stellingen near Hamburg He was born in 1844 and began the family business in 1848 with seals and a polar bear brought by a whaler
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Academy
Hamburg
Carl Hagenbeck
Handelamenagerie and Tierpark
Stellingen
Warrants Issued for New Haven Railroad Presidents
Bench warrants for President Chas. S. Mellen and Vice President EB McHenry were issued by Judge Green in Bridgeport on charges of gross negligence and manslaughter tied to the October Westport wreck. The warrants mirror earlier actions against four other company officials. Mellen appeared in court and accepted service as cases proceed toward the May term.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Chas. S. Mellen
EB. H. McHenry
New Haven Railroad
Green
Westport
Mellen
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Coats
Walnut
Buchanan
H. W. Grout
Harry Cortright
Nashua
H. M. Belt
Des Moines
James J. Rainbow
Mt. Vernon Township
Lew Frank
Elders
Slater
P. J. Martin
Fremont Street
Hallie Turner
Sedewick-Lichty Abstract Co
California
Joseph McManus
Grand Forks
W. H. Miler
Vermont Street
W. H. Miller & Son
Orange Township
Jungle Pictures AE Wonderful
Judge Kelly
Supreme Justice
Deek Aid
Motor Club
Blazes
Black Hawk Co
Tate Building
Joe Schiel
Sycamore Street
Whitman
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