Cedar Falls Bible Conference near end with next year assured
At Riverview park Cedar Falls the interdenominational bible conference closed with generous offerings and a plan for a 1929 session Aug 5 to 12. Dr G Morgan London teacher was invited back. Dr Parley Zartman and Dr Mugene Al spoke on funds and future expansion while 5,000 attendees praised the event.
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Cedar Fallls
Riverview Park
Mugene al‘20
G. Campbell Morgan
London
Morgan
United States
Parley E. Zartman
Winona Lake
Ind
Allen
Zartman
E F. Stevenson
Wateron
Sam
Cedar Falls
Monotony and Mystery in Heaven Says Dr Morgan
Dr Morgan contends empty churches expose leadership or member issues while praising Jesus as ever fresh yet changeless. He recalls childhood fear of heaven as monotonous but argues the millennium is only a vestibule to a larger, grander existence.
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Jesus
Heaven
Hell
Soldiers Breakfast as Special Leaves Camp Dodge Train
Soldiers of Companies B and D Iowa National Guard entrained at Waterloo for a fortnights encampment at Camp Dodge. A special train of one express one baggage five passenger cars and a caboose left at 9 40 a m with friends seeing guardsmen off as they ate breakfast in military style and waved farewell. The Cedar Falls headquarters company boarded at Cedar Falls junction.
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Iowa National Guard
Waterloo
Sycamore Street
Chicago Great Western
Camp Dodge
Cedar Falls
iCedar Falls Junction
Eldora Completes 16 Blocks of Paving
Eldora IA August 14 The jet off paving 16 blocks of streets in Eldora was completed last week. Much delay due to material shortages and bad weather. Eldora now has more blocks of paving than any other town in Iowa with a population around seven thousand, about seven miles laid since 1911.
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Eldora
Elidora
Iowa
New York Editor Praises Iowa Courtesies In Poem Tribute
The New York World editor Fred Pettit sends a handwritten poem to Iowa court clerk Maurice Morris, praising courteous public service. The verse lists many Iowa towns and rivers in a rhythmic stroll from Keokuk to Muscatine, weaving place names into a tribute.
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New York
Iowa
New York World
Fred 3
Pettit
District Court
Maurice Morris
Keokuk
Cailiopes
Fire destroys hay and buildings at Oelwein farm
On August 14 at the Bara McKenzie farm seven miles south of town flames consumed ninety tons of hay believed to have sparked the fire. Two barns a machine shed a corner silo and a hoghouse were destroyed. Five horses perished in the barn. Insurance partially covers the loss.
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Oelwein
Bara McKenzie
Des Moines Veterans Recall Civil War Flags at Gala
In Des Moines on August 14 veterans and Civil War soldiers gathered to honor the memory of flags carried in battle. The flags from 40 infantry regiments, three artillery batteries, and seven cavalry regiments were preserved in glass cases at the statehouse rotunda. Dr. R L Chase led preservation efforts funded by the last legislature.
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Des Moines
Arsenal
Locust Street
Statehouse
R. L. Chase
Ninth Cavalry Flags Restored for Statehouse Display
After Civil War, flags stored in an arsenal for years were rediscovered by Mrs. Gear Jollis, wife of a former governor and future senator. She, with other women, protected the banners with netting, leading the Twenty fourth General Assembly to fund glass cases at the statehouse for their preservation.
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Ealng
Jollis. Gear
United States
Twenty-fourth General Assembly
Statehouse
Municipal Leaguers Gather for Clinton Convention
Arrival of officers and committees marks preparations for the annual League of Town Municipalities meeting to be held in Clinton on Tuesday through Thursday. Mayor R N McNutt of Muscatine and Secretary Frank G Pieres of Marshalltown are expected. Delegates will enjoy a Clinton Chamber of Commerce picnic at Eagle Point Park and a moonlight steamboat excursion on the Mississippi thursday evening. Pope Pius XI Colds Halt Vatican Walks During Heat Wave.
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League of Town Municipalities
R. §. McNutt
Muscatine
League
Frank G. Pieres
Marshalltown
Clinton Chamber of Commerce
Eagle Point Park
June van Meter
American Legion
Mississippi River
Pove Pius Titus
Rome
Pope Pius XI
Vatican Gardens
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