East Seniors Hear Dr Niven in Baccalaureate
East High seniors will hear Dr Thomas R Niven preach the baccalaureate sermon at a union service tomorrow evening in Grace Methodist Episcopal church. His topic The Supremacy of the Spiritual. Grace choir sing My Faith is Up to Thee and Olive L Barker will sing Open the Gates of the Temple. A cello solo Nocturne by Wanda McClean will be played.
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Thomas FR. Niven
First Presbyterian Church
East High School
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Grace Church
Sehnecker
Olive L. Barker
Wanda McClean
Hans Hess
Chicago
Walnut Street Baptist
Warren L. Steeves
Fred E. Morse
Lafayette Street
Robert F. Kittrell
Hawthorne Branch
Christ
Albert Baum
Hagerman
First Evangelical
Woman's Missionary Society of Zion Evangelical Church
Cedar Falls
Betky
J. A. Haehlen
Mattie Hartong
Cantaford
Alfred Behrens
W. H. Eickelberg
Grace Methodist
J. W. Arbuckle
Kansas City
Arbuckle
Neidlinger
Dorothy Wilbur
Dickinson
Christ Episcopal
Ernest B. Mounsey
Universalist
Rey Abbott
Lord Jesus
Williams
Roy Housden
Twilight and Memory in a Quiet Home
The speaker recalls youth’s twilight as a long, gentle time. A mother hums and Tittin sings while the narrator reads and sighs for light. Growing older brings rich memories, soft desolation, and gratitude for aged days.
I Am the Fellow I Must Watch My Own Life
A speaker reflects on self control in sports or personal conduct, warning that internal betrayals are truer harms than thieves or rivals. The narrator vows to guard character against cheating, pride, and violence that could soil a man’s name and integrity.
Radio Loafers Warned As Church Voices Debate Air Time
New York on June 2 Dr Christian Reisner pastor Chel Sea Methodist Episcopal church warned radio loafing harms worship. He noted 700 US stations with 50 capturing 90 percent audiences. He praised radio for information and uplift but said many listeners stay home and let others pay church bills, hindering real religion. He cited radio as boosting church growth yet fostering critics and laziness.
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New York
Christian F. Reisner
Chel Sea Methodist Episcopal Church
United States
Dr. Reisner
Dru
Cadman
Fosdick
Foling
Willie
Reisner
Piney Woods Leader to Speak at Christian Crusaders
Laurence Jones founder and principal of Piney Woods Country Life School in Piney Woods Mississippi will headline the Christian Crusaders convention on June 23 and 24. The Iowa State University alumnus will recount the school’s founding and growth and present the Cotton Blossom singers who will perform melodies reflecting black folk heritage. Jones is a familiar figure in Waterloo, having visited regularly for years.
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Laurence Jones
Piney Woods
Jones
Waterloo
Father a Negligible Factor in the Home Today
New York on June 2 Dr Addison B Lorimer preached at Mount Morris Baptist church that the modern father is a negligible factor in the home. He contrasted Abraham who kept family religious development with fathers today who are frequently neglectful or preoccupied with business matters.
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New York
Addison B. Lorimer
Mount Morris Baptist Church
Abraham
Fife
Dr. Lorimer
Beatrice Harvey to Lead St Pauls League Tonight
Miss Beatrice Harvey mission worker to find service for Epworth league at St Pauls M E church at 6 30 pm tomorrow. Former member of St Pauls she has served in Omaha Neb Riverside mission Des Moines and the George O Robinson orphanage San Juan Puerto Rico.
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Beatrice Harvey
Epworth League
St. Paul's M. BE
Harvey
St. Paul's
Omaha City
Omaha
Neb
Riverside
Des Moines
George O. Robinson
San Juan
Forto Rico
Italian Government Urged to Regulate Student Dress
In Rome on June 2 a letter to Education Minister Fedele requests a formal rule by Italy’s National Committee for the Correctness of the Mode to bar girls whose attire is deemed immodest from schools. Supervisors in major cities have already admonished students for immodest dress under pressure from the committee.
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Rome
Fedele
National Committee For
To a New House Doorstep Fixture Poem Line
Poem fragment describes a welcoming home and living space with visions of comfort and memory. It mentions a guardian figure and a novice entering a new house, inviting warmth, stairs, and a bright living room as a pledge of belonging.
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Faith Lombard Squires
Mcoells
Wise warns Kellogg pact may not stop wars on smaller nations
New York June 2 Dr Stephen S Wise argues the Kellogg Briand proposal, if limited to great powers, fails to prevent conflicts involving smaller nations like Nicaragua. He urges universal outlawry of war and protection for weaker states, warning America must prove its commitment beyond major powers. He questions US stance toward Germany and criticizes Dawn film ban. He notes Japan's Manchuria rights and America’s own risk in foreign policy.
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New York
Nicaragua
Stephen S. Wise
Free Synagog
Carnegie Hall
Halling
Dr. Wise
United States
Witaragua
England
Egypt
Japan
China
France
Syria
Germany
Manchuria
India to Be Topic of Missions Talk at Linden Church
Rev. A. B. Chamberlain will address the annual benk offering service at Linden M. E. church on India at 11 a m tomorrow. He will illustrate with Hindoo costumes and curios from his years as a missionary. Rev. Joseph Yates will preach at 7 p m on Christian Perfection.
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India
Linden Church
A. B. Chamberlain
Benk
Linden M. E
Mr. Chamberlain
Joseph Yates
Tax exemptions of church repaid in police costs
New York report notes Rev. Charles Francis Potter argues church tax exemptions reflect reduced social control costs as more churches reduce the need for police. He frames ethics and religion as inseparable from early mental life, linking divine will to justice and mercy.
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New York
Charles Francis Potter
Church of the Divine Paternity
West Seniors Hear Sermon at School Building
West High School hosts a baccalaureate service at 7 30 p m with Rev J Richmond Morgan preaching The program includes hymns scripture readings and solos From area churches the article lists sermons at Westminster Trinity American Lutheran First Methodist St Mary's Episcopal Central Christian First United Presbyterian Northminster Presbyterian First Church of Christ Scientist First Congregational and First Brethren with details on titles choirs and offertories
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St. Mary's Episcopal
James G. Creede
W. D. Endres
Schubert
Jerome
First United Presbyterian
Beleve
First Church of Christ Scientist
Heaven
J. Rishmond Morgan
First Brethren
Edwin Boardman
Nationalism among Chinese stirred by reading of Bible
Shanghai report notes foreign missionary officials say Bible distribution fueled China’s nationalist unrest. In 1927 over 3,000,000 Bibles were sent nationwide, aiding shifts away from old reverences and promoting independence and equality ideas to support political agitators. Bible societies including American and National Bible Societies, and the British and Foreign Bible Society, distribute across cities and villages despite disruptions. The Pocket Testament League has aimed to publish a million testaments but obstacles persist.
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Shanghai
China
One Bible Society
American Bible Society
National Bible Society
British and Foreign Bible Society
Pocket ‘Testament League
Births Reported in May and April from Local Residents
Birth announcements list numerous families from Grundy County and nearby areas. Names include Mr and Mrs Wilhelm Mixdorf at 910 Denver reporting a daughter Norma dames born March 16, and others such as Mr and Mrs Hara Morgan Brown in S. Francis Kaxpitel May 11 with a daughter Gladys Marie. Additional entries note births to Mr and Mrs Carl Conradi at Allen Memorial Hospital May 4 Vernon Menry, and families like Mr and Mrs Herl EB Wilford 1016 Vine with Bert Clinton born May 13, plus John Lewis May 13 for Mr and Mrs Ernest V. Baldwin, and May 10 and May 14 entries for Gay Foote and Frances Jeni. Patricia Ann born April 14 to Mr and Mrs Charles Barlow at 225 Quincy.
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Spalding Mutler
Berthwest
Norma Dames
Wilhelm Mixdorf
Denver
William
Hara Morgan Brown
Francis Kaxpitel
Gladys Marie
Towa Cay
Carl
Grundy
Herl
EB. Wilford
Vine
Bert Clinton
Lewis T. Winder
John Lewis
Ernest V. Baldwin
Anny
Gay Foote
Asa Hovey
Harry Lewis
Battle Hymns and War Songs of the Civil War
The article traces Civil War era anthems from John Brown's Body to the Battle Hymn of the Republic. It narrates Mrs. Howe writing the hymn after a military review near Washington, inspired by the scene and a southern raid. It notes the tune by John W. Steffe, a Virginian, and the songs’ role in morale.
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Washington
John Brown
John W. Steffe
Richmond
George S Myers 83 IC Conductor Dies in California
The body of George S Myers 83, veteran Illinois Central conductor, will arrive at 2 p.m. tomorrow over the Illinois Central, accompanied by his sons TF P and W T Myers, and will go to the home of his daughter Mrs J S Parrot. Funeral services are set for 9:30 a.m. Monday at St Joseph's church with burial in Calvary. Pallbearers will be members of the Order of Railway Conductors.
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George
Myers
George S. Myers
Illinois Central
Hollywood
Cal
Ilinois Central
TF. P
W. T. Myers
J. S. Parrot
Third
Avenue East
St. Joseph's Church
Edward J. Slattery
Calvary
Order of Railway Contructors
False arrest suit seeks $25000 damages in Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge Iowa June 2 damages of 25000 are sought in a suit charging false arrest. It names Mayor J B Marsh and acting Marshal Robert Longstaff Lehigh by Mrs. Ida Baldridge.
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Fort Dodge
Aled
J. B. Marsh
Robert Longstaff
Lehigh
Ida Baldridge
Two Pioneer Groups Hold First Campfire on Morris Isle
The Rough Riders from Grace Methodist Episcopal church and the Royal Ranger Pioneers joined a Calvary Evangelical group for the 1928 season kickoff campfire in the Y camp council ring on Martis Isle. They traveled from Waterloo yesterday and stayed overnight. leaders were Carl Ferguson and Lyle Cameron.
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Rough Riders
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Royal Ranger Pioneers
Calvary Evangelical Church
Council Ring
Martis Isle
Waterloo
Carl Ferguson
Lyle Cameron
Broiled Steak with Mushrooms and Fruit Salad
Broiled sirloin steak with a mushroom sauce of butter flour stock mushrooms and seasonings served on platter with parsley. Also includes a two cup fruit salad with orange grapefruit pineapple apples grapes and nuts and a pineapple meringue pie with pineapple filling and meringue topping baked until brown.
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Mt. Gartusly
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Irrsh Presbyterian
Footprints
Jesus
Schuler
B. W. Lehineman
Thomas R. Niven
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J. W. Whiteside
Plymouth Congregational
William Hardcastle
Spiritual Church of Christ Truth
Sophie F. Smalley
East Park Presbyterian
Adolph Kaltenbach
Twilight
Alary
F. Rebinsso
Edeer A
Cues
AGE
Marvel
Piney
St. Paul’s League
Italy
Kellogg
WEST
J. R. Morgan
West High School
Richmond Morgan
First Congregational Church
Tschaikowskyj
A. P. Blougt
Mr. Morgan
Posilude
Westminster Presbyterian
W. PB. McCormick
Buck
A. EB. Endertein
Stephens
Trinity American Lutheran
Trinity
Johnson
F. Herbert Moehmann
J. Arthur Young
Israel
Mendelssohn
Katherine Fleming
Neid- Unger
Morris Isle
Oriel
Matt Gruber
Wavesly
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Church of Friendliness
Ww. P. McCormick
Masonic Temple
Waterloo, Iowa
Waterloo Savings Bank
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