The Tragedy of the Mail Bag Reflections on Letters and Faith
A magazine style essay contrasts the mail bag’s tragedy with faith, recounting Rev. Charles Burdette’s vindication after decades of suspicion. It muses on letter writing’s lost art, urging readers to send uplifting messages to missionaries and neighbors as living letters of the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Burdette
Springfield
Mass
Rob Burdette
Burdette
Peo- Tis
D. W. Magee
Far East
San Francisco
Peoria
Yestady
Adventist Services in Waterloo at Local Residence
Waterloos Adventist church listings show J. C. Clemens as pastor. Services held at 227 Mobile residence at 1 pm with Sunday school at 10 am Junior Y. P. A. at 2 pm and Young People's alliance at 7 15 pm prayer meeting Thursday evening at 7 0.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adventist
Seventh Day
Hey
J. C. Clemens
Mobile
Young People's Alliance
First
Jefferson and
Park Avenue Iwest
Edgar A. Vallant
Pasper
Third Avenue West
Walnut Street
Lime and Walnut
John Bunyan Smith
D. D
Third Streets
Bemus the Deserter
Fifth and South
I William H. Beachler
Ninth Street West
Church of the Brethren—Seventh and South
A. F. Blough
Grant Avenue
Christian Workers
United Brethren IN Christ
Mhee and
Allen
R . Graves
Walter H. Rollins
Home Park Boulevard
Union
Thirteenth and Jefferson
Lee A. Brink
Bluff
Emanuel
Court House Square
Lafayette
Parks Avenue
Enat
L. W. Bock
Rev. H. Mueller
St. Luke's
C. R. Lowe
Fourth
Randolph
W. F. Spry
Randolph Street
Waterloo
Mulberry
Emory D. Hull
Walnut
Epsworth
Stt. Paul's
Broadway
Center
Edwards
J. B. Johnson
Epworth League
Chorch
Chautauqua
Linden
Archer Avenue
George B. Shoemaker
New Cedar Falls Road
Douglas
T. J. Fuller
Linden Avenue
Park Avenue
Herbert Ware Reherd
Edwin W. Lanham
Cedar ‘Falls
Christian Endeavor
Westminster
Fourth Street
Wellington
William Burton Sanford
Northminster Presbyterian
Ballou Street
Avaton Avenue
Westfield
G. S. Lackland
Miller Street
Salvation Army
Fifth and Water
Wiliam Burkema
Ensign
Eagle Church
Waterloo Church Notices Highlight Miss Powers Return
Waterloo lists church services across denominations with multiple pastors and times. Readers learn Miss Gladys Beulah Powers, a reader and contralto, will perform locally before joining a Boston bureau engagement, while churches announce schedules and subjects for summer services.
President Roosevelt Could Have Withstood Taft Nomination
Washington reports say Chicago convention minutes show Roosevelt could have stood aside and backed a compromise candidate. Taft leaders, fearing defections, pressed on and renominated Taft as Roosevelt declined third-man offers and stayed loyal to Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Chicago
Roosevelt
Keeping Booka Ostriches on a Covena Farm
Mrs. Lela Love of Covena Georgia endorses Foley Kidney Pills claiming quick relief for sluggish kidneys. The note appears in a local column with a brief testimonial attributed to H W Taggart, presenting an agricultural piece on bird valuation and remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lela Love
Wiley Love
Covena
Foley
H. W. Taggart
Phrase from Puck cartoon dialog on genius and home life
The fragment notes a quip about whether living with a genius requires a genius and mentions asking a wife about it when going home. It appears as a light satirical line attributed to Puck. No named individuals or organizations are clearly present beyond the magazine context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeder
de Ruyter
Puck
War Pictures With Text Coupon on Page 3
Readers are urged to share the War Pictures feature and text matter for schoolchildren. A coupon appears on page 3 guiding participation and related details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloos Sunday Openings Promise Weekend Fun
Waterlooians can expect a lively Sunday with cinemas set to open for the first time in years, two sacred Cedar Falls concerts at the Majestic, baseball games at Cedar River park, and a busy Chautauqua and Electric Park program. Road dust may dampen motoring, but rain could improve conditions. Churches plan usual services as townsfolk seek varied entertainments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Majestic Theatre
Cedar Falle
Cedar River Park
Lafayette
Old Town
Waterloo Ministers Prepare Sermons on Sunday Theatre Opening
Plans announced this week indicate nearly all Waterloo ministers will preach Sunday sermons focused on the opening of theatres in Waterloo. Most services will be in the morning. several churches will skip evening service due to a Chautauqua event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Men's Meeting In Lincoln Park At Y M C A
The Y M C A men's meeting is scheduled tomorrow at 3 30 in Lincoln Park. The Rev Lewis W Bock, pastor of Stianual Evangelical Church, will lead the services. The ad note promotes Chamberlains Tablets as a remedy for constipation with a sale through dealers and a coupon on page 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregation
Sons of Jacob
Fifth Street
I. Lemanoaky
Commercial Street
Lincoln Park
Lewis W. Bock
Stianual Evangelical Church
Chamberlain
Waterloo City Plans Street Improvements on West First
Notice states Waterloo Iowa city council will consider a resolution of necessity to grade curb gutter pave West First Street from South Street to Locust Street and the Grant Avenue Allen Street alley, with intersections, funded by assessments on abutting property and governed by law. Meeting set for July 32 1912 at 730 pm in council chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Iowa
City
First Street
South Street
Locust Street
Grant Avenue
Allen Street
Fourth Street
Fifth Street
City of
Went First Street
RR. C. Thompson
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Comprehensive Quarterly Review
Golden Text
Matt
Rev
D. M. Stemma
Jesus
Christ
R. V
Lessen
Matti
Lazarus
God
Hell
Jasus
Earth
Abraham
Tlearing
Fey
Rahal
Wis
Jeanna Christ
Powell
Samvelw Purvis
D.D
JI Cor
London
New York
Paris
Philadelphia
Berlin
Budapest
Nover
Ange
Rose
Father
Ada
Baptist
Waterloo Girl
Gladys Powers
United Evangelical
Logan Avenue
Dane
J. M. Bamford
Logan Ave
Gladys Beulah Powers
Daugh
I. W. Powers
West High
Boston
Brethren
Catholic
St. Joseph's
Third and
Edward J. Slattery
D. P. Mulcahy
St. Mary's
Park Avenue East
Lafayette Street
Henry P. Rohlman
D. J. Lenihan
Christadelphian
Fifth
Church OF Christ
Central
Fourth and South
Lewis P. Kopp
Junior Christian Endeavor
Church OF Christ (Scientist
Jefferson
Marsh Place
Sycamore Streets
Plymouth
Public Lbrary East
L. B. Hix
Alta Vista Avenue
Episcopal
Fourth Street East
George W. Hinkle
St. Mark's
Russell-Lamson Hall
Evangelical
Immanuel German
Walnut and
Vine
Theodore Wolfram
C. V. Smeby
Cortlandt Street
Emmanuel German Lutheran Church
Walnut and Vine
Ladies‘ Aid Society
A. Haugen
Cascaden Avenue
Presbyterian
Miss Powers
White Lyceum Bureau of
The
Boston Transcript
Steinerthall
Barbara Frietchie
Calvary
Newelland
Alrret
I A. Haehlen
East Park
Kern and
Cutler
Frank Schroeder
Christan Endeavor
United Presbyterian
Universalist
Church of the Redeemer
Fourth and Mulberry
Effie McCollum Jones
Union Holiness Mission
Weat Fourth Street
B. Gowland
Waterloo Rescue Mission
Fifth and Commercial
Casebeer
MM. R. Hughes
Newell
Waterloo Ministerial Union
M. GC. A
Pariors
Edgar A. Valiant
J. B. Tix
VY. M.C. A
Bridge Street
FL M. Devendorf
A.W. Hartquist
D. Starr
Reed Boys
Y. We CG. A Century
Sycamore Street
Harriet A. Harvey
Rac Mairhead Business Girls
Independent Bible
Miss Power
Teddy
R. L. Degon
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