Lay Members Take Gospel to 10 Homes of Friends
Dr. A Earl Kernahan led a personal visitation evangelistic campaign across nine Waterloo churches. He reported 17 000 conversions in 18 months and outlined why this method surpasses mass evangelism. The weeklong effort includes evening meetings with workers gathering at First M church and First Baptist Church, aiming to invite neighbors to join a church.
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A. Earl Kernahan
Waterloo West
Housise
Waterloo
Kernaha
Kernahan
First M.E. Church
Iowa
Oelwein
Pirsé Baptist Church
M. EL
Westminster Presbyterian Church
M. EH
Billy Sunday
New York
Boston
Kernaban
Christ
Jesus
New England
Charles City
Former Iowa School Man Dead in Omaha
Davin Williams aged 69 died in Omaha of pneumonia. He served 47 years as a school administrator in Iowa, including superintendencies at Redding Winterset Keosauqua Titonka and Essex. He was on the state board of examiners and town colleges inspector for four years. Survived by a wife and two daughters Mrs ELM Landale Omaha and Mrs Sandy MacDonald Duluth. He was past master of Evening Star lodge No 43 Masons Winterset. Funeral Tuesday morning.
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Omaha
Neb
Davin Williams
Iowa
Redding
Winterset
Keosauqua
Titonka
Essex
State Board of Examiners
Elm. Landale
Sandy. MacDonald
Duluth
Minn
Evening Star Lodge No
Masons
Hanford MacNider Weds Childhood Sweetheart in Secret Ceremony
Mason City Iowa March 16 Hanford MacNider former National American Legion commander admitted a secret wedding on February 20 to his boyhood sweetheart Margaret McAuley of Mason City. The ceremony was in the Episcopal church conducted by Rev C F Hinton. McAuley formerly studied at the University of Minnesota and Milwaukee Downer College and has been active in American Legion auxiliary work since the local post formation. She belongs to Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.
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Mason City
Hanford MacNider
National American Legion
Margaret McAuley
C. F. Hinton
Entecopal
McAuley
University of Minnesota
Milwaukee Downer College
American Legion Auxiliary
Post
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
Western Union Messenger Boys and Their Unusual Services
A historical piece highlights Western Union messenger boys as versatile workers rivaling athletes in stamina. It notes the growing staff, from two to fifteen, and recalls notable figures who began as messengers while detailing their diverse duties from child care to event line duties and gatekeeping, plus training value and career progression.
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Western Union
Apollo
Olympus
Tulls to Stage Three One-Act Plays at First M. E. Church
Cornell college duo Prof Clyde C Tull and Jewell' Bothwell Tull present three one act plays The Other Woman Little Gutterspipe and The Happy Pair at 8 pm Monday March 23 in First M E Church Proceeds benefit the Master offering Both Tulls are noted in literary and dramatic circles Mrs Tull is author of boys books and many magazine stories The Cedar Rapids Republican praised their subtle humor in A Happy Pair
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Clyde C. Tull
Jewell’ Bothwell Tull
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Tull
Audience Appreciation for Prof and Mrs Tull Speech
The remark noted that the address was warmly received by both the audience and the professional manner in which it was delivered to Prof. and Mrs. Tull.
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Tull
Toledo Commercial Club Plans Community Work
C H B H Boardman Rotary club governor spoke on community building at the Toledo Commercial Club ninth annual banquet. About 200 guests attended as he urged cooperation and defended avoiding outside investments. ZeHe Sinte, new president, outlined a year long plan to make the club a true community club with projects including street and road improvements, civic upgrades funded by property owners, a tourist park, and a junior commercial club.
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Toledo
C. H. BH
Tama
Sime
Horton Man Has Three Kidneys
Horton Iowa March 36 Frank Boyd a Horton merchant was found to have three kidneys during Mayo Clinic consultations in Rochester He plans to return for surgery to remove the extra kidney and resume normal health care arrangements.
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Horton Man
Horton, Ia
Frank Boyd
Horton Merchant
Mayo Clinics
Rochester
Iowa legislature eyed as key bills move this week
Des Moines reports a pivotal Iowa session with the Patterson Johnson income tax bill facing a house special order and a critical gasoline tax fight in the senate. The fuel funds dispute centers on how to distribute revenues for primary and secondary roads, with tie votes and possible Lieut. Governor Kimball casting pivotal ballots. The week promises strategic maneuvers as committees rush to action amid looming deadlines and federal aid considerations.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Singer
Senate
Bergman Mill
State Highway Commission
Altho
Cessna
Poweshiek County
Kimball
Berg Man
Bergman
House
Brittain
Bowman
Grundy Center Church Destroyed by Fire
Grundy Center Iowa March 16 Special Fire destroyed the German Presbyterian church at 3 am yesterday just before Sunday school. Origin undetermined, fire started in the steeple, the wooden frame building burned to smoldering ruins. Estimated loss about 12 000 including contents. Built ~25 years ago and remodeled in 1923. Rev H F Sinning pastor.
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Grundy Center
H. F. Sinning
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Harold Fellmer
Paul Dyer
Walter Carpenter
Western Union Boys
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Clarinda
Adolph
Jack
Holliday
Wichita
Kans
Helliday
Schoal
Nir
Weil
Frank J
Havens
Harhood
Western Union Imessenger
F. F. Holmes
Ha Neh
Tulls
M. E. Church
Dean
I. Stringfellow
W. Riddl St
Toan
Chas. M. Griffith
Bluff
Doan
Miller's
Foster-Milburn Co., Mfg
Buffalo
L. BE. Glaza CO
Commercial St
A. K. Smith
Waterloo Insurance Agency
Iowa Securities Company
East 5Th St
Continental
Astna Casualty & Surety Co
Dotson
Detsen
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