Healing Mission Draws Crowds in Council Bluffs
James Moore Hickson wrapped up a three hour healing service at St. Pauls Church in Council Bluffs after addressing attendees. Healed individuals included 14 month old Donald Andrews and Deafness cured for Mrs. Charles D. Rosenberry of Omaha. Edwin Lyle Coon of Ames spoke of an electric like sensation and renewed strength after Hicksons touch. Reverend Elmer Nelson Owen defended the healer as genuine and not a faker.
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Council Bluffs
James Moore Hickson
Kansas
St. Paul's Church
Hickson
Christ
Donald Andrews
Morris Andrews
Des Moines
St. Paul’s Church
Mr. Andrews
Charles D. Rosenberry
Omaha
Jessa Bacon
Hiteman
Bacon
Donald Hight
Oakland
Edwin Lyle Coon
Ames
Edwin
St. Paul's
Skeptic Visibly Moved by Healing Talk in Council Bluffs
Mr. Owen traveled to Council Bluffs to witness Mr. Hickson's healing mission. He saw a diverse crowd seeking relief and observed genuine faith and sincerity in Hickson's words. He noted healing as a soul and body process grounded in faith and God’s power, with no unjustified claims.
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Council Bluffs
Councy Bluffs
Altho
Owen
Hickson
Mr. Owen
Mr. Hickson
Williams to Erect $60,000 Brick Residence in Sioux City
W. Williams, a contractor, secured a permit from Building Inspector F. B. Colby to erect a brick two story home for FP A McCornack at 2157 Heights. The $60,000 project sets a new high cost record for local houses. Construction started and is expected to finish in three months.
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Sioux City
W. Williams
F. B. Colby
A. McCornack
Palo Alto County Boards Pave 12 Miles Highway
Emmetsburg contract lets paving 14 miles from Emmetsburg to Mallard at 3.40 per yard including excavation. Contractors Bauck and Brereton to build an industrial railroad from a gravel pit to Mallard to haul material. Palo Alto first northern Iowa county to approve paved highways.
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Palo Alto County
Emmetsburg
Mallard
Bauck & Brereton
Palo Alto
Iowa
Maple sugar harvest boosts Garner's spring season
Warm days and sap flow bring maple sugar time to Garner Iowa. Citizens tap hard maples to beat high sugar costs and expect to produce many gallons of real maple syrup this spring, a pastime tied to ancestral Maine and Vermont traditions.
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Garner
Maine
Vermont
Perry Ja. Bans Sunday Movies and Pool Halls
Perry Ta March 24 The town promises to be among the few in the state without pool halls and Sunday picture shows The council moved to cross Sunday movies and pool halls with an ordinance to ban them within city limits as of April 1 1920 A petition with about 1500 names objecting was filed but was ignored Councilor Stevenson moved to lay the petition aside and the ordinance was read three times and adopted unanimously The penalty for violation is up to 100 fine or 30 days in jail per offense.
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Perry
Juyan Stevenson
Stevenson
Allison to Launch Buy At-Home Campaign for Betterment
Allison Iowa March 25. City officials bankers and merchants led by Missman and Spengler organize a buy at home push to lift Allison from its status as the smallest county seat in the state. Two 10 by 50 foot bulletin boards will spread the message with artful steel frames. Leonard Fowler Service handles building and electrification. Local merchants banks and the press join the effort to boost farmer trade and curb mail order competition.
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Allison
Earnest Speedy
State Bank of
Leonard Fowler
Waterloo and
Cedar Talls
J. B. Isaacson
C. F. Missman
State Bank of Allison
Hunter Lumber Company
Spengler Drug Company
Merchants of
Eight Moonshine Stills Seized in Cedar Rapids Raids
Cedar Rapids March 26 government prohibition agents raided moonshine operations in the city. Eleven arrests, including two women, and seizure of eight stills, more than 100 gallons of whisky, 100 gallons of rafain siuash, apricot brandy and other fermenting ingredients. Suspects held for federal grand jury convening first week in April. agents say Cedar Rapids is the wettest spot in Iowa and more stills may be hidden.
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Cedar Rapides
Prohibition
Federal Grand Jury
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Maquoketa Maid Lands in Rich Montana Oil District
Maquoketa resident Ruby Preston, a former local maid, homesteaded 160 acres in Montana and has rejected multiple lease offers from oil companies. A neighboring resident reportedly received 37 500 dollars upfront plus monthly shares until drilling begins, with potential further payments if oil is struck.
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Maquoketa
Montana
Ruby
Preston
Miss Preston
Use Castoria Safely for Infants Says Public Notice
A historical notice warns that infancy mortality is high in civilized countries and attributes many deaths to narcotic preparations. It urges using Castoria with the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher, claiming it contains no opiates or narcotics. It cautions that many over the counter syrups include opium or morphine and can cause slowness, sickness, and death.
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Chas. H. Fletcher
Qocthéiz Genuine Castoria
Denver News Highlights Local Notes and Advertisements
Waterloo figures show Mrs Ernest and family visiting relatives while John Hartung returns from hospital in Waverly. Max Brodow’s home changes hands. Elma Bredow and Fred Matthias visit. Electroliers on new bridge gleam. An ad notes Foley Kidney Pills aid backache and rheumatic pains with user testimonial from Evansville Indiana.
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Denver
Marvy Sa
Ernest
Waterloophoppers
John Hartung
Waverly
Herman Henry
Max Brodow
Mr. Bredow
Fred Matthias
Elma
J. N. Tohill
Lottie Hote
Evansville
Ind
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