Billy Sunday Crusade Draws 62 Converts at First Invitation
Evangelist Sunday drew 62 converts last night as 62 men women and children responded to the initial invitation. A veteran newspaper man and others from diverse backgrounds joined the crowd as the audience raised hands in a moment of public commitment. Sunday preached on manhood and moral duty, stressing true Christian principles and denouncing the white slave traffic while urging strong character. A Cedar Rapids delegation joined Waterloo boosters for a large anticipatory tidal wave of support.
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Evangelist Sunday
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Billy Sunday
America
Hell
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Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Two Railroad Men Pass Away In Iowa Incident
Ink Mason City Iowa November 19 engineer Charles Ecker and brakeman Clyde Clement both 97 of the Milwaukee road died last night in McGregor from blood poisoning and dropsy. A Fifty third Regiment band banner stretched along the car. Three hundred Cedar Rapids Billy Sunday boosters attended the revival showing durable converts.
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Mason City
Eyenooking Press
Charles Ecker
Clyde Clement
Milwaukee Road
McGregor
Billy Sunday Boosters
Cedar Rapids
Ein Tabernacle Ward
Sunday Message Sparks Card Plating to Discard
New Castle Pennsylvania reports hundreds of playing cards dumped daily into garbage cans as residents heed Rev Billy Sunday’s sermon. Garbage men note widespread card destruction citywide, a profound testament to the evangelist’s influence.
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New Castle
Billy Sunday Debrnievesy
Gattage
Five Family Escapes Fire In Des Moines Home
Alfred G. Lozier, florist, and four relatives narrowly escaped death when their Easton boulevard residence in Des Moines burned this morning in a blaze that caused about 3500 in damages. Lozier suffered burns while guiding his family to safety as nightclothes hindered their escape. The home and all contents were a total loss.
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Des Moines
Evening Press
Alfred G. Lozier
Easton Boulevard
Hurst Family Begins Open Air River Voyage
Boone Iowa November 19. Mr Hurst of Luther and his sick son left by boat for St Louis traveling Des Moines River to Keokuk then down the Mississippi. No reason given for the novel trip, but a late report says they are getting along nicely.
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Boone
Evening Press
Hurst
Luther
St. Louis
Des Moines
Keokuk
Mississippi
Doctor Saves Man Who Took Poison in Personal Crisis
Monticello Iowa November 19 A well known painter Fred Hardin attempted suicide by taking poison in a personal crisis in a tent A doctor was summoned and succeeded in saving his life
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Doctor
Monticello
Evening Press
Fred Hardin
Insane man shoots self in Iowa jail cell
Walter Beckwith, arrested in Logan on a railroad purse robbery near Woodbine and handed to the county sheriff, killed himself in the county jail just before to be brought before the insanity commissioners. He said he lived near Denison.
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Logan
Evening Press
Walter Beckwith
Beckwith
Woodbine
Denison
Ames Moves to Block Pool Hall Expansion
Ames Iowa officials protest a plan to open a pool and billiard hall in the city. Mayor Sheldon leads local opposition, arguing state college officials previously kept saloons and billiard parlors out of town. Public sentiment runs high as indignant officials organize residents to prevent the pool room.
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Ames
Evening Press
State College
Sheldon
Oleo Grafters to Aid in Other Cases
Rid ward Fitzhenry of Madison and Edward Kilmas of Milwaukee, serving sentences in Leavenworth for oleomargarine frauds, will be taken to Chicago tomorrow to give evidence in similar cases. An order for their removal was received from Judge Landis of the United States circuit court at Chicago.
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Kan
Ridward Fitzhenry
Madison
Wis
Edward Kilmas
Milwaukee
Chicago
Landis
United States Circuit
Man Found Dead in Iowa Field Not Leander Hunt
Webster City Iowa Nov 19 The body found in a Council Bluffs cornfield is not Leander Hunt brother of the county treasurer of this city. The mystery deepens over how a Hunt family photo ended up in the field where the body was found.
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Webster City
Evening Press
Council Bluffs
Leander Hunt
Hunt
Riots in Mexico Leave Up to 170 Dead
Reports from Pueblo and interior cities say revolutionary violence subsided but death tolls vary from 100 to 170. Police chief Miguel Cabrera and officers were killed in Puebla when a door opened to a female gunman. Troops and sharpshooters patrolled streets as 42 alleged plotters were arrested and reinforcements readied in Mexico City.
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Miguel Cabrera
Ben
Mexico City
Pueblo
Josef Cerdan
Cerdan
Calvary
Puebla
Battter
Cly
Birth Death and Marriage in One Day in Hamilton Family
In a Mason City area tale of coincidence the late Thomas Hamilton died after a long illness from a railway wreck injury. His daughter May wed Patrick Wyman in the morning. Later, a son was born to Mr and Mrs S B Hamilton, while the bride’s father and grandfather to the newborn passed away in the evening.
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Britt
Wyhomas Hamilton
Mason City
Miss May
Patrick Wyman
Vioton
Hamilton
Supposed Dead Man Denies Death In North Clinton
Martin Gavin, believed dead after a body found in the Mississippi and buried, visits the police station claiming he is alive. Coroner Kellogg investigates whether the buried man is Gavin or the Dubuque river victim as friends had planned a monument to Gavin. License notices list Harry J. Meeker and Benril G. Hossman of Cedar Falls.
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Clinton
Evening Press
Martin Gavin
Mississippi River
Gavin
Wisconsin
Kellogg
Dubuque
Jersey buffalo oxen make man famous
Wilbur Brown, a newcomer to Glenwood, drives a team of half buffalo and half Jersey steers who attract attention in town and countryside. The animals display buffalo traits with Jersey colors and markings and are well broke for service.
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Buffalo
Creston
Eveening Press
Wilbur Brown
Glenwood
Brown
Love Unlocks Prison Door in Des Moines Case
Flossie Shook, formerly of Mitchellville Industrial School, is released after a habeas corpus case proves she is 21. Max Coch, who loves her, plans to marry. authorities had previously barred the union. Also in Des Moines, Ida Qlements faces a federal indictment for using the mails to defraud as the jury deliberates. Higher court rulings affirm a Muscatine case for damages involving Citizens Hallroad and Forepaugh & Sells.
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Des Moines
Max Coch
Itunnelis
Flossie
Mitchellville
Coch
Mituhellylia
Miss Ida Qlements
U.S
Supreme Court
Citizens Hallroad & Light Company
Appellants
Forepaugh & Sells
Muscatine District
Corn ears sold at national horticultural show
Ten ears of corn grown by Wilson and Pierson of Silver City Iowa were sold for 105 dollars to R. G. Wallace of Council Bluffs after winning 275 dollars in prizes at the corn show affiliated with the National Horticultural Congress in Council Bluffs on November 19.
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Council Bluffs
Wilson and Pierson
Silver City
National Horticultural Congress
R. GB. Wallace
Ida Grove School Suspended By Town High Football Association
Davenport Iowa November 19 Prof G B Marshall chairman of the board of control of the Town High School Athletic Association announced the Ida Grove school has been suspended from the association for using ineligible players against Cherokee and for breaking a contract to play Sioux City on November 12. Fred Rankin Convicted Creston Iowa November 19 Rankin convicted of breaking and entering by a district court jury Judge Evans postpones sentence to November 29 unless a new trial motion is filed.
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Davenport
Erening Press
G. 8. Marshall
The
Town High School Athletic Association
Ida Grove
Sioux City
Fred Rankin
Creston
Evening Press
District Court
Tudge Evans
Rankin
Opaniards Degrade Padlock Bill amid Madrid Debates
In Madrid on November 19 deputies began discussion of the padlock bill. Carlists opposed the measure. The bill originally barred new orders until concordat revision or a definite law, while the senate adopted a two year interdiction amendment seen as a concession to the opposition. The Vatican urged the government to avoid action amid pending negotiations.
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Madrid
Senate
Vatican
Girl garment worker depicts slavery of shops
A 15 year old girl garment worker testifies at a parlor discussion in Chicago about the garment workers strike. Clara Masillotti describes harsh conditions, pay and language barriers, claiming she rose to floor woman then helped peers obtain skilled work elsewhere. The account highlights exploitation and low wages in sweatshops.
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Chicago
Clara Mastilotti
Edward Burling
Miss Mas
Catherine Coman
Wellesley College
Canalejas Refuses Reform Link to Madrid Holy See Talks
Legislation bearing on possible revisions faces opposition as Canalejas resists tying his program of religious reform and liberty to any diplomatic discussions between Madrid and the Holy See. He argues the reform plan stands apart from international talks.
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Canalejas
Madrid
Holy See
Boy Rescued After Icy Sheyenne River Plunge
Valley City North Dakota report tells how George Preston, a farmer boy skating north of town, broke through ice on the Sheyenne River and drifted for a block beneath the surface. He grabbed an air hole, kept his breath, and, with help from companions and others who chopped away ice, was pulled to safety.
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N. D
New
Wiy
Sheyenne
George Preston
Here
Preston
Tama Jim Blames Homesteaders For High Living Cost
Secretary Wilson blamed western homesteaders for rising living costs in an opening address at the US land and irrigation exposition. He said homesteaders shrink the field of operation for ranchers, hurting meat harvests, while immigration and urban migration also boost costs. He cited falling meat prices tied to corn and oat crops.
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Chicago
Wilson
West
Tolstoi Condition Improves Slightly Despite Weak Heart
In Astapova and St. Petersburg reports, physicians remain faintly optimistic about Tolstoi's state after a favorable night. The count shows a weak but steady heart, with general physical weakness persisting. Separately, a New York bank statement notes loans down 71.8 million, deposits down 2.7 million, reserve up 9.6 million, surplus up 10.3 million, and exit U. S. deposits up 10.3 million.
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St. Petersburg
Astapova
Tolstoi
New York
U. S
Championship Games Today Amid Championship Stakes
Yale and Harvard clash in New Haven with Eastern crown on the line while Minnesota and Michigan meet in Ann Arbor as West division honors hinge on the outcome. Yale leads series against Harvard recently, and Wisconsin Chicago, Indiana Purdue also on the slate with weather fair and scores tied at 0 in first periods.
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Ann Arbor
Minnesota
Michigan
Yale
Harvard
New Haven
Crimson
Indiana
Purdue
Lafayette
Wisconsin
Madison
Blue
Mich
Four Die In Navy Gun Explosion At Indian Head
Four men were killed at the Indian Head proving grounds when a five inch gun exploded prematurely. Lieutenant Arthur G. Caffee led the firing crew and perished, along with J. I. Brown, Nelson Jackson, J. J. Teary, and Sidney Dixon suffered severe injuries. In Washington Wis a separate shooting left Dir. J. ONeil dead and Edward Schmidt dying from bullets fired by Mrs. ONeil with no stated motive.
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Washington
Indian Head Proving Grounds
Navy
Arthur G. Caffee
J. i. Brown
Nelson Jackson
J. J. Teary
Sidney Dixon
Washburn
Wis
J. O'Neil
Edward Schmidt
Fashionable wedding in London joins Peoria bride and explorer
Mrs. Sumner Clarke of Peoria Illinois wed Colonel J. J. Harrison an African explorer at St George's Hanover Square London witnesses included many society figures the ceremony held today in November in London England
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London
Sumner Clarke
Peoria
J. J. Harrison
St. George's
Haneover Square
Preacher Marries Couple During Car Elopement in Riverside Drive
In Indianapolis on November 19, Ells Williamson a schoolteacher and Ervie Rudd a chauffeur were wed by Rev. J. A. Lewis while speeding in a car along Riverside boulevard. The ceremony occurred with both families present as the elopement concluded.
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Ind
Ells Williamson
Ervie Rudd
J. A. Lewis
Amanto
Riverside Boulevard
Deay
Riverside Club
Witherean
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Roves
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