National Revival Aimed by Evangelist Sunday
In a sweeping national revival vision, evangelist William A. Sunday stands as the leading figure. Observers compare him to Luther, Knox, and Wesley, touting his broad reach and strong calls for church reform and personal repentance. The piece notes travel advances, anticipates nationwide meetings, and contrasts Sunday’s approach with historic prophets.
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United States
William A. Sunday
Mr. Sunday
William A
Luther
Knox
Wesley
Moody
Mr.Sunday
God
Torrey
Chapman
Bierderwolf
Riley
Gstrum
Sunday
Gond
Heaven
Hell
Ain
Water reservoir to cover nine villages near Engle NM
Government plans to flood a 49 000 acre basin when Elephant Hutter reservoir fills. 2000 people will be moved from homes as six American villages including Paraie are submerged. Farms and village property are being purchased to clear the area for the project.
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el Paso
Tex
Engle
N. M
Paraie
Great Basin
Ropke Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement Charges
Louisville, November 29. August Ropke pleaded guilty to five counts of embezzling funds from Fidelity Trust company. The total alleged detaliations reached 1,490,000, later reduced by recoveries to 1,190,000. He received a sentence of ten to eighteen years in the penitentiary, covering all offenses. Ropke served as secretary of the bank's department.
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Louisville
Ropke
Fidelity Trust Company
Dock Workers Lost in Caspian Storm Near Astrakham
A violent tombpest in the Caspian Sea today dragged a landing stage from its moorings, sweeping 300 Persian dock workers to sea. Rescue attempts failed and authorities abandoned hopes of saving any. Numerous ships remained moored along Caspian coast towns.
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Astrakham
Russia
Caspian Sea
Caspian Coast
Saloons Targeted in Creston Citizens League Push
Creston Iowa November 29 A citizens league forms to oppose saloon continuance petitions after July 1 Ward committees will canvass each ward to persuade voters to oppose the petitions. movement marks organized local effort to curb saloon presence.
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Creston
Evening Press
Citizens’ League
M E Conference Opens at Tama
The 27th session of the Methodist Episcopal conference opened in Tama with large attendance. Rev. S E Ellis of Marshalltown will speak today. Business affairs are on the agenda for Wednesday. No ministers will be assigned at this meeting.
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Marshalltown
Methodist Episcopal Conference
Tama
S. E. Ellis
Safe Crackers Wreck Rex & Sons Restaurant Safe
Nitro glycerine used by presumed professional safe crackers wrecked the Rex and Sons restaurant safe yesterday morning. Robbers secured only a small amount of money. Four suspects were arrested.
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Creston
Evening Press
C. S. Rex & Sons
Jury Chosen for Shearer Murder Trial in Mason City
Mason City Iowa November 29 The Evening Press reports the jury for the murder trial of J S Shearer accused in the death of Henry Lucas has been selected after examining 38 jurors. Evidence is being taken.
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Mason City
Evening Press
J. 5
Shearer
Henry Lucas
Cornell Prodigy of 16 Is Second Year Graduate
Ithaca N Y Nov 29 In Nicholas Wiener Cornell possesses a student who celebrated its sixteenth birthday last Saturday and is pursuing second year graduate work. Graduated from a Massachusetts high school at 11 and finished Tufts four year course in three years leaving at 13. Father Leo Wiener Harvard professor mother born in Missouri Wiener studies philosophy at Cornell reading Plato in the original German and theory of functions while aiming to teach. He is master of several languages and sciences with a program in empiricism rationalism ethics history of philosophy experimental psychology. Wiener’s early life includes tutoring in chemistry Latin and history then geometry and analytic geometry before entering special high school work.
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Ithaca
Nicholas Wiener
Cornell
Massachsetts High School
Tufts College
William James Sidis
Harvard
Sage
Wiener
Iis
Young Wiener
Leo Wiener
Boris Sidis
Kansas City
Maxborough
Mass
Bonilla Seizes Honduras Atlantic Ports in Revolution
Advices from Tegucigalpa report the Atlantic ports of Honduras and the department of Gracias a Dios captured by Bonilla’s forces. Government troops sent to retake the area joined the rebels, boosting Bonilla’s movement after prior failed uprisings and exile to Guatemala. Bonilla recently lingered in New Orleans amid reports of an expedition to hit Honduras’ Atlantic coast.
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San Juan del Sur
Nicaragua
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Department of Camayagua
Bonilla
Davila
Guatemala
New Orleans
Valladares
Amapala
Bon- Ha
Hlonduras
Col Whistler Urges Draft of High School Men for Guard
Seattle, Nov 28 Col Whistler urged that high school and college entrants be examined for shooting ability and backed enlisting the national guard along the Pacific coast up to 100000. He also urged able bodied men serve in the guard before exercising suffrage. Census figures show Maryland population 1294460 with 196498 gain and Nebraska 11174 for 125924 increase.
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Seattle
Wash
Col Whistler
Puget Sound Coast Artery District
Whistler
United States
Pacific Coast
National Guard
Interests Arise Calamity Wail Over Rail Rates
The article reports a coalition of interests advocating against railroad rate regulation by the Commerce Commission. It cites railroads, Wall Street, insurance firms, railroad employees, and tramway suppliers predicting financial depression if a ruling goes against them. Secretary MacVeagh states the national financial situation is sound.
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Sehen
Strowll Ghea Coreuaria
Commerce Commission
Aise
Calind
Railroads
Wall Street
Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh
Was it murder at Davenport Iowa tonight
Davenport Nov 29 Evening Press reports the body of John Brunk a 42 year old bartender was found at the foot of a stairway to flats occupied by colored people with a hatchet bloodied and hairs clinging to it recovered in an apartment a dozen occupants are detained at the police station while investigators work to determine the killer no definite evidence yet ties any single occupant to the crime
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Davenport
Evening Press
John Brunk
VAIL
Typhoid Fever in Des Moines Prompts State Investigation
Des Moines reports a severe typhoid fever outbreak. The state board of health will hold a special meeting to take charge of the investigation, with the city board assisting. Authorities urge boiling water and careful milk handling as preventive steps.
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Des Moines
Evening Press
State Board of Health
City Board of Health
Des Moines Iowa Deadlock Could Leave State With One Senator
Des Moines November 28 A deadlock in the Iowa legislature could leave the state with only one senator from about April 10 until the next session if the legislature fails to elect a successor to Senator Nolliver. Attorney General Byers states the appointed term ends with adjournment and cannot be filled otherwise, noting several recent cases of states under deadlock leaving one senator.
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Des Moines
Evening Press
Nolliver
Iowa
Byers
Erbstein to Stand Trial December in Browne Case
Judge Scanlan denied further delays and Erbstein's demand for a bill of particulars. Indicted for bribing a juror in Browne's second trial, attorney Charles Erbstein faces trial set for December 1 in Chicago.
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Chicago
Scanlan
Charles Erbstein
Lee O'Neil Browne
Erbstein
Davenport selects Woodworth Clum for Greater Davenport post
Davenport Iowa November 29. Woodworth Clum secretary of the Rocheste r Chamber of Commerce and president of the National Association of Commercial Secretaries has been engaged as permanent secretary by the Greater Davenport committee. He will assume the role January 1 to lead the movement.
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Davenport, I
Evening Press
Woodworth Clum
Chamber of Commerce
Rochester
National Association of Commercial Secretaries
Greater Davenport
SAIOME WILL NOT APPEAR IN CHICAGO
Chicago officials withdrew the Stiome grand opera production featuring Mary Garden after Chief Steward objected to offensive lines and the dreaded scene. Garden refused to surrender her roles, and Friday’s show was canceled.
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Saiome
Chicago
Chicago Police Department
Chie
Police Steward
Mary Garden
Miss Garden
Mrs Kearns Held to Grand Jury in Iowa Murder Case
Cedar Rapids report states Mrs Pearl Kearns charged with murdering George O Malley was placed under 5000 dollar bond and held to await grand jury action after yesterday's hearing by the Evening Press.
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Cedar Rapids
Evening Press
Pearl Kearns
George O'Malley
Hunter Shot by Companion Left in Serious Condition
Monticello Iowa November 29 Evening Press reports Henry Rickels, while hunting near Scotch Grove, stepped from a shrubbery to flush a rabbit. His companion fired two barrels into Rickels breast. Rickels was seriously wounded. incident described as accidental.
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Monticello
Kevening Press
Scotch Grove
Henry Rickels
Rickels
Cedar Rapids Business Men's Temperance Association Formed
Cedar Rapids Indiana November 29 The Cedar Rapids Business Men's Temperance association was organized last evening with 100,900 in annual stock and a 50 year existence. The group aims to abolish saloons and will oppose a forthcoming saloon petition. A Waterloo delegation assisted.
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Cedar Rapids
Evening Press
Cedar Rapids Business Men's Temperance Association
Waterloo
Organization of Savings Bank at Leighton
Oskaloosa Ta Nov 29 Evening Press announces the organization of a savings bank at Leighton to begin business December 4. A Gentleman's smoke San Felice.
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Oskaloosa
Evening Press
Lelanton
Governor Carroll's Son Adel to Wed in Plain View Minn
Governor B F Carroll travels from Des Moines to Plain View Minnesota for the wedding of his son Adel. The event marks a family alliance within state leadership as details of the ceremony remain limited.
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Carroll
Adel
Des Moines
Evening Press
B. F. Carroll
Plain View, Minn
Republicans Tad Wigh Pluralities In Iowa Election
Des Moines Iowa November 29 official canvass shows Republican wins for three top state offices with votes for war policy. Hayward secretary of state Ag 8787 Bleakly auditor of state 52684 Morrow treasurer 50360.
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Des Moines
Eveening Press
Hayward
Bleakly
Morrow
Laborer killed as train man falls at Des Moines street
John McNealy, a laborer, was struck by a Rock Island train as he attempted to board near Fast Wifth street. Both legs were severed and his skull fractured. He was rushed to the hospital in a dying condition.
Professor Stryker May Head Princeton College
Princeton New Jersey November 28 Melancthon Woosley Stryker is named by trustees as the likely head of Princeton College after Woodrow Wilson’s resignation. Stryker, born January 7 1851, is president of Hamilton College and a noted hymnology scholar and author.
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Princeton
N. J
Agriculture secretary touts county prosperity and farm education
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson stated that the county features abundant crops and full employment across all Maes. He cited rising demand for farm products, improved farmer education, and better farm yields per acre, promising greater provision for a growing population.
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Wilson
Scott Bound For Pole Bids Adieu To Civilization
Christ Church New Zealand Nov 28 The Terra Nova carrying the British south polar expedition under Captain Robert F Scott sailed from Port Chalmers for the Antarctic. The Terra Nova left London June 1 and aimed to reach the South Pole in December.
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Christ Church
New Zealand
Robert F. Scott
Port Chalmers Fort
Antarctic Sea
London
Scott
South Pole
Dr Buck Held For Murder Of Wife In Greensburg
Greensburg Kansas November 29 Dr G H Buck was held for the murder of his wife who died a month ago A preliminary hearing fixed bail at 20000 dollars The physician testified to symptoms indicating cyanide poisoning The couple had been married about one year.
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Greensburg
Kan
G. H. Buck
Goa
Waterloo Freight Agent Dies In Gruesome In This City
Walter F Frehse a Rock Island freight agent in Waterloo was found horribly mutilated in Vinton Iowa yards at 6 30 am The body showed severed head legs disemboweled and hands removed Authorities and relatives attended to the case and a mystery surrounds whether a passing train caused the death He was born Dysart Iowa Aug 30 1886 married Eva White in Waterloo June 18 1908 and left behind a wife and one year old son Also surviving are parents and several siblings The article notes his Masonic membership and his family mourns this sudden loss Judge Elisha W Keyes of Madison Wis also died today
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Vinton
Walter F. Frehse
Rock Island Lines
Frehse
Eva White
Waterloo
W. C. Frehse
Will White
Alice Frehse
Dysart
Jons
Walter Frederick Frehse
Rock Island
Walter Calvin
W. GC. Frehse
George Drysdale
Clifton
Ariz
Perry Clark
Paul Davis
Fred
Robert Frehse
Masonic Order
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