High School Boys Lead Way for Many Penitents
Evangelist Billy Sunday draws a 6000-strong crowd as west high school boys and Billy Sunday Booster Club girls convert dozens. Seventy two confess Christ with Modern Woodmen and Royal Neighbors joining in the revival finale at the tabernacle.
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West High School
Mr. Sunday
Billy Sunday Booster Club
Tabernacle
Christ
Sunday
Little Billy Sunday Boosters
Mr. Ackley
Jesus
Misa Maclaren
A. H. Ackley
Evangelist Sunday
Rodehaver
Rodeheav
Drowned Skater Dies At Silver Lake
G W Baumgardner a 35 year old Lake Park resident of 20 years was drowned while skating on Silver Lake yesterday afternoon. He leaves a mother and one son. The incident was reported in the Evening Press.
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Lake Park
Evening Press
G. W. Baumgardner
Silver Lake
Mrs Early Buyer and Sister in Christmas Shopping
Daily life in a bustling holiday scene shows Mrs Early Buyer and her sister Miss Hate A. Crowd selecting pretty shop items as Christmas nears. The playful prompt invites readers to join the festive browsing.
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Early Buyer
Miss Hate A
Mothers Day observances and county Sunday school march
The community plans a Mothers Day service Thursday from two to four and asks businesses to close in honor of mothers. Many events follow including Sunday school gatherings Friday charity collection for Associated Charities and a dress of white flowers or ribbons is encouraged.
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Waterloo
Grace M. E. Church
First Congregational Church
Tabernacle
Radehayer
Rae Muirhead
State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Sunday
Galloway
Muirhead
Associated Charities
Paralysis Fatal at Iowa City
Iowa City reports a fatal infantile paralysis case the second in the county this year. The victim is Stanley Hedges, four years old, son of Mr and Mrs George Hedges, at their home.
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Iowa City
Uverning Press
Stanley Hedges
George Hedges
Revolt in Macao Seizes City as Governor Yields
In Macao on November 30 a revolt by several hundred Portuguese soldiers and sailors overpowered the government. They drove the nuns from Santa Clara, took the government house, and forced the governor to grant demands including expulsion of religious orders, higher military pay, and press controls. Sailors and troops joined, seizing the armory and providing arms to rebels who moved on Santa Clara and the convent. The rebels ordered the nuns to leave. they fled to Hong Kong. The governor acceded to all demands after officers were silenced at bayonet point.
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Macao
China
Sainta Clara
Santa Clara
Stong Kong
Pleads for Sunday ball with meetilodists
The report notes Peterson of Cleveland presenting views at the Methodist social conference and opposing Sunday laws. Revs Welsh and Williams attacked his stance while debates centered on replacing Sunday grid rules.
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Peterson
Clevelums
Tulinossing
Ebo
Traveling Man Proves Hero in Ft Dede Rescue
Traveling man C. L. Stenshoel risked his life by dashing into a burning Ft. Dede structure to rescue Olaf Peterson, an aged man weakened by age and smoke, carrying him safely from the flames as the lower floor burned.
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Ft. Dodge
Evening Press
C. L. Stenshoel
Nan
Olaf Peterson
Ty Stenshiel
Three Drownings On Sinking Tug off Lime Island
Three crew members of the tug General drowned when it sank in a collision with the steamer Athabasca off Lime Island in St. Marys Passage near Sault Ste. Marie Michigan.
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Sault Ste. Marie, Mich
Athabasca
Lime Island
St. Mary's Passage
Sunday to Talk at Cedar Falls
President Ht Seerley arranged for Evangelist Sunday to speak at the State Teachers College Cedar Falls Friday at 10 o clock. The address targets students and faculty with a message likely tied to current events and religious outreach on campus.
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Cedar Falls
Ht. H. Seerley
Evangelist Sunday
State Teachers’ College
Porter Henry Bradbury Confesses in Staircase Incident
Davenport report says Henry Bradbury a colored porter, after a night in the sweat box, confessed to pushing John Brunk, a saloonkeeper, down a tenement stairway. He denies striking with a hatchet that caused Brunk’s death. police feel strong case exists.
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Davenport
Evening Press
Henry Bradbury
John Brunk
Bradbury
Brunk
Logan Teacher Hurt In Assault
Prof. P A Dietrichson, recently assaulted by Logan mayor C A Balter, returned to the school but suffered a relapse. He is under specialist care and will stay home for some time.
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Logan
Lun
War
Evening Press
P. A. Dietrichson
C. A. Balter
Woman burned in gasoline stove blast in Burlington
A Miss Coleman from Sterling was seriously burned about the head and face by a gasoline stove explosion at the home of David Winfield. It is feared she will lose sight in one eye. She and her brothers came to place him in a local hospital for treatment. The young man died two hours after arrival in the city.
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Burlington
Byvening Press
Coleman
Sterling
David Winfield
Brakeman killed under wheels near Council Bluffs
Samuel A. Hughes of Stanberry Missouri, a Wabash brakeman, was killed when the engine bumped a string of cars at Neoga Ta four miles south of Council Bluffs about 4 this morning. He was making an air coupling when the trucks passed over him. A Gentleman's smoke San Felice.
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Council Bluffs
Evening Press
Samuel A. Hughes
Stanberry
Neoga
Youthful Thieves At Cedar Rapids Confess Bicycles Robberies
Evening Press reports Cedar Rapids police broke up a gang of youthful bicycle and ice box thieves after six months of robberies. Two members Foyster and Kendall were arrested with six more boys for stealing bicycles parts and raid sites including barns the Coe College gymnasium. They met nightly in Westminster Presbyterian church basement to plan depredations.
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Cedar Rapids
Evening Press
Foyster
Kendall
Beoys Atle
Coe College
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Fatal Runaway Injuries Reported in Burlington
Burlington ta November 30 Charles Lee a prominent implement dealer of this city died at St Francis hospital from a fractured skull suffered in a runaway in Gladston TL late yesterday afternoon His death follows the accident report filed by Evening Press Des Moines man resigns to take Detroit chamber role Lucius Whiteon secretary of the Greater Des Moines committee resigns to accept a 190000 position with the Detroit Chamber of Commerce
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Burlington
Evening Press
Charles Lee
Gladston
St. Francis Hospital
Des Moines
Lucius Witeon
Greater
Infant Children Burned to Death in Fire
Two infant children of Fred Mitchell, a local farmer near Linden, Ja. Wov, were left alone in their burning home yesterday afternoon and perished as the residence was destroyed. The fire’s cause remains undetermined.
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Linden
Wov
Evening Press
Fred Mitchell
Man Leaps From Window While Suffering Pneumonia
Charles Unterkichen, brother of former mayor Fred Unterkichen, escaped from his nurses at his Burlington Iowa home and leaped from a second story window. Found two hours later on the river bank in serious condition, taken to Mercy hospital with slim chances of recovery.
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Burlington
Evening Press
Charles Unterkichen
Fred Unterkichen
Mercy Hospital
Steel handcuffs found with bones in cellar remains
In Ta Storm Take on Nov 39 an Evening Press report states a cellar search for Jerry Sullivan’s new home uncovered the remains of a suspected criminal. A pair of steel handcuffs was found among the few remaining bones.
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Evening Press
Jerry Sullivan
Cook Confesses He Knows Not of the Pole
Dr. Cook, Brooklyn explorer, says in Hampton's magazine he cannot confirm reaching the North Pole and that proof would be impossible to demonstrate. He describes two and a half years of hardship, mental strain, and a life led partly in Europe with his wife and children in France.
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New York
Cook
Brooklyn
Hampton's
North Pole
Fin
Flo
Wim Hale
Explorer
Fla
Copenhagen
Tha Ekily
Europe
France
London
Pole
Bays
Arctic
Defense Ready at Mason City Murder Trial
In Mason City Iowa on November 26 the Shearer murder case proceeds with key testimony from a half witted youth Harry Parsons who says he and John Shearer were with Henry Luckes the night of his death. Bloodstained clothing analyzed by chemists at the state university is also presented with the defense arguing the stains originated from a slaughterhouse accident. A change of venue is requested to Linn or Washington counties if granted.
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Mason City
Evening Press
J. S. Shearer
Henry Lucas
John A. Shearer
Henry Luckes
Harry Parsons
John Shearer
Young Parsons
Shearer
the State University
Luckes
Baker
Linn
Washington
Grace Rolph Known in Mt Vernon Township
Older residents of Mt Vernon township Black Hawk county recall Grace Rolph the young woman reported kidnapped and later rescued near Tampico Mexico Her grandfather I D Rolph and father Dr Ed Rolph once lived in the area before moving to the Dakotas and then Pinder Nebraska The Ralphs have not been heard from in many years
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Mt. Vernon Township
Black Hawk County
Grace Rolph
Tampico
Mexico
Mt Vernon Township
I. D. Rolph
Ed, Rolph
Dakotas
Pinder
Neb
Loth
Ralphs
Carroll Woman Dies in Strange Manner at 90
Coroner investigated the death of Mrs. Jennie Huendling of Breda after she was found hanging from an attic trap door above her bed. The act occurred soon after a Saturday visit from her son John Christian, with the old woman attempting to reach the attic via a ladder that slipped. Rats fed on her hand and leg after death, and the inquest noted she had lived alone in Wheatland township and had married twice, both husbands predeceasing her.
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Carroll
Evening Press
Kessler
Breda
Jennie Huendling
John Christianson
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Washington, D. C
Robert E. Pewary
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