Rev McFadden Draws Large Crowds at Church Revival
Congregations packed the Church of the Brethren at Seventh and South streets for yesterday’s revival services opened a week earlier. Evangelist Rev D R McFadden and pastor Rev A P Blough praised the large attendance as music and sermons drew in residents from Orange township. Tonight’s topic is Human Wreckage followed by Is There Hell Tomorrow and Unsafe Methods for Self Measurement. Public invited to attend the ongoing meetings each evening this week.
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Church of the Brethren
Seventh
South Streets
D. R. McPahlen
A P. Blough
Ablic
Waterloo Officials to Pay Last Honors to Robert G Murray
Waterloo officials prepare to attend the funeral of Robert G. Murray, former special agent for the I.O.W. F & N, slain by a bandit near Council Bluffs. Des Moines services set for 2 p.m. tomorrow with police and sheriff’s officers leading a party. W. C. P. & N. and Cedar Valley road officials also slated to attend. Murray had been en route to Hot Springs, Ark, when notified in Chicago.
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Robert G. Murray
Council Bluffs
Des Moines
Ormer
H. H.oung
H. T. Wagner
Ain Morris
John Farrel
W. H. Wilson
E. A. Leighton
Maurice Welsh
Cedar Valley Road
RV ¥Elsa
Hot Springs
Ark
Chicago
Past Season Was Bad One for Chautauquas
Des Moines reports a poor season for Chautauquas and county fairs. Suits over guarantees were brought in several communities as money shortages and low attendance strained finances. Promoters faced losses as guarantors refused payments and towns resisted covering deficits.
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Chautauquas
Des Moines
Chautauqua
Iowa
Chantau J
Army of Blackbirds Mobilizes for Flight
Tens of thousands of blackbirds moved in black masses near Cedar Falls yesterday afternoon. They gathered near the river bank as the migration southward appears imminent. Observers describe pilotized companies of birds marching to a general camp ground with military precision and the air filled with feathered soldiers cries.
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Cedar Falls
W. C. A. Vesper Services At Hall Attendances
About 50 persons attended W. C. A. vesper services at the hall Sunday. Mrs. T. A. McLanus spoke on living up to the association’s purpose, followed by a discussion. W. W. White performed a whistling solo and Miss Hazel Stansberry played a manobone. Mrs. J. B. Johnson led the social hour with refreshments served by business college girls.
Gardeners Clean Up with Bonfires and Feasts
Garden plots on Lafayette, Grant and Belmont Avenues were tidied by school gardeners under Mrs. Chester Cadwallader with Friday and Saturday cleanup. Debris from Logan Avenue lots pile ready for dry weather. A planned Markham visit to Millinois Central Railroad was deferred due to Chicago business.
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Chester Cadwallader
Lafayette Street
Grant
Belmont
Logan Avenue
Two Ex Service Men Killed in Funeral Car Crash
Five ex servicemen returning from a military funeral were involved in a grade crossing crash near Cantril, Iowa. Ward Cretchen and Charlie Hyde died instantly, Elmer Franklin and Barney Wolland were seriously burned, A L Silver survived, others were injured as the car burned after being struck by a Chicago Burlington and Quincy train. The accident scene hid the track from view and motorists moved the injured to Cantril for care.
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Chicago Burlington and Quincy Ttrain
Ward Cretchen
State Savings Bank of
Cantril
John Kerr
iCantril
Motorist Faces Higher Gasoline Prices Predicted
Chicago convention reports rising oil prices as likely. Wurster, for Hawkeye Oil, cites crude up from $1 to $1.75 a barrel and U.S. demand meeting or exceeding supply. In past year crude fell 66 percent from $3.50 to $1. retail rose 20 cents. Delegates discuss attracting more entrants to oil production to spur wells.
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Fligger
Bread of Life
Oil Men
Chicago
H.C. Wurster
A. H. Coverd
Hawkeye Oil Company
National Association of Oil Men
Wurster
Warster
Sumed Warmth Prevails In Mild Sunday Return
Mild south wind and a high of 2 degrees shaded weather, furnaces cooled, and rooms opened. Motorists drove into the country as parks and river woods drew crowds, picnicking favored by near 70 degree night. Lightning and thunder opened the day with light rain and leaves began to fall.
Papes Diapepsin Promises Quick Stomach Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast, harmless remedy for indigestion sour stomach gas and related discomfort. It claims relief within minutes, urges keeping a sixty cent case at home, and emphasizes safety and reliability for upset stomachs.
Labor Bureau Extends Work In Des Moines
Labor Commissioner Urick tours labor centers to strengthen ties with unions and employers. He outlines duties and gains since organization, notes child labor law enforcement, safety improvements, and the bureau’s role as a statistical body tracking Iowa industries and employment. The office is linked to providing jobs amid unemployment. Chinese law in certain offenses prescribes death by stabbing.
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Des Moines
Oct
ITA
le ‘Urick
Labor T
Iowa
Urick
Presbyterians in Iowa Report Large Growth and Record Giving
The Iowa Synod will meet in Cedar Rapids October 18 to review dramatic gains in the Presbyterian church over the past year. Membership reached 1,722,261 nationwide with Iowa at 56,515, while state benevolence giving rose 96 percent in two years and local church support rose 46 percent.
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Synod of
Iowa
Presbyterian Church
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Council Bluffs
Towa City
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Dubuque
Sioux City
Waterloo
Lews Presbyterians
Birthday surprise for city Fire Inspector Ira Garrebrant
Ira Garrebrant, city fire inspector, visited Parkersburg Iowa on Saturday. He discovered at home 134 East Eighth Street an old fashioned surprise party for his fifty fifth birthday with friends and neighbors joining in games and refreshments.
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Ira Garrebrant
Parkersburg
Gary
Eighth ‘Street East
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