Adultery Sermon condemns vice and venereal disease
At First Baptist Church Rev. A. D. Werden delivers a striking sermon on the seventh commandment. He condemns adultery as a central moral issue, links disease to vice, and urges health laws, warning against men who corrupt or ruin young women. Street and city notes follow with local visits and resignations.
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Dubuque
First Baptist Church
A. D. Werden
Cain
Hawthorne
United States
Noted Health Concerns Rise for Monday Status
He was not considered well on Monday afternoon and grave fears are entertained for his recovery.
Hotel Clerk Robbery Ends With Quick Pocket Grab
West Liberty reports a night clerk, Joe Lemen, was robbed at 2 15 am by a burly Negro who forced him from the Hise hotel into the street and toward railroad tracks. The intruder seized five dollars and fled. no arrest yet.
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West Liberty
Hise
Joe Lemen
Lemon
Lemen
Registers In Land Drawings at Age 88
In Minneapolis 88 year old Grandma Louisa Ostrom and her daughter Harriet Ostrom registered for land drawings at Aberdeen for Cheyenne and Standing Rock homesteads. The notary doubted her age but she insisted she could win a farm and make it as fine as any on the reservation.
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Minneapolis
Louisa Ostrom
Nicollet Avenue
Cheyenne
Standing Rock
Aberdeen
Harriet Ostrom
Minnierpoos
Diamonds Thrown From Train in Seattle to Portola Festival
J B Chilberg president of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition reportedly tossed diamond rings worth thousands from a Seattle Portola trip window. Diamonds belonged to Mrs Chilberg, who placed them in water in a glass on the sill. After breakfast the glass was found, he retrieved the water and threw it away. Gems were not recovered. Real estate transfers follow with multiple deeds in Waterloo region including parcels to Sackender, Hammer, and others involving city lots and sums from hundreds to thousands.
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San Francisco
J. B. Chilberg
Seattle
New York Foundling to Ship Babies to Des Moines Area
Des Moines reports a carload of babies from the New York Foundling and Orphanage to be sent west in a couple of weeks for adoption. Forty babies requested for Iowa outside Des Moines, with details on sex eye color hair and other traits to match applicants. The institution emphasizes care and pure air as reasons for placing children in the Midwest.
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Des Moines
New York
Iowa
West
Mississippi
New York Institution
Remarkable conversion at Cedar Rapids revival
The Cedar Rapids revival drew 4000 as R W Hanna, a Turtle Land rep, listened through a knothole during a packed service. Moved by the question What Shall I do With Jesus, Hanna stayed for the hour and witnessed 216 men and women convert after the sermon. Sunday led large crowds, with dozens more seekers at later meetings and 943 children and young people baptized.
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Cedar Rapids
Tabernacle
R. W. Hanna
Turtle Land Company
Springfield
Ill
Detroit river rescue dispute over hero medal
Secretary Dickinson claims he rescued J F Joy from the Detroit river after Joy fell from a yacht gangplank, but Captain Moses Redmond says he performed the lifesaving. Joy later sent thanks to Redmond in a letter, underscoring Redmond’s role and the confusion over the medal.
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Detroit
Dickinson
Detroit River
J. F. Joy
Newberry
Mr. Joy
Moses Redmond
Choen
Captain Redmond
Redmond
Mr.’ Joy
Sioux City Men Murder Case Plea Change
In Pierre M D McCaun changed his plea to guilty on the murder charge of William Toney and Charles Simmons near Kadoka last June. Bodies found in a well show clear signs of murder. Sentencing deferred as trail awaits.
Parrot dispute ends in double tragedy in Anderson
In Anderson Indiana on October 26 Charles Bunn shot and killed his landlady Mrs Robert Nelson during a quarrel over a parrot then killed himself by shooting through his own brain. The landlady had filed an affidavit accusing him of stealing the pet. Bunn went to her home and shouted I am going to kill you before firing two shots.
Record Low US Death Rate in 1908 A Census Bulletin
The Census Bureau reports 1908 US death rate at 15.3 per 1000, the lowest on record, with rural areas at 14.0 and urban at 16.5. The report notes year marked by low mortality, few epidemics, and detailed state city comparisons, plus age, sex, and nativity patterns.
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Washington
Census Bureau Bulletin
Cressy la” Wilbur
Durand
Nagel
Department of Commerce
Wilbur
United States
England and
Wales
London
England
Census Bureau
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Indiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Rhodes Island
South Dakota
Vermont
Wisconsin
District of Columbia
Poe
Ohio
Paris
Beer Costs Push German Middle Class Into Poverty
Washington report cites imperial statistical bureau findings from Nuremberg showing beer spending drives German middle class poverty. Only 325 families provided twelve month ledgers. over half income went to food and drink, with beer consuming about ten percent, and wage earner earnings averaging $521.70 versus expenditures of $531.69 per year, an average deficit of $9.99 per family.
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Washington,d. C
United States
Nuremberg
Imperial
Imperial Bureau
Deaf Mutes Converted at Gipsy Smith Chicago Rally
In Chicago 1900 professed conversions surged at the Seventh Regiment Armory as 1900 people testified to faith after Romany preacher Gipsy Smith urged mass revival. Four deaf mutes followed interpreters’ finger signs to share their newfound religion and join 2500 others in the inquiry room after the sermon.
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Chicago
Gipsy Smith
Seventh Regiment
Greene County Notes From Oct 23 Social Roundup
Mrs Ray Dunkelberg of Rockford visited Friday and Saturday at the Hol Perry home. Mrs Florence Fosdick of Slout Falls visits her parents the Hodkins. Mrs Susan Hudson returns from Waterloo. Roy Louis visits Marble Rock. Hochins ill several days. Carl Kahnda resumes telegraph work in the depot after vacation. Joe Brisco buys Riverdale property on North Malin. Mr and Mrs Frank Seal end visit and depart for Riverside California.
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Ee Ee Greene
Ray Dunkelberg
Rockford
Hol. Perry
N. H. Palmer
Nora
Springs
Florence Fosdick
Slout Falls
S. T. Hodkins
Susan Hudson
M. J. Perrin
Waterloo
Roy. L. Souis
Marble Rock
Hochiins
Carl Kahnda
Joe Brisco
Malin Street
Frank Seal
Riverside
Mlif
Local Notes and Quick Tidbits From Cedar Rapids Area
Residents visiting relatives and moving homes fill the week as Mr and Mrs J Williams spend time in Cedar Rapids and Mrs P J Clark moves to her brother Wil Wade’s farm. Mrs W S Watson visits daughter Mrs Fred Steiff in Miller Iowa while Mr and Mrs Will Sylvester begin housekeeping on the west side of the river. John Hackett funeral draws 25 Mason lodge members at Marble Rock. G Clikeman has harvested 460 bushels of potatoes from two acres east of Greene at 50 cents a bushel. Miss Anna McMahon weds William Sylvester at St Marys church with Father Sheehy officiating. Ella Johnson of Rockford visits locals between trains.
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WW. Williams
Cedar Rapids
P. J.clark
Leon Mitchell
Wil - Wade
W. 8. Watson
Fred” Steiff
Miller
Iowa
Will Sylvester
H. Sproul
Masonic Lodge
John Hackett
Marble Rock
G. Clikeman
Greene
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Anna McMahon
Finchford Community Notes and Local News
The Aid Society met at Mrs. Jess March's with large attendance and a social time. Charlton Stumms welcomed a 12 pound boy last Thursday. A. A. Briggs and family visited relatives in the area. Roy Geering and Elizabeth Giesler wed in Waterloo. both from Finchford. Vr D. Finch and wife visited Frank Dewey's. Myron Rohrbacher bought a new auto. Dr. Davis bought the Barrick house and plans plastering and chimney work. Miss Anna Jensen of Cedar Falls visited her mother. Mr. Goodwin and Cedar Falls relatives spent Sunday with William Beaty, Sr. Edward Holland and family visited A. B. Caseday. Mrs. Josephine Crawford and son Curtis, and others, spent Sunday at the L. B. Hyenson home.
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Finchford
Aid Society
Jess March
Charlton Stumms
A. A. Briggs
Roy Geering
Eliiahbeth Giesler
Waterloo
Vr D. Finch
Frank Dewey
Myron Rohrbacher
Dr. Davis
Barrick House
Anna Jensen
Cedar Falls
Mr. Goodwin
William Beaty
Edward Holland
Shell Rock
A. B. Casaiday
Josephine Crawford
Curtis
George Sands
L.b.hyenson
Old Man Refused Shelter by Poor Farm Dispute
John Wilhelm, 75, is left without a home as Wright county Delano township refuses to accept him at the county poor farm. Independence township in Hennepin county pays his expenses while a state board decides his proper residence.
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Minneapolis
Delano
Wright County
Elmer Gray
Hennepin County
Fred Blandis
John Wilhelm
Delano Township
Wilhelm
Independence Township
McMahon Denies Knowledge of Von Royen Murders
Patrick McMahon brother of two victims and brother in law to Allonzo Von Royen testified in Kansas City denying knowledge of the brutal triple murder at the Von Royen farm. He said he did not understand why anyone would kill the girls and Lon and admitted a strained relationship with his sister and her husband.
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Kansas City
Patrick McMahon
Margaret von Royen
Rose McMahon
Allonzo von Royen
von Royen
Kansas
Lon
McMahon
van Royen
Grip of Anti-Prohibition Data Stolen From Mayor
A grip containing Mayor Rone's anti-prohibition data was stolen in Milwaukee on October 26. The records, essential to his speeches and valued at about $4,000 to reproduce or four years to recreate, were missing since the Ancient and Honorable Artillery of Boston visit. The mayor did not accuse a person directly but suggested a thief may have taken it.
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Yast
Milwaukee
Rone
Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Boston
Rogers
Mayor Rose
Letters From a Widow Linked to Death of Ronald Wentworth
Examination of Ronald Wentworth's effects revealed letters from a New Jersey widow signed "Trixy" who had visited Pleasant Grove and inspired the 19 year old's deep affection. The woman's changed travel plans and a Panama route letter preceded Wentworth's suicide, shocking the Fortham family who valued him as a bright and frugal youth with plans for higher education.
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Charles City
Ronald Wentworth
New Jeresey
Pleasant Grove
Wentworth
Iowa
California
Young Wentworth
New Jersey
Panama
Fortham
Mr. Fortham
Trial of Dr Haldane Cleminson Opens in Chicago
Chicago, Oct 26 A murder trial of Dr Haldane Cleminson for the death of his wife Nora Jans Cleminson began before Judge McSurely but paused for lack of jurors. Three talesmen approved by the state, with seventy five more summoned, crowded the morning docket as family members and expected witnesses filled the courtroom. The case hinges on circumstantial evidence and promises a perplexing Cook County proceeding.
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Chicago
Haldane Cleminson
Nora Jans Cleminson
McSurely
Cleminson
Isaiah Cleminson
Cecilia
Hilda Morgan
Cook County
Looks Bad for Detroit Doctor in Millman Death Case
Detroit Detroit Mich October 26 Chauffeur Leach testified at the examination of Dr Fritch in the death of Maybelle Millman he drove the doctor to Ecorse creek the doctor stood on the running board lifted sacks into the water and the dismembered sermons of Miss Millman were recovered in three sacks from the creek
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Detroit
Mich
Leach
Fritch
Maybelle
Millman
Ecorse Creek
Nebraska land drawing names announced in Aberdeen
Nebraska farmer William Jengel of Butte drew number one in the land drawing. Other winners include Richard H. Martin of Dodgeville Wisconsin Ray J. Martin Mason City Iowa George Freidlein Cutans berg Iowa John Bradley Clear field Iowa Agnes Haldow Sparta Wisconsin P C Wisse Moscow Nab John T Wilson Columbia Iowa James McCarthiey Peoztiot Toway.
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Aberdeen
William Jengel
Butte
Nebraska
Richard H. Martin
Dodgeville
Wis
Ray J. Martin
Mason City
Iowa
George Freidlein
Cuttansberg
John Bradley
Clearfield
Agnes Haldow
Sparta
P. C. Wisse
Moscow
Burglars Blow Nachasa Post Office Safe
In Dixon Illinois on October 20 1946 burglars blew open the Nachasa post office safe and escaped with about $1 200 in cash.
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Dixon
Nachasa
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Allison
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Lester Lincoln
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Edward Weires
D. D. W. Carver
Locust Street
Christian Sackender
Sarah Auracher Knoll
Frank Hammer
A. A. Moore
Wisowa Lumber Co
East Waterloo
Cascaden Mfg. Co
John Mead
West Waterloo
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Frederick B. Ballou
C. H. Eccleston
First Presbyterian Church
Frank J. Fowler
L G. Adams
Lore Alford
C. W. Hellen
Cedar Valley Dev. Co
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People's Order
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