Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-10-23
Endeavcr 6 AS p. m. Address BY visiting

Preaching s pm Subjest. The glor
OF the Saviour when on earth was reveale
in his humanity; but on the Mount q
TRANSPORTATION it shone above the bright
ness Of the sun and a full view OF it il con
tinued would unfit his people for thei
duties on earth. They must wait for lhi
till they see him in heaven. Good mllsi,
by the choir, Prof q. L. Holt Choristel
All are welcome.
The ladies' Of the Afternoon Social Clut
met with Mrs. j. H. sheppard. Mrs. w
NJ. Fletcher presiding There was large
membership present. Miss Ticker visitec
the club. Conversation aud needle work
was indulged in o'clock, after which the
hostess served light refreshments which
was enjoyed by all. The club ther
adjourned to meet with Mrs Ericksons eas
city.
| st. Paul A. NJ. Il. church, 2nd and
Center ST. T. Reeves, pastor. Sunday
School at3 p. m. Epworth League 6 :3C
p. IN. Preaching morning and evening.
Subject of sermon at 10:30 q. M, "The
| Christian should, the face of his increas-
ing Christian duty, pray and contend for
faith power Att 80 p. M, Give your
life to God and He will tronsform it into
His ideal" Good music BY choir. All are
| invited.
Mr.. Archie G. rergerson, who recently
left the city on his wheel for trip to
| Eldora, returned Thursday evening" He
left Eldora at I o'clock Thursday morn
ing, distant l20 miles, and after riding
95 miles in hours and As minutes
broke his wheel at MitchelIvile He re-
ports a pleasant visit with his brother,
who he found well, and expects to be with
him SOON
The Fl. B. S. met al the beautiful cot
tage of Mrs. q. w. Denny, where the
following program was rendered. each in
her own way. Mrs. Holt gave an interest
ing rendition of st. Peter at the Gaze,
which was greatly enjoyed. Mrs. Warick
followed with well written paper on the
Stars and Stripes. Mrs. A. o. Smiths
address was very Interesting and had
many fine points. Mrs. Denny gave sew
eral appropriate quotations from her fav-
orite authors. Mrs. Barton followed
with paper on thevalue ofcharactcr; her
paper was full of valuable thought which
will be read again in the near future
Mrs. Palmer recited Harriet Beecher
Stoves beautiful poem entitled. ''In the
other world" The program closed with
the reading Of the resolution. The fol
lowing will be rendered at Mrs Ham
ilton's next Thursday: Paper, Mrs. VIII
burn; Recitation, Mrs. Hamilton; His
torical paper, Mrs. Palmer; Select read
ing, Mrs. Denny; Conundrums, Mrs.
Holt; Oracle, Mesdames Blagb,rn and
Barton.
Miss Bert Hicklin, who has
been spending the summer in St.
Joseph MO. with her mother. has
returned to pes Moines to live with
her sister MRS. Geo. Holt. Miss
Bertie looks well and enjoys
meeting her Des Moines friends
again.
Henry, Clay who has been cook
lug roast oxen for diffirent polit-
zeal rallies, says that the Indian
ola's last week eclpsed all others.
They had ? oxen, 4 muttons, 125
chickens and 80 turkeys, then
some that were there could not
get a piece.
The Kings Daughters of the A.
M. E. church met at the home of
Josie Rivers, Wednesday after
noon with the president in char;
After transaction of the business
| it adjourned to meet with Miss
Mcknight next Wednesday after
noon.
Mrs. Ruth Scott has returned
from her visit in Fayette and
Glasgow MO. with her mother and
friends. She reports having a
good time, politics are very warm
and enthusiasm is high.
We all should be present at the
only colored Republican Rally
Oct. 2Std, and hear Lawer j. M.
Vance, the Colfax .colored K. p.
Band and the colored double
quartette.
There are three things we would
| ike for our readers to do, lst to
Register, 2nd attend the colored
republican rally and 3rd to vote
the republican ticket.
Mrs. H. Shelley and mrs. McCown
drove over land to Indianola last
Saturday.. TO attend the Republican
barbecue and rally.
| j. L. Thompson is the only
colored man on the registration
board this year, he is in the End
presinct, 3rd ward.
Let every colored man labor for
Mckinley and the whole republican
/ ticket until election day is over.
Miss Clara Shepard and MIS-. Jeff
4 Dav;s have returned from a short