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* Chanute, Neosho Co., KS: [https://www.newspapers.com/image/426855360 Chanute Weekly Times], 1888-3-29: "MIR, a converted Jew, from England, will hold an Evangelical meeting at William's Williams Hall, Monday evening, April 24, at 7:30 o'clock. All are invited. No collections. Gospel hymns."** As per David Beach via [https://www.facebook.com/groups/245024775520685/posts/779265928763231/ FB], transcribing an article from 1880-4-1 from the "Chanute Times", George W. Williams, one of Chanute's oldest residents, built his own Hall for community events, it was located at Fourth St., near Main, and was near their "most prominent hotels". It was a stone structure with a truss roof, and measured 50x85. It included a "commodious stage with rooms on either side", accessible by a stairway at the rear of the building. The main entrance was designed "large and roomy" so that "in case of fire or other accident the Hall could be quickly emptied." *** The "Chanute Democrat" gave a subsequent update that under the hall were "built two business houses, 25x85 feet each" (equaling 50x85), "all built in stone, with brick front". The ceiling of the hall was "arched and self-supporting, without columns or pillars to obstruct the view of the stage from the auditorium" and 16 feet high."

* Thayer, KS: [https://www.newspapers.com/image/482153294 The Head-light], 1888-4-13: ** "Watch - MIR, the converted Jew, preached as usual last Tuesday night in the School hall. Among the audience was a young couple. She was fair to look upon. He was not too fair to look upon nor in any other way. Foults, the furniture man and jeweler, came and said he had not fairly acted with him, and searching him and the fair partner of the evening found a silver watch on the floor. One of the boys saw him slip it under where she sat. The boy's name is Willie Ewing. Willie found the watch on the floor. He had left it with Mr. Foults, the jeweler, for repair. The unfair young man with the fair young maid had cheek to wear the chain right out in meeting. Mr. Reich, the converted (or perverted, as the bad small boy makes the bill read, in close proximity to Henry Mills in his post office) Jew was just telling the unconverted watch thief and all other sinners that they were going on the downward road to hell, and yet he staid and listened, wore the watch and denied he had it until Mr. Foults came and searched him. Mr. Foults provided a new watch for Willie. We withhold the name of the fair young lady because it is hoped she was innocent, and of the unfair young man because of his dead father and with the hope he may see the error of his ways and repent."*** C.T. Ewing founded "The Head-light" newspaper in 1871.** "Perverted: "The bill close up to the official eye of our democratic postmaster announcing the Gospel Meetings at the School hall read for several days "perverted" instead of converted. Mr. Mills, of course is not responsible for what bad boys do outside of the building, nor inside where, the public roam at their own free will, and tear and deface literature, advertising the "Romances of the Full Goose", "Captain Kidd's Adventures", "The Boy Pirate", etc., but this sign was right under his nose, not exactly on his upper lip, but where he could not help seeing it. Mr. Mills please stop the bad boys "perverting"."** "MIR preached to an overflowing house last night at Plainfield."** "Mr. C.J. Baker, of Kansas City, is expected to preach at the School hall Saturday night, and will stay over Sunday. Everybody come and hear him." * Chanute, KS: [https://www.newspapers.com/image/427012952 The Chanute Times], 1888-4-18: "MIR preached to a good sized audience in Williams Hall last Friday night. The discourse was soul stirring, sound and convincing, and the large congregation paid strict attention to the earnest speaker. Mr. Reich announced that he did not expect to preach in this city again as he was going to labor in Kansas City." * Plainfield & Neodesha & Thayer, KS: [https://www.newspapers.com/image/482153320 The Head-light], 1888-4-20: ** "MIR preached at Plainfield on Thursday, will be at Neodesha on Friday and Saturday, and expects to hold another meeting at the School Hall on Sunday night. He expects to close the series of meetings soon."** "Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Baker returned to their home in Kansas City last Tuesday. Mr. Baker is a tent maker and "grave digger" by trade and an excellent preacher of the Gospel. He came from Chicago to Kansas City and was the firm of Murray and Baker for many years. See his ad in today's paper."** C.J. Baker's ad: "C.J. Baker, successor to Murray & Baker, Awnings, Tents, Paulins, Covers, etc. Fourth & Delaware, KCMO."** "Last Sunday we had the pleasure of being one of the chief actors in a baptism on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chetopa_Creek Chetopa Creek]. It was decidedly a novel thing and we were sorry we could not do it again. Our friends and many relatives will be pleased to learn that Mrs. Ewing and her daughter Etta were baptized at the same time. It was a beautiful day... quite warm and as we came up out of the water we enjoyed the congratulations of many of the best Christians in the vicinity. We enjoyed it and are glad we could thus substantially obey the plain command of Him who gave us eternal life. We read in John's Gospel, third chapter and twenty-third verse: "And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there." John evidently did more than sprinkle for otherwise what need did he have of "much water" in the work? We don't mean by this ceremony that we are saved because we were baptized. That was done about eighteen hundred and fifty years ago at Mt. Calvary... the work was all completed... we had nothing to do with it, only had to accept it... freely... gratuitously... C.J. Baker, a tent maker at Kansas City, did the baptizing and MIR, a converted Jew, prayed and sang with the people... Happy Day. Mr. Oscar Rixon of Chanute was present and seemed to enjoy the meeting. He was baptized about five years ago."*** also printed in the [https://www.newspapers.com/image/367655224/ Osage Mission Journal] 1888-4-26 * Thayer, KS: The Head-light:** [https://www.newspapers.com/image/482153347 1888-4-27]: "Wed. evening MIR was taken suddenly ill while preaching in the school hall and had to stop and leave the house."** [https://www.newspapers.com/image/482153429 1888-5-18]: "MIR, the converted Jew, who has been in Thayer for so long, is now engaged in preaching the gospel in a tent in Kansas City. John M. Carnie is also at the same work. We hope to be able to have Mr. Carnie here some time soon. Although only twenty-one years old, Mr. Reich has had great success in preaching and bringing souls to Christ." * KCMO: ** [https://www.newspapers.com/image/650266639 The Kansas City Times], 1888-5-21: "A series of gospel meetings in a tent at the corner of Springfield avenue and McGee street was begun yesterday afternoon and will be continued every evening during the present week. The meetings are conducted by Rev. John M. Carnie, an evangelist from [[Scotland]], and Rev. MIR, the converted Jew from London, [[England]]."** [https://www.newspapers.com/image/648877435 The Kansas City Star], 1888-5-26: "Gospel Tent, Springfield avenue: MIR, a "converted" Jew from England, preaches nightly and at 3 o'clock p.m. on Sunday. No collection."** [https://www.newspapers.com/image/650269921 The Kansas City Star], 1888-6-9: "Rev. MIR, a converted Jew, will conduct gospel services Sunday afternoon and evening at the tent, corner Springfield avenue and McGee street." * Olathe, KCKS: [https://www.newspapers.com/image/482153736 The Head-light], 1888-8-17: ** "George Telfer, a converted Scotchman from Glasgow, preached to a full house of people in Gospel Hall, Sun. and Mon. nights last. George is a hard worker, not only in preaching the gospel, but with his own hands. He went to Kansas City Mon. night where he is employed."** "MIR is now in Olathe preaching in a tent. He is having large meetings and several have been converted. One evening more than 1000 people were out to hear him. There are some people glad to know this, but others can still think of him and speak of him as "that miserable Jew". ** On Aug. 2, 1888, some asked Rev. Robertson at the Thayer Presbyterian to allow C.J. Baker to preach there, but they had passed a ruling not allowing non-Presbyterians to use their meeting house for evangelical services." * KCMO: [https://www.newspapers.com/image/482153835 The Head-light], 1888-9-14: Married: "Our readers of Thayer will no doubt be surprised to hear that Max Isaac Reich, the converted Jew who preached here last Spring in the Presbyterian church, was married to Miss Lorenzen of Kansas City, last Friday the 7th day of Sept., 1888, at the Courthouse in Wyandotte, KS. We have not seen the lady but are informed that she is fully up to the mark of the newspaper brides in angelic beauty and her husband is sure she is far above anything of the sort. She certifies her willingness to join her husband in the hardships and if need be the persecutions in the new life they enter upon. We wish them a great deal of joy in their new relation. Mr. Reich is one of the simplest and clearest preachers of the Gospel we ever heard. We understand they will soon go to housekeeping. We expect him and his bride here and soon as they can leave Olathe where he is now preaching."