County records praised as rock solid by expert auditor
Ed Harlan, hired by the board of supervisors, reports a thorough audit of the treasurer’s office. He finds the balance sheet correct, the administration by Treasurer Brown first class, and notes Brown has been repaying a county loss of about 9000 from the Cass County bank failure. Brown’s assets, loans, and pending title issues are outlined, with ongoing efforts to complete the repayment by term end. A new Rock Island time card takes effect next Sunday replacing No 18 with No 23, affecting arrivals and mail transfers to Davenport and Council Bluffs, while other lines vie for future contracts. The Atlantic Canning Co promotes orders and markets, and the Atlantic City Band concert at the opera house funds new uniforms. Conductor Frank Sankey loses a leg in an Earlham switching incident. he’s well known in Atlantic land and has served multiple routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Canning Co
Sankey
Ed Harlan
Board of Supervisors
Brown
Cass County
Chestnut and
Fifth Streets
Locust and
Eighth Streets
Montgomery
Rock Island Road
Atlantic
Chicago
Des Moines
Davenport
Council Bluffs
Stuart
Avoca
Burlington
North-Western
Lake Shore Road
Englewood
Lake Shore
Ethel Waddell
F. H. Crombie
C. C. Lattimer
Fourth and
Maple Strects
Knights of Pythias
Hill
W. C. Burgees
N. G
H. GC. Gillett
W.G
B. BE
Harkins
W. B. Martin
A. V Wilder
Job Card
R. S
J. L. Bird
Robert Marshall
J. D. Wise
James Stier
R.S
V. G
August Johnson
Chas Pulley
Frank Conway
Hhe Opera House
Uncle Sam
de Witt Miller
Reed
LOCAL AND PERSONAL NOTES A list of residents and visitors in town
A bustling local roundup. Dr Dolson turns 81 today while A Lastine remains on the sick list. Dentists Dr C B Hess promotes dental work. Various residents including Wilken, Chas Clark, E E Squires, Nielson, and Miss Clara Hully are noted in commerce, illness, and travel. Wedding and shop notices mix with hospitalities, watches, and novelties at P F O Connell and a typhoid illness affecting Frank Chapman’s family. The O U A M installs officers and a Y P A district convention draws delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Lastine
Dolson
C. B. Hess
Jack Temple
Anita
Chas Clark
Walnut
E. E. Squires
Marno
P. F. O'Connell
Frank Bundy
Carson
Edward
Frank Chapman
Second and Poplar Street
John McDaniels
Extra
Schuur
Pennsylania
H. M. Boorman
Vernie Johnson
Des Moines
Verry Johnson
Y. P. Murphy
St. Andrews College
Davenport
Exira and area residents travel and local notes
A long list of residents and visitors are recorded leaving for trips to Exira Brayton Brayton Des Moines and other towns. Many people return to study or work in Omaha Council Bluffs Cedar Falls and other locations. A lecture by De Witt Miller at the opera house drew a packed audience with lively applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Weyland
Audubon
Adelia Reynolds
Brayton
Chas
Bort
Perry Murnan
Lewis
Elmer Carson
Omaha
John Carson
Will McKivain
Des Moines
Alderman Win
Lyman
Oakland
Vetters
Emma Hansen
Anita
F. Martin
Carroll
Gertie Wilcox
Mr. McGovern
J. C
Tick Kelley
Lucile Porterfield
Council Bluffs
Rock Island Announces Fast Mail Passenger Train Plan
The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad proposes a fast mail and passenger service aimed to pull ahead in the U S mail contract race. The schedule drafts a Chicago to Omaha run in twelve hours and five minutes, with initial trip January 8 departing 7 55 PM and reaching Council Bluffs at 7 40 AM. City council minutes note a February 2 1899 special election and list appointed judges and clerks for each ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
United States Mail
Rock Island
Northwestern
Burlington
Milwaukee
John Sebastian
Rocky Mountain Limited
Chicago
Denver
Stephen Crane
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Teething Remedy Promoted in Early Advert
An advertisement urges mothers to use Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething babies. It claims to soothe the child, ease gum discomfort, relieve wind colic, and treat diarrhoea, priced at twenty five cents per bottle.
White Mark Foley Kidney Cure Praised
A historical advertisement extols Foley's Kidney Cure as a universal remedy for kidney and bladder diseases with a money back guarantee. It also promotes De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve praised by Paul Perry of Columbus for relief from long term suffering and skin injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Paul Perry
Columbus, Ga
de Witt
One Minute Cough Cure Endorsed by Agri Journal Ad
Foley's Honey and Tar is pitched as a remedy for throat chest and lung diseases with dealers guaranteeing satisfaction. La grippe is again epidemic urging precautions. One Minute Cough Cure claimed as the specific cure. A J Shepherd publisher says no one will be disappointed using it for la grippe. Pleasant to take and quick to act. Vie Emmert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A J. Shepherd
Agricultural Journal and Advertiser
Etden
Foley's Honey and Tar Best Cough Medicine Claim
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as the best cough medicine and promotes One Minute Cough Cure as an effective remedy for grippe, croup, and throat troubles. It cites editor Micanopy Hustler and Vic Emmert, praising quick action and safety for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Fackler
The
Hustler
Vic Emmert
Cure a Cold by Removing the Cause Luxative Quinine Tablets
A period ad for Luxative Quinine Tablets claims to cure colds by removing the cause with ipecac to open secretions quinine to destroy poisons and cascara laxative to regulate bowels. It asserts quick, permanent relief under a money back guarantee and lists F Parsons Co as sole agents. Also includes testimonial from Jus A Jones publisher Mexia Texas praising Chamberlain’s Cough Kenned y and Tibnk for grippe with rapid recovery and mentions Vic Emmert & Co and H G Weber & Co as sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Parsons & Co
Lu Gripps
Is Grippe
Vic Emmert & Co
H. G. Weber & Co
Guarantee Offered for Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy
Public notice states Emmert & Co. and H. G. Weber guarantee every bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and will refund money if not satisfactory. Claims it best medicine for la grippe colds and whooping cough. Pride priced at 25 and 50 cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Emmert & Co
H. G. Weber
Two Statesmen Speak From Porch and Car End
A fragment notes two well known statesmen who spoke for months from simple settings a porch and a car rear. It hints Foley's Honey and Tar as a aid to vocal ease used by speakers and singers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Anti Diuretic Remedy Advertised For Bedding Soiling
An old advertisement promotes Dr E Detchon s Anti Diuretic for children who soil beds from nighttime urinary incontinence. It claims quick relief at $1 and is sold by Parsons & Co Druggists. Also touts Da Witt s Little Almanac remedies for constipation and liver trouble, and Rock Island playing cards with mail order options from Joan Sebastian G P A Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Express
Joan Sebastian
Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific Ry
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rock Island Flyer
J. A. McWaid
Atlantic Canning Go
Atlantic Company
Atlantic City
Opera House
Frank Sankey
Rock Jsland
Earlham
Atlantic Land
Griswold
Lemon
Bundy
James Jones
Son Ed
Howard Herbert
S.C. Neilson
Harlan
P. F. O'Conneil
Ed Wilcox
Tama
P. F.o'connell
Clara Hully
Elliott
Harry
John Swineburn
Brighton Township
Frank Temple
Jennie M. Meek
San Francisco
W. C. Welch
Lincoln
York
Nebraska
D. R. Sandes
Axtell, Neb
Charlie Burton
J.J. Johnson
Saunders County National Bank
Wahoo, Neb
Sheriff Hill
H. F. Duval
Chas. Paley
Chris Young
Minden
Central Church
Noble Township
Sallie
Amanda Neimeyer
St. Marys
A. D. Burkhart
John Conners Place
J. M. Brewster
Telegraph
Democrat
Griswold American
Anita Tribune
J. A. Kinney
S.E.G
J.M. Haver
J. BE. C
O. H Whitcomb
J. O. Berry
Maine
Miss Knox
Exira
W. A. Wilken
Neola
Perry
Iowa
Chas. Applegate
John Henderson
Winterset
Misses Sperling
Henry
Eugene Duval
Onaha
E. R Scott
South Omaha
Morris Pearson
Josh Haver
George
Nellie Wilds
H. A. Grant
T. W. Brown
Indianola
Prof. Wilcox
Prof. Wilcox Returned On the Flyer This Morning From ‘Tipton
Carrie Wilken
Lulu Harlan
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Nels Knudson
J. Nelson
Cedar Falls
Ezra Willard
Ed Brown
Will O'Connell
Andrew Hough
Fremont County
Minn
Chas, Anderson
Iva Pennell
Grant School
J. 8. Richards
Casey
Lews
Edith Childs
Jessin Stanley
Mma Shoudy
Clara Wakefield
Fannie Low
L. D. and
F.G. Salisbury
City
Iowa State Normal College
W. E. Salisbury
Bristol
Silas Wilson & Co
Wilder
Will
Stier
White
Ramsey
Dicker
McKay
Mr. McKay
Whitney Hose Co
Paul White
Wm. J. Hall
H. L. Becker
Harry Cavenaugh
H. A. Dicker
W. B. Ramsey
James Hedges
G. W. Sterling
W. C. Ramsey
Hugh McKay
G. H. ‘Tostevin
H Burr
A. D. Pine
Nipper
G.d. Turner
John Shultz
H. M. Brown
E. M. Willard
D. C. Moore
E. Huchendorf
Bailey
Washngton Township
R. Wallace
Atlantic National Bank
Atlatric, Iow A
Capital
A. McWaid
CG. L. Brown
Aannan
Ghas R, Hunt
Qas, Block
T. G. Turner
Wt. Henderson
Ki A. McWaid
Henderson
Vico-Pree
L. W. Niles
United States
Canada
Shaw & Crombie
da Witt
Chstnut Street
Palmer & Findley, Atlantic
Nichols’ Bank
Postofice
Crow
Europe
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