Voyage to Antwerp from Germany 1897
The journal recounts a Dec 4 1897 Antwerp arrival aboard the Kennington from New York. It describes sea voyage scenes, notable fellow travelers like Dr. Brandage and Miss Merrick, a two day Antwerp stop with historic sights, including the Schelde harbor, Cathedral of Antwerp, the Beaux Arts museum with Rubens works, and a mass at the Cathedral. The piece ends with a train journey to Creilard via Gerald, noting peasants and peat beds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teeerara
Kennington
Antwerp
New York
Grand Banks
Peter Sterling
Brandage
Aix la Chapelle
Barnes
Cologne
Dean
Miss Merrick
Chicago
Thomas Orchestra
Iowa
Miller
Dubuque
Charles V
Schelde
Arabia
Persia
India
Alva
England
The
Napoleon
Hotel du Rhine
Vandyke
Christopher Plantin
Marnix
Museum Des Beaux Arts
van Dyke
Rubens
Jordeans
Verlat
Duke of Alver
Honey and Tar Remedy Endorsed for Throat and Lung Ailments
Advertises Honey and Tar as the best cure for throat heat and lung diseases. Dealers guarantee it to help in all cases. Mentions Vic Emmert at OW V0 and Foley's as part of the endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vic Emmert
Foley’s
F. J. Cnengy & Co
Props
Toledo
A. E. Baker
Buffalo
Gents
M. J. Davis & Son
Lewin, Lowa
New Medical Firm Formed In Atlantic By Porterfield and Campbell
Drs F W Porterfield and G C Campbell enter into partnership in Atlantic, becoming Cass county’s prominent doctors. Campbell practiced in Lewis for years with trusted reputation. The alliance forms a strong professional firm. Foley's KidneyCure advertised as reliable for kidney and bladder diseases with a money back guarantee. Vie Em mert & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Porterfield
GC. L. Campbell
Atlantic
Cass County
Foley
Vie Emmert & Co
Civil Service Examination Dates Adjusted for 1898
The civil service commission changed the usual dates for the spring semi annual post office examinations for 1898. The exact spring date will be between March 15 and April, with applications due by March 1. Inquiries and blanks available from the Local Board and Jon Franx, Sec. Local Board. Local applicants should note no exceptions to the deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commission
Jon Franx
Sec
Two doctors form Atlantic medical partnership
Vic Emmert and partners Dr. C. L. Campbell and Dr. Frank W. Porterfield announce a new medical and surgical practice in Atlantic Iowa. They pledge full‑time availability day and night, serving city and countryside, as they warn delays can be dangerous and promote Oley's Honey and Tar as a guaranteed remedy for colds and pneumonia risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Campbell
Lewis
Iowa
Frank W. Porterfield
Atlantic
Raonant Fale
Des Moines Solicitg Libr Travel Clerk Face Alleged Scam
Last week a man naming A. L. Calkins from Des Moines claimed to be a traveling solicitor for a Par malee circulating library. He visited Secretary Carlson at the M. M. A. rooms, showed blanks, claimed to solicit members, spoke with Rev. Dudley of M. E. church, said he was from Des Moines, promised a two dollar subscription, but did not return. He also tried to obtain a loan from the Y. M. C. A. secretary without success. Other inquiries found no subscriptions or loans granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Calkins
Des Moines
Parmalee Circulating Library
Carlson
Library Association
Dudley
M. E. Church
O. K
Calkins
Public installation and banquet of Modern Woodmen Lodge No 157
The Modern Woodmen of America Lodge No. 157 held a public installation with deputy T. B. Swan officiating. Officers installed included J. M. Dean, W. F. Bagley, L. L. Tildes, J. S. Goss, Geo. Voorhees, Chas. Day, J. A. Epley, and doctors Mullins and Graham. A lengthy program of speeches, recitations, and music followed, and a banquet fed about 300 attendees with 125 served at a time. The event earned praise for its arrangement committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodmen of America Lodge No. 157
T. B. Swan
J. M. Dean
W. A. L. L. Tildes
Foley's Hones and Tar Cough Syrup Remedy Ad
An advertisement extols Foley's Hones and Tar Cough Syrup as the most pleasant throat and lung remedy, claims lack of opiates safe for children, and cites Vic Emmert & Co. along with other brands like Shiloh's and De Witt's products. A separate note discusses dog taxation by Hamburg authorities and a Cincinnati Enquirer quote on women's rising street presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oley
Vie Emmert & Co
Vic Emmert .& Co
Foley
Vic Emmert & Co
de Witt
Mexican Cotton Doll Weevil and a Severe Waynes Accident
A January report from Washington notes the agricultural department’s circular on the spread of the Mexican cotton doll weevil. It says the insect’s advance north and east has slowed, with frost likely stopping further spread beyond volunteer cotton regions. In Wayne Nebraska a man lost his arm in a cornstalk cutter accident, while Populists in St Louis plan a national committee conference to shape party policy and a Russo Japanese dispatch from Shanghai discusses Corea influence around Port Lazareff and Gensan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agricultural Department
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Wayne
Neb
J. H. Manning
Carroll
Manning
Nebraska
Louis
People's Party National Committee
Loupon
Shanghai
Saya
Corea
Port Lazareff
Gensan
Probate of Will Notice in Cass County Iowa
State of Iowa Cass County to whom it may concern appear at the courthouse Atlantic Cass county on February 16 1898 at go oclock to attend probate of instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Peter Heiken deceased show cause why will should not be admitted to probate. Subscribed sealed January 16 1898 W H McCorvin Clerk of the District Court M F P Darcy Deputy whe
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Iowa
Cass County
Atlantic
Iowa
Peter Heiken
Casa County
W.H. McCorvins
M. FP Darcy
Inauguration of Shaw Governor Takes Oath in Des Moines
Iowa public awed as Governor L M Shaw is sworn in at the state house at 3 p m with crowds filling the building. Troops guard the event. music by Carroll Band and Apollo club. An informal reception follows with no ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Yea Moines
Des Moiins
L. M. Shaw
State House
Shaw
Lincoln Hunsars
Des Moines
Iowa National Guard
Savery Hotel
Carroll Band
Apollo Club
H. M. Byers
Sherman
Webster County Cattle Shipments to English Market
J W Hackett and O W Maher of Webster county plan to ship 700 head of cattle to England via New Orleans. Also notes favorable senate committee report on McKenna nomination for supreme court and an obituary notice of Gus Oberg who died by suicide amid financial trouble in Mountain City Black Hills area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Tingland
Fort Donar
J. W. Hackett
O. W. Maher
Webster County
New Orleans
McKenna
Wasumarox
Senate
Judiciary
Supreme Court
Rarmory
Gus Oberg
Black Hills
Yeaterday
Mountain City
Telegraphic briefs bring world and rail news across vast distances
Consul general Grant C Partridge arrives in Tangier. Bombay plague toll hits 450 in a week. General Augusta to replace Nanez in Porto Rico. City of Seattle sails from Victoria with 650 plus passengers. Mary Cowden Clarke dies in Genoa. Millionaire tramp James Berry near death after leg injury. Union Pacific gains control of Oregon Short Line and Oregon Railway and Navigation Co via reorganizations. New grain rates proposed Jan 25 from Chicago to New York and other eastern cities. German societies in Chicago oppose immigration restrictions in a letter to Congress signed by editors and members from multiple national newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant C. Partridge
United States
Tangier
Bombay
General Augusta
General Nanez
Porto Rico
Seattle
Victoria
B. C
Paducah
Aion Pacific Reorganization Committee
Oregon Short Line
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Pacific Coast
Joint Traffic Association
Chicago
New York
Congress
A First Class College Education
A brief note highlights the value of a first class college education likely as a promotional or editorial remark. The fragment mentions education quality and links to higher learning opportunities without explicit details.
Eminent New York Chemist Offers Free Tuberculosis Cure Bottles
Y A Slocum M D of New York promotes a New Scientific Treatment claiming to cure consumption and lung diseases. He offers three free bottles to readers who write with address details, asserting cures proven by letters from patients worldwide. Readers are urged to mention Tar TEL Barars in response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Y. A. Slocum
Science Daily
Slocum
M. D
Pina St
Kidney and bladder distress in women promotes medical care
A health notice explains that kidney and bladder issues affect women as much as men and are often misattributed to womb conditions. It recommends Dr Kilmer's Swamp-Root as a kidney remedy and notes availability by mail and at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmar &Co
Binghamton, N. Y
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Germany
Colonge
Netherlands
Ruben
Mary
St. Paul
Crerald
New—Old City
Julian Phewrs
Civil Service Examination
Ascopoouniy
Dwit
Modern Woodmen of America
Viemmert
DeWitt
J. M. Thirlwend
Grosbeck
Tex
Shiloh
Vic Ferort
M.J. Davis & Son
One
Hamburg
Mary Svabek
South 14Th, &T
Omaha
Kay
Gee Advt
Vic Pansies
J. Davis & Son
Lewis ‘Ows
Cumminsville Sage
Cincinnat Enquirer
Emily Bates
Richford Vt
Dr. Kay
J. C. Berry
Spencer, Mo
DeWitt's
Karl
Lewis, Lowa
iWright
Imem
E. H. Wright & Co
Ulysses
H. G. Weber & Co
Arlington
J. H. Hadkinson
W. J. Hesser
Plattamouth
O. H. Barnard
Table Rock
Peter Younger
Geneva
Bicintorvical Society
Laxcoix
State Historical Society
J. Sterling Morton
Robert W. Furnas
G. M. Lambertson
0. H. Gere
H. W. Caldwell
A. J. Sawyer
T. H. Tibbles
Nichols’ Bank
Atlantic, Iowa
Postoffice
Europe
Gall
She US
Marvin's Music Store
State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Pres, W, M
Beardshear
Ames
Science
Dr. Miles
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