Coats Free To Quad City Neighbors As Store Closes
A surplus store in Moline, Illinois, going out of business, gave away more than 3,500 military issue coats to residents from Moline East Moline Rock Island and Davenport on a snowy Monday. The honor system distribution was run by A D Harris Co executors of the Harris estate with no income check. The giveaway aimed to thank local patrons as the store winds down after 50 years.
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Moline, Ill
Quad City
A.D. Harris Co
Tunick
Moline
East Moline
Rock Island
Illinois
Davenport
Iowa
Harris
UAW Local 299 Continues Monthly Food Distribution
UAW Local 299 will again distribute food to laid off members on the first Saturday monthly from 9 am to 1 pm at the union hall 224 16th Ave SW. Registration and details are in the latest Local 299 newsletter.
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United Auto Workers Local 299
Union Hall
16Th Ave
Iowa City Man Arrested After Break-In At Cedar Rapids Store
Iowa City man Charles Jones, 20, held on $5,000 bond in Linn County Jail after allegedly breaking into Chalet Ski and Patio in Cedar Rapids. Police found him hiding inside the building on Sunday night through a roof entry. About $1,800 worth of merchandise was recovered nearby.
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Charles Jones
Iowa City
Linn County
First Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Jones
Marion Briefs Ad Lines and Services Listing
Local notices advertise easy ads in the Marion Briefs with a Gazette advertisement phone line. Classifieds include a Warner Brothers siding and insulation service and a Marion car starting service with contact numbers for inquiries.
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Marion
Gazette
Archbishop Kucera Installed in Dubuque Feb 23
The installation for Archbishop Daniel William Kucera takes place February 23 at the Five Flags Center in Dubuque. Kucera, 60, formerly bishop of Salina Kansas, succeeds Archbishop James Byrne who retired August 23. Attendance is expected to exceed 2,600 with representatives from each archdiocese parish and dignitaries including Gov. Terry Branstad and Archbishop Pio Laghi. The archdiocese serves 246,000 Catholics across 30 counties in northeastern Iowa.
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Dubuque
Five Flags Center
Daniel William Kucera
Salina, Kan
James Byrne
Kucera
Terry Branstad
Paula Maloy
Washington, D.C
Pio Laghi
Iowa
Polk, Jasper, Poweshiek, Iowa, Johnson, Cedar and Clinton Counties
Kossuth, Humboldt, Webster and
Boone Counties
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al Tunick
George Harris
UAW
C.R. Firm
Warner Brothers
Sid
Rade
Realistic
Radio Shack
Tandy Corporation
Citicorp
Atlefol
Olay
Westdale
L Sale
Eire Fel
CT Ae Eel
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