Samples of letters to Central Life from policy holders
A mixed collection of endorsements and testimonials from Des Moines area policyholders and officials praising the Central Life Assurance Society of the United States. Notable names include H. G. Everett secretary. D. B. Allen cashier. E. Eaton pastor. D. B. Allen executive. pestley shaw governor. J. L. Mitchell cashier. Endorsers emphasize security, liberal advantages, and profitable results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
H. G. Everett
Central Life Assurance Society of the
United States
Central Life Assurance Society
E. L. Eaton
M. E. Church
First State Bank
D. B. Allen
Arlington
Geo. B. Peak
Sir. Lam
Northwestern Life Insurance Company
Milwaukee
New York
Andpoint
State of Iowa
Own
Tam
Pestley
Shaw
Oown
National Bank
What Cheer
J. L. Mitchell
Foreign Facts And Fancies From A Distant World
A miscellany of statistics and curiosities: France ships fresh flowers to Berlin doubling in a year. bridegrooms stand among English nobles twice married. Vienna grows to about 1.64 million with 20 710 increase in ten years. Britain records 60 000 herdsmen and 3.6 billion letters and parcels yearly. a golden wedding at Alton Common for seven sons and three daughters highlights height variances. It notes proposals to censor dueling reports, and surveys wildlife across China and India featuring tigers, leopards, boars, wild sheep and the Mongolian tiger, plus delicacies like the wild ling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Berlin
Duke of York
Vienna
United Kingdom
Alton Common
Sinuuis
China
India
Ring of
Canton
Vanetse
The Finger Nails and Personal Traits in Nails
The article links nail length and shape to personality and health signs. Short nails suggest strong action, sharp critique, and possible heart issues while long nails imply vision and impressionability. care tips advise modest whitening and avoiding obvious manicuring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivery
Notable Foreign Gossip and Royal Anecdotes
Alfred Dreyfus writes on his imprisonment while the duke of Cambridge keeps a woman cook. The duke of Fife reportedly wears 12 suits weekly. Dr Gallus Ritter von Hochberger, 97, has practiced 71 years and still advises. The duke of Cornwall and York, Lord Roberts and Lord Alverstone join the London Savage club as honorary members. The club lists the king, Sir H. M. Stanley, Dr. Nansen and Mark Twain as life members. The British census notes William II’s 843 estates totaling about 124,800 acres, followed by Prince Pless and others. The Commons’ story teller is Mr Tully. a tale of a Scotch innkeeper who mistook Sunday for a weekday and tried to stop billiards after guests played on the Sabbath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Dreyfus
Duke of Cambridge
Duke of Fife
Gallus Ritter von Hochberger
Carlsbad
Duke of Cornwall and York
Lord Roberts
Lord Alverstone
London Savage Club
H. M. Stanley
Nansen
Mark Twain
William
Prince Pless
Ujest
Ratibor
Archaeological Finds Across Etruria, Rome, and Egypt Stir News
Central Maly yields many Etruscan tombs while Ephesus theater is revealed by Austrian digs. Greek origin harbor debated. Augustin Taurivorum theater ruins found near the Palace Vecchio. Windmill origins shift to eastern sources. Roman crypt finds at S Cecilia reveal republican era house. Karnak gate unearthed by Legrain shows high structure but soil flooding caused temple declines. Grenfell Hunt publish Ptolemaic papyri. diverse uses include coffins and village mayor records from the second century BC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maly
Ephesus
Augustin Taurivorum
Furin
L. Lindet
France
England
S. Cecilia
Trastevere
Rome
Karnak
M. Legrain
Egypt
Drs
Pan American Exposition at Niagara Frontier
The Pan American Exposition to be held from May 1 to November 1 marks a worldwide appeal since Chicago 1893. The Nickel Plate Road promotes train service from Chicago to Buffalo and beyond with no extra fares and dining car options. Contact John Y. Calahan for the Pan American folder and F J Moore for Buffalo hotel arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Americas
Roper
Niagara Frontier
Nickel Plate Road
Buffalo
New York City
Boston
All Pointe East
John Y. Calahan
Adams St
Niagara Falls
F. J Moore
Main St
N. Y
Electric Bitters touted for chronic indigestion and female health
The notice cites F J Green of Lancaster NLA praising Electric Bitters as a remedy for indigestion and nervous debility and claims lasting benefit for his wife. It promotes satisfaction guaranteed by Williams and Anderson and mentions W E Richtmyer of Estherville as an auctioneer offering services and prior success at Richtmyer Brothers meat market. It also advertises wagon and blacksmith work by Harney EGLIn successor to Peter Hanson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Green
Lancaster
Nla
Williams & Anderson
E. W. Richtmyer
Estherville
Richtmyer
Han
Princeton
Lil
Richtmyer Brothers
P.O
Harney Eglin
Peter Hanson
Robins and Julson Open Dray Office on South 6th Street
Rostne and Julson announce a new dray office in the former city hoales building on South 6th Street. Customers may place dray orders at any time during the day and will receive prompt service, ending the need to chase may a dray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robins & Julson
South 6Th Street
City Hoales
Iuf Rostne & Julson
Teastiert Excursion Rates and Pan Exposition Travel Deals
Excursion offers from Iowa to the Pan Exposition at Buffalo and to western regions with “one fare plus two” style fares. Details include monthly Tuesday departures, special trains with chair cars and sleepers, and contact points for agents in Cedar Rapids and nearby towns. Also notes cheap California and Colorado routes via various rail lines, with agent contacts for further information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Burlington
Asdur Rapida & Nortthers
Abbott, Shell Rock H
Waverly
Appitonelan Tw
Messrs
Ten & Brooks
Edur Rapids
Wotton
Alabama
Arkansas
Arizona
British Columbia
Canadian Northwest
Colorado
Lorida
Coreib
Idabo
Indian Territory
Lows
Kansas
Pagucky
Louisiana
Manitoba
Michigan
Missouri
Mississippi
Montana
New Mexico
Nubraski
North
Carelina
North Dakow
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakon
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
Buffalo
Mr. E. 0
California
Montens
M. E. Winn
Agee
G. FagMae
A. Gpl & TA
A. Ry
Cedar Rapids
Jamura
Newport News Shipyard Giant of American Industry
The Newport News Shipyard employs nearly 7,000 workers with weekly wages over $40,000. It is the largest shipyard on this hemisphere and the most extensive in construction among American firms. The yard features a 150-foot dry dock, a 126-inch swing lathe, a 150-ton revolving derrick, and a vertical planer cutting 25 by 26 feet, with thirteen vessels under way costing about $27 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
United States
Outside Our Own Borders: Global Comparisons and Facts
A collection of statistical curiosities contrasts wealth, population density, and governance across nations. It notes patent costs in Belgium France and Russia, population per square mile in the United Kingdom Belgium and Norway, Arab rule in Frances Africa, carriage licenses in Great Britain, private carriages per thousand, Belgium’s export totals versus Austria, Ottawa’s size compared to British rivers, and the St Lawrence width at its mouth compared to Dover Calais channel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Belgin
France
Rusgia
United Kingdom
Belgium
Norway
Africa
Frances
Great Britain
Austria
Ottawa
St. Lawrence
Dover
Calais
Champions In Their Line Telegraph and Bricklaying Records
The world beating record list shows G W Conkling as champion horseshoer at Shenandoah Pennsylvania turning 100 horseshoes in 1 hour 47 minutes 474 seconds. William Lowney of Philadelphia tops oyster opening with 100 oysters in 3 minutes 314 seconds. Frank Stoewahs of Chicago laid 162 bricks in 2 minutes 30 seconds with cross joints. George W Clarke jumped 165 feet from Halsted street bridge in Chicago. J M Mackinolty of Tasmania cut a standing block 4 feet inches thick in 1 minute 41 seconds. Daniel J Cleary of Medina Ohio stamped 500 letters in 3 minutes 57 seconds using the stamping hammer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Conkling
Peter Haley
Shenandoah
William Lowney
Philadelphia
Frank Stoewahs
Chicago
Daniel J. Cleary
Medina
King Albert Edward Career Highlights and Early Life
A compiled record notes King Albert Edward's 17 week stay in India in 1876 with gifts limited to £2000 from native rulers. It mentions governess Lady Lyttelton, the chestnut tree at Mount Vernon, and his early residences and first appearance in London in 1949. It also recounts his Canada visit at age 18, laying Ottawa parliament building foundations and opening the St Lawrence bridge at Montread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Lyttelton
Gladstone
King Edward
Washington
Mount Vernon
White Lodge
Richmond
City of
London
Canada
Ottawa
St. Lawrence
Mon‘tread
Century of Change in Urban Growth and Post Offices
A century by century snapshot notes how pins, paper, and post offices evolved from 1911 to 1900, showing New York’s rising business offices, sugar and coffee figures, and city population shifts. It highlights that in 1500 only 1 percent of large cities had post offices, while today there are 62 cities larger than New York once was.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
IN LINES OF INDUSTRY AND PRODUCTION FACTS
Cotton seed once a waste product brings $3 or $10 to the bale. The Pennsylvania anthracite mines have been worked without cessation since 1820. For seven years the German iron industry has grown with yearly increases around 500.90 tons. The first strictly scientific college in the United States was Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, founded in 1824. An American exposition in Constantinople under the American Oriental Agency has become a notable success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Reneselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy
N. Y
Constantinople
American Oriental Agency
Poetic Quips and Domestic Gripes Echo in Railbirds
A fragmented collage of jokes and quips from editorials and letters features literary gossip about poetry as a drug, a quip on Washington’s wealth, a joke about music education, and a stray bit about marital power tools, all rendered in a breezy weekly voice with familiar names and regional flavor.
Solemn Look Across the Way Sparks a Question
A terse street exchange frames a man as an undertaker or a grocer clerk who undergirds a wife on a weekly salary of F dollars, highlighting social roles and economic strain in a Chicago Daily News snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyer
Chicago Daily News
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The
Des Moines, Iowa
Geo. B. Pearchas
J. Phillips
M. H. Benson
Geo. H. Carr
C. E. Stoner
Archaeological News
Frank F. Merriam
G. R. Chesnut
Gen’l
Ben D. Chesnut
Lott
Minneapolis & St. Louis
A.B. Cutts, G.P.& T. A. Supr. v. Aiianeapolis
Scarfe
Gerberich Music Store
Chas. Applegate
Alexandria
Ind
Dr. King
Williama & Andergan
Gaus
Howard and
Third Streets
John Keny
Newport News
King Albert Edward
Philadelphia Press
Mr. Newrocks
Germany
von Note
Rose Calaway
Mrs. Flannigan
Sthrappin
Sione Nason
Fred Bu
Anderson Brothers
Propristora
Ity
WHEELER @ WILSON
Davis
White
W. H. Waterman
Estherville, Iowa
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