Trials of Company F in Porto Rico Chronicle
Sergeant Harry Wright sends a chronological narrative of Company F experiences in Puerto Rico plying from Ponce to Utado with mud drenched camps on a mountain side. The march features rain drenches banana leaf shelters improvised caves and ponchos as the men endure hunger sickness and a cemetery visit amid court martial actions and mail delays.
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Ponce
Porto Rico
Harry Wright
Hospita
Actume
Campy
Massachusetts
Clendenin
Lyon
Budden
Alma
Lieut.sould
Angd Po
Alost
Married Sixty-Two Years In Zuma County Farm Life
The Beal family marks sixty two years of marriage for Daniel Beal and Betsy Spencer. They wed in 1836 in Vermont and settled on a 160 acre farm in Zuma township, living in the county since. A family reunion gathers relatives across four generations at the homestead this Sunday. Col Lucius W. Beal, Samuel S. Beal, Dr A M Beal, and Mrs Frederick L. Cooper are among the children with seventeen grandchildren and five great grandchildren present. Daniel is in his 84th year and Betsy in her 82nd.
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Daniel
Zuma
Col
Lucius W. Beal
Cherokee
Iowa
Samuel S. Beal
Joslin
A. M. Beal
Doctor Merryman in Alaska Icebound Voyage to Dawson
Dr Merryman's perilous 1898 Yukon voyage aboard the St Michael faces floating ice and a frozen river. After a near boiler explosion at Circle City, he sets up a makeshift hospital, treats dozens, and earns acclaim for amputations and emergency care along the Yukon from Fort Yukon to Dawson City.
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Yukon
Fort Yukon
Merryman
Little St. Michael
Charles May
Chicago
St. Michaels
Dawson City
St. Michael
Circle City
Dawson
Belle
Victoria
Pat Boland
Butte
Montana
Boland
Lusty
Shere
F. K. Ryan
Essary
Ryan
Eldorado
Swede Creek
Dominion
Wm. A. Chase
San Francisco
A. C. Company
Yukon District
Officers and Committees Named at First AME Church Meeting
The quarterly conference of the First AME Church selected officers and committee members. Notable appointees include Trustees E. B. McKeever and W. N. Craig. Stewards Emma Sloan and Mary Chadwick. Missions Julia Cowley and Elizabeth Tilton. Education Lizzie Martin and Professor Drake. Church Extension G W Freeland and Jonas Peterson. Freedmen's Aid Mary Chadwick and Jennie Craig.
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First Am. Kk
IB. McKeever
W. KK. Sloan
W. A. Jones
J. G. Beatty
Phil. Keene
P. C. Simmon
W. N. Craig
S. W. Odell
Stewards
Emma Sloan
Mary Chadwick
Laura McKeever
W. F E. H. Soler
W. A. Golden
Fred Burgston
Matilda Beatty
A. P. Kneberg
W. T. Miller
G. W. Freeland
J. C. Tunnicliff
Julia Cowley
Elizabeth Tilton
Margaret Barclay
Jennie Witherspoon
H. R. Albrecht
D. A. Jones
Temperance
Sarah Cornwall
Lloyd
Lizzie Martin
Emma Cooper
Prof. Drake
Jonas Peterson
Harriet Sober
Freedmen's Aid
Jennie Craig
le Roy Vinton
W. K. Sloan
E. B. McKeever
Ladies’ Aid Society
Dr. Sloan
Sloan
Chadwick
Allen's Foot-Fase Promotes Comfort in Shoes
An old time remedy advertises Allen's Foot-Fase a powder to shake into shoes claiming to cool swollen hot feet relieve tiredness and ease painful conditions including blisters corns bunions and callouses sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with a free trial package offered by Allen & Montreal Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Allen & Olmatgad
le Roy
N. Y
Channon Suspended at Arsenal Over Dispute
John Channon master mechanic in the Arsenal carpenter shop and a government employee for nearly thirty five years has been suspended by Captain Mitcham during Maj. Blunt’s eastward absence. A foreman dispute with Mr Winters of Davenport prompted the action. The suspension is not a discharge and may be reviewed by Maj. Blunt or referred to Washington for final decision.
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John Channon
Arsenal
Capt. Mitcham
Maj. Blunt
Channon
Winters
Davenport
Mr. Channon
Mr Channon
Department
Washington
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promotion Try It Today
You are urged to try Hood's Sarsaparilla and purchase a bottle now. The ad encourages immediate use to experience potential benefits.
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Hood
Holt and Lawrence wed in family home ceremony
Miss Gertrude E Holt married William A Lawrence at her mother's home with Bishop Jonas C Hartzell officiating. The gathering featured music, flower girl Florence Cook, a ring ceremony, and a reading by Abbie Gould with a wedding poem. Attendants and guests from Rock Island and nearby towns attended amid gifts and well wishes.
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Gertrude E. Holt
William A Lawrence
Margaret Holt
Jonas C Hartzell
Florence Cook
Abbie Gould
Post Office Expands Service with New Carriers
The post office adds two regular carriers John W. Dewrose and Fred Pierce to serve Stewartville and Route 3 in the southwest district. Dewrose resumes duty after a prior removal for alleged incapability. Pierce fills the vacancy caused by Rudolphus Hicks’s death. Mounted delivery will aid business district mail collection and later box pickups, improving delivery readiness and efficiency. The force stands at 13 with one substitute George Carlson, with two more substitutes requested. No systematic street numbering in Stewartville is noted and urged for accuracy.
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Stewartville
McKinley
John W. Dewrose
Fred Pierce
Dewrose
Pierce
Nels Peterson
Rudolphus Hicks
Carrier Peterson
George Carlson
In Memoriam at Christ Church Moline
The rector and vestry unanimously adopt resolutions mourning Edward Colman senior warden of Christ Church Moline Illinois. They praise his kindness faithfulness and diligence as a churchman and community member and request copies be sent to his widow and family and published in daily papers.
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Christ Church
Paradise
Edward Colman
Chrrstchurch
Moline
Illinois
Our City
Robert W. Hewitt
F. G. Allen
Ex-Conductor Beebe Builds Prosperous Centralia Grocery
Ex conductor W R Beebe aged 67 in Centralia reports a former career on the Illinois Central railroad. After five years off due to kidney and back ailments he credits Morrow's Kid-ne-oids for restoration. He claims relief from pain swelling and vision issues and plans full recovery within a week after three weeks use. Sold by druggists and Wm Clendenin's drug store for 50 cents a box. John Morrow & Co., chemists, Springfield, Ohio.
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W. R. Beebe
Centralia
Illinois Central Railroad
Morrow
Clendenin
John Morrow & Co
Springfield
Ohio
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