Church Services and Pastors Listed for Sunday
M. E. Church holds services every Sabbath morning and evening with Pastor Stev F X Miller. Congregational Church offers Sunday services at 101 a m and 74 p m with Leavitt as pastor. German Reform Church conducts Sabbath services each week and a Sabbath school at 24 o clock p m under Rev Groner Reveriea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
Stev. F. X. Miller
Congregational Church
Wim, Leavitt
German Reform Church
Groner Reveriea
Mammoth Vine of Santa Barbara an Enduring California Landmark
A historical account details the Santa Barbara Mammoth Grape Vine, its Dominguez lineage, and a 105 year old owner with vast descendants. The vine covers over 5,000 square feet with a 12 inch trunk in parts, yielding five to six tons annually and an estimated sixty year total near half a million pounds valued at about twenty five thousand dollars.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Dominguez
California
Marcella Felix de Dominguez
Server
Canton
Ohio
Hyatt
Hand Book of
Spanish California
Montecito
Marcellina Felix Dominguez
Sonora
Dana
America
North
South
Stranger Story of Brothers Reunited After Forty Years
A tale from 1816 tells how two Swiss families, Waltmire and Roof, sent to Philadelphia, suffered plague and separation, later reuniting across Illinois and Ohio. The piece details how Joseph, John, Anthony, and Jerome Waltmire and Roof kin were scattered, searched, and eventually found, ending in a warm brotherly reunion after decades apart.
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Delevan
Dillon Township
Tazewell
Jerome Waltmire
Waltmire
Switzerland
United States
Philadelphia
Roof
Pelmt
Root
Mr. Waltmire
Aglan
John Roof
Anthony Roof
Joseph Waltmire
Circleville
John
Ohio
Mr. Roof
Joseph
Jerome
Pennsylvania
Logan County
Jerome Waltimire
Ilinois
Illinois
Mysterious Decoction Used in Seized Whiskey
A Newton Mass report describes a vile formula mixing kerosene potash strychnine and water used to adulterate whiskey seized last week. The recipe appeared in the possession of a donor and raises questions about the drinkers survival likelihood amid the cheery yet sinister preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Mass
Doner
Cow-pox venture grows as Dr Martin hunts calf supply
From the Springfield Mass. Republican, Dr Henry A Martin of Boston has left practice to supply physicians with cow-pox lymph. He requires about 300 heifer calves yearly, kept in a clean airy room with careful handling, while debunking satirical reports of calf vivisection and noting how fresh animals are needed for each vaccination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itia
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Martin
Washington, D. C
Board of Health
St. Louis
San Francisco
Springfield
Mass
Henry A. Martin
Boston
New York
Draining a Lake Reveals Indian Relics in Harrison County
Mr Samuel Jones near New Aumster dam drains a seventy acre lake exposing Indian camping ground remnants. Bear and deer bones, Indian bones, graves with mussel shells, and various implements suggest a once large North American Indian settlement. The find offers valuable archeological insights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Jones
New Aumsterdam
Harrison County
Jones
Ohio
Selma pledge leads to sudden fall of drinkers in 1871 tale
In Selma twelve young men pledged New Year sobriety in 1871 and pooled ten dollars monthly for a joint prize of fourteen hundred dollars to the last faithful member on January 1, 1872. One by one they relapsed, and Abdiel stayed to fetch the prize but found the money lost to gambling by the treasurer and a church trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma
Lnis Abdiel
Custer Buffalo Bull Tale Sparks International Tension
A discussion arises over whether Gen. Custer held a buffalo bull by the tail for Alexis to shoot. The matter risks international difficulties and the potential need for a new Joint High Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custer
Alexis
Iowa State News Condenses Two-Column Ledger
A summary of diverse Iowa items reports Mrs. Cobb of Independence dies. Father McLaughlin reorganizes Clinton Juvenile Temperance Society. a buried Negro infant near Des Moines sparks questions. Nashua funds a foundry with papermill urged. John Dower of Macon dies. A H McCary to seek Secretary of State. a Davenport injunction blocks $800,000 waterworks bonds. Frank Layton at Fort Madison hangs himself. a Boone County death from a mysterious puncture. Des Moines railroad accident injures Archibald Payne. Rose and Bond shootout during counterfeiting case. Wagner justifies firing on Bond. multiple county anecdotes and legal actions.
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McLaughlin
Clinton Juvenile Temperance Society
Des Moines
Atu
Nashua
John Dower
Macon
Muscatine County
Gate City
A. H. McCary
van Buren County
Davenport
Fort Madison
Iowa
Frank
James Layton
Fort Dodge Times
Boone County
Dayton
Johnson
Boone
Indianola Journal
George TH. Rose
Lansing
U. S. District Court
George Bond
George Rose
J. M. Rose
la Boy
Gen. W. Camp
J. L. Wagner
U. S
Young Rose
Wagner
Rose
Bond
Rose Wg
Offiers
Uyat
Crouiele
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A. J. Monroe
M. M. Moulton
du Wayue
Delaware
Jones and Linn
Ezra Keeler
T. Pierce
Pierce& Keeler
Avaany Anamosa
First Street
Iiona
Davis McCarn
L. Sheean
Sheean & McCarn
Chancery
Fisher House
Anamosa
Kirst Street
Monticello
Ticello
Jones County
John McKean
House Attorney At Law
M. W. Herrick
Wrigirt’s
Eoerrice, Justice of the Peace
Witicello
Justice of the Peace
Jno
Stacy
Milton Renley
Stacy & Remley
Attorneys AT Law
Anamouosa Iowa
Dubuque
C. M. Failing
J. C. Dietz
Towa
C. W. Gurney
Gitice
Farwell
Notary Public
T. C. Meclaughlen
Omeopathic
Rigit
John Siemers
Notary Public —and— General
The
Re W. Hunt
Church Directory
Stranger Than Fiction
Joan Tngelow
State News
Independence
Cobb
Eokuk
E. McDonald
Allamakee County
Wisconsin
McDonald
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