Wapello Notes Mark Visits and Community Life
In Wapello on April 25 C C Wise and wife return from Claypool Ind with daughter Trella. Rev Frank Wellmeyer visits. Senator Jamison attends funeral and visits his mother in Columbus Junction. Local clergy, health news, and civic events fill the week including a Presbyterian revival, a Spillman Riggs lecture, and debt forgiveness for the Christian church.
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Wapello
C. C. Wise
HU. L. Nearpass
Claypool
Ind
Trella
Frank Wellmeyer
Charles City
Iowa
Wellmeyers
Louisa County
Hancock County
W. D. Jamison
O. S. Jamison
Columbus Junction
J. R. Chapman
W. H. Blanche
Morning Sun
C. R. Zimmerman
M. E. Church
Louisa Ewing
Blanche
Grandview
Ewing
George Grasham
J. A. Reed
A. H. Rowe
Alvin Sullivan
Fairfield
F. L. Patterson
Hesse & Patterson, Hardware
Chicago
W. H. Bothe
J. H. Condit
Presbyterian Church
Juneau
Alaska
First Presbyterian Church
Fairbanks
Third Presbyterian Church
Sioux City
Far North
Dan McKay
Spillman Riggs
Riggs
Suanee
Mocking Bird
The
Christian Church
Church of Christ
Christian Unity
James Blanchard, Sr
Blanchard
Former resident Miss Dolsen dies after long illness
Miss M A Dolsen born June 1849 in New York died at 11 10 pm at the Boiler home in Davenport after a 19 year invalid spell. She lived with her sister Mrs J H Boiler in Davenport and is survived by another sister Mrs Annie Brink of New York and brother J H Dolsen of Muscatine. Her body will move to Muscatine Monday morning for services at Greenwood chapel and will be interred in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Davenport
M. A. Dolsen
Muscatine
J. H. Boiler
Carey Avenue
New York
Miss Dolsen
Boiler
Annie Brink
J. H. Dolsen
Greenwood Chapel
Greenwood Cemetery
Mayor Granted Purchase Power For Scales
A council committee transferred authority to Mayor Schmidt to buy new scales. No action yet, but purchase likely within a few days.
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Schmidt
Foley’s Honey and Tar Endorsed for Cough Relief
An advertisement urges readers to choose Foley’s Honey and Tar to cure a stubborn cough and expel the cold. It claims the product contains no harmful drugs and is endorsed by A. W. Morgan.
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Foley
A. W. Morgan
Anniversary of General Grant Birth
On April 27 1882 Ulysses S Grant born at Point Pleasant Ohio the great military leader and statesman. The Civil War era ends and healing begins as both north and south honor Grant and respect Robert E Lee equally for their roles in the conflict. Grant's life and legacy are celebrated in this reflection.
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Point Pleasant
Ohio
Ulysses Simpson Grant
United States
North
South
Robert E. Lee
Grant
Farm Loan Advertisement by J E Stevenson
More of those first mortgage farm loans from five hundred to five thousand dollars. J E Stevenson at 209 Sa Avenue offers reliable financing options for rural properties.
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J. E. Stevenson
Sa. Ave
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted as Spring Family Remedy
Hood's Sarsaparilla praised for over thirty years as a spring medicine for all ages. It claims to purify blood, boost appetite, and treat skin, stomach, liver, and kidney ailments with tonics and purifiers. Sold in liquid form or Sarsatabs at 100 doses for one dollar under the Pure Food and Drugs Law.
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Hood
Grant as a self-made international figure in war and politics
The narrative traces Ulysses S. Grant from boyhood to West Point, through the Mexican and Civil Wars, noting boldness and early financial struggles. It credits his later pension, recovery via his Personal Memoirs, and acknowledges the Grants as prominent public figures respected in both peace and war.
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West Point
Ulysses S. Grant
Grants
Grant
Progress Marked in Rear Admiral Ewans’s Recovery Visit
In Paso Robles California on April 25 the five day progress of Rear Admiral Ewans is described as remarkable. Those who met him on arrival three weeks earlier note a pale thin face marked by suffering lines and a weakened frame now greatly improved.
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Paso Robies
Cal
Ewans
Steamer Ben Hershey Arrives With Large Lumber Raft
The steamer Ben Hershey passed the city yesterday afternoon carrying a large raft for the Burlington Lumber company. It made a fast trip from Prescott Wisconsin.
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Ben Hershey
Burlington Lumber Company
Hershey
Prescott
Wis
Gold Medal Flour Tribute Mentioned in Mother's Note
A short cryptic message reads Gold Medal Flour was your mother's favorite. Cynthia signs the note, indicating a personal remembrance or acknowledgment.
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Cynthia
Regimental Chaplain to Visit Companies in Iowa Guard
Rev B C Preston of the First Congregational church will visit all companies of the 54th regiment as regimental chaplain. The first trip goes to Fairfield Iowa on May 3 where he will address Congregational church members and Company M. Addresses to be given on Sundays to ensure good attendance.
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B. C. Preston
First Congregational Church
54Th Regiment
Iowa Guard
Fairfield
Preston
Railroads Split on Convention Rates East and West
Chicago April 25 railroads east of Chicago adopt a one half cent per mile convention rate while western lines stand firm at a two cent minimum rate. The dispute leaves opposing regions with different pricing for convention travel.
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Chicago
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