Muscatine to Form County Unit of Good Roads Association
A meeting in the Associa tion of Commerce rooms led to plans to form a Muscatine county unit of the Iowa Good Roads association. Volney Diltz urged support, noting four crucial months ahead for road improvements and signs of legislative backing. A follow up meeting will set formal organization steps.
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Association of Commerce
Volney Diltz
Good Roads
Muscatine County
Iowa Good Roads Association
Diltz
Iowa
State Senate
Town Good Roads Association
Lithographs and Wood Blocks by Sandzen at Gallery
The Davenport Municipal art gallery features Birger Sandzen lithographs and wood blocks with Japanese influence evident in The Waves and The Great Spires noted for its design. Sandzen’s pliable litho crayon work and wood blocks display natural forms, trees, and rugged beauty. A companion display includes lithographs and woodcuts by his pupil Russell Natt.
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Birger Sandzen
Davenport
Sandzen
Russell Natt
Aerial Mail Service Opens Between Shanghai and Osaka
A new air mail service starts operating between Shanghai and Osaka enhancing postal links. The route connects two major ports and will expedite international correspondence.
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Shanghai
China
Osaka
Japan
Wilton Couple Celebrates 60 Years of Marriage
Wilton Iowa December 11 Mr and Mrs Theodore Port Sr pioneers mark their sixtieth anniversary at home with over 50 relatives and friends a noon three course dinner and open house from 2 30 to 4 00 Miss Susie R Doerr Port born July 14 1846 near Bedford Springs Pa born in Ashland Ohio Jan 28 1844 united with Theodore Port December 11 1868 Four children William M Port Catherine Ayres Clara Port Walton and Dr Charles F Port plus 13 great grandchildren attended with relatives and neighbors from town and beyond
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Wilton
Theodore Port
Port
Orange
Ashland County
Ohio
Susie R. Doerr
Bedford County
Bedford Springs
Cedar County
Clara Port Walton
William M. Port
Catherine Port Ayres
Silvis
Tll
Charles F. Port
Clinton
Medical Mission Worker to Speak at Sunday Service
Dr. George S. Huntley a medical missionary to China for 35 years will speak at First Baptist church Sunday evening. Pastor Rev. George E. Dawkins notes that Huntley offers a business man's view of China’s economic political and religious problems during its transitional period. He began in 1889 with the China Inland Mission in Shensi assisting a dispensary using training from London hospital.
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George S. Huntley
China
First Baptist Church
George E. Dawkins
Huntley
Shensi
China Inland Mission
London Hospital
Physician in China Receives $25 000 for New Mission Work
He sailed to the United States to study at New York University Vermont and Harvard Medical College. In 1897 he earned an M S degree and with his nurse wife sailed to China under the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. Assigned to Hanyang he established a medical mission with $25 000 funding. he was the sole physician in a city of 250 000.
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United States
University of New York
University of Vermont
Harvard Medical College
China
The
American Baptist For
Eign Mission Society
Hanyang
Central China
Huntley
Dispensary Flourishes Amid Rough Wood Structure
Despite limited equipment a rough wooden dispensary treated thousands yearly and baptized up to 2000 in one year on this field. In 1915 funding shortages sent Dr. Huntley to Shanghai Baptist College as physician and physiology teacher. Meanwhile Vancouver sees 20 million dollars in new buildings under construction.
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Central China Field
Huntley
Shanghai
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Geo. Kranz &Son
Iowa Ave
Front St
Watine, Ia
Theodore Port, SR
Faraday
HEEM
Gremmel
Muscatine
Brother
Eichenauer’s Cigar Store
East Second St
Hershey Avenue
Lege
Vancouver
B. C
Christmas Savings Club
Aeds National Bank
Site and Trust & Savings Bank
Third Street
Iowa Avenue
Your Electric Light and Power Company
Electric Light & Power Company
Muscatine Lighting Co
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