Davenport Bisho p Cosgrove Dies After Long Illness
Very Rev Henry Cosgrove bishop of the Davenport diocese died at 7 25 pm after a months long illness cancer of the left kidney was the cause He had spent nearly 50 years in Davenport and over 25 as bishop His funeral will be in the cathedral with more than 100 churchmen expected to attend The death ends a long era in local Catholic life and will be marked by a Christmas week service plan.
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Davenport
Henry Cosgrove
Cosgrove
Davis
United States
Iowa
Bishop Cosgrove
James
John Cosgrove
Mary Roach
Chicago
J. F. Gilmore
Missouri Valley
Murray
Fonda
Pennsylvania
Williamsport
John
Bridget Cosgrove
Ireland
America
Hollidaysburg
Henry
Dubuque
Matthias Loras
St. Raphael's Cathedral
Loras
Joseph Creton
Father Creton
St. Paul
St. Bernard’s Seminary
Table Mound
Father Trevis
Father Cosgrove
St. Bernard’s
St. Mary's Seminary
Perry County
Carondelet
Father Hennessey
Father Feehan
Archdiocese of Chicago
St. Raphael's
Smythe
Sit. Raphael's
Clement Smythe
Mississippi River
Middle West
Minnesota
Illinois
St. Marguerite’s Church
Independence
France
German M E Church Christmas Program Delights Congregation
An evening Christmas celebration at the German M E church features a rich program including preludes, sermons, and multiple songs, declamations, dialogues, and quartets. Cast members include Bertha Judd, Wm Ruthenberg, John Coster, and many others with offerings from the Sunday school, catechism class, and infant class. The event concludes with a collection for the orphans home.
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Bertha G. Judd
Wm. Ruthenberg
the Shepherds
John Coster
Milton Baumgarten
Karl Koenig
Karl Bauer
Albert Boehling
Otto Wicke
Agnes Schwertfeger
Paul Stolzenau
Albert Frochner
Fred Goehling
Elmer Funck
Lorsz
Edna Funck
Ruth Baumgarten
Nellie Buechner
der Freuschuetz
C. M. von Weber
Elmer Steinmetz
Walter Diercks
Ralph Diercks
Minnie Eisner
J. F. Reichardt
Vera Applebee
Dorothea Leibrand
der Schneemann
Wesley Ruthenberg
Erich Zech
Karl Ruthenberg
Etta Eisner
H. D. Lemkau
Hanna Zeidler
C. E. Baumgarten
Bessie
Florence Ruthenberg
Emmerson
Louis Diercks
Edward Diercks
Walter Zeidler
Henry Froehner
Carrie Herwig
Anna Heppe
Minnie Buechner
Wm. Funck
Christmas Sunday in the City Churches
Christmas services drew large crowds across multiple churches with special music sermons and planned entertainments. Programs included a First Baptist morning service with musical numbers and a sermon on The Christmas Shepherds, plus stereopticon views. First Congregational announced speakers and a Tuesday 6:30 Christmas celebration for 159 children. First Presbyterian praised cantata and choir, with a forthcoming Christmas cantata and prayer meetings. United Brethren and Grace Lutheran held notable services with upcoming week announcements, while German churches featured annual Christmas entertainments and Sunday school programs with gift distributions.
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First Baptist Church
Kempton
Corregio
Dobson
Reynolds
Moran
Pierry
Raphael
le Rolle
Veronese
West Hill
First Congregational
C. H. Mark
First Congregational Church
Mark
Christ
First Presbyterian
Firs Presbyterian Church
Elliott
First M. E
German Congregational Church
Ladies’ Aid
Christmas Service at German Evangelical Church
The German Evangelical church held its annual Christmas program rendered in German with translations by Rev. John Jans. A large audience enjoyed a lengthy, varied program of songs recitations and readings. gifts were distributed and an orphanage collection was taken. The service included solo and choral pieces with several young participants and an organ violin duet. All are invited to the Christmas service on December 25 at 7:30 am.
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Martin
Fairport
Luther League
Ald
M. HB
John Jans
Cynthia Bruntink
God
Jesus
the Lord
Rosette Wagner
Ralph Jans
Rudolf Daedelow
E. B. Molis
Rudolf Hess
Alma Maeglin
Emma Daedelow
Eddie Schwab
Clara Wagner
Mary Kopplien
Fred Jans
Helen Benninger
Anna Kopplien
Otto Maeglin
Arthur Grensing
Esther Maeglin
Praise Your King
Edna Gerdts
Ernest Paeetz
Frieda Schwab
Helen Kindler
Ernest Martin
Florence Grensing
Martha Jans
Helen Ethal
Edmund Stein
Father Klopp
Emma Grensing
Ida Zeng
Ida Kopplien
Lizzie Hoffmann
Ida Volger
Robert Hess
Fred Grensing
Fd Stein
Scott House Restored Under Landlord Crockett in Mulcatine
Landlord Crockett has newly furnished the Scott House, the oldest hotel in Mulcatine, and is serving excellent meals. Three months in charge, he added a ladies toilet, improved rooms, new bedding, and a perk for farmers with no extra cost for the gathering room. Meals are twenty five cents, one dollar daily, or four dollars weekly with daily changing menus. The hotel reports a growing regular boarder digest and rising patronage.
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Scott
Mulcatine
Crockett
Scott House
Iowa City Faces Lawsuit Over Paving Assessments
Property owners Marie Ballard Mary Myler and E W Rockwood protest paving charges on Iowa avenues linking the university campus to Woodlawn. They contend a nine foot gap between their property line and the street line means they are not abutting, citing surveying errors as the source. They threaten court action to block the assessments if needed.
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Iowa City
University
Woodlawn
Marie Ballard
Mary Myler
E. W. Rockwood
Dr King’s New Discovery Marketed by Havercamp’s
An advertisement promotes Dr King’s New Discovery for colds and coughs with prices 50 cents and one dollar from Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
Say I Am Talking to You Modern Gas Range Pitch
A reader is urged to assist their wife by replacing the old coal range with a contemporary gas range. The message frames the upgrade as a practical gift to keep her look neat and tidy while cooking.
Honor Roll at Congregational Christmas Celebration
The First Congregational church will honor students who never missed a session this year Pearl Appel Clara Carroll Edna Hocke Lillian Koetting Gertrude Carroll Viola Herget Mary Robbins Lucile Chevalier Wilma Koetting Mattzuerite Ashton Mabel Apple Also note Lillian Koetting has three consecutive years of perfect attendance Agnes Robbins and Helen Schultz missed only one Sunday The primary department shows few absences and a high overall attendance average.
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First Congregational Church
Pearl Appel
Clara Carroll
Edna Hocke
Lillian Koetting
Gertrude Carroll
Viola Herget
Mary Robbins
Lucile Chevalier
Wilma Koetting
Mattzuerite Ashton
Mabel Apple
Agnes Robbins
Helen Schultz
Christmas stereopticon program at First Baptist Church
The First Baptist Church hosts a Christmas entertainment Tuesday at 7 30 p m featuring 50 stereopticon views of Jesus childhood. Rev Judson Kempton gives a lecture, with choral and solo performances and a finale with two Christmas trees and distribution of contents.
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First Baptist Church
Jesus Christ
Judson Kempton
Matt Westrate
A. W. Hine
Verna Selden
Josephine Stirlen
Glyde Beach
Elizabeth Beveridge
Edith Barnard
Elmer Caple
Elizabeth Jameson
Frances Beveridge
Samuels
Morris
Dore
Murillo
Joseph
Hofman
Raphael
Jesus
Hunt
C. Muller
Christ
Plockhurst
Egypt
Merson
Child Pleads for Better Study Lamp
A child asks for a safer lamp to study by, preferring gas or electric light over a coal oil lamp that strains their eyes. The request reflects concerns about indoor lighting quality and comfort in home study spaces.
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Episcopal Home
Merry Xmas
B. E. Lilly’s
McQuesten & Sawyer Co
Muscatine, Iowa
TION
M. E
Oregon
First Baptist
W. P. Stoddard
F. H. Little
E. L. McColm
Howard Warfield
Will McQuesten
Emma Parkins
Stoddard
Perk Avenue
First Church
Epworth League
Willingz Neas
United Brethren
United Brethren Church
Sanita Claus
Grace Lutheran
GER. EV
Landford Crockett
Lent Mealse—Oldest Hotel
Geo. Bitman
Star Clothing Co
Neidig's Book Store
East Second Street
H. F. Barnard Co., Jewelers
Congregational
Cal. W. Smith
Iowa Avenue
Dlissssippi Valley
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