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ID, CLAYTON COUNTY, IOWA, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1915.jA NEW TOWN CLOCK AND CHIMES | BOUGHT BY STATE BANK OF EDGEWOOD- -The Clock, Which Is Six Feet High, Will Be Mounted On Northwest Corner of The Magnificent State Bank Building, High Above the Sidewalk, Where It Will Remain for Many Years To Come.THE CHIMES.Lord, through this hour Be Thou our guide So, by Tby power No foot shall slide.Everyone who has lived within sound of the Bells of Westminster is familiar with the verse given above. The origin of the carillon has never been positively established. Some writers accredit it to a Mr. Crouch, who was a pupil of Dr. Randall, Regus Professor of Music. This, however, is disputed by other writers who. accredit it to Dr. Randall’s conception of the idea taken from a movement in the fifth bar in the opening of Handel’s Symphony, “I know that my Redeemer liveth. ” The chimes were first fitted to the clock of the University Church, St. Mary’s the Great in Cambridge, but were not copied until they were reproduced on a very large scale in the Victoria Clock Tower of the House of Parliment.As a home institution serving the people of this locality—enjoying your good will and business favors, we have in the past endeavored to show our appreciation by presenting our patrons with calendars and novelties and otherwise showing our appreciation of your co-operation in making this a serviceable and successful banking house.Years of prosperous banking has been made possible only by your support. We wanted to show our appreciation in a substantial way and have therefore purchased of the manufacturers, the McClintock-Loomis Company of Minne- ' apolis, Minnesota, including the exclusive rights for this city, a large, handsome clock combined with a set of the softest and most beautiful chimes ever hoard in any city of the old or* new world.At the quarter, half and three-quarter hour, these chimes will ting out in i' various musical combinations; at a quarter past the hour, four strokes—Westminster; at half-past the hour, eight strokes—Reveille; at three-quarters past the hour, twelve strokes—Cathedral peal; and on the hour sixteen strokes— Westminster, followed by the striking of the hour in a clear, vibrant tone. \May we hope that the Chimes will mean something to all of our people— 1 that they will have a message for the youngster on his way to school; a thought 1 for the business man who hustles through his day; a solace for the old.Every day of the week the chimes will be sounding their message —the note 1 of warning spoken-in time; Ibe chime of rejoicing; the lament in the time of 1 sorrow. This chime will be all things to all men for it is not going to belong to 1 us alone, but to men and women and children of our community. lt;
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Edgewood Journal
Edgewood, Iowa, US
Thu, Apr 15, 1915
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