Old and Well Tried Insurance Companies in Pella Iowa
W W Cook agent presents a record of insurance firms with North America Philadelphia Home Hartford New Hampshire Fire Insurance in Manchester New Hampshire listing capital assets and surpluses to policyholders. Notable figures include Philadelphia 1794 3,000,000 capital and 11,587,912 assets, Home Insurance 1853 assets 21,239,052, surplus 11,720,501, Hartford 1,250,000 capital and 18,061,921 assets, surplus 6,450,696, and New Hampshire Fire Insurance 1,000,000 capital with 4,069,144 assets and 2,252,267 surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Cook
Pella
Iowa
Marion County
Financial figures show assets and liabilities balance
A historical ledger fragment presents figures labeled assets, liabilities, and surplus. It lists items such as 2,000,000 and 18,061,000 with various decimals and mentions securing by capital and policy holder surplus amounts. The text appears as a crude balance table with uneven spacing.
Shade of the old Apple Tree and Local Notices
A collage of verses mocks a printing fraud and sheriff raid, then reports the local G A R post meeting in city hall with a comrade to be mustered in. It notes the funeral of Meindert Tillma, health tips for Holister’s Tea, upcoming Valentine jokes and eclipses, and weather related ice and electric light outages with town updates and a Harvey resident visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kankakee
G. A. R. Post
Meindert Tillma
Smoke Advertiser Sale of Residence to John DeBruyn
A. Waechter & Son sold the G Middlekoop residence to John DeBruyn of Lynnville for 1700 dollars. Possession is expected about the fifteenth of the month when Mr D Byron will move to the city. Also noted is the installation of new office fixtures at the Peoples Trust Company by George Heeren, designed for the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Waechter
The
Peoples Trust Company
George Heeren
Yellow Fever Germs and Dr King New Life Pills
The notice describes yellow fever germs and malaria likeness, promoting Dr King New Life Pills as a cure for disease germs caused by malaria poison and constipation. It lists Henry M. Langerak’s drug store as the seller at 25c. It also reports local movements of residents Mrs Jas Dowdyns, Miss Minnie Dowdyns, Blanch Vanderlinden, and Mr Anderson returning to Omaha and Grant City, Missouri, noting Baker training and Mt Pleasant as background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
New Life
Henry M. Langerak
Jas. Dowdyns
Minoie Dowdyns
Omaha
Mr. Anderson
Anderson
J. C. Mitten
Grant City
Missouri
Mt. Pleasant
Frightfully Burned Man Treated With Arnica Salve
Chas W Moore a machinist from Ford City Pa suffered a severe hand burn from an electrical furnace. He used Buckleys Arnica Salve claiming a quick and perfect cure. Henry M Langorak druggist promotes the product as the best healer for burns wounds sores eczema and piles amid a mention of household artillery noises and cleaning of carpets by servants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. W. Moore
Ford City
Buckley
Henry. M. Langorak
State approves Washington's birth day in public schools
The state superintendent of public instruction has decided that Washington's birthday may be observed in public schools. A previous opposition, voiced by an unnamed individual, was overcome by persuasive influence, aligning the observance with the duties of schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Washington
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Opera House
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Plopster
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Smoke Advertiser
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Blanch Vanderlinden
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Stegeman
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