General Grant Birthday Remembrance At Rock Island Depot
Charney Dodder recalls a morning at the Rock Island depot when General Grant and his party traveled through on a three coach train pulled by a silver plated locomotive famed from the centennial exposition in Philadelphia. His telegraphist brother George W. Dodder warned of a sunrise pass. The train beat Grant to the stop, leaving him unseen.
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General Grant
Charney Dodder
Rock Island
United States
Grant
Mr. Dodder
George W. Dodder
Charley
If You Can’t Be Best Be Better Motto
A concise maxim urges striving for improvement even when peak success isn’t possible. It emphasizes practical progress and continual effort over perfection, encouraging steady advancement in personal or professional aims.
The Childs Health Creed
The creed emphasizes body sanctity and health through natural laws. It warns against unsanitary fingers, nose wiping, licking pencils, and placing objects in the mouth while promoting clean eating and pure water.
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Thor
Livery Stable Plot Mentioned in Local Gossip
In a colloquial note ABE MARTIN jokes about a schemer in every crowd pushing a new livery stable idea while reporting Binkley overslept and no burglars appeared this morning.
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Allus
Binkley
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason about a hen and math
An unfinished verse humorously traces a gray hen who cannot count her brood. The poem notes missing chicks and a dwindling flock as night falls, ending with a moral about learning numbers and distinguishing a goose egg from a score.
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O. K
Health Hints on Clean Living and Manners
The passage urges personal hygiene and self discipline including avoiding alcohol, keeping face hands and nails clean, not spitting in public, washing mouth daily, brushing teeth when possible, and keeping body and mind clean through fresh air and open windows at night. It stresses avoiding habits offensive to others.
Short Paid Postage Burden Increases Postal Revenue
An official post office department report notes a single office collected 280000 dollars in short paid postage last year while another processes about 22000 dollars monthly. Smaller offices show proportional totals and experts warn that small underpayments accumulate into large sums.
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Post Office Department
United States
FP. O. Department
Sign Suggests Busy Office Etiquette
A witty office sign tells visitors with nothing to do to go elsewhere to do it. The mock quote implies a brisk, humorous boundary for a busy workplace.
Court to Test Speed of Autos in Dobson Case
Waterloo April 27 Judge J W Gwynne of the municipal court will test the speed of several automobiles to counter the defense that an alleged scorcher cannot be driven at excessive speed Willard L Dobson is charged in connection with the case authorities said
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Waterloo
J. W. Gwynne
Hilton M. Rabenold Named Democratic Candidate for County Clerk
Hilton M. Rabenold of Ainsworth Nebraska announces his candidacy for Washington County Iowa County Clerk as the Democratic nominee. He is the son of I. B. and Mrs. Rabenold, lifelong farmer, educated at Boyles Business College, Omaha, and briefly worked in Hershey and Lincoln during his youth. He served seven months in World War I and now seeks the county post to provide dedicated service.
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Hilton M. Rabenold
Rabenold
I. B. Rabenold
Ainsworth
Boyles Business College
Omaha
Lincoln County Bank
Hershey
Nebraska
Washington
Washington County
Iowa
Car Speed Test Postponed in Municipal Case
Officer Ray Burch testified the car traveled 34 mph while Dobson claimed 25 mph. Judge Gwynne ordered a speed test, postponed due to stormy weather, with Officer Johnson to drive the car to support the higher figure. The case hinges on whether the speed exceeds 15 mph over limit, impacting fines.
Thrift Values and Social Standing Highlight Sage Quote
A Russell Sage quotation frames thrift as essential to business success home contentment and social status. It links frugality with achievement and stability across personal and public life.
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Russell Sage
May hopes rise as warm days loom
The piece notes warmer weather may arrive in May after a long cold season. Chal Ford comments he left winter attire behind and went downtown without overcoat. A reader puzzle by Matt White ends with the answer 301 eggs in the nest. A Wilson sugar freight bill was adjusted after an undercharge of $3.75. John Berquist marks forty years at Rock Island. A new Eldon poem from Henry Hollen to Dorothy Dowell paints a nostalgic scene of hills and rivers near Des Moines and Eldon.
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Matt White
Washington
Wilson
John Berquist
Rock Island
Efficiency at a Dinner Party
A busy businessman misses home, has his wife bring a clean shirt to the store, and changes there to attend a dinner. The anecdote extols efficiency as the hallmark of modern business life.
Old Fiah'wata and Odd Readings Blend in Verse
Humorous collage from a newspaper page features a fictional Hiawatha figure and absurd recipes. It then shifts to satirical quips about Harvard undergraduates reading the Bible, a dentist shout, an ad for carpet designers, and wry commentary on old fashion sleeves. The tone is light and pulp era.
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Gitchee Goomee
Congratulates C H Wilson on 88th Birthday
John Berquist expresses birthday wishes to C H Wilson in the Journal. He notes Wilson is the only local man to have returned a Rock Island freight bill for correction and had the correction favor the railroad.
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John Berquist
C. H. Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Mr. Berquist
Rock Island
Man Discovers He Has No Daughter He Wishes to Marry
A terse notice reports a man learning he has no daughter after a marriage plan. The fragment provides limited context and lacks further names, places, or dates.
Dialogue Jokes Spark Classroom Banter
A teacher asks if all flowers are popular. A bright girl replies that wall flowers are not popular. The exchange turns humorous as the teacher notes a man learns a woman's view only when she is angry.
Saw Your Ad at the Installment House
A shopper visits the installment house, notes the sign reading nothing down and jokes about prices dropping, then tells the merchant I saw your ad. The exchange highlights advertising tactics and consumer reactions in a brisk old newspaper voice.
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Evening Journal
Publishers City Editor
East Main Street
Mutual
Abe Martin
Walt Mason
Willard L. Dobson
Ray Burch
Dobson
Gwynne
Johnson
Chal Ford
Eldon
Henry Hollen
Dorothy Dowell
Dorothy
Des Moines
Green Sword
Glenn
Harvard
Adv
Boston Transcript
Cincinnati Enquirer
Comic Weekly
New York Evening Telegram
C, H. Wilson
E. M. Bridges & Co
Hat Shop
Physicians and Surgeons
A. John Droz
R. W. Gregg
F. & M. Bank
T. A. Michels
Washington, Iowa
Mr. Jenkins
Tame
Lions
Postum Cereal Co., Inc
Battle Creek, Mich
Morrison & Morrison
Morrison Bidg
North Side
Irvin
Huston
Southwest Corner Square
Facrmers’ Union
Washington, IA
S. H. Bateman
M. D. Blair
J. D. Dayton
Westchester, Iowa
O. F. Boller
D. D
City
Washington St
Brookhart Bros. Law
Opera House
Mutual Phone
C. J. Wilson
C. C. Wilson
Wilson & Wilson
Opposite Journal
Eicher, Livingston & Eicher: Law
Abstract Department
Austin Sutherland Auctioneer
RL & P
Golden State
Golden State Limited
Huredaye
H. W. RI
Iel
GO Bay
Gr. C
Kay
Joh
N Park
Washington Lodge
A. P
A. M
Carris
W. M
Arthur Goodin
Cyrus
W. C. Bell
H. P
Zeredatha Council
S. M
J. Elliot Grayson
I. M
Bethlehem Commandery
K. T
Kerr
O. BB
Belva Carris
Myrtle Speer
Damascus Shrine
W. S. of J
Katheryne H. Beatty
Susie B. Edgington
Amos Chapter de Molay
Ira Jones
G.C
Frank Langworthy
Washington Lodge No. 1205
Loyal Order of Moose
Moose Hall
I. B. Mitchell
Elmer McFadden
Covenant Lodge No. 101
North Iowa Ave
W. F. Murdock
Noble Grand
Russell Goodin
Brighton
North
Iowa Avenue
B. E. Nicholson
Kimer McVadden
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