Moved Signal Supervisors Shift in Missouri Valley Division
IS MOVED TO TRENTON G Mc Duffy, signal supervisor for the Missouri and Des Moines Valley Vision of the Rock Island, has been erred from this city to Trenton block signal headquarters for the divisions have been in this city nearly a year, but in connection numerous changes which have been made. On the road in this part of the state, the headquarters go to Tren ton. Mr. Duffy has moved his family to Trenton. Charles E. Hartvig, who has been in the local signal office for over a year, will have charge of the office here, with the position of division signal foreman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Trenton
Tren
Duffy
Charles E. Hartvig
William H. Ross
Carrie Anderson
Lakeville
Minn
W. B. Ross
Mason City
Chicago Record-Herald
Banks on Sure Thing Now
A. Schingeck of 647 Elm St Buffalo N Y asserts Dr Kings New Life Pills cured chronic constipation when others failed. The advertisement claims the pill treats biliousness jaundice indigestion headache chills malaria and debility and lists Lemmon's Pharmacy price at 25 cents.
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Banks
Dr. King
A. Schingeck
Elm St
Buffalo
N. Y
J. E. Lemmon
Lemmon
Want Ads Note May Contain Useful Local Listings
Classified lines indicate job, sale, and service notices. Read the want ads for potential buyers and neighbors. Local residents may discover rentals, employment, or community notices in the listings.
Sunday School Lesson Questions on Peter's Denial 1910
A doctrinal study guide by Rev. Dr. Linscott prompts readers to examine Peter's Denial in Matthew 26 31-35 69-70 and 75 and the Crucifixion in Matthew 27 15-50 It asks whether leaders or causes scatter when a leader departs whether Jesus intended Zechariah 13 7 as a pointer to his own fate whether the flock bears blame when a wolf approaches and how Peter’s declaration affects faithfulness and courage It compares moral courage to technical knowledge and ponders which is truer to God assessing lies fear and consequences of denial concluding with the Dec 11 1910 lesson on The Crucifixion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Peter
God
Christ
Judas
Garden City Strong Hex Is Blown Open-B 180000 Is Secured
Des Moines reports on Simplified spelling advances. President Seerley announces new alphabet key and forthcoming textbooks and dictionary. Iowa state teachers and the national educational association discuss adopting simplified spelling for foreign speakers. Des Moines.
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Garden City
Iowa
Brander Matthews
Charles Grandgent
Harvard
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Joseph Wright
Oxford
England
Homer H. Seerley
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Seerley
Chicago
Des Moines
State Normal School
National Educational Association
Sherley
Mass Meeting Gospel Song Service At Presbyterian Church
A city wide musical service hosted by the Presbyterian church invites all. Harvard S Saxton will lead with Mrs Saxton on a violin aged two hundred years, Dorothy Latchem on pipe organ, plus piano, orchestra and a chorus of about one hundred. Rev H V Comin will speak. One hour no collection. Phone 589 for city bus orders with street and number.
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Harvard S. Saxton
Italian philosopher Giambattista Della Porta invents camera obscura
The first camera obscura was invented by Italian philosopher Giambattista Della Porta in the late 16th century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giambattista Della Porta
A Simple Safeguard for Mothers
Mrs D Gilkeson of 826 Ingles Ave Youngstown Ohio shares that her child suffered a severe cold and cough until Foley's Honey and Tar relieved throat inflammation after the first dose and a single bottle cured the ailment. She keeps a bottle in the house and warns against substitutes. Lemmon's Pharmacy and McElhinney Drug Co are listed as sellers.
Bank Dynamited in Des Moines Area Robbery
Four men dynamited the Farmers bank at Garden City at 1 AM and escaped with 1800 dollars. A local resident named Nessna woke, fired with a shotgun, and the robbers returned fire but all fled beyond town limits.
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Des Moines
Farmers’ Bank
Garden City
Nessna
Miss Gertrude Kal laus 11th birthday party noted
The piece reports Miss Gertrude Kal laus daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Kal laus hosted about 15 young girls for her 11th birthday with a four course dinner served by Mrs Ed Kallaus and Mrs James Shalla. Afternoon games and a 3 30 lunch followed before the guests departed.
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Gertrude Kallaus
Ed Kallaus
James Shalla
Gertrude
Fragmented Mischief and Banter Across Warm Evening
A collage of tavern chatter and comic exchanges spans mismatched scenes. A sea crew's homecoming table, a club encounter, and jokes about engagements, long engagements, and a mock moral observer highlight late 19th or early 20th century humor.
Christmas Preparations at Baptist Church Services
The Baptist Church announces Bible school at 9:80 with special exercises for Christmas. Morning service at 11 features Miss Harriet Cooper of Detroit, Michigan. A youth service at 6 and an evening sermon at 7 titled The Finality of Jesus. A cordial invitation is extended to worship in this homey church.
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Bible School
Harriet Cooper
Detroit
Mich
Jesus
Fifty Years Ago Highlights December Fourth
A retrospective notes President Buchanan's message to Congress denying secession but framed as a peace offer. It recalls the wire transmission of five and a half columns from Philadelphia to Cincinnati in six hours. Also mentioned are a New York kerosene plant shut as a public nuisance and Oil Creek Adventurers' 1860 boom with 500000 barrels output versus 2000 prior year. The first cremation in New York state occurred at Mount Olivet.
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Buchanan
Congress
Charleston
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
New York
Atlantic
Oil Creek
Getting the Best of Nature When Man Reaches Threescore Ten
A brief note on aging and time, reflecting on the elder years of an individual described as turning seventy. The piece hints at continued activity and effort beyond typical retirement, suggesting persistence and gentle resilience.
Dypepsia Cure Promises Stomach Conditioning Not Medicine
An advertisement claims Miller's Dypepsia Cure cures indigestion without medicine by conditioning the stomach to perform its functions. For sale by Cook & Sherman.
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Cook & Sherman
Washington Lodge Elects Officers and Supports County Hospital
Washington lodge no 26 A F and A M held its annual election with J E Kunath as W M F M Lytle as S W John Westphall as J W A H Wallace as treasurer and J W Morton as secretary. Visitors from Keota attended as the group approved financing a new county hospital for Washington county.
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Washington Lodge
No. 26
A. F
A. M
J. E. Kunath
W. M. F. M. Lytle
S. W. John Westphall
J. W. A. H. Wallace
Treaurer
J. W. Morton
Keota
Washington County
Boy Skater Drowns on Cedar River Ice in Charles City
In Charles City Iowa on December 3 Leo West a boy about to skate with friends fell through thin ice near the Cedar River suspension bridge at 5:30 pm. Despite spectators efforts his body was recovered about 6:30 pm. His father works as a foundry foreman. His mother had forbidden skating after a prior fall last week.
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Charles City
Leo West
Cedar River
Great Gift to Humanity from Fairy Godmother Quote
A line from Bliss Carman extols the gift of natural gladness as humanity’s greatest blessing. It compares gladness to health for the body and sanity for the mind, calling it the finest form of normality.
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Bliss Carman
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Cc. S. Lemmon
Office OF Signal Supervisor
Washington
G. Mc Duffy
Missouri and Des Moines Valley
Silk
Dougherty Bros
Clothiers
Dr. Linscott
International Newspaper
Bible Study Club
Rev. T. 8. Linscott
D. D
Matt
OWA Bank
Ther News
Presbyterian Church
Frank Rogers
Sociefy
Woodmen Lodge
John Little
V. C
E. V. Simons
W. A
Arch McCulley
J. G. Moriarty
W. C. Starr
Elin Taylor
Ed Hammes
E. G. Fox
East Side
J. T. Anderson
Helen
Caughey Wesley Southwell
East Washington Street
Carl Roberts
Preserian Church
East
Washingenington Street
Jack
Mr. Cozeguard
R. N
Chappie Badshot
Beppo
Chicago News
James
Ladies’ Home Journal
Simon Flexner
Rockefeller Institute
Mr. Skimple
National Treasury
Pasteur
Bye
Paris
Newark
N. J
New York State
Mount Olivet, L. L
Ueen Uality
Blucher
Atchison Bros
J. A. Work & Go
Masonic Lodge
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