Rock Island Railroad reorganizes to empower local superintendents
Rock Island Illinois January 18. The Rock Island Railroad adopts a new plan concentrating authority with division and general superintendents to bring managers closer to operations and public needs. Division chiefs will oversee smaller mileage and handle maintenance, increasing supervision and discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island, Il
Rock Island Railroad Company
B. L. Winchell
Rock Island
Patent notices list Iowa recipients for various inventions
R W Bishop Patent Attorney announces patent grants issued on the 15th to Iowa residents. Selections include seed-corn rack and germinator to A Dewey Rockwell City. coal-stove to T McCarroll Ottumwa. lubricating tubular drill to W E Roeske Davenport. mail-box to A Wellman Ottumwa. salt-feeder to P J Tros som Leyland. coin operated machine to William Andrews Sioux City with assignee A Steffin and L D Rowsland. self cleaning ditching shovels to W F Cook Des Moines. telephone to Fred Edwards Jefferson. sawing machine to KB Harreld Eldon. chair to W J Kelly Clinton. line-holder to Joseph Simon Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Bishop
Washington, D. C
Iowa
A. Dewey
Rockwell City
T. McCarroll
Ottumwa
W. E. Roeske
Davenport
A. Wellman
Ottomwn
P. J. Trossom
Leyland
William Andrews
Sioux City
A. Steffin
L. D. Rowsland
W. F. Cook
Des Moines
Fred Edwards
Jefferson
BK. Harreld
Eldon
W. J. Kelly
Clinton
J. A. Kelly & Bros
Joseph Simon
Cedar Rapids
McShields Resigns to Join Parke, Davis On Tour
McShields, long employed at a Monmouth Illinois drug store, has resigned to go on the road for Parke Davis & Co. pharmaceutical chemists of Detroit Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McShields
Monmouth, Ill
Parke, Davis & Co., Pharmaceutical Chemists
Detroit, Mich
Grip remedy praised for its relief claims
An advertisement extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as essential after grip illness, noting the pain and danger of grip symptoms and claiming no reported pneumonia or nonrecovery among users. It cites Cook & Sherman and Stewart's Pharmacy as sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Cook & Sherman and
Stewart’s Pharmacy
Marquis and Pugh Charged With Forgery in Pension Case
Major Fred B Marquis of the Eighth Regiment C N G and Ohio reform school board secretary, both of Mansfield, were arraigned before U S Commissioner Marlatt on forgery charges. Pugh allegedly forged witness names for a pension claim while Marquis, a former captain, says friendship with Pugh drew him into trouble. both gave bond after examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Fred
Marquis
Eighth Regiment
Board of Managers
Ohio Reformatory
Badwad HW Pugh
Mansfield
United States
Marlatt
Pugh
Hoth
Major Marquis
Ohio Volunteers
Will Examine Tuskegee's Books
Montgomery Alabama January 18 resolution presented authorizing the governor to examine the books and accounts of the Booker Washington negro school at Tuskegee and report to the state. The school receives a small state appropriation but is supported mainly by northern philanthropists. Young Woman Arrested for Forgery Los Angeles California January 18 a young woman known as Mrs A F Floyd with possible Chicago ties was arrested for passing worthless checks totaling 500 dollars and claimed another name as Sickley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuskegee
Montgomery
Ala
Booker Washington
Los Angeles
Cal
Mra A. F. Floyd
Chicago
Sickley
Toronto Bishop Sweatman Elected Archbishop and Metropolit
In Toronto on January 18 the Anglican bishops of Canada elected Dr. Sweatman, current bishop of Toronto, as archbishop and metropolitan in place of the late Archbishop Bond of Montreal. He was also chosen primate of all Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
Province of Canada
Archbishop Bond
Montreal
Sweatman
All Canada
Oil Duty Dispute: Standard Oil Faces Gold Payment Demand
The insular government of Manila demands Standard Oil pay 19,514 gold dollars as duty on oil brought into the Philippine islands before 1901. Standard Oil plans to contest the demand with the insular government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Standard Oil Company
Philippine Islands
Bride of Four Months Ends Life in Hattiesburg
Mrs D Ora McCreary aged 18 a bride of four months shot herself through the temple beside her sleeping husband in Hattiesburg Mississippi The act was a suicide and no motive is known at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattiesburg
Miss
D. Ora McCreary
Weather Forecast Update For Indiana Wisconsin Iowa
The official weather recast shows fair conditions with occasional snow in the south portion and colder air. Indiana remains fair with snow near the locale and winds shifting from easterly to northerly. Wisconsin is fair and colder, Iowa generally fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Lokee
Wisconsin
Iowa
Markets Chronicle Chicago Board of Trade Quotations
Chicago markets report wheat oats pork lard and short ribs with open high low and close figures for January contracts. Also listed are cash sale ranges for winter and spring wheat corn oats and several livestock categories with regional price quotes for East Buffalo and local dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
JGR
Letter From Philippine Island Chief Meeting Governor General Smith
Mrs. L. M. McFarland of Ainsworth received a letter from her son M. E. McFarland in Almeria Leyte P I dated Nov 27 1906. He reports returning from lacloban where presidents met Governor General Smith during a tour of inspection. He notes rain and hemp crops and discusses Philippine politics with Americans influencing events. He mentions two Iowa locals the provincial treasurer and deputy treasurer as fellow Iowa natives from Decatur and Muscatine counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comismer Shaster
Simalong
Federal Party
Mistizo
Parata
National Or Independent Party
Osmena
Cebu
Smith
Lowa
Decatur County
Muscatine County
Athletic at Ann Arbor Board of Regents Take Control
Detroit reports claim that University of Michigan athletics will be moved from faculty to a regents controlled board. Five of eight regents may vote to seize athletic oversight and appoint Grad mite Director Charles Baird and Trahner Keene Kugpatetek to the board, with Michigan possibly leaving the Big Nine. Regents Pleteher Hill Dean Knappen and Sawyer are said to favor the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ann Arbor
Free Press
Morning News
University of Michials
Board of Regents
Cntrol
Pleing
Charles Baird
Trahner Keene Kugpatetek
Board of Athletic Control
Michigan
Big Nine
Pleteher
Hill
Dean Knappen
Sawyer
Flood Threaten Princeton Family in Wabash Bottoms
Louis Morgan and his family near Princeton Indiana barely escaped as floodwaters rose in the Wabash bottoms. They took refuge in the attic while water two feet deep overwhelmed the dwelling and household goods. Neighbors in a skiff rescued the family, and the house was later swept away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Ind
Louis Morgan
Wabash Bottoms
Here
Morgan
Harrisburg Belles Form Pro Whiskers Society
In Harrisburg Nebraska on January 18 a group of society belles formed a pro whiskers society. They vow to discourage attentions from men without full beards and claim whiskers signal handsomeness and virtue as sweethearts husbands and fathers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Neb
Nebraska
Beloved Widow Near Death. Loyal Tenant Keeps Promise
Jeffersonville Indiana January 18 Mrs Elizabeth Lilly aged 98 is near death at James Tillford's home where she has lived twenty years. After her husband Henry Lilly died she was left friendless yet Tillford bought the property at tax sale and vowed to keep the widow until her death a two or three year hope. He has faithfully kept the agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffersonville
Ind
Elizabeth Lilly
James Tillford
Tillford
Anxious About Her Daughter in Jamaica Wedding Trip
Mrs. C. C. Jones of Springfield is prostrated for fear over her daughter in Jamaica on her wedding trip. The daughter married John Melee of this city in New York on Jan 2 and they planned to travel to Kingston then north. Major Leigh sent word that Mr. and Mrs. McKee may be at Port Royal, raising fears they are dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
C. C. Jones
Jamaica
New York
John Melee
Kingston
Leigh
Two Workmen Burned to Death in Hotel Fire
Two workmen named John Barbey and Frank Carr were burned to death when Frank Trudell's hotel burned to the ground at South Branch Michigan on January 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Branch
Mich
John Barbey
Frank Carr
Frank Trudell
Nature's Catarrh Cure Hyomel Inhaler Sale
An advertisement touts Hyomel as a natural quick cure for catarrh. It describes the pocket inhaler delivering healing medication to nasal passages throat and lungs and says Columbia Pharmacy guarantees a refund if it does not cure. The complete outfit costs one dollar with extra bottles at 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Pharmacy
Eye Injury From Nail Incident Near Coppock
Fred Grosscup of Coppock area sustained a serious eye injury when a nail from a clothes line pulled from a house nail flew out and pierced his right eye. He was taken to the city hospital for treatment with hope of saving the eye, though prognosis remains doubtful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Grosscup
Coppock
320 Acre Boone County Farm for Rent in Iowa
320 acre black land farm with an 11 room house, large barn and outbuildings. 240 acres good corn land and 80 acres pasture and hay land. Located in northwest Boone County with three banking towns on three lines of R R within 3 to 5 miles. For full information contact L. D. Higgins in Washington Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone County
Iowa
R. R
L. D. Higgins
Washington
Bethlehem Commandery Conclave Set for Jan 18 1907
Bethlehem Commandery will hold a regular conclave Friday evening January 18 1907 at 7 o'clock for business petitions and closing work in the order of the Temple The meeting begins at 7 o'clock to attend to regular business before work commences By order of 85 21 W M Ferry E C
Frederick Slyfield heads to Iowa City for university attendance
Frederick Slyfield attended the funeral of the late Charles Latch em and departed yesterday morning for Iowa City where he will enroll at the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Slyfield
Charles Latchem
Iowa City
University
Electric Bitters Prove Their Value Says Tennessee Man
J R Blankenship of Beck Tennessee touts Electric Bitters as a cure for back and kidney trouble. He claims relief after the first bottle and full cure after several bottles. Sold under guarantee at Stewart's pharmacy for 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Blankenship
Beck, Tenn
Stewart’s Pharmacy
Washington Pella Debate Seeks Support For January Meeting
Washington hosts the Pella debaters who recently defeated Oskaloosa in a bid for southeastern Iowa title. The contest leads to a meeting with Iowa City, held at the high school auditorium with a 25 cent admission. A short program precedes the debate and a dance follows on January 26 at Phoenix hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Oskaloosa
Washington
Iowa City
Iowa
Foley's Kidney Cure Claims Successful Treatment Outcome
James Donahue of New Britain Connecticut reports severe kidney and diabetes ailments improved after using Foley's Kidney Cure. He states after the second bottle he improved and five bottles cured him completely enabling a life insurance exam. The ad claims Foley's cures back ache and various kidney and bladder troubles and is sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Donahue
New Britain, Conn
Foley
Public sale at Henry Berdo farm West Rich mond road
A public sale is announced for the Henry Berdo farm located on West Richmond road eight miles north of Washington three miles south of Richmond and one mile north of Plains church. Items include four head of horses eighteen head of cattle forty head of hogs six hundred bushels corn and farm implements with details of stock ages and types listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Berdo
Richmond Road
Washington
Richmond
Plains Church
Poland
China
Plymouth Rock
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C.R. 1. & P. People Plan
Ning
Patent Report
National Guard
East Buffalo
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
N. Y
Best
The
Philippines
D. A. Chalmers
Bethlehem Commandery
W. M. Ferry, E. C
Work & Meek
West Side
Washington-Pella
Hook and Ladder Co
Phoenix Hall
C. R. Stubbs
Teeter & Lathrop
Just
WM. A. Whiting
Ray H. Dean
Cook & Sherman's
Washington, Iowa
Casey's
Jorncrta
Tel
Wiset
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