King’s Daughters and Sons to hold Iowa convention in Davenport
The executive board of the Iowa branch meets in Davenport with state treasurer Mrs G B Drummond as guests. Attending are J Mansfield Burlington state president and other officers. plans for the May 11 15 international convention in Burlington are discussed as mournful notice is given of charter member Miss Georgia H Libby death in New York City. The article outlines the order’s origin in 1886 and its expansion to men in 1887.
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Iowa
King’s Daughters and Sons
Davenport
G. B. Drummond
Arlington Avenue
J. Mansfield
Burlington
N. Coleman
Lola
Jennie McCowen
Burlingtoch
Pied
Georgia H. Libby
New York City
I. C. Davis
Kate Bond
New York
International Organization
Order of the King’s Daughters ‘and Sons
Margaret Bottome
King’s Daughters
Irving
International Order of King’s Daughters and Sons
Blame Steamers for Freight Congestion Meeting Held
A New York rail traffic committee meeting followed an Interstate Commerce Commission ruling cutting free time for shippers from thirty to fifteen days. Trunk Lines chairman McCain cited delays by steamship and dock owners unloading lighters, with talk of higher lighterage charges. A case was noted of about seventy lighters detained along ocean vessels.
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New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
McCain
Trunk Lines Association
Gifted Speaker and Talented Musicians At Grace M E Church
Oliver Wy. Stewart of Chicago will speak at Grace M E Church in Waterloo at 3 PM Sunday. He helped lead the Flying Squadron campaign across 235 days, 69,000 miles, and 255 cities, with Miss Vern Mullin and Miss Iris Robinson accompanying as musicians. James Black will preside as the meeting aims to address the saloon issue, with no admission fee.
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Oliver WY. Stewart
Chicago
Grace M. FE
Stewart
Waterloo
Flying Squadron Foundation
J. Frank Manly
Indiana
Tee Foundation
Flying Squadron
Vern K. Mullin
Winchester
Ind
Iris Robinson
Rail lines impose freight embargoes as overbooking hits ships
Shipping delays drive railroads to withhold consignments from western points. Lehigh Valley embargoes all freight to Brooklyn piers while Jersey Central limits to domestic and coastwise traffic. New York Central bans lighterage except meat and livestock. Pennsylvania restricts all but lighterage deliveries. Lackawanna tightens export embargoes. Also notes small railroad news from Waterloo Columbus Junction and Illino is Central workshops. Inter state Commerce Commission reports railroads earned 131 million, spent 83 million in November with net 26 million. five month totals show substantial net gains. Ends with Schumann quintet at First Presbyterian Church and an unrelated ad.
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Lehigh Valley
Brooklyn
Jersey Central
Bush Docks
New York Central
New York
Pennsylvania
Lackawanna
Count the Days Pimples Vanish Trial Package Mailed Free
An old advertises Stuart's Calcium Wafers promising clear skin by cleansing the blood. It claims pimples blotches and blemishes vanish as blood purity improves. The copy urges readers to mail a coupon for a free trial package and notes druggists stock the product.
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Stuart
Free Trial Coupon Offer Shown For Stuart's Cal Cham Wafers
A fragmented 1900s style request airs a free trial coupon for Stuart's Cal chum Wafers. It includes a name and address line with Marshall Michigan details and a plea to send the trial package by return mail.
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Stuart
Indoor Life Prompts Diet Advice For Weight Loss
An advertisement warns that confinement indoors and lack of fresh air cause obesity and weak vitality. It touts a keroin capsule regimen sold by Hansen & Hansen or Waneler Bros as an inexpensive, non injurious aid to digestion and oxygen delivery, claiming weight loss in days.
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Hansen & Hansen Or
Waneler “Bros. Etn Supply Row
Opera Plan For Waterlo Theatre Carnion And Alda
A notice from Waterton announces the San Carlo Grand Opera Company will present Carnion in the afternoon and Alda in the evening on Wednesday the 19th at the Waterlo theatre under Merchants' association auspices. Delegations from nearby towns expected. tickets to go on sale widely. Also reports a funeral at St Joseph's for Joli Fouen and Black Hawk National Bank shows assets of 1,608,506.50 with deposits of 1,090,000 plus growing cash reserves.
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San Carlo
Black Hawk National
Black Hawk W National Bank
Ataae
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Ilinois Central
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Maurice Welch, Jr
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Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
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Whight
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Waterton
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Tadependenes
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Cedar Falls
Chayles Cy
Wray
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Ato
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Autin
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