Col W W Whitenack Passes Civil War Record Revealed
Col W W Whitenack of Co D Twelfth Iowa Infantry recalls Civil War battles from Fort Donelson to Shiloh and Spanish Fort Mobile. Prisoner parole after Tupelo elbow wound, four years service with 6 000 miles marched and no roof over his head. Also notes church conference reforms and eight bishops chosen with new residences.
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W. W. Whitenack
Co. D. Twelfth Iowa V. V. Infantry
Shiloh
Mr. Whitenack
Iowa
Rock Island
Col. Davenport
Mt. Vernon
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Eagle Point
Dubuque
St. Louis
Tennessee
Ft. Henry
Ft. Donelson
Gen. Smith
Tupulo
Miss
Spanish Fort
Mobile
Whitenack
Centennial Methodist Conference Ends After Notable Session
The centennial general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church concluded in Minneapolis as Bishop Henry W. Warren gave the benediction at 2:15 p.m. The 819 delegates, from many nations, shaped church policy for four years, created new bishops, and passed reforms on education funding, governance of hospitals, and ecumenism while denouncing liquor and child labor.
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Court of Appeals
General Conference
Henry W. Warren
David H. Moore
Thomas B. Neely
W. F. Oldham
Board of Foreign Missions
Helena
Kansas City
Kam
Atlanta
Homer C. Stunz
New York City
Theodore & 3
Henderson
Brooklyn
William Q. Shepard
Chicago
Napthah Luecock
Francis J. McConnell
Greencastle
Ind
Richard J. Cooke
New York
Frederick D. Leete
Detroit
Wilbur P. Thurkield
Washington, D. C
William P. Eveland
Williamsport
John W. Robsman
Licknow
Tnda
Minneapolis
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Auditorum
General Education Fund
Chuarches
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Ly Conferences
Secretary of Agriculture
James Wilson
National Brewers' Congress
Milwaukee
Taft
United States
Anti- Saloon League
Courier
Brady
Henry W. Elson
Ohto
University
Offter
Monument not ready for Oak Land cemetery unveiling
May 30 special report notes the planned unveiling of the statue atop the granite shaft at Oak Land cemetery will be postponed as the monument is not ready. Day J. F. Merry, monument commission chair, and Congressman C F Pickett were to speak at the Memorial day ceremony which now lacks the expected centerpiece. Also included is a cough remedy ad testimonial from Farr Fair of Waukesha, Wisconsin.
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Manchester
J. F. Merry
Monument Commission
Ia Fo
Oakland Cemetery
C.F. Pickett
Waterloo
Judge Gilchrist Dead Aged 83 Veteran Iowa jurist
Judge George M. Gilchrist long served Benton County Iowa as a trial lawyer and judge. Born in Franklin Indiana in 1849, he moved to Iowa in 1856 and served in the Civil War before a legal career at Vinton. He was district judge and later retired after a storied public life. He died at his home in Vinton. He left a wife and four children.
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Vinton
George M. Gilchrist
Benton
Robert
Elizabeth (King) Gilchrist
Kentucky
Johnson County
Indiana
Iowa
Gilchrist
Benton County
Mississippi
Hanover College
Uniou
Third
Indiana Volunteer Cavalry
Shane & McCarthey
Bin
Board of Education of
L. C. Kinne
Judge Brown
J. E. Luckey
A. A. Bauman
Banman
Mt. Vernon Hawke
Dress Shields Promise Comfort for Women in New Era
An advertisement touts a dramatic shift as dress shields flood stores. A jingle urges readers to buy a 240 box of PERSPINO at the drug store and promises a life changing surprise, claiming the age of dress shields is over.
Perspi-NG promises fresh dry underarms and fabric protection
PERSPI-NG claims to keep underarms dry in any clothing weight and conditions, prevent staining, wear, or rot of gowns, and not harm fabrics. Sold by Priapo Co in Chicago with guarantees and distributors in Waterlon, Halden & Floyd, J. K Jeder & Son.
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Priapo Co
Lincoln Ave
Chicago
Aalo
Waterlon
Haldem & Floyd
J. K Jeder & Son
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Memphis
Cae
Ete
Pitlina
R. G. Valentine
Noor
Farr Fair
Waukesha
Wire
Foley
W. Taggart
Judge Gilchrist
Winchester
Ily Regient
Tine
Wisc
Faley
H. W. Taggart
Corn Belt Telephone Directory
Corn Belt Telephone CO
W. 1. Hartman
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