Pioneers in Upper Iowa conference seek retirement
In Marion Iowa on October 4 the Upper Iowa conference discussed retirement and pensions for veteran teachers. Dr W W Carlton, long time pastor and former district superintendent, heads the retirement list and plans to reside in Mount Vernon. Other retirees named include Thomas Maxwell W M Lemon R Lusk Stuart Bretnall Dwyart F W H Wyrick Walter Piper among others. Educational advances noted include Bible programs in several districts and rural church education experiments. Waterloo district reports growth and cooperative church efforts expand in New Hartford and Algon. Dr J J Kidder reopened five country churches near Maquoketa. Dr L G Lemon reported his ill son is losing his sight.
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Marion
Upper Iowa
W. W Carlton
Manchester
Stunts
Carlton
Fairbank
Strawberry
Point
McGregor
Independence
Mason City
A. R. Grant
Sua Porte City
E. J. Lockwood
Ethel Brockaw
Evanston
Riceville
Stacyville
St. Ansgar
Losage
Davenport
Old land warrant signed by Franklin Pierce found in Waterloo area
Mrs. F C Sage received a Washington Archives document detailing the original land warrant for the Mary Schenk farm in Bennington township seven miles north of Waterloo. Issued in 1855 to Ezekiel Colburn, it bears President Franklin Pierce’s signature. Police constable in London built seven houses during 26 years of spare time.
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IF. C. Sage
Washington
Mary Schenk
Sage
Ezekiel Colburn
New York
Franklin Pierce
United States
Bennington Township
Waterloo
London
Irrigation Bringing Wealth to Desert Lands
Clyde Standish, former general foreman on a government dam project in the Gila river Sacaton area, visits with his wife Del Standish. They plan to go to Chicago for work and note irrigation will grow long staple cotton, boosting desert land value. They traveled from Gratton to Los Angeles and San Francisco, via Susanville, Cal.
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Clyde Standish
West
del Standish
Chicago
Indian Agency
Long
Standish
Gratton
Los Angeles
Susanville
Cal
Stand
Fruit Growers Box &, Lumber Co
West Coast
Free Methodists in Weekend Conference
Cedar Rapids district holds a weekend meeting at the Waterloo Free Methodist Church starting date unspecified. Event focuses on church activities and community gathering.
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Free Methodists
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo Free Methodist Church
District elder Rev Watterson to lead weekend church meeting
Rev John Watterson of Cedar Rapids oversees services from tonight through Sunday with a large district attendance. Rev G A Anderson now of the Southern California conference will preach at two locations with a love feast on Whapture Day and the customary sacrament of the Lords Supper scheduled following preaching.
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John Watterson
Cedar Rapids
G.A. Anderson
Southern California Conference
Tobey Polish Promises Lustrous Wood Finish
Tobey Polish advertises a wood polish that cleans and restores original lustre with a dust cloth. It claims to refresh shabby woodwork on any furniture, offering coats comparable to ordinary polishes and varying prices from 30c to $3.00 at dealers nationwide.
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Tobey
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Kuppenheimer
Sababboy
Waterloo, Iowa
Chamberlain
Paul Davis Ag
Kayser
Wiss
Kara
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