Elias Skinner 1839 Pioneer Honored on 84th Birthday
Iowa minister and Waterloo resident Elias Skinner celebrated his 84th birthday at a Pine Street home event hosted by local church women. Noted for memory and poetry, Skinner recalled Lincoln’s funeral beside Bishop McCabe and shared verses from his poetic work. Friends filled the room with asters, cards, and well wishes as he marked a long life of service with Family and G.A.R. chaplain roles.
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Elias Skinner
Iowa
Methodist
Eleventh Street
Lincoln
Skinner
Bishop McCabe
Abraham Lincoln
Bishop Gang
Mr. Skinner
Mt. Vernon
Cedar Rapids
Bank Statement and Local News from Rockford Iowa 1911
A Rockford Iowa report includes a bank balance sheet with assets totaling 1,637,764.67 and details on capital stock 200,000, surplus 50,000, and various deposits and notes. The same dispatch notes W A Briggs buying property for 91.26 per acre, J B Parmenter's barn reacquired, a school year opening, and local incidents including prowlers and a rural camping firm returning from Clear Lake.
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Black Hawk National Bank
Waterloo
U. S
U.S
Osse
Burplus Fund
United States
State of
Iowa
Black Hawk
J. Ira Rodamar
Keene's Condition Good After Operation
London reports James R. Keene remains in far better condition after a surgery for stomach trouble. The American financier's health is described as improving, following the Sunday procedure. The James Stewart Foundry Co. is noted in an unrelated line about Miles Street and iron castings.
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London
James R. Keene
James Stewart Foundry Co
Miles Street
Dictionary Day Offer Promises Rugged Webster Volumes
The Waterloo Evening Courier advertises a six coupon Webster's New Standard Dictionary Illustrated promotion. Early tomorrow distribution attracts crowds for three binding styles, with flexible leather No 1 favored. Readers urged to clip coupons, receive a small expense bonus and 22 cents postage to obtain one volume by mail.
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Carnegie Library
Body of Robert H. McCoy Recovered Near Lake Helen
The body of Robert H. McCoy, drowned in Lake Helen a week ago Sunday, has been recovered. Burial will be at Spokane at the home of his widow and two children. Attorney McCoy, his brother, rushed from Ontario to aid the search, which was assisted by the Canadian Northern Railway Company and local camp workers. A $300 reward had been offered. Other brothers and extended family grieve, with Iowa State University ties noted and many friends across the region sharing in the loss.
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FE. HH. McCoy
Attorney McCoy
Ontario
Robert McCoy
Lake Helen
Canadian Northern Railway Company
Mr. McCoy
Spokane
L. F. McCoy
Lves
John McCoy
Tracy, Minn
Waterloo
McCoy
Iowa
Iowa State University
West
City in Brief: Waterloo News Roundup
Local notes report eye glass test services in downtown Buchanan. Several residents and visitors travel to Dubuque, Chicago, and Dubuque for events and visits. Promissory suit filings and recoveries surface, alongside a vagrancy case for 18-year-old James Messer in municipal court.
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James Messer
Dubuque
Widow Cleared to Remarry After Ancient Chiltza Rite
In Des Moines Rabbi M. H. Zeichik performed the Chiltza ceremony freeing Mrs. R. Schlesinger from the obligation to wed her deceased husband’s brother. The event, witnessed by a large crowd at Bethel Jacob, ends four years of restraint since her husband’s death in Russia. She plans to return home tonight.
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Des Moines
M. H. Zeichik
Bethel Jacob
East Second
Towa
R. Schlesinger
Lodz
Russia
Zeichik
Chlitza
C. H. Schiesinger
Herrolum W
Wandering lad seeks rest amid travel and strain
A young wanderer has traversed nearly every state in the United States and Canada, his appearance bearing the marks of a hard life. In times of uncertainty he seeks guidance at the Crystal seeking solace and direction.
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United States
Canada
Mission official slain amid native region inside country
The Rev. C. B. Davis, superintendent of the British mission of the Seventh Day Adventist denomination based in Washington, D. C., has been murdered in the interior while among the natives, according to information received here.
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C. BE. Davis
Washington D. C
Cleveland Holds Election With 317 Candidates
Cleveland Ohio held its municipal election today featuring 317 candidates for 162 nominations. Key contests focused on the mayoralty and the first nominations for the new municipal court.
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Cleveland, G
Cleveland
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F. W. Powers
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Jra Rodamar
J. E. Sedgwick
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Helena
Mont Ting
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Chicago
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S. E. Burton
Keene
The
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New
China
Hall-Ekfelt Co
Park Ave
Lafayette St
Buchanan
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Doris Schilling
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Will Baum
Chas. Christiansen
Edmund Rausch
New York City
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Dyersville
W. J. Mullen
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Henry Haviland
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Greene
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Hotel Colfax
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Cedar
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Rock Island
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Georgetown
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Buffalo
N.Y
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People’s Medical Adviser
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