Savings on Periodical Mail Transport via Fast Freight
Postmaster General Hitchcock reports a 22 million dollar government saving from shipping magazines by fast freight, begun Sept 1. East to Midwest routes are weighed to readjust rail compensations. the third contract section covers Ohio to Iowa and could save about 709 thousand dollars next year. Through freights cut transit times from Buffalo to Chicago to 31 hours and to St Louis in 35 hours.
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Washington, D. C
Hitchcock
Ohio
Iowa
East
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Chicago
St Louis
Omaha
Church Convention Elects Central Town District Officers
Des Moines reports the annual meeting of the churches of Christ elected Rev. Ross Musgrave of Adel Iowa as president. Vice president is Rev. A. B. Cornell of Prairie City and secretary Rev. H. E. Van Horn of Des Moines. The convention closed last night.
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Des Moines
Ross Musgrave
Adel
Iac
Churches of Christ
A. B. Cornell
Prairie City
H. BE. van Horn
Earthquake Disrupts Tquote Chile Area
An earthquake shook Tquote Chile on September 15 injuring several people and cracking walls in many buildings. Local authorities report structural damage and ongoing aftershocks as residents assess the impact.
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Tquique
Chile
Sleep Awakens Inheritance Reveals Homestead Dream
A poor boy’s daughter Jeannette De Forest falls asleep after a wagon accident and lies comatose for nine years. She awakens in a luxurious house with memories of a future life, learns a legacy funded her father’s purchase of the old homestead, and marries the attending young doctor who kept her alive.
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Jeannette de Forest
Ashe
Jeel
Jeannette
Old People's Dinner at Grace M E Church Highlights 65 Attendees
The annual event by Epworth league honored 65 senior members at Grace M E Church. Decorations featured asters and red salvia. A welcome by Howard Sharp opened a program with poems, duets, readings, and remarks. The oldest attendees ranged from 80s to mid-80s.
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Grace M. E. Church
Epworth League of the
Chhurch
W. M. Starr
League
Krider
H. C. Wilbur
F.C. Sage
Howard Sharp
Elias Skinner
J. Cotton
D. G. Ellis
Esther Peek
Ell.blenis
A. C. Hoffman
Nancy Fisher
Maria Tunkelberg
Mary Hankinson
M. E. Hill
Charles Gibbs
Ik. Bachman
Rapid Divorce Decrees Hit Des Moines Court
Des Moines Iowa Sept 15 44 decrees granted in a single day as the divorce mill runs full. Judge Lawrence De Graft needed two extra judges to handle the load with sessions planned for another divorce day. Grounds included habitual drunkenness and maintaining illicit relationships with affiances. Several applicants gained co respondents.
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Des Moines
Lawrence de Graft
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