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1893. Grover Cleveland. President; Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice-President; Walter Q. Gresham, Secretary of State; John G. Carlisle, Secretary of Treas- ury; Dan. S. Lamont, Secretary of War; Richard Olney, Attorney-General; Hilary A. Herbert, Secretary of Navy; Wilson S. Bissell, Postmaster-General; Horace Smith, Secretary of Interior; J. Sterling Morton, Secretary of Agricul- ture. The President opened the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago, May 1. Engine No. 999 on the New York Central Railroad, went 1121/2 miles an hour May 11. The Paris Tribunal of Arbitration decided, August 15, that Behring Strait be open and seals protected. G. A. R. met at Indianapolis, September ¿. The World's Parliament of Religions, met at Chicago, September 11. Carter H. Harrison, Mayor of Chicago, assassinated, October 28.
1894. The Lenox Committee, for investigating the police department of New York, began January 30. Coxey's "Industrial Army"-idle men, tramps, and criminals-straggled from Ohio to Washington. Republic of Sandwich Islands established, July 4, and recognized by the United States. During a strike of the Pullman car builders, Chicago, Eugene V. Debs became prominent; United States troops stopped the rioting. The Wilson Tariff became a law, August 27. G. A. R. met at Pittsburg, September 12. Death of Oliver Wendell Holmes, October 7. Public debt, $1,701,033,661.
1895. Soldiers dispersed street car strikers in Brooklyn, January 19. Wn. L. Wilson appointed Postmaster-General, March 1. Congress suppressed lottery traffic, March 2. Richard Olney appointed Secretary of State, June S. G. A. R. met at Louisville, September 11. Major-General Nelson Appleton Miles, October 5. Judson Harmon appointed Attorney-General, March 12. The President, December 17, submitted the correspondence to reestablish the Vene- zuela boundry to Congress.
1896. Utah admitted to the Union, January 4. H. H. Holmes, the greatest murderer of modern times, executed at Philadelphia, May 7. Cyclone swept through St. Louis, May 27. The Prohibitionists, at Pittsburg, May 28, nomin- ated Joshua Levering for President and Hale Johnson for Vice-President. The Republicans, at St. Louis, June 18, nominated Wm. Mckinley for President, and Garret A. Hobart for Vice-President. The Socialistic Labor Party, at New York, July 9, nominated Chas. H. Hatchett for President, and Mat. Maguire for Vice-President. The Democrats, at Chicago, July 10, nominated Wm. J. Bryan for President, and Arthur Sewall for Vice-President. David R. Francis was appointed Secretary of the Interior, September 1. G. A. R. met at St. Paul, September 3.
1897. Immigration Restriction Bill passed over the President's veto,
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March 3. Wm. Mckinley, President; Garret A. Hobart, Vice-President; John Sherman, Secretary of State; Lyman J. Gage, Secretary of Treasury; Russell A. Alger, Secretary of War; John D. Long, Secretary of Navy; Cornelius N. Bliss, Secretary of Interior; Jos. McKenna, Attorney-General; Jas. A. Gary, Postmaster-General; James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture. Ambassador Bayard obtamed the log of the "Mayflower" April 29. Greater New York in- corpc' ated, May 4. The Dingley Bill went into effect July 24. G. A. R. met at Buffalo, August 26. Rush for Alaskan gold fields. Death of Chas. A. Dana, October 17. Robert A. Van Wyck elected first mayor of Greater New York, November 2.
1898. Six members of a family cremated at Jersey City, Jan. 3. Railroad accident near Bangor, Maine; four killed and many injured, January 30; Battleship "Maine" sunk at Havana Harbor, with nearly all on board lost, February 17. $50,000,000 placed at the disposal of the President; William O. LaVake murdered at Dubuque, Iowa; coroner's jury accuse John McGarry of the murder, March 9. Press Feeders' strike in Chicago; about 500 out, April 6. Great English victory on the Nile; great snowslide in Alaska in which seventy- five lives were lost, April 11. Spanish Minister demands passports and leaves Washington; North Atlantic squadron sailed from Key West to blockade Havana, April 21. Spanish Cabinet decides to treat American Privateers as pirates; April 24. $500,000,000 bonds authorized to be issued; Spanish capture steamer "City of Paris" worth $5,000,000, April 25. Bombardment of Mantanza; W. J. Bryan offers his services in our Spanish war, April 28. Spanish fleet at Manila, destroyed, May 1. First American blood spilled, Ensign Bagley and two sailors killed, May 12. Members of Spanish Cabinet resign, May 16. Call for 75,000 more volunteers; Warship "Oregon" arrived safe at Juniper Inlet, Fla., May 25. W. J. Bryan, offered his services to the President; received no reply, May 30. The "Merrimac" sunk in channell at Santiago by Hobson, June 4. Filipinos declare their independence, June 21. The Spanish fleet des- troyed by Schley and Sampson, July 3. Bombardment of Santiago commenced; Spain asks for a ten days' truce, July 11. Santiago surrendered, July 14. Servera and his fellow prisioners attend Divine Worship, July 18. Bryan's Nebraska Silver Batallion, on the way to the front, July 19. Spain humbly asks for peace, July 27. Spain accepts terms of peace offered by the United States, August 6. Peace proclaimed; panic in Madrid, August 15. W. J. Bryan, a hero among the sick and wounded, September 16. The warships "Oregon" and "Iowa" ordered to Manila; W. J. Bryan stricken with malarial fever, September 28.
1000. William Goebel mortally wounded by assassin's bullet, January 30. Fire by an explosion at Norwich, Conn., loss $1,000,000,February 3. Fire in St. Louis, loss about $1,000,000, February 4. 125 men buried in an explosion at Red Ash Mine, West Virginia, March 6. Four men killed by an explosion at Pomiplon, N. J., March 9. Columbia Theater, Chicago, burned, loss $200,000, March 30. Fire at Newport, Ark., loss $500,000, April 2. Fire at Brooklyn, flames swept nine acres, April 10. Gen. Otis relieved from command by Gen. McArthur, May 5. Prier, McCormick & Co., Exchange Brokers, failed, liabilities $12,000,000, May 24. Rev. Dr. Richard S. Slovis, famous Congregational minis- ter, died at age of 81 years, June 5. McKinley and Roosevelt nominated at Philadelphia by acclamation, June 21. Bryan was nominated by the Demo- crats at Kansas City, July 5. Galveston disaster, 7,000 deaths and loss $25,
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000,000, September S. American troops ordered to be withdrawn from Pekin, China, September 25. Tornado in Minnesota, ten killed and property loss $500,000, October 6. John Sherman, ex-Secretary of State, died October 21. Census bureau announce population of United States as 74,627,907, October 30. MeKinley and Roosevelt, Republican candidates for President and Vice-Presi- den: Elected. Mckinley 7,226,266; Bryan (Democrat) 6,415,387. Eight persons drowned by shipwreck during a storm on Lake Erie, December 9th.
1901. Steamer Jagua lost on reef at Golden Gate, Cal., and 30 to 40 drowned, January 4. Theatre panic in Chicago, eight crushed to death and twenty injured, January 12. Prince of Wales proclaimed king, with title of Edward Vll., January 26. Dynamite disaster at Durango, Mexico, 87 killed, February 7. General Miles promoted to Lieutenant-General, February 18. Steaniship "Rio Janeiro" founded and 128 lost, February 22. Ex-President Harrison died at Indianapolis, Ind., aged 68, March 12. Patrick Donahue, the founder of the Boston "Pilot" died at the age of 90, March 18. Auginaldo, the Filipino leader captured by Gen. Funston, March 25. Heavy freshets in Eastern anl Central States, loss $3,000,000, April 20. Floods in East Tennessee; eight lives lost; damage over $1,000,000, May 22. Mine explosion near Dayton, Tenn., in which 21 miners were killed, May 27. Flood disaster in the Elkhorn Valley, W. Virginia, 36 killed, June 24. Intense heat in Eastern States; 435 deaths in New York in two days, July 2. President Mckinley proclaimed free trade between Porto Rico and the United States, July 25. Steamer "Golconda" cap- sized near Paducah, Ky., and 35 were drowned, August 19. President Mckinley shot, September 6. President Mckinley died, September 14. Czolgoez, the assassin of President Mckinley, sentenced, September 26. Czolgoez executed, October 25. The Dubuque Telegraph and Herald consolidated under the title of "The Telegraph-Herald," November 1; the latter was the oldest paper in lowa. Shipwreck in a severe gale, 160 lives lost, November 13. Earthquake at Salt Lake City, Utah, November 13, causing a $500,000 damage. Supreme Court decided that the Philippine Islands are American Territory within the meaning of the tariff laws, December 2. Marconi received the first wireless message across the Atlantic, December 12. The Court of Inquiry censured Schley on the following points: Disobedience of orders in the Colon attack of May 3ist. the Brooklyn loop, injustice to Hobson and misleading reports. Admiral Dewey alone held that: The voyage to Cienfunegas and Santiago was made with all possible dispatch; that Schley's blockade was effective, and that he is entitled to the credit for the victory of July 3.
1302. Steamship Walla Walla sunk and forty people drowned, January 3. General F. J. Herron died in New York City, age 62, January 8. Forty-four miners drowned by the flooding of the Juniper Mine, January 14. Earthquake shocks in Missouri, Kansas and Illinois, January 25. Heavy fall of sleet in Arlarsas, damage in Little Rock $500,000, January 29. Thirteen men killed by explosion of gas main in Chicago, February 6. Fire in Patterson, N. J., twenty-six blocks burned; loss $6,900,000, February 9. Fire in Park Avenue Hotel, eighteen killed, February 22. Prince Henry of Prussia arrived in New York, February 23. Fourteen killed and many injured by a snow slide at Telluride, Colo., February 28. The overflow of the Tennessee River cansed death of twenty and loss of $4,000,000, March 30. Sixteen miners killed by an explosion at Dayton, Tenn., March 31. Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage died, April 12. The burning of the Steamer City of Pittsburg cost 60 lives, April 20. Volcanic
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eruption of Mount Pelee, burned 150 persons, May 3. Steamer in Bay of Bengal foundered and over 700 persons were lost, May 6. Eruption of Mt. St. Pierre, loss of life 30,000: St. Vincent same day 1,700, May 8. An evplosion of naptha near Pittsburg caused great loss of life, and damage of $600,000, May 12. Gas . explosion at mine, Soal Creek, Tenn., 220 killed, May 19. Tornado in Illinois, 11 people killed and $2,000,000 damage, June 11. Destructive wind and rain at Alton, Illinois, loss $1,000,000, June 29. The President issues proclamation declaring Filipino war at an end, July 3. Fourth of July casualities in the United States 31 killed. Pope Leo XIII., twenty-fourth anniversary of his coronation, July 6. Explosion in mine near Johnstown, Pa., 115 miners killed, July 10. Sovere earthquake shock felt in California, July 30. Storms at Kansas City, Mo., loss $100,000, and at Trenton, N. J., $250,000, Angust 10. Chas. I. Fair and wife killed by an automobile accident, August 14. One hundred and five drowned by the sinking of a pontoon in Siberia, August 18. Earthquake in the Philippine Island, 50 killed, August 27. Eruption of Mount Pelee again, 1,600 lives lost, August 30. Another eruption of Mount Pelee, 2,000 killed, September 3. Steamship. "Kronprinz Wilhelm" sailed from Cherburg to New York in five days 11 hours and 57 minutes, September 16. Fifty thou- sand houses destroyed and 2,000 killed by a typhoon in Japan, October 18. Armour & Co., Sioux City, Iowa, burnt out, loss $900,000, November 15. Boiler explosion at Swift & Co's. Chicago, 13 killed, November 29. Lincoln Hotel, Chicago, destroyed by fire, 14 killed, December 3.
1903. Disasterous hurricane and tidal wave at Society Island, 1,000 lives lost; violent storm swept over Indiana, Illinois and Ohio, February 5. Fire at Rockford, ill., loss $2,000,000, February 11. The steamer "Olive" went down in a cyclone, 20 lives lost, February 16. Fire in Cincinnati, loss $2,000,000, February 26. Nineteen men drowned by the capsizing of a ferryboat at Speir Falls, March 7. The explosion of an oil tank at Olean, N. Y., killed twenty persons, March 9. Ten persons killed by an explosion at Minneapolis, April 25. Convention for good roads held at St. Louis, April 27. Mysterious upheaval in Turtle Mountain at French, N. W. T., caused 56 deaths and destroyed $1,500, 000 worth of property, April 29. Physicians and surgeons met at Washington, May 12. Floods at North Topeka, Kan., 48 deaths and $2,000,000 of property destroyed, May 27. Cyclone at Gainesville, Ga., 100 killed and 200 injured, loss $5,000,000, June 1. Ames & Co., bankers, of Toronto, failed, liabilities $10,000, 000, June 2. Lou Dillon made world's wagon record for trotters, 2:0434 at Cleveland, June 28. Two hundred miners killed by fire damp explosion at Hanna, Wyo, June 30. Flood at Oakford, Pa., killed 50 persons, July 5. Chris- tian Endeavor Congress at Denver, Colo., July 9. Pope Leo XIII. died at the age of 93, July 20. The Benevolent Order of Elks met at Baltimore, July 21. General Miles retired from U. S. Army, August 8. The Colombia senate rejected the Panama canal treaty, August 31. The "Reliance" defeated the British yacht "Shamrock III." winning the cup, September1. Violent hurricane in New York, 18 deaths, September 16. Fast Mail train on the Southern railroad fell 75 feet from a trestle, September 29.
1904. Fire in State Capitol, Des Moines, loss $500,000, January 1. Colli- sion on Rock Island railroad at Willard, Kan., 17 killed and 57 injured, jan- uary 6. Storm at Moundville, Ala., killed 37 and wounded 100, January 22. Sixteen killed by falling of a cage and 190 by fire damp at Victor, Colo., Jan- uary 26. The reply of Russia to Japan's note by Viceroy Alexeroff, February 6.
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Fire at Baltimore, 140 acres in heart of city destroyed, loss $50,000,000. Actual hostilities begun by Japan, February & The canal treaty with Panama ratified by the United States, February 22. Fire at Rochester, N. Y., loss $2,500,000, February 26. Hotel under construction at New York collapsed killing 21, March 2. Great flood at Wyoming Valley, damage $6,500,000, March 10. Earth- kauq eshocks in New England, March 21. Pettingell & Co., newspaper adver- tising agents, failed for $1,000,000, March 26. Two thousand pounds of powder exploded on board the U. S. Battleship Missouri, killing 29, April 12. World's Fair opened at St. Louis with inaugural ceremonies, April 30. Cloudburst in Colorado caused 20 deaths, April 21. Fire at Peoria, 15 deaths and property loss about $1,300,000, June 4. The New York excursion steamer "General Slocum" burned and $12 lives were lost, June 15. Republican National Con- vention at Chicago, June 21. Roosevelt and Fairbanks nominated by the Repub- licans at Chicago, for President and Vice-President, June 23. Steamer Norje, bound for New York sunk and 800 were lost, June 28. Wreck on the Wabash railroad, 19 killed and 40 injured, July 3. Democratic National Convention met at St. Louis, July 6, and nominated Parker and Davis for President and Vice-President, July 10. 72,000 butchers strike in Chicago, July 12. Wreck of an excursion train near Chicago, 18 killed and 80 injured, July 12. 30,000 operatives in cotton mills at Fall River strike, July 25. Japan demands the surrender ot Port Arthur; refused, August 20. Fifteen persons killed in a tornado at St. Paul; property loss $2,500,000, August 22. Railroad collision at New Market, Tenn., 62 killed and 125 injured, September 24. Wreck on the Missouri Pacific, 20 killed and 60 injured, October 10. New York electric under- ground subway opened to the public, October 27. The election for President in the United States resulted as follows: Roosevelt, 7,640,661; Parker, 5,094,091. General attack on Port Arthur began November 26. Japanese captured 203 Meter Hill, December 1. First armistice at Port Arthur for burying the dead, December 3.
OELWEIN CITY DIRECTORY
1906-7
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
OELWEIN CITY GOVERNMENT.
City Hall, s Frederick nw cor First st west.
Regular meetings of the City Coun- cil, first Monday of each month.
Executive Department.
Mayor-W. A. Reed.
Attorney-John Jamison.
Assessor-A. M. Odell. City Clerk-R. E. Bales. Treasurer-Michael Fleming.
City Engineer-B. F. Little.
City Marshal-Thomas Riley.
Deputy Night Marshal-Charles Sa- ger.
Street Commissioner-S. B. Herri- man.
Water Superintendent-R. E. Bales. Judge Superior Court-E. L. Elliott.
Clerk Superior Court-B. E. Bales.
Marshal Superior Court-Thomas Riley.
Engineer Water Works-T. A. Rob- inson.
Sewer Inspector-R. E. Bales.
Health Officer-C. J. Cooney.
Truant Officer-Thomas Riley.
Board of Aldermen.
First Ward-G. W. Eller, A. L. Hun- ter.
Second Ward-A. G. Kraft, James Cooney.
Third Ward-Robert McChesney, J. F'. Wallish.
Fourth Ward-D. T. Corkery, R. F. Stewart.
Board of Health. (Office City Hall)
Chairman, Mayor W. A. Reed; G. W. Eller, A. L. Hunter, A. G. Kraft, James Cooney, Robert McChesney, J. F. Wallish, D. T. Corkery, Wm. Stew- art.
Health Officer-C. J. Cooney. Sanitary Officer-Thomas Riley.
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COMMITTEES.
Purchasing Committee.
Chairman-D. T. Corkery. Committee-G. W. Eller, J. F. Wal- lish.
Ordinance Committee.
Chairman-Robert McChesney. Committeemen-A. L. Hunter, D. T. Corkery.
Cemetery Committee.
Chairman-Robert McChesney. Committecmen-G. W. Eller, James Cooney.
Public Grounds and Buildings. Chairman-D. T. Corkery.
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Committeemen-J. F. Wallish, G. W. Eller.
Streets and Alleys. Chairman-R. F. Stewart.
Committeemen-G. W. Eller, D. T. Corkery.
Sidewalks.
Chairman-A. G. Kraft.
Committeemen-J. F. Wallish, Rob- ert McChesney.
Water Works.
Chairman-G. W. Eller. Committeemen-Robert McChesney, D. T. Corkery.
Sewer Committee. Chairman-J. F. Wallish.
Committeemen-R. F. Stewart, A. L. Hunter.
Fire Department.
Chairman-R. M. Stewart.
Committeemen-D. T. Corkery, Jas. Cooney.
Finance.
Chairman-James Cooney.
Committeemen-A. L. Hunter, A. G. Kraft.
Street Lighting.
Chairman-A. L. Hunter.
Committeemen-R. F. Stewart, A. G. Kraft.
Police Department.
Headquarters City Hall Marshal-Thomas Riley. Deputy Night Marshal-Charles Sa- ger.
COURTS.
City Police Court City Hall, s Frederick nw cor First w. Sessions daily. Judge-E. L. Elliott.
Justices Courts
Justices-Abraham Bentley, Philip Dowse.
Constables-Homer McQueen, Geo. Kernahan.
Superior Court
Judge-E. L. Elliott. Clerk-R. E. Bates. Marshal-Thomas Riley.
Official Reporter-Miss Winnie Stev- ens.
PARKS.
Rock Island Park-Second av bet e Charles and First av s.
Oelwein Base Ball Park-w Charles, bet Stickney Boulevard and 13th av north.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Meets Citizens Lumber Company's office, sw cor First av s and First s.
President-T. L. Hanson.
Secretary-A. L. Hunter.
Treasurer-W. E. Collinson.
Superintendent-L. B. Moffett.
Directors-G. L. Thompson, J. B. Green, Wm. Flanagan, E. E. Day.
All work done by committees of the whcle.
Terms of Board of Directors.
G. L. Thompson, term expires July 1, 1907.
Wm. Flanagan, term expires July 1, 1907.
J. B. Green, term expires July 1, 1908. E. E. Day, term expires July 1, 1908.
CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Office Fire Hall, 1st av s bet. e Charles and 1st street s. 4th ward. Chief-W. H. Meyer. 1st Asst. Chief-E. L. Elliott. 2nd Asst. Chief-P. F. Graff.
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Secretary-J. A. Lawrence. Treasurer-A. L. Hunter.
Enginehouse Keeper-P. L. Hart- sough.
Hose Company No. 1 Foreman-Don Ross.
Assistant Foreman-Robert King.
Hose Company No. 2 Foreman-C. G. Gary.
Assistant Foreman-J. A. Lawrence.
Hook and Ladder Company. Foreman-J. L. Hartsough.
Assistant Foreman-Wm. Kleiman.
Fire Wardens.
First Ward-Don Ross, R. J. King. Second Ward-Fred Ridler, Tom Meskel.
Third Ward-J. A. Lawrence, Eu- gene Cline. Fourth Ward-P. F. Graff, W. E. Sanders.
Fire Police.
Hose Company No. 1-R. J. King.
Hose Company No. 2-Frank Law- rence.
Hook and Ladder Company-Thos. Meskel.
Members in Good Standing.
Members that are in good standing in the Oelwein City Fire Department from April 1, 1906, to April 1, 1907:
W. H. Meyer, chief; A. L. Hunter, treasurer: P. F. Graff, secretary; J. F. Cole, P. L. Hartsough, Jr., Frank Law- rence, Ed. Hanson, Wm. Kleiman, E. L. Hoavey, J. W. Wood, Arthur Luth- mers, G. L. Skeels, J. P. Bennett, Wm. Hohounar, J. W. Reed, J. L. Wilson, W. R. Basder, J. E. Wilson, A. L. Hockings, F. W. Howe, W. J. Hanna, G. G. Gary, E. L. Elliott, Don Ross, James Lawrence, J. C. Oelberg, J. H. Wombacher, Eugene Cline, Henry Shomer, George Barden, C. A. Moyle,
F. J. Ridler, A. E. Baker, W. E. San- ders, E. G. Tennant, A. Schmillen, A. R. Weber, J. T. Ridler, T. E. Meskel, N. G Moore.
Oelwein City Fire Department meets second Tuesday of each month at
Fire Telephones At
Mr. W. H. Meyer, 102 4th av east.
Mr. F. A. Robinson, City Pump House, 4th av east.
Mr. J. A. Lawrence, av west.
Mr. F. Ridler, 2nd av north.
C. G. W. Power House, at Shops.
P. L. Hartsough, 2nd av east.
G. Cline, s Frederick.
All telephones in connection with central for fire calls.
SECTARIAN SCHOOLS.
Sacred Heart Parochial School, con- ducted by Sisters of Mercy, for boys and girls, cor Seventh s and First av w.
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
Oelwein Business University, 34 to 36 s Frederick.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
School Directors.
T L. Hanson, president; G. L. Thompson, J. B. Green, H. W. Flana- gan, E. E. Day.
Secretary-A. L. Hunter. Treasurer-W. B. Collinson. Supt. of Schools-L. B. Moffett. -
High School-Cor. First south and Third av south .- Miss Mae Cress- well, prin .; Iola Quigley, Gertrude Ayers, Agnes Crowe, Grover Blunt.
Central School-Cor. First south and Third av south-Georgia Quigley, Lucy Mack, Gladys Anderson, Flor- ence McQuilkin, Jennie Mackey, Rena Twichell, Helen Lewis.
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Harlan School-Cor. First av north and 4th st north-Rose Coonce, prin- cipal, Eva Cresswell, Florence Pren- tice, Anna Sitler, Ethel Paget, Mae Ivey, Kathryn Hoagland, Caroline Schultz.
South School-First av w bet. 9th and 10th west-Mae Boyd, principal; Ed- na Goetze, Bessie McCrea, Eva M. Baker.
Park Side School-Northwest cor. 31/2 st. w and 6th av w .- Blanche Ayers, principal; Kathryn Carman, Nellie Hanson, Francis Bain.
CHURCHES.
BAPTIST.
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Primative Baptist-J. C. Jones, elder. sw cor 7th st e and 4th av e.
Free Baptist Church-Rev. E. L. True, pastor, cor 1st av east and First st. north. Sunday services 10:45 a. m., S:00 p. m.
CATHOLIC.
Sacred Heart Church-First mass 8:30 a. m., second 10:30 a. m .; winter services. First mass 8:00 a. m., sec- ond 10:00 a. m .; summer services. Sunday school after first mass, Holy days of obligations at 9:00 a. m. Fall, winter and spring evening ser- vices. South Frederick bet. 6th and 7th west.
CHRISTIAN.
First Christian Church-Rev. J. T. Shreve, pastor; Sunday services: Bible Class 10 a. m., preaching 11:00 a. m., Y. P. S. C. E. 6:30 p. m .; prayer meeting Thursday 7:30 p m. northeast cor w Charles and First av n.
First Methodist Episcopal Church- Rev. G. H. Kennedy, pastor; preach- ing 11:00 a. m., and 7:30 p. m., Sun-
day school 10:00 a. m., Epworth League C:30 p. m., Prayer Meeting, Thursday 7:30 p. m. Cor. 1st av south and 1st st south.
LUTHERAN.
Zion's German Evangelical Lutheran Church-Rev. G. J. Zeilinger, pastor. Preaching 10:30 a. m., Sunday school 9:30 a. m., English services as ad- vertised in papers. Fourth av South bet East Charles and First st. South.
PRESBYTERIAN.
First Presbyterian Church-Sunday school 10:00 a. m., services 11:00 a. m., and 8:00 p. m., prayer meeting, Thursday 8:00 p. m. East Charles cor. First av west.
CEMETERIES.
Catholic Cemetery-South side of Fourth st. west bet. Second and Third av west.
Protestant Cemetery-North side of Fourth st. west bet. Second and Third av west.
INCORPORATED COMPANIES.
(See General Directory)
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
Post Office. W Charles bet. n Frederick and First av west.
Postmaster-Lew I. Sturgis.
Assistant Postmaster-L. C. Sturgis. Money Order Clerk-G. E. Tyler. Mailing Clerk-C. R. Tunison. General Delivery Clerk-Miss B. A. Nichol.
Substitute Clerk-C. R. Tyler.
Delivery and Stamp Windows. Open from 8 a. m. to S p. m. Sundays 11 a. m. to 12:30 p. m.
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Money Order and Registry Offices. Money Order open 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. Registry open 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. No business transacted on Sunday.
Carriers.
Edward C. Parker, Frank R. Rath- bun, Ithmar J. Baldwin.
Sub Letter Carrier-Jesse O. Rulon.
Rural Delivery Carriers.
Route 1-August J. Rahl.
Route 2-John G. Niblock. Route 3-Walter J. Boyd.
Railway Mail Service.
Oelwein & Kansas City-Neri H. · Turney, Herman Kobbe, Glen T. Reed, Howard F. Turner, Joseph R. Arnold, Chris. Christianson, E. D. Jones, The- odore Lawrence.
Oelwein & Omaha-George W. Potts, Charles A. Flagg, John L. Whitney, J. K. Billenger.
PUBLIC HALLS AND BUILDINGS.
A. O. U. W. Hall-3 s Frederick.
Belt & Kint Block-s Frederick bet. w Charles and First st. west.
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