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Loyal Artillery of America organized in Boone
Secret sectional meeting at the Butler House parlors Boone formed the Loyal Artillery of America a fraternal and beneficary society with a constitution by laws and temporary grand officers led by John Crooks Boone as Past Head Commandant and W G Bonner Webster City as Head Commandant The order spans eleven western states plans lodges with ten thousand members by May and a May kickoff The Loyal Artillery publication will be issued from Ames The obituary notes Mary Anne Price of Story County February 7 1898 after long illness beloved daughter sister and friend funeral at her home on February 9 conducted by Rev Thomas of Ames interred Ontario Cemetery with hymns and prayers reflecting faith and loss
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Butler House
Boone
Loyal Artillery of America
John&. Crooks
W. G. Bonner
Webster City
Burt Harwood
Clarion
G. H. Shannon
Mason City
Wilton W. McCarthy
Des Moines
West
Middle West
Loyal Artillery
Ames
Drep
Story Co
Mary Anne Price
Thomas
Ontario
Earth
Story County Agricultural Society
Nevada
Iowa
Story County Fair