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f)\*I101ss1fIIL*11MOXTIIOKB.Feb. 8.—-Chris* Christlanon of Route \\ has rented the Mrs. (has. Newberry farm north of Montrose and is preparing to move.Ferd. Harnett and wife of Route 2 will move from the (formerly) Fzziah Morrteon farm in the near future. Ferd. will work for Curt Younkin the coming summer.Mr. McCann of New Boston spent Saturday in our town.(ins I a* Suer, wife and family of Burlington were over Sunday guests at the John Boyd, Jr., home.Ed. Eppers and wife of Route 3 were guests of relatives in town Sunday.Norman Kennedy and Kd. Curtis, Jr., with their wives, were entertained at the John Kennedy rural home Sunday.The dam excitement is being felt in this community. The undercurrent is spreading each day—something doing—wages are going to be higher—men scarcer- -farmers bust*er—tramps more numerous. The dam news is being wafted by tin* breeze to the uttermost corner of the earth. Let’s get busy.Mr. and Mrs. VVm. Younkin rejoice over the advent of a baby girl at their home recently.Mrs. John Kennedy is critically sick with pneumonia.William McCann is moving from the C. F. Bindewald farm to this place. Chas. Heath will move next week to the farm vacated by Mr. McCann.Mrs. P. \V. Bowen was transacting business at Fort Madison Friday.N. Bluer lost a good horse Saturday from colic.Mary Ellen Maxfield, daughter of George Maxfield of Jefferson township. is attending school in this city and is chaperoned by Mrs. Lodema Scranton.Born, to F. O. Wilcox and wife, a daughter, Monday. Mother and babe doing well.Mrs. Louis Workman of Boise, Idaho, is visiting her step-mother* Mrs. Cecelia Johnneese, and Finley Johnson, her uncle, and his family.Mrs. Throw conducted the Christian Endeavor Sunday evening at the Presbyterian church. The Missionary society gave an interesting reading of the “Natives of Africa and Uganda” that was amusing. Mrs. P. W. Bowen at the organ, Louis Wahrer with piccolo and the ten chorus voices made good music.There will be services every Thursday evening during Lent at the St. Barnabas Episcopal church. The Rev. Dr. Rudd of St. Luke’s church, Fort Madison, will bold services in ; this city Thursday, February 24. A cordial invitation is extended to all.Several from here took the examination at Keoluik Saturday for enumerators.The Montrose button factory clos ed down Monday on account of a scarcity of shells.The sad intelligence reached this place Sunday of the sudden demise of Mrs. Joe Ritter ot Appanoose township, Hancock county, 111.MIs» Ella Smith of Fort Madison is the guest of her relatives, Mr, and Mrs. S. N. Sawyer and others.Louis Wahrer and wife attended the play at Fort Madison last night.Feat tenvisitsday.Mi at K T1houssuer*$15scho«Jovisit!derhomlt;ThinJadati? Sum Klt; eigh mate surp ent a pen Edw day. JadaufMvisithornMLuel ers ;M ingt-M Mrs. st ho Tente C. V M at tLeeKan Fan theMto r her and B d a vdatijM J. VA Jaclt; vv i 11sevlt;FperHillFebiy iTinrhat trnsHONAIWKTE.Feb. 7.—Mrs. Nettle Hush of Ver-I non is in the hosuital at ('hillicot’ae.1Mon • his I howI thoi ! ;ilt;] boat T . sholt; was fi ft y Wid Otti i .Ion;I Mt Fro:I son,; Neb Mrs
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Fort Madison Weekly Democrat
Fort Madison, Iowa, US
Wed, Feb 09, 1910
Page 5
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