Woodmen Add Two Members At Local Lodge Meeting
The Modern Woodmen of America local camp enrolled Walter Allen and Harry Rogers during a large gathering last evening. Three more membership applications were voted on, with several prospects advancing, boosting the lodge toward 300 members. Bert L. Butler was chosen banker to fill the late W. A. Hamlet’s term, and a memorial day program is planned for June 6 with potential speaker Supt. Seeley Rowley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Modern Woodmen of America
Walter Allen
Harry Rogers
Bert L. Butler
W. A. Hamlet
Supt
Seeley Rowley
Lewis Schools
Order
Board of Health Schedules Inspection Tour and Condemns Properties
The city council acting as a board of health met at city hall to condemn about three hundred city properties found on a recent inspection tour. Assistant city clerk Miss Barnard sent notices to owners to remedy issues such as condemned closets and manure piles. The board approved a $7.50 disinfectant bill, conducted condemning actions, and adjourned.
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Board of Health
Personal items of local interest in brief notes
C P Cornell remains about the same today. Mrs Colter is reported similar. Photographer E A Lewis returns from a west business trip. Fred Faga of Franks drug store attends to Omaha business. Arthur Walker home from Plattsmouth visit. E C George and wife of Bloomington Ill. guest of Rev J George. James P Harris of Lewis attends Shriners meeting in Des Moines. Mrs Frank Bell of Wiota shopped and visited friends. Chas Petty of Sprague-Warner & Co. calls on trade. Rev F W Heinke of Wiota visits friends between trains en route home from Manning. J A Giffen visits brother M Giffen in city. he sells Chittenden-Eastman furniture in Burlington. Thus P Breheny at Council Bluffs for bankers meeting after Iowa City Knights of Columbus. Postmaster W B Davis of Lewis visits here. helps on new building brick work. Leonard Petty, formerly of this city, visits and handles business for McCaskey Account File Company from Chicago.
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J. M. Ansorge
Manning
Bluff City
Iowa City
Knights of Columbus
W. B. Davis
Lewis
Leonard Petty
John Petty
McCaskey Account File Company
Chicago
For Sale Six room dwelling near business district
For Sale. Six room dwelling house one block from business district. Good barn and good yard. Will sell for $2000 if taken at once. Inquire at this office. Funeral of Gladys Nelson. The funeral services for Gladys, the little daughter of Chas. Nelson and wife, were held this afternoon at the family home, Eighth and Elm streets, the Rev. Hemann officiating, and the interment was made in the Atlantic cemetery. There was a profusion of flowers. The pall bearers were four little girls, Nora Christensen, Anna Anderson, Dora Anderson and Marie Rattenberg. Public Sale on Saturday May 16th at two o'clock, at 503 Oliva street, will be sold at auction household goods, carpenters tools, and other articles. Sam Berry Auctioneer. Mrs. G. A. Blaed. When the Fire Whistle blows you know it's not your house if you cook with gas.
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Gladys Nelson
Gladys
Chas, Nelson
Eighth
Elm Streets
Hemann
Atlantic Cemetery
Nora Christensen
Anna Anderson
Dora Anderson
Marie Rattenberg
Oliva Street
Sam Berry
G. A. Blaed
Real Estate Transfers May 12, 1909
Real estate transfers list M P Conway to C C Nelson and to Frank J Frisble transfers recorded for block 5 and lots sw4 se4 and sed sw4 with prices 6500 and 7200 dollars. Includes location references 409 e2 sw4 475-86 and 338-76-36. Cook with gas and 5dl1 noted.
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M. P. Conway
C. C. Nelson
Frank J. Frisble
Governor Stubbs Killed in Auto Crash in Kansas
Salina Kansas May 13 1909 Governor Walter R Stubbs of Kansas was killed and his wife badly injured when their automobile struck a telephone pole as they traveled from Minneapolis to Salina. Stubbs, a Republican, was elected last fall and had been a former Salina resident.
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Mary Hopley
Atlantic
Jacob Myers
Colfax
Shriners Have a Royal Time in Des Moines
A Des Moines gathering of Shriners drew attendees from the city and region. The large meeting included social events, a ball game, and widespread enjoyment, with local participants listed among those present.
Sioux City High To Play Local Team In Year-End Baseball
Arrangements are made for a grand close to the school year baseball game between Sioux City high school and the local high school on the 28th. The local boys will also attend a Red Oak track meet on the 22nd, with the Sioux City game marking the final athletic event of the year. H. M. Brown and Byron Baer returned from York Neb in attendance at the state G A R encampment and helped furnish martial music. Funeral services for Frank Laraway were held at the family home on Chestnut Street with interment in Wiota cemetery. the gathering was largely attended.
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Sioux City
Red Oak
H. M. Brown
Byron Baer
York
Neb
Frank Laraway
Chestnut Street
Wiota
Typhoid Fever Strikes Mrs Herstein Near Lewis
Mrs. Jacob Herstein of near Lewis is seriously ill with typhoid fever at home. Dr. Campbell from the city and Dr. Plunket of Lewis have consulted on her case.
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Jacob Herstein
Lewis
Dr. Campbell
Plunket
Happenings at Lewis Iowa May 1909 Local Notes
Busy little Lewis, Iowa items from May 1909 note births, illnesses, visits, and travels. People include W W Trent and wife welcoming a son, Miss Annette Freeland nursing, J A B Myers ill, Mrs J W Zike returning from Laramie, Mrs George Adams improving, and Miss Lyon appointed assistant principal. Community events cover the High School pairing with Brown's Tennessee Minstrels, L K club gathering, and church society tea.
Cass County Sunday School Convention at Lewis Praised
The Cass County Sunday School Association held its annual convention in Lewis with strong attendance and a fine program. Notable talks covered Sabbath School work, Bible study, and youth engagement, with several officers elected and delegates named to the June state convention in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass County Sunday School Association
Lewis
Wm. Murchie
Red Oak
Normal Department
FE. L. Williams
Coal Prospects Stir Town With Local Discovery
A fragment discusses a promising coal prospect near Lewis, detailing a three foot vein of cannel coal found underground. The coal is valued for brick and tile kilns but explodes when burned in stoves, limiting use to heating. Discovery credited to C C Smith of Griswold, with tie to Fest Dodge tile business. Landownership by Woodwards linked to potential profits. ads note Hollister’s Tea and a Des Moines Daily Capital rate, plus local barber offerings.
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Lewaéan
Lewis
C. C. Smith
Griswold
Fest Dodge
Fort Dodge
Woodwards and
Sommegu
Resolutions of County Sunday School Convention Endorse Temperance Work
The county convention approves equitable funding from the state for 1909 and asks full delegation to Des Moines for June 3 4. It praises secretary and president, pledges travel expenses, urges stronger temperance efforts in schools and Sunday schools, adopts Bible readin gs, thanks the state association for Mrs Risser, and leaves next year’s convention location to the executive committee, to be held about the same time.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Lewis
Amis
Star” Co
Des Moines
Amas County
Iisuing
I. Bi. mi. A
State Sunday School Association
Risser
Mit
W. Hohansheleh
J. Moore
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