Lewis News Highlights Local Activity and Travel
Davis and Son advertise holiday goods with prices for Christmas gifts. Numerous residents from Atlantic Griswold and nearby towns visit Lewis for business, church events, mill news, livestock markets, and social gatherings. A December Church of Christ event, farm and cattle activity, and local tradesmen updates fill this bustling issue.
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Davis & Son
J. K. Powers
Atlantic
Lewis
Corporal Casey
Griswold
D. W. Hickman
Public Auction of Farm and Implements Near Atlantic
A sale by F D Bourne on December 21 1899 at H M Bourne farm seven miles NE of Atlantic offers 41 head cattle 180 shoats 2 three year olds 1 farm team 15 to 20 tons hay 5000 bushels corn 200 bushels potatoes J I Case thrashing machine 12 horse engine and assorted implements with two years credit and noon lunch auctioneers Goodspeed and Bourne
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Aslam
H. M. Bourne
Atlantic
Sarah
J.I. Case
Goodspeed
F. D. Bourne
Disappearance and Mystery Surround William Mowry
Local notes recount William Mowry’s long vanished fate linked to Jake Mowry and a past livery stable tie. A wife misidentifies a hospital death as her missing husband amid desertion actions and family strife. Reports also flag inspector Kirkpatrick pursuing unpaid licenses, note brokers, and county-debt 구매s.
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Wm. Mowry
Jake Mowry
W. W. Eller
Clarence Hedges
Will
Mr. Eller
Will Mowry
Avoca
Iowa Volunteers
Des Moines
William Mowry
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