County News In Plain Talk From The Vicinity
Corn looks sick and C W Harris is laid up with a cattard on his hand Miss Christa Widaman of Red Cloud Neb is visiting friends in this vicinity A McFarlands pony ran into a one night last week and killed herself Misses Harris and Mollvaine of Audubon are visiting in this country G B Olney rides in a new top buggy The Elgin Creamery Co has started a milk route with Odem and Smith as haulers E G Osen chosen to represent Sunday schools at the district conference Children s day will be observed next Sunday at 8 pm A hill cutting machine is at work on hills north of the church County supervisor Chas Hunt has put Hunter and Fisher to work on the hills and farmers are glad
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Harris
Christa Widaman
Red Cloud
Neb
A. McFarland
Harris
Mollvaine
Audubon
Elgin Creamery Co
Odem
Smith
G. Osen
Everyody
Chas. Hunt
Hunter
Fisher
Village Notes and Social Events From the Grove
Mrs John Hancock continues to improve Tom Jones buys a riding cultivator Lyman Warren and family visit Grove Floyd Lighty and wife visit Five Mile George Gingery and wife attend church Will Bickett carries a shotgun south of Atlantic Miss Rosa Hancock sells a new baking biscuit receipt Miss Bell of Atlantic asks about Fred Warrens driving team Axle grease found south of Atlantic returned to William Bickett Miss Austa Bell visits J W Lamb Rev Xon preaches at a recent service Edith Harris and Mae Lamb visit Vada Hancock’s surprise party Children’s Day set for June 20 at 8 PM everyone invited
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hancock
Tom Jones
Lyman Warren
Lewis
the Grove
Floyd Lighty
Turkey Grove
Five Mile
George Gingery
Atlantic
Grove
Will. Bickett
Austa Bell
J. W. Lamb
Xon
Edith Harris
Mae Lamb
Vada Hancock
Local Social Notes Mention Sick List and Visits
Miss Edna Bayliss is on the sick list. Mrs. R. L. McConnell has moved to town. Ed Warren bought a cow and three shoats from Lew Harris last week. R. L. Harris and children and Miss Mae McIlvain of Audubon visit relatives. Mr. Becker and family and Charlie Gingery and family went berry hunting at Big Grove Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Bayliss
R. L. McConnell
Ed Warren
Lew Harris
R. L. Harris
Mae McIlvain
Audubon
Mr. Becker
Charlie Gingery
Big Grove
Turkey Grove Social Notes and Upcoming Events
Miss Cora Soper returned to Atlantic last week. Chas, Deskin and family visited his parents nearby Sunday. Rev. McCauley preached at Toadleap last Sunday. Miss Effie Neely visits Anita with her sister Mrs. Whited this week. H. Day shows a new bogey. Remember children’s day at Gold Hill on Sunday June 13 at 8 p.m. F. L. Lighty and family visited Gingery last weekend. Parties at Henry Bell and Bert Pratt’s Friday night after the picnic. Miss Gusta Rice spent Sunday with teacher Miss Florence Nichols. Guy Allen returned from Madison after funeral of his sister. his niece joined him. Rumor of a social at Win Mastellar’s under Grove school soon. more details next week. Lawrence Wakefield brought home a new double seated buggy. Buggies are popular. Old settlers picnic well attended. many young settlers complained the limit was 25 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Soper
Atlantic
Chas. Deskin
McCauley
Effie ‘Neely
Anita
Win
Grove School
Lawrence Wakefield
Local Notices From Lewis Area updates
Harry Marsh was down Sunday Ed Links went out home Sunday Dr Fulton went to Morton Sunday F H Beedle in St Louis this week Holt Cotton at Wiota last week Miss Martin of Griswold up Saturday Dr C C Plunket of Anita down Sunday Ike Temple went to Walnut on his wheel Uncle Tommie Meredith left for Atlantic Monday Born to Rev B F Myers and wife a seven pound boy Jack Wilsons baby had a finger amputated last week Milt Smith and Bob Taft wheeled a tandem down Sunday Miss Ethel Richardson returned from Nebraska C L Campbell and W B Davis returned from Oskaloosa Friday The dam at the mill is being repaired Henry Gillett did business in Lewis Friday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Marsh
Links
Dr. Fulton
Morton
F. H. Beedle
St. Louis
Holt Cotton
Wiota
Miss Martin
Griswold
C. C. Plunket
Anita
Milt Smith
Bob Taft
Ethel Richardson
Nebraska
C. L. Campbell
W. B. Davis
Oskaloosa
Local Notables Readying for Weekend Talks and Visits
Prof Beedle travels to St Louis Friday morning. Dr Wilder assists Dr Fulton in a Thursday operation. Frank Casad and family visit Atlantic over Sunday. Dr Campbell and W B Davis attend Masonic lodge in Oskaloosa. Rev Kneedy to preach at Church of Christ next Lord's Day. Huffy and Hull repair steamboat for early return to service. Miss Allie Behner returns from Nebraska with Miss Ethel Richardson and will visit. Otis Hardenburg family visit Wm Oakes north of Atlantic. Rev W A Moore, former Church of Christ pastor now in Webster City, to lecture on Who to Marry and How to Stay Married. date to be announced.
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Beedle
St. Louis
Wilder
Fulton
Frank Casad
Bleth
Atlantic
Campbell
W. B. Davis
Masonic Lodge
Oskaloosa
Kneedy
Church of Christ
Huffy and
Hull
Allie Behner
Nebraska
Ethel Richardson
Otis Hardenburg
Myril
Wm. Oakes
W. A. Moore
Church of Christ of
Funeral notices and community news from Wiota Iowa
Local items report visits and services including funeral for W M Lahman of Wiota Curtailment details on meetings at Advent church and ongoing revival with Revs Coleman and Bixler. Community movements cite imports from Des Moines to Panora and a cattle sale by C A Murnan with 250 well bred steers to be offered in Lewis on June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
C. A. Murnan
Milford News Briefs and Parish Happenings
WAX reports Mrs. Leary from Milford and Wm Krictenburg visiting as callers this week. Potato planters are scarce in recent days. Sunday June 6 marked children day at Seven Mile church. Baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Manford Westfall last Thursday. Mrs G A Buckley and children from Wiota visit J T McCullough.
Galion News Roundup Highlights Local Visits and Birthdays
Henry Franks new house nears completion. Fred Adams and Edna’s wife visited town. Joe Kegrice and Cumberland wife in town last week. Roy Howard of Cumberland guest of Albert Startzer. J A Marsh visiting brother in eastern state. Bet and Ollie Cranston at Bethel children exercises. Geo McFadden and Griswold relatives visiting. Galion represented at old settlers picnic with splendid time. Fletcher Chapel children exercises Sunday evening June 13. M R Evans, Alice Morrison and Minnie Marsh visited Griswold. Dr Tompson Cumberland and Mae Hebing Atlantic attended M E church. Mr Benson hosted Mae’s eighteenth birthday party with games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Franks
Fred Adams
Edna
Joe Kegrice
Cumberland
Fletcher Chapel
College summer session notes and close of term program
Messrs Harris Hop ley and Mosier enter school for the summer term at the college in Atlantic. Miss Buckley and Miss Conway arrive from Indiana and Maine to join the session. The closing program on June 17 features Elsie M Chandler and Prof Meier with vocal piano and violin numbers. Moyer joins as instructor and public school pupils may make up back work during the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Harris
Harry Hopley
Lewis
David Mosier
Atlantic
Miss Buckley
Oakland
Worthy Stoner
Maine
Pike
Dexter
Miss Conway
Elsie M. Chandler
Perry
Meier
Moyer
Insurance Firms Settle Fire Loss For Snoopy Bros
On June 5 1897 a fire damaged the tin shop at Snoopy Bros hardware in Atlantic. Representatives from Hawkeye Fidelity Atlas and Anchor Insurance Companies of Des Moines visited and settled the claims promptly and liberally, proving Iowa home insurers provide prompt service after loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Hawkeye
Fidelity,Atlas and
Anchor Insurance
Des Moines
Iowa
Snoopy Bros
Lawn Social At Hostetlers Farm For Pymosa Center Library
A lawn social will be held at Mr Hostetlers farm four miles northeast of Atlantic on Tuesday evening June 15 to benefit the Pymosa center school library. Prof Meier s chorus class and mandolin club will present a fine program along with ice cream and strawberries for 10 cents. Miss Edith Neff the teacher has organized the event and invites every body to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambrose Pellett
Atlantic
Chas. Frost
Omaha
Chas. Black
Receivers sale to close M. B. Israel clothing stock
The M. B. Israel stock of clothing and gents furnishing goods is being closed out at receivers sale. Everything sold at invoice cost. First come, first served. F. W. Bruineron, Receiver. To Buy a Flag. The Brushy Point school will host an ice cream social Friday evening, June 18 to raise funds for a school flag. all are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. Israel
F. W. Bruineron
Brushy Point
Buck Creek Sunday School Children Day Planned for June 18
The Buck Creek Sunday School schedules a children day program for June 18 at 3 p.m. The note invites the public to support the young participants. Geo Edwards of Cumberland representing Edna township and Wm McKee of Victoria township filed petitions with the board of supervisors protesting land valuation increases in their townships. Massena township also protested, but no representative attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck Creek
Geo. Edwards
Cumberland
Edna
Wm. McKee
Victoria Township
Board of Supervisors
Massena Township
Local and Personal News from Atlantic District
Local and personal notices recount daily comings and goings in Atlantic and nearby towns. Mentions visits by Henry Ruch from Massena, Miss Morgan from Anita, Grandpa Bassett from Dexter, Asa Rogers baby, T. L. Malone from Wiota, J. E. Thompson from Griswold, Sherm Edwards from Cumberland, and many others. Reports grand opening at Crystal Lake, county school visits, court activity, farm purchases, travel by trains and flyers, and social events including a silver wedding anniversary and an ice cream social.
Twenty Riders Hurt In Slippery Passaic Road Race
Twenty cyclists were injured when a 5 mile road race near Passaic New Jersey collided with a large stone at a sharp corner on June 8. Sixty riders started. twenty crashed after failing to slow on the steep hill. George Peddy of Lyndhurst suffered a broken leg amid wreckage and stones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Passaic
N. J
George Peddy
Lyndhurst
Elevator falls in New York post office
An elevator on Park Row at the New York post office fell from the fifth floor to the basement due to a broken rope. Injured: Captain J. J. Cox, George W. Daly, John Murphy, Joseph Luffer, Thomas McGovern, Frank Birdsall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Park Row
J. J. Cox
George W. Daly
John Murpsy
Joseph Luffer
Thomas McGovern
Brooklyn
Frank Birdsall
Beginning of the End at Atlantic High baccalaureate
A Sunday afternoon service at the Congregational church celebrated the Class of 97 with a palm and yellow rose decor. Rev. W E Stanley delivered an inspiring address tying Bible education to noble aims as fifteen graduates and teachers listened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
Pearl Hatton
Smith
Harris
Quint
Petite
Whitney
Lawrence
W. E. Stanley
Baptist Church
Stanley
The
Atlantic High School
Wilcox
Prof. Cole
Miss Wilson
Miss. Hunter
Asa Brown
Ralph. C. ‘Wallace
James B. Simonton
Carrie Brown
A. Nettie. Campbell
Josie Mead
Percy ‘Chase
Gail G. Garretson
Alfred Wilson
Ralph Aylesworth
Elsie Ly , McClure
Nettie G. Saxe
Ida
Boorman Praised for Patriotic Cumberland Speech
Atlantic citizen H M Boorman is hailed as the right man for a rousing memorial address invited by the Cumberland G A R post for a third time. The Cumberland Banner lauds his most fitting patriotic appeal, noting the crowded church and clear articulation that moved about five hundred listeners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
H- M. Boorman
G. A. R. Post
Cumberland
Boorman
Cumberland Banner
H. M. Boorman
Conveyances and adds for June transfers and ads
Listings show several June property deeds in 3-76-35 and 2-76-35 areas, including John R Kirk to John H Wood for $1, James B Bruff assignee to S L Bean for $518, Merritt et poug to Fred G Holcomb et ux for $7000, George Tiich to Petra C Hansen for $35, Harvey W Bales et ux to Milton A Baker for $10, HL Moore et ux to W T Holmes for $115. An advertisement features Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with testimonial from A H Potter of Indianapolis stating cure efficacy. sold by Vic Emmert & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R Kirk
John H Wood
James B Bruff
S L Bean
Atlantic
Fred G Holcomb
T T
George Tiich
Petra C Hansen
Bily
Jillich
Harvey W Bales
Milton A Baker
Moore
T Holmes
Anita
Chamberlain
A. H. Potter
E. C. Atkins & Co
Indianapolis
Ind
Vic Emmert & Co
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Five Mile Grove
Henry Gillett
Lewis Friday
Massena
Dan Gaines
Ben Bosley
E. S. Sill
Colfax
P.R. Sugart
Princeton
Ill
Allen Smith
A. J. Joy
C. W. Huff
Miss Blanch Huff
J. A. Homan
Liz Collins
Lizzie Woodward
Orpha Crook
Fontanelle
C. H. Laartz
Messrs
Fouchek
Fouchek, Boyle, Scoggin, Smith, Schooling, Huff, and Misses Blanche Huff
Marie Emig
Frances Smith
Snelson
Ames
Laura
Delphia Huff
Philomath’s
Tenie Johnson
Blanche Huff
New
Boss
Pugh
Ladies and Society
Taylor Building
David Lahman
Panora
J. E. Lahman
L. E Saltzman
E. A. Thompson
W. M. Lahman
Coleman
Bixler
Advent Church
van Buren Melchenger Lahman
Adams County
Pennsylvania
Cass County
Franklin
Lee County
Guthrie County
Georgetta Boxley
Bertha Belle Brooks
Frank Lahman
Emma J. Coomes
Dietrich
Grant
Maxon
Galion
Gollece
Shoudy Bros. Fire
Pymosa Lawn Social
Childrens
Grandpa Bassett
Asa Rogers
T. L. Malone
J. E. Thompson
Sherm Edwards
W. H. Studley
Court House
T. R. Wallace
Walnut
Crystal Lake
H. B. Newcomb
Victoria
W. C. Terbush
Malone
Butler
Council Bluffs
Arthur Brackett
Minnesota
Lake Minnetonka
Homer Sherer
S. P. Ayres
L. B. Wickersham
Raney
Keyes
Minneapolis
Arthur Walker
Purl Brandt
Fred Herbert
Miss Seine
Adair
W. R. Simmons
Mary. Beedle
Newcomb
W. Eggers
Avoca
East
Chicago
Cass County Veteran Association
Ned Chapman
Charles Chapman
St. Barnabae Hospital
Mesdames
J. Dufford
John Tharnish
M. Langdon
Rev
C. B. Prichard
W.S. DeMoss
John Garner
Ed Link
J. A. Shrock
Steinke Clothing Store
J. Tf. Francis
C. E. Giles
Rock Island Plow Co
A. T
I M. Flickenger
Parmalee Traveling Library
Wm. Wilcox
Cornell College
Edward Everett Wilcox
Black & Schofield
Dr. Weidner
Monroe
Carl Weidner
Marengo
W. T. McKee
Green
Macy
Mercer
Ladd
Stevenson
Shelby
Douglas
Carson
Nichols
Stuart
M. E. District
Extra
Chestnut Street
Firemans Hall
J. H. Needles
Dr. Wilkin
Dr. Nichols
F. H. Crombie
Jas. Whitney
John- Joyce
C.R. Benedict
Shelby County
Republican Committee
Conerd
Washington
Passaic, N. J
Providence
Jane
Arthur
W. Lahiff
Roger. Williams Park
Lahiff
Mononahela
Black Diamond
Brown Coal Company
Constantinople
Kosanna
Lonpoy
Charles E. Kilpatpatrick
Timeis
San Francisco
M. V. Monarch Co
Owensboro
Southern Pacific Railway
Old Dominion
Hood
Ail Druggis
Indigesti Hood’s
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