County notes from Steinke merchandise and local visits
Miss Sophia Hopley attended a teachers meeting in Council Bluffs last Friday. Miss Ina Murphy will teach No. 9 school this coming term. Charley Beekman Miss Katie Beekman and Miss Dora Baker attended services in Bear Grove Sunday evening. Frank Beekman will farm with Ben Croisant next year. Wm Hopley has lately acquired a 1900 pound Shire stallion. The Galion correspondent recalls our remark about those cigars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steinke
Sophia Hopley
Council Bluffs
Ina Murphy
Charley Beekman
Katie Beekman
Dora Baker
Bear Grove
Frank Beekman
Ben Croisant
Wm. Hopley
Galion
Plain figures mark goods at Steinke's and local notes
Goods marked in plain figures at Steinke's. Lee Pulley threshed for Harmon Dulch last Monday, Rev. Wm. Charles preached at Fletcher Chapel last Sunday evening. Howard McKinnery husked corn for Wm. Meredith in Pottawattamie county. Joe Kegarke and family of Cumberland were Bear Grove callers Sunday. Ten cent store box man and Mr. Tramp are in question. Martin Evans returned to Colorado last Tuesday. Dollie Shannon of Grove City visits her brother Henry in Galion this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steinke
Lee Pulley
Harmon Dulch
Charles
Fletcher Chapel
Howard McKinnery
Meredith
Pottawattamie
Joe Kegarke
Cumberland
Bear Grove
Mr. Tramp
Martin Evans
Colorado
Dollie Shannon
Grove City
Henry
Galion
Steinke's Offers One Price. Ellsworth Schoolhouse Mentioned
Community notes report a single price policy at Steinke's and Kate Myers completing her schooling at Ellsworth schoolhouse last Friday. The township attended Lewis services for laying the corner stone of the new M E church at Lewis. A daughter was born to Emery Brown and wife on Wednesday November 6. Mrs. Geo Wissler and Ollie Cranston visited in Bear Grove Sunday. Mrs. Strong is staying at E Brown's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steinke’s
Kate Myers
Ellsworth
Lewis
M. E
Emery Brown
Geo. Wissler
Ollie Cranston
Bear Grove
Strong
Local Notes on Residents and Visitors
Steinke aims to please in business while Jim Wilson remains seriously ill. L D Rich and wife visit Bridgewater this week. Emmet Jensen ill with malaria. M R DeBusk seen buying hogs and greeting friends. Henry Spies and wife from Franklin visited Sunday. Will Westphalen rents John Stoner farm for next year. Drs Emmert and Montgomery were callers Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steinke
Jim Wilson
L. D. Rich
Bridgewater
Emmet Jensen
M. R. DeBusk
Henry Spies
Franklin
Will Westphalen
John Stoner
Emmert
Montgomery
Corn Husking, School Close, Visits From Wisconsin Residents
Turkey Grove notes corn husking as the day’s highlight with full cribs of corn. Mesdames Vickers and Howard Brett plan a Wisconsin visit. Trixie Shade will close her Grove school with a flag raising next Friday. Social news includes a Mastellar gathering with a notable oyster soup and supper. Several residents report illness and travel while Jesse Watson visits from Nebraska. W. E. Judd husks corn near Galion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steinke
Mesdames Vickers
Howard Brett
Wisconsin
Trixie Shade
the Grove
Wm. Mastellar
Local notices mix illness deaths and community events
Mrs D R Roe and Sam Kilgore are listed as ill with others improving while Chauncey Slater dies at his Benton township home. The district conference at Neola is noted and Mae Brewster visits relatives. I O G T lodge installs officers with Grace Burke and John Kirk among the new officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. R. Roe
Sam Kilgore
John Selby
Dietrich
Neola
Mae Brewster
Atlantic
Lon Jameson
I. O. G. T. Lodge
J.D. Cannon
C. T
Grace Burke
V. T
John Kirk
P. C.T
A.H. Campbell
Wm. Murphy
Emma Campbell
Eva Murray
F. S
Zed Coomes
Treas
van Campbell
Carrie Burke
Elmer Campbell
John McCauley
Honest comparison on quality and prices in Victoria
A local notice mentions Victoria All Steinke seeking an honest comparison of quality and prices. Wm Fudge schedules a public sale for Friday November 15. Mrs James Ford returns from Des Moines after eye treatment and reports improvement. Ed Slocum and wife welcomed a baby girl. A heavy rain hit election day as Wm McKee wins election as trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steinke
Fudge
James Ford
Des Moines
Iate Dallas
Ed Slocum
Wm. McKee
Five Mile Grove Church Notes and Local Updates
Satisfaction guaranteed at Steinke's. Mr. McFadden is very sick. Mrs Jones of Atlantic attended church Sunday evening. Mrs Geo Tripp had a birthday dinner and a good time was reported. Preaching at this place November 19 at 7 30 p m. School closes Friday. Clara McFadden home from Anita. Talk of an Epworth League Christmas entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steinke’s
McFadden
Jones
Atlantic
Geo. Tripp
Clara McFadden
Anita
Epworth League
Bear Grove town items and local notes
Bear Grove residents report on horses sold for 250 dollars, church unions at Congregational and Fletcher Chapel, and a boy injured by a wagon but recovering. The Bear Grove band elected officers, a local will moves to Tennessee, a derrick accident, a new well drilled with six feet of water, and residents Oliver McFadden and Joe Kegarie noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steinke
Charlie Baxter
E. Link
Congregational Church
Lettie Carson
John Lloyd
Lloyd
Anderson
Wm. Charles
Fletcher Chapel
Geo. Webster
Bear Grove
Henry George
Tennessee
H. L. Lamson
Derrick
Mr. Lamson
Mr. Jahoke
Joe Kegarie
Cumberland
Oliver McFadden
Local Notes and Early Spring Hopes in Lincoln Township
Miss Grace Calkins travels to Chicago to visit relatives and plans to stay until spring. Miss Clara Dotter of Atlantic visits at the Hendershott home in Lincoln township. Rev Beckhart leads a Methodist revival. Mrs. R J McIntyre’s son returns from Texas via Des Moines. Mrs. McIntyre plans to trade Texas property for Des Moines property. Rev Brintnall of Chapin, Indiana preaches two sermons at the Congregational church with wife and child. leaves favorable impression. Grace Smith to return to public schools. Miss Anderson praised for teaching in Grace Smith’s absence and may seek other positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Calkins
Chicago
Clara Dotter
Atlantic
Hendershott
Lincoln Township
Beckhart
R. J. McIntyre
Texas
Des Moines
Grace Smith
Grove City Notes and Local Goings On
Wm Eads of Illinois winters with his daughter Mrs Shade. Maddie Abraham is not well. Trixie Shade will not teach this winter. Clara Wakefield finished a school term at Clarke's Grove Nov 1 and will teach in Turkey Grove this winter. Niles Hodge helped Lew Fancolly husk corn one day last week. Frank Roberts butchered a hog. Laura Franklin stayed for a party at Mary Young’s honor before Mary and her parents depart for Council Bluffs. They will remain in the Bluffs until Mr Young seeks a Colorado location. Mary Kelly returns to Mr Abraham’s after visiting her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Eads
Illinois
Mrs. Shade
Maddie Abraham
Trixie Shade
Clara Wakefield
Clarke’s Grove
Turkey Grove
Clara
Niles Hodge
Lew
Frank Roberts
Laura Franklin
Mary Young
Council Bluffs
Bluffs
Mr. Young
Colorado
Mary Kelly
Mr. Abraham
Notice of Probate of Will in Cass County Iowa
State of Iowa Cass County to whom it may concern you and all are hereby notified to appear at the courthouse in Atlantic Cass County Iowa on December 17 1895 at 9 oclock A M to attend the probate of an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of John Lary late of Cass County Town deceased at which time you will appear and show cause if any why said will should not be admitted to probate In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said office this 12th day of November 1895 Pellutt Clerk of the district court
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Iowa
Cass County
Court House
Atlantic
Iowa
John Lary
Pelluett
Royal Baking Powder Tops All Brands in U S Government Reports
U S Gov t Reports declare Royal Baking Powder superior to all competing brands. The findings elevate Royal as the leading leavening option, highlighting consistent performance and quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Gov’t
Free Thirty Years At Cotton States Exposition Negro Building
At Atlanta’s Cotton States Exposition a large crowd attended the formal opening of the Negro Building. Rev J W E Bowen delivered the keynote oration, with an ode by Professor D W Davis. I Garland Penn led the exhibit, aided by Booker T. Washington, showcasing thirty years of progress and a hopeful future for the Negro race within the South and nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. E. Bowen
Davis
Atlanta
J. W. EK. Bowen
I. Garland Pann
Booker T. Washington
Stampede for New Gold Fields at Harley Creek Montana
The Chicago Times Herald reports a rush to Harley Creek Montana with prospectors staking ground along the first claims. A new town named Johannesburg rises nearby as more than half of Neihert’s population migrates to the site. The ore is dull terra cotta rock yielding large quantities of gold in the Belt mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley Creek
Montana
Johannesburg
Neihert
Chicago Times-Herald
Victoria's New Freak Mourning for Princess Julia of Battenberg
The Chicago Record reports Marquise de Fontenoy noting Queen Victoria ordered official mourning for Princess Julia of Battenberg, a morganatic figure deemed unfit for continental court presentation due to her plebeian birth. The act is portrayed as a historic first in court mourning for such a personage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Julia of Battenberg
Marquise de Fontenoy
Chicago
Miners Demand Higher Wages in Pennsylvania
About 10 000 to 15 000 Pennsylvania miners insist on higher wages. They claim prosperity has begun and threaten to pressure employers to prove prosperity or justify denial of wage demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Rocky Mountain News
Family breaking up as kin drift apart in verse
A poem by Frank L. Stanton in the Chicago Times-Herald meditates on a fractured family. The speaker describes Mollie in the north Jenny in the west Dick in Maine and John at sea while a mother holds a child near the fire and foresees yet another parting as love endures amid sorrow. The piece ends with a faith that they will reunite in the far country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie
Jenny
Exust
John
Frank L. Stanton
Chicago Times-Herald
The Love Chase Novelty at Harlem Opera House
Miss Marie Wainwright presented a novelty ending to The Love Chase at the Harlem Opera House New York a rhymed epilogue by Julian Magnus urging love honesty to suitors and cautioning widows while closing with well wishes for all involved in the performance
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Wainwright
Miss Marie Wainwright
Harlem Opera House
New York
Miss Wainwright
Julian Magnus
Missionary Schooner Replaces Lost Ruk Vessel
A new schooner is being built by the American Board for Foreign Missions for use by missionaries on Ruk in Micronesia. It will replace the R W Logan lost two years ago on a voyage from Yokohama. Launch expected early October in San Francisco under Captain Isaiah Bray. The Logan, about 60 tons, will support the Morning Star, funded by Sunday school children, with cost near $5,000 from insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Ruk
South Pacific Ocean
R. W. Logan
Yokohama
San Francisco
Isaiah Bray
Morning Star
Congregational Church
United States
New York Sun
Wild steers roam Kansas orchard in stampede from Texas herd
Patrick Gorman shipped a herd of wild Texas steers to his Fort Scott area ranch. They broke a pasture fence, trampled Alf Cleal’s apple trees, and fed on rotting fruit, resulting in intoxicated cattle. They were rounded up after a boisterous night and gradual sobering over two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Gorman
Fort Scott
Kan
Plains of Texas
Kansas
Alf Cleal
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Corning Woman Dies After Prolonged Illness
Miss Emma Haischer aged 24 of Corning New York died after a lingering bronchial trouble. She was engaged to be married and a clock purchased as a present by the fiancé stopped at the moment she breathed her last, after running regularly in the room near her bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Haischer
Corning
N. Y
Frederick Haischer
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Playmates Linger In Memory Of Youthful Friends
Eugene Field laments aging and distance in Chicago Record verse, recalling classmates from Baker's hill and Boston schooling days. He names Ezra Marsh Noble Pratt Lizzie Crum Anastas ia Snell Roxie Root and others, longing to reconnect with long vanished playmates as winter settles in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra Marsh
Baker’s Hill
Noble Pratt
Lizzie Crum
Anastasia Snell
Roxie Root
Boston
Eugene Field
Chicago
Live Stock Market News From Chicago Nov 12 1896
Hogs receipts 27,000 with market opening higher. Estimated tomorrow 40,000. Prices show mixed quality with good heavy at 3.55 to 3.76, rough heavy 3.35 to 3.45, light 3.70 to 3.85. Cattle receipts 6,600 including 4,000 Texans and Westerns, market strong. Sheep receipts 7,000, market steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onicago
Ill
Atlantec Daily Correction Entry
A terse 1895 correction notice notes daily entries and a Saturday time adjustment, with the garbled text indicating an error in the sequence of recorded times and locations.
Cream Powder Wins World Fair Highest Award
Dr Price’s Cream Baking Powder earns the top honor at the World Fair. Judges praise its consistency and leavening power, noting broad consumer trust and a long history of quality. The award underscores continued popularity and industry leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Price
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Grove Township
Washington
Lorah and Vicinity
Wiota
Five Mile Grove
Atlanta Exposition
I. Garland Penn
Adrienne Herndon
Dixie Land
Jupiter
Police
Criminal
Equity
Snd
Europe
Asia
Africa
Corner Stone
Proud Republic
Jefferson
King
South
Edmund Burke
Bristol
England
Exposition Company
Asouth
Fawlly
Dicky
Maine
Mother
American Board
Levi
Joe
Newton Boys
Quincy Adams
Hopsy Hai
Bilu Cowles
Gracie Smith
Cutler
Leander Snow
Bill Warner
Hood
Nicholas Schiehler
Summerdale
Montague &Co
Spanzier & Brlington
Towa
Oper
Dee
Meesseenesontissazenss
Seagee
City Markets
Atlantec
Er Gry Nase
Chas, P. Willard & CO
Sree
Canal Street
Bethechurch
R. N, Inholeh
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