Little News From Anita and Surroundings
A wide collection of brief local items notes sales of a baby carriage and fence posts, illnesses including Mrs. Chame and Mrs. Nelson, cattle shipments to Chicago, and moves involving Ed Winchell and Jacob Anders. Mentions include Uncle Horace Van Slyke’s welcome in West Phalia, church matters, a failed sale due to snow, a Denmark butter export note, and a postponed teachers meeting with Arthur Farquhar reporting county schools in good order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace van Slyke
Hod
West Phalia
Kansas
Anita Tribune
Arthur Farquhar
Monumental work with marble and granite offered
An audubon town notice lists a local contractor promising top quality marble and granite for monuments. The rest of the page notes a busy village with illnesses, moves, church services, property sales, auctions, a sleigh ride for junior Endeavors, bank drafts, and a successful Okfield Center teachers meeting.
Audubon News Highlights Local Happenings This Week
Local business calls and family news fill Audubon items. Peter Christensen and Will May visited on business. Mrs Free Anders remains ill. Hensley Bros and Brown shipped hogs to Chicago. Perry Carter moves to a Gray farm. Ira Dayton leaves the tin shop for a Plano Machine Co offer. Sleighing has brightened many days as preparations for a Methodist church event are postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Christensen
Audubon
Free Anders
Perry Carter
Gray
Perry
Greeley Township
Lear
Obituary for George W Wheeler in Audubon County
George W Wheeler died last Thursday morning his wife waking to find him cold in death. Born July 13 188% in Canada he later moved to Illinois and married Mixx Ceytina Poyer December 6 1855. Survived by wife three sons one daughter eighteen grandchildren and many friends. Funeral held at Christian church with Elder L H Humphreys officiating. Burial at Extra Cemetery. Card of Thanks from Mrs Ceymina Wheeler and Kamilys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Wheeler
Nia
Canada
Illinois
Mixx Ceytina Poyer
Audubon County
L. H. Humphreys
Local notes on births illnesses and visits in the area
Mr and Mrs John Stager welcome a baby amid grippe concerns while Scott Herrick injures his nose slightly. Baylor visits from Audubon to help at the Exchange Bank. Mrs George Kreamer and Ralph Hawks family report minor illnesses with Atlantic visits. Oklahoma reports James Henry in weak health. Mr and Mrs Robert Hamlin welcome a new baby. Peter Schwab and George Campbell purchase stock and cattle. Light farming activity, plow work plans, and land purchases are noted alongside social visits and bakery duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Schwab
Geo. Campbell
Melville Town
Kennedy Farm
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C. Applegate
Dim Rieff
John Plantz
Natty
Ed. Winchell
Leater Gransberry
Lester
Jerico
Missouri
America
George Giles
Adair County
Snd
Hensley Brothers
Chicago
John Ebert
Iown
Charley Pattison
Masons
Pearl Andrews
T. B. Vickery
Will Fulton
M. D. Bailey
Charley McCord
Frank
Rasmus Nelson
B. H. Wotan
Congregational Church
Jens Hansen
Elkhorn
Brayton
Christian Science Meeting
J. G. Gates
Jim Hartins
Peter Anders
Oakhill
Chris Nelson
A.B. Drake
Mr. Drake
Journal
Force
Nelson Smith
Washington County
Iowa
Eva Baumgartner
Shemp Bintner
Zon
Bessie
la Fayette
Indiana
F. J. Cihak
Audubon Township
Anita
B.C. Dutcher
Goforth
Oklahoma
Mount Zion Church
Ottumwa
Denmark
W. W. Sickels
Mack Thomas
Mr. Farmer
Sterling and Union Junior
Tate Endgate
S. D. May & Co
E. Grant
Atlanti
Ruud Hansen
Geo. Christensen
John Huckle
J. I. Hensley
Ethel Riley
Ames
Mrs. Riley
John Esbeck
N. L. Nelson
Rev. Hald
Chris Miller
Waverly
South Dakota
Chris
Grant Kness
Martin Kness
Colorado
Grant
Frank Beebe
Thomas Allen
Hey
Chas
Hensley
Baby
Mace
Gill
YP. Nelson
Extra
Aippe
Nelson
Frank Gault & Compe
Cilas
Stockin
C. Hawk
Frank Gault & Co
Park Hotel
Rene I. Hensley
Stuart Herald
Misa Louise Welch
Our
Congregational
Mills County National Bank
Jon McCary
Fort Madison
McCary
Okfield Center
Farqialor
Hensley Bros. & Brown
Will May
Robert Hamburg
Mra
Wm. Huckle
Wmn
D. Denham
John Hunter
J. W. McClain
Jook
Mrs
T. J. McClain
Frank Basham
Wyoming
Messrs
Hl, Wissler
Doctor John Riley
J. B. Conmardy
Des Moines
Ira Dayton
George Hoover
Plano Machine Company
Ira
H. S. Wattles
Carson
Avoca
Asefer
Mr. Wattles
James Pike
Cedar Edge
Sam Thomas
Misa
J. M
Thomas
Ceymina Wheeler
Kamilys
Green Bay Lumber Company
C. T. Waits
John Stager
la Grippe
Scott Herrick
Will Baylor
Exchange Bank
George Kreamer
Ralph Hawks
Atlantic
James Henry
Robert Hamlin
John Riley
Belle Plaine, Jows
William Rucker
Phos. Erikcson
Enougt
Elmer Hawk
KE. B. Perry
Josh Parker
Lou
Charley Rose
Harry Percy
Hamlin
Lehman
Wxira
William Carpenter
Green Bay
Stalley
W. M. Griffith
Bes Moines
Reddy
John Deere
McCormick
S. Gano
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