Elm Grove settlement visits and town notes
Reports from the town detail visits by Oscar Markee of Birmingham to see his uncle Joseph Smith and other arrivals. Local woes include R. H. Bacon weakening, Chas Heinicke recovering from la grippe, and recaps of sales, lawsuits, and property transfers. A sermon series begins Wednesday at the Methodist church, and community questions about the Lord’s Prayer arise, urging biblical exactness from Matthew or Luke versions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taeda
Tia
Oscar Markee
Birmingha
Our Town
Elm Grove
Joseph Smith
R. H. Bacon
Chester Herron
Alta Mock
Gramma
Chas Heinicke
la Grippe
Andrew Sapp
Paloma
Henry Mertz
J. Tenhaeff
O. K
Mertz
Squire Mack
Tenhaeff
Birmingham
Squire
Kansas Immigrant Buys Farm After Visit to Bureau
A traveler recounts visiting the Kansas Bureau of Immigration in Wichita. The firm arranged travel across the state leading to the purchase of an elegant farm and move onto it. The narrative notes the wife is pleased with the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Bureau OF Immigration
Wichita
Kansas
Bargain Farm Offers Pieced Panoramics and Orchard Value
A fragment describes sale options from James Sterrett farm offering a stock farm with a fine orchard blue grass yard and springs, plus timber. The note hints at a great bargain for buyers seeking farm land and potential country living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linos
James Sterrett
Stockholders Meeting At Bowen Hall
Stockholders of the Owen Fre Coach Horse Company will meet in the Bowen Hall, Indiana, next Saturday at noon on January 21, 1899, to transact business brought before the meeting. S. A. McGILL, Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockhold Rein
Owen Fre Coach Horse Company
Bowen
Inl
S. A. McGill
Worry as a Vice and a Pleasant Remedy
A columnist urges dropping worry by recalling daily pleasures. The piece cites a famous actress warning worry harms beauty and health, then offers steps to counter fret by listing happy memories, keeping a "pleasant book," and subscribing to Tir Bowen Chronicle.
Brick for Sale by B H Felgar
Brick for sale by B H Felgar. Describes quality and quantity available with any acceptable terms to buyers. Contact Mr Felgar for pricing and delivery options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Felgar
Change Post Office at Anvil Oklahoma
A brief postal notice from January 10, 1899 requests that the CHRONICLE be sent to Anvil, Oklahoma, noting a change in delivery to the Anvil address directed to J. B. Simpson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anvil
Oklahoma
J. B. Simpson
Death of Past Grand B. C. Edwards Bowen Lodge Resolutions
The Bowen lodge mourns the death of Past Grand B C Edwards Bowen, praising his humanity and friendship. Resolutions call for draping the charter for thirty days, presenting copies to the widow, and publishing in the Bowen Chronicle. The page will receive a dedicated journal entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. C. Edwards Bowen Lodge
Bowen Chronicle
Bowen Congregational Church Holds Forty Second Annual Reunion
The forty second annual reunion was held Wednesday evening January 11 at Bowen Congregational church. A large attendance enjoyed a splendid supper in the annex and a short program with solos, quartets and choir songs. Officers reports were read and approved. G W Nash was elected treasurer of the church and Daniel Sinsith treasurer of the incidental fund. Pastor C Westfall noted it would be his last reunion. The Household offered The Curon ICLE one year to all paying subscribers and one year in advance for one dollar for new subscribers. The offer applies to 1899.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowen Congregational Church
G. W. Nash
Daniel Sinsith
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marsh’s City Drug & Book Store
J. M. Stevens
Quincy
Miss Pearl Mack
Vis
George White
Miss. Maud. Gansee
Quincey
Blanch Smith
Camehn
Wm. Iferron
R. W. Buss
Golden
Buss
S. A. Simpson
Nettie
Augusta
Stevens
J. W. Herron
Sherman Lancaster
James H. Robbins
Chicago
Carlin
Little May Gans
William Beckett
Oregon
Henrietta Herron
Northwest
Ross
Liltleton
Fulton County
James Ross
Mary Hughes
Mathew
Luke
H. B
Nash & Son
J. B. Nash & Son
Bowen, Illinois
Bushnell Record
Eprrok
Cranmer
Erwin Hosss
Congregational Church
Canton
Illinois
Stockholders Meeting
John Asbi
Change Post Office
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