Miami News Briefs Note Rain and Local Happenings
The community welcomed a needed rain Saturday though it did not reach all county areas. Sunday brought rain to town but not to all sections. Maud Young visited relatives at A. G. Hoyt’s. John Clark left for Oklahoma for work. Dr Lyle, Thelma Hill, Rex Heinlein, and three children fished Wednesday. Effie Famuliner of Garden City visited cousin Mrs Charlie Grape. Mrs Tom Huffman returned from Kansas City trip. D D McCann and family fished Friday. Butler to host a sane Fourth and Sundays. churchgoers struggle with traffic during services. Tom Huffman and family visited Mrs Huffman. Fred Thornburgh joined part of the visit. Walter Jones visited friends at Bethel. Miami.
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Maud Young
Emmett Young
Spruce
A. G. Hoyt
John Clark
Oklahoma
Lyle
Thelma Hill
Rex Heinlein
Pierce
Billy Jackson
Jackson
Effie Famuliner
Garden City
Charlie Grape
Effie
Bethel School
Tom Huffman
Kansas City
D. D. McCann
Howard
McCann
Butler
Dulge
John Huffman
Huffman
Fred Thornburgh
Walter Jones
S. E. Jones
Walter Fisher
Walter
Bethel
Miami
Harvest Heat Shocks West Deepwater Area News
West Deepwater notes a hot spell with 90 to 95 degree afternoons as harvest begins and wheat cutting starts. Local social updates include visits from Charles Turpin and sister, church services, road commission duties, and a tragic double death of Alva and Lonnie Hanson. Community events feature a large ice cream gathering raising 85 dollars and baseball games canceled by rain. Farmers John provides the local rural recap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva
Lonnie Hanson
Farmer John
Butler Christian Church Observes State Prohibition Day
Butler Christian Church will hold Bible school at 9:30 with communion and preaching at 10:45 in observance of State Prohibition Day. Sermon and music will support the statewide prohibition campaign and an offering will be taken. Christian Endeavor meets at 7:00 p.m. A union Sunday evening service with Ohio St. M. E. Church is planned. minister William M. Mayfield invites all to attend.
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Christian Endeavor
Union
Ohio St. M. E
William M. Mayfield
Lightning Claims Two Hanson Boys In Rural Iowa Tragedy
Alva and Lonnie Hanson aged 22 and 17 were struck dead by lightning while sheltering from rain beneath a hay wagon tarpaulin near their father A Hanson's home ten miles northeast of the city. The elder sister 15 found the wagon on fire and pulled Lonnie to safety before realizing Alva lay trapped under the tarp. Funeral services for both were held Sunday at the family home with interment in Oak Hill cemetery.
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Alva
Lonnie Hanson
A. Hanson
J. H. Hardy
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mrs W F Reeder Dies At Home In Adrian
Mrs. W. F. Reeder aged 54 years passed away at her Adrian home on Sunday June 26 1910 after a lingering illness. Her death leaves a sorrowing husband and several children and relatives to mourn the loss. The funeral arrangements will be announced by the local undertaking establishment.
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W. F. Reeder
Adrian
Widow Mrs Reeder Dies After Long Illness at Adrian
An illness of nearly a year claimed Mrs. Reeder born in Indiana June 28 1856. She moved to Bates county at age ten and married W F Reeder March 2 1879. She lived with Dr J Everingham before marriage. Revered as a noble woman, she left many mourners. Services by Rev J W Rogers were held at the Christian church in Adrian Tuesday afternoon, burial in Crescent Hill cemetery.
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Indiana
Bates County
W. F. Reeder
The
Christian Church
Adrian
Crescent Hill Cemetery
Bates County Girl Wins First Prize for Essay
Miss Effie Lewis of Merwin tops the Sixth Congressional District for best essay on Missouri and her Resources in a contest by the State Immigration Commission. Prizes include one of sixteen 10 acre farms per district. J A Quinn of Adrian won the third prize a Plymoth Rocks poultry set. Rules required essays by children sixteen and under. Bates county claims two of five prizes across seven counties.
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Effie Lewis
Merwin
Missouri
State Immigration Commission
Lewis
J. A. Quinn
Adrian
Bates County
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West Deepwater
Charles Turpin
Summit
W. C. Turpin
James Cox
Hume
Sam Lane
Mr. Cox
R. Rich
J. S. Greer
Times
John
Cornelius
New Home Baptist Church
Will Kegerreis
Jennie
Sheridan
Wyoming
L. M. Kretzinger
Rich Hill
Prairie
Pleasant Gap
Cal. Furgeson
W. B. Young and Wife
Vinita, Okla
Barrickman
George Eads
Martin Butler
Ballard Boys
Jimmie Young
Bennett & Wheeler Merc. Co
Claud Baker
Double Branches
Wm. Odell
Marys
Elois Reece
J. H. Baker
W. H. Charters
Grandlock, Jr
Maud Wix
Dora Beard
John Herman
W. H. Charters, Sr
Butler Christian Church
Walker
White House
Inis Saic
Walker-McKibben’s
Quality Store
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