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Newspaper
Chariton Democrat
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1903
Page
5
Time card details show northbound and southbound daily trains from Afton Junction with schedule times including 5:44 a.m. and 5:57 p.m. under agent A C Bains. Descriptions reference mail and express service and a limited train daily.
Advertises Durook Jersey male hogs for sale by A. W. Nereon at his farm located one half mile east of the courthouse in Chariton. Call or write for details.
Wm Humprey and wife visited the A J Steirwalt home. Mrs C A Cumpston moved into a new house. Baptist church meeting well attended. John Krutsinger and family visited Elmer Chandler. Harlan Godlove and wife visited Mrs C A Cumpston. John Parry and Sylvester Sams enjoyed a hunting outing. Hugh Gordon returned to Marcelone Missouri after months near Lacona. Mrs S H Needles and Mrs Henry Ruble stayed with Mrs Thomas Taylor near Oakley. C W Ramseys sale well attended with high prices. Ada and Lester Riggs on sick list. Wm Parry improving. Wedding bells expected as preliminaries near completion.
Lee Bartholomew made a business trip to Lucas Monday. Mrs. Jenkins of Cleveland visited Chariton Monday. Chas Hass spent a few days with friends in Mt. Ayr last week. Mrs. John Waddle of Cleveland called on Chariton friends Monday. Miss Mabel Buchanan of Omaha came Monday to visit Mrs. Jas. Knox. Miss Lulu Clark returned Monday from Russell. Rev A Jacobs of Osceola greeted Chariton friends Friday. Mrs. Bert Yeagel returned Monday from Ottumwa. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Bristol left Saturday for relatives in northern Iowa. Mrs. W O Jeffrey of Osceola visited in Chariton last Thursday. Julius Conway visited Oreston last Thursday with G W Larimer for eye treatment. Mrs J A Edwards and daughters Theo and Bernice returned Monday from Derby.
Local residents and visitors are listed with travels and stays across Chariton and surrounding towns. Names include Myrtle Cottingham in Atwood Kansas and Mattie Penick in Des Moines, with many relatives visiting from Missouri Iowa and Nebraska during the week. The piece notes a marriage invitation for Anna Warner and Johnnie S. Allen and Col Warren S. Dungan’s work on a bronze tablet for Revolutionary soldiers buried at Albia.
By virtue of a special execution Martha Baker sues Harrison T Fleener et al and a property in section 32 township 72 range 23 totaling 45 acres is levied. The sale will be at the Lucas Chariton courthouse on January 9 1904 at 10 o clock a m for cash to the highest bidder. Laurel Boss Sheriff of Lucas County presides.
The ad promotes Hall's Texas Wonder Great Discovery as a universal cure for kidney and bladder troubles including gravel diabetes and back pain. It claims effectiveness for men women and children and offers mail order if not sold by a local druggist. Dr E W Hall is named as sole manufacturer with testimonials advertised.
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