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Local notices of travels and visits fill Chariton pages
A long list of residents and guests visit, journey, and return across Ottumwa, Russell, Creston, Lucas and surrounding towns. Many entries note visits with relatives and friends, trips to Derby, Corydon, Melrose, and Omaha, and local social events. A few notices mention entertainment plans, new babies, and business moves.
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Jones
Lucas
P.M. Price
Ottumwa
Virgil Fastman
Russell
David Murphy
Geo. Roberta
Hastings
Nebraska
Misa Mabel Steele
Corydon
Lloyd Penick
Emma Nickum
Grace Gilliam
Barkley
St. Joe
A. M. Barkley
Misa Clara Marts
Creston
J.C. Wright
English Township
W. H. Brown
Claude Younkim
Mary Patterson
J. W. Culbertson
Mamie O’conner
Melrose
A. J. Dale
Derby
E. M. Henry
Missy Mary Ray
Leon
B. I. Bates
M. J. Fike
Hopkine
Missouri
Frank Fike
J. W. Tarlton
Myrtle Kirk
Ameston
Chariton Friends
Martha Barnett
Letitia Rickey
Ruske T
A. C. Riebel
Benton Township
Reynolds
Maggie
Guy Graves
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Mamie Best
Tingley
Chas. Murray
W.S. Stark
Woodbury
T. J. Hawkine
Fannie Steele
A. J. Chapman
J. P. Hunt
Mt. Pleasant
Old Chariton
Mary Goltry
D.S. Wright
Nellie Campbell
Parens
W. TL Sellers
Jas. Brower
TN. Primm
Lacona
Will Houston
Cleveland