Local Social and Employment Notes Amid Regional Visits
Correspondence from Des Moines reports Mrs. J. B. Campbell visiting sister-in-law Mrs. Lafe Mark last Tuesday. Piper Bros. repaints upgraded store exterior last week. A. Carpenter and wife shopped in Chariton last Wednesday. Ernest Ramsey leads road work managing the lead team. Frank Cumpston leaves Schilling to move into the Link Cumpston house. Early Bros. visited Oakley Sunday. A. C. Riebel and family visited his father Sunday. D. C. Malone and wife visited her parents in Whitebreast Sunday. Center Monday meeting approves a $600 tax for a No 7 school house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Campbell
Des Moines
Lafe Mark
A. Carpenter
Chariton
Ernest Ramsey
Frank Cumpston
Schilling
D. C
Hearing set on will of James Whitney in Iowa
Notice from Lucas County District Court in vacation states a document purporting to be the last will of James Whitney has been produced opened and read. A hearing on proof is fixed for September 25 1903 before Clerk E S Wells with official seal dated May 6 1903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucas County
James Whitney
E. S. Wells
Democratic State Convention to Nominate Iowa Officials
The Democratic State Central Committee invites all supporters to Des Moines on June 24 1903 for a delegate convention to nominate candidates for Governor Lieutenant Governor Supreme Court Judge Superintendent of Public Instruction and Railroad Commissioner. Representation equals one at large per county plus one per each 200 votes or fraction thereof cast for the Democratic Secretary of State in the last general election. District delegates by county totals listed. state total 853 with 80 in the eighth district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Adams
Appanoose
Clarke
Decatur
Fremont
Lucas
Page
Ringgold
Taylor
Union
Wayne
Democratic State Central Committee
N.C. Roperts
A. E. Jackson
Swift Company Iowa product lines touted in contest
Not a drug but a food, not an experiment but a success, not an expense but a saving. Not more expensive but cheaper, not as good as others but better. Ames State Agricultural College endorses Swift items including Digester tankage for hogs Blood meal for steers and dairy cows Blood Flour for calves Beef Meal Poultry Bone and Ideal Poultry Food for Poultry. Swift & Company Chariton Iowa 19-21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Agricultural College
Ames
Iowa
Swift
Swifts
Swift & Company
Chariton
Loans and Investments Offered by Larimer and Crocker
We have money on hand to loan at low rates on good farms and offer many first mortgages for sale. Investors are invited to examine them with guaranteed loan payments and complete abstracts of titles. Interest collection is free. Call at the Opera Block office or at First National Bank. Mrs. Geo Kennedy returned to Elliott after a stay in English township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larimer & Crocker
Opera Block
First National Bank
Pickerell Bros Instruments Still Available At Residence
Notice states mandolins guitars and violins remain at E. E. Pickerell residence run by Pickerell Bros. Items include mandolins guitars and violins with no further details on prices or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Pickerell
Pickerell Bros
School Reports From Lincoln and Benton Townships
Monthly reports from Oxford Palmer and Gartin schools detail attendance and tardiness for May 1903. Oxford shows 20 pupils with several named students absent or tardy under teacher Maude Foster. Palmer lists 14 pupils taught 20 days with eight neither absent nor tardy, naming students including Olive White and Myrle Mitchell. Gartin records 17 pupils with 12 average daily attendance and seven not absent nor tardy. A note follows about a store closure and a stock-up of instruments from Pickerell Bros. Charlton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford School
Lincoln Township
Bernice Johnston
Carl Granville
Nora Johnston
Fern Foster
Gladys Paine
Candace
Clyde Foster
Mabie
Albert
Carl Monson
Effie
Ray
Connie Pettijohn
George
Elsie Granville
Gerald Doane
Maude Foster
Olive White
Myrle Mitchell
Ethel Whitcomb
Ray White
Bertha Tuttle
Carrie Lewis
Billa White
Herman Whitcomb
Cora Mitchell
Nellie Tuttle
Hatttre M. Gookin
Gartin School
Benton Township
Flossy Davis
Lucile Blue
Signe Carlson
Henry Davis
Lester Ream
Henry Johnson
Violet Blue
Harry Johnson
MaaGrg B. Hupp
Read about business chances in the Southwest publications
The notice advertises money making possibilities in Missouri, Kansas, Indian Territory and Texas. It invites readers to receive Katy publications including Business Chances Timely Topics Texas The Golden Square and more. Contact 501 Wainwright St. Louis MO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Kansas
Indian Territory
Texas
Golden Square
Katy
Great Southwest
Wainwright
St. Louis
Estey organs offered on trial by Pickerell Bros Chariton Iowa
Pickerell Bros in Chariton Iowa advertises Estey organs on trial basis. They emphasize no storefront, lower expenses, and the aim to provide the lowest possible price on pianos and organs. The note gives a landmark location three blocks south and two east of the square’s southeast corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Pickerell
Pickerell Bros
Chariton
Estey Organs
Iowa
Chariton and Bedford Games Moved to Cleveland Venue
Chariton and Bedford baseball games scheduled for May 16 and 17 will be played in Cleveland due to Chariton grounds being unsuitable. Community updates include visits by military and civic figures, resignations at rail and telegraph offices, and a note on a local Eastern Star banquet marking eighteen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Goltry
Russell
D. S. Wright
Ella Griffin
Salvation Army
Lemars
Miss Phipps
Oliver Clouse
Chariton
Bedford
Cleveland
J. B. Bell
King City
Missouri
Ogden
Utah
Union Pacific Railway
Eastern Star Order
U Biekletell Bros
Local Notes Highlight Graduations, Births and Appointments
Russell visitors at the Lewis home. Dr Farrell touts a cure for digestive ailments. Ladies Mandolin Club travels to Russell for commencement music. St Andrews Guild to host spring sale and dinner May 21 at the opera house annex. Doctors Throckmorton, Stanton attend National Medical Association meeting in New Orleans. Dr Yocom also there. E K Pitman buys Humeston Advocate. Chariton readers to receive a fresh, up-to-date paper. Jacob family moves to Chariton. new blacksmiths join Karn shop. Osteopath Dr Anna Jensen celebrated by friends. Rev M G Munn hosts surprise gathering. Cuyler’s dinner conundrum recalled with joke about Noah and stock, stock company. Baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Bert Yeagel dies shortly after. funeral held. Bryson Bruce to enter Naval Academy after passing exams. Garden Grove Express notes Yale/Harvard peers and Admiral Sampson's son in competition. Community offers condolences and anticipates naval service talent.
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Ladies of
St. Andrew’s Guild
Opera House
Dre. T. M. Throckmorton
T. P. Stanton
New Orleans
Louisiana
National Medical Association
Dr. Yocom
Texas
E. K. Pitman
Leon
Chariton Herald
Humeston Advocate
Pitman
Wayne County
Jay Jacobs
Winterset
Chariton
J.C. Karn
Karn
Mr. Jacobs
Anna Jensen
M. G. Munn
Theodore L. Cuyler
Noah
Dr. Cuyler
Bert Yeagel
Fred B. Palmer
Father
Garden Grove Express
Bryson Bruce
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Bryson
Yale
Harvard
Admiral Sampson
Sam
Chicago Great Western Rail Schedules Excerpt
Rail line list shows daily trains including No. 4 Mail and Express No. 2 and Limited services to North BC and South BC with times from 12:44 AM to 11:13 PM. Agent noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North BC
Mail and Expres
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Chariton Markets
W. E. Lewis
Rwilt & Co
Soung
Veers Mae
Steeee
Munger’s
Fourth St
W.E. Ballard
Madison Medicine Co
Madison
Wis
Chicago
Farms and Loans
G. W. Larimer
United States Depository
S. H. Mallory
F. R. Crocker
W.P. Beem
Ass’t Cashier
H. B. Sutton
Corser Square
C. E. Stewart
Spiker
M. E. Church
Liberty
Piper Bros
Stock Food Facts
Palmer School
CG. W. Stuart
E. C. Lewis
Fred of
Harry Lewis
Farrell
L.M. Ocker
Mesdames
G. A. Lockwood
W. W. Kindelbaugh
Cleo
Helen Bryan
Louise Gleason
Carrie Gasser
Inda van Arsdale
Josie Berman
Ladies” Mandolin Club
Great Western
Afton Junction
A.C
A. A. Ekfelt’s
A. Ekfelt’s
Cor
Chariton, Iowa
Grrell
P. B. Weare, Pres
Chas. A. Weare
THE
Weare Grain Company
Chicago Board of Trade
Suite Crozier
Telephones
Iowa 1
Mutual
A.B. Alexander
Mer
JH. Robbins & Co
Wm. Retherford
J. H. Robbins & Co
Chariton National
Capital
W. C. Penick
H.O. Penick
Will Culbertson
Lloyd Penick
Cashbier Asst. Cashier
H. C. Penick
Sam Mcntveen
O. H. Evans
Alex Mole
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