Local Socials and Travel Notes From Oakley
Miss Annie Swan spent Saturday evening in Oakley with friends and attended the M E church entertainment. County Auditor Dillman stayed Sunday in Oakley. Mrs Swan of Whitebreast township met with a painful accident Monday when she fell on stairs breaking her arm and sustaining bruises. E F Halpin of Chicago is in the city this week on business. Gust Swanson of Minneapolis returned Saturday for a summer visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Swan
Oakley
M. E. Church
Dillman
Red Cross
Lewis
E.E. Carroll
Albia
G. A. van Dyke
Minneapolis
B. R
Tillie Felger
Osceola
Adda Reece
Ida Noble
Susie Hasselquist
Russell
Fay Ewing
Abbie Swift
Allerton
J. W. Eastes
Thos. Lowry
Ottercreek
Creston
James
W. E. Criswell
Local Notes and Visits Across Chariton Area
Miss Clara Martz spends Sunday with friends in Creston as clerks note no advance in Red Cross flour at Lewis. Numerous locals travel, visit relatives, or host friends from Osceola, Des Moines, Ottumwa, Leon, Derby, and Ottumwa. Calls for church, library hours, and community notices pepper the column along with weather and ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Martz
Creston
Local Reports From Oakley and Surrounding Townships
County Superintendent Fitch visited schools in this township last Thursday. Mrs Mauk visited her bachelor boys in Whitebreast township last Wednesday. Dr H L Stewart of Lacona stayed overnight with his mother Mrs Lydia Stewart who has heart trouble. Chas McLaughlin and Elsie Mauk married in Chariton last Saturday. They are popular in Liberty. Mr Schilling dug an 8 by 16 cistern for water works. Oakley M E society held entertainment and ice cream supper last Saturday evening. readers say they are about 820 better off. School board met to consider Oakley petition for school but did not grant it. notice of appeal given. Farmers lose horses nowadays. Mussleman Ramsey and Hansen each lost one last week. Ramsey bought Burgett stock of goods in Oakley and is merchant now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. McLaughlin
Elsie Mauk
Chariton
Liberty
Schilling
M. E
Oakley and
Oakley
Mr. Mussleman
Ramsey
Mr. Hansen
Democratic County Convention in Chariton Iowa 1903
The Democrats of Lucas county Iowa hold a delegate convention in the court house assembly room Chariton on June 13 1903 at 1 30 pm to select six delegates for the state convention in Des Moines June 24 and to transact other business. Townships are allotted delegates totaling 76 with caucuses to be held immediately and township committee men urged to call them. By order county committee W I H Dewey Chairman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucas County
Iowa
Court House
Chariton
Des Moines
Benton
Lincoln
Cedar
Ottercreek Chariton
Pleasant
English
Union
Jackson
Warren
Liberty
Washington
Whitebreast
W. Ih. Dewey
Timely Topics No 2 pamphlet promotion note
An advertisement urges readers to subscribe to Timely Topics No 2 noting rapid East Texas development as a truck and fruit growing country. It promotes Texas resources as illimitable and provides address for Katy at 500 Wainwright Street, St. Louis Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Katy
Wainwright
St. Louis
Texas and Its Future Promises Highlighted for Readers
An advertisement invites readers to request a book titled TEXAS and a pamphlet TIMELY TOPICS No 3. It asserts Texas offers unexaggerated possibilities and a great future. Mail requests to Katy 502 Wainwright St Louis Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Katy
Wainwright
St. Louis
Missouri
Loans and Investment Offer From Larimer and Crocker
Larimer and Crocker advertise available loans on good farms with fast funding and low rates. They offer first mortgages for sale and invite investors to examine funds. They guarantee loan payments and provide complete abstracts of titles with each loan. Interest is collected for investors without charge. Call at the Opera Block office or First National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larimer & Crocker
Opera Block
National Tay
Cow Cow Hay Dama and House Merch Steer Fire Wind Lightning
A fragmented OCR item mentions cows and hay dama, house merch, a steer, and a wire fire with wind and lightning. Details are unclear but the piece centers on livestock and a structural or weather-related incident.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jennie Cavanagh
Mollie Freel
Bessie Sullivan
Mary Barrett
Leon
Helen and
Nora Carey
Rebecca Wood
Benton Township
J. H. Wood
W. R. Blakeslee of
Coon Rapids
This City
W. W. Blakeslee
W. R. Dawson
Margaret Aldrich
Whitebreast Township
Ira Noble
Lizzie VanNote
John Farrell
John Goben
Lucas
F. W. Shelledy
E. (. Bridge
Knoxville
Ellen Smith
Melrose
Sarah Archibald of
Tingley
Kate Barkhoff
Ethel Palmer
Derby
Lulu Chase
D. QO. Lukenbill of
Milo
Ethel
Eva Black
Messrs
F. B. Mitchell
W. R. Schepp
Chicago
C.C. Mayew
Col
Warren S. Dungan
A. J. Woodman
E. G. Nolan
Lacona
Wm. West
C. D. Scott
Lincoln Township
Indianola
C. H. Kirkhart
Ottumwa
E. J. Rhodes
Samuel Darrah of
Oklahoma
W. W. Coles
Gem Baker
W. W. Kittleman
Fred Taylor
J. M. P. Smith
Grace
Jacob McElveen
W. L. Kimsey
Harry Dawson
Villisca
Margaret Jamison
Joe Shelton
J. J. George
Loy and
Homer George
Lena Byerly
Perry
Clarinda
City
H. C. Watson
Lara A. Palmer
Katie
Oskaloosa
The
Baptist Parsonage
Bates House
B. R. van Dyke
Mabel Ward
J. W. Ward
Baby
St. Joe
Chariton Fire Department
First Presbyterian Church
B. F. Bates
Swift Packing House
Maud
Jack
Rocky Mountain
Julia Teas
Tom Teas
E. L. Hickman
Russia
Baptist Church
Palmer
Chariton Lodge
A. D. Gray
Sec.y
John Reed
J. S. B. Reed
C. C. Burr
Warren Township
John
Capitol City Commercial College
Fitch
H. L. Stewart
Lydia Stewart
Burgett
Russell Summer
S. W. Rowley
Jenk E. Wright
the Insurance
Gookin Brothers
J.H. Schreck
G. Redlingshafer
J. W. Loney
A. W. Nelson
I. Myers
J. E. Roberts
O. A. Vickrey
C. W
A. Mason
W.W
V. Baker
J.L. Brown
H. A. Baker
E. H. Selby
N. Tuttle
Warner Byers Co
R.C. Jones
I. Downard
P A Rockey
Willett G. Risbeck
L. H. Jewell
S. M. Hasselquist
Geo. Roberts
Frank Burton
James Parson
David Larson
G. L. Rumble
A. B. Williams
N&e Sturd
Harriet Myers
C. P
John Jordan
W.D. Parson
Bert Peck
I. A. Mosby
W.N. Pouch
F. Campbell
M. Clowser
D. Stonebra
Jas. Parson
J. Freelander
Thos. Thorn
Chaol House
Belinda
Hay Lucas
New York
Cambria
AMT
P. O. Chariton
United States Depository
Chariton, Iowa
H. Mallory
F. R Crocker
W.P. Beem
P. B. Weare, Pres
Chas. A. Weare
Weare Grain Company
Board of Trade
Suite Crozier
Iowa 1
Mutual
Dea Moinex
Oskalopea
Grinnell
Cedar Rapids
Fort Dodge
Webster City
Marshalltown
Clinton
Boone
Sioux City
Burlington
Carroll
Harlan
Red Oak
Shenandoah
A. B, Alexander
Democrat
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