Derby Notes Record Busy Local Visitations and Elections
Derby residents and visitors fill days with greetings and travel. Local families welcome relatives from Corydon Indianapolis and Reynolds while Chariton guests call on Derby friends and business trips occur to Chicago and Des Moines. A town election elected councilmen Peter Nelson Geo H Sutton and R E Morris and a new millinery department opens at Hick's store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Peter Nelson
Geo. H. Sutton
R. E. Morris
Oakley Hogs Shipped to Ottumwa and Local Trades
Safe Mark shipped a car load of hogs to Ottumwa on Friday. Ralph Miksell sold his grocery store to Arthur Peas who takes possession Monday. Mrs. A B Campbell returned home after six months in Fort Morgan Colorado with her son Joe. Roy Bevan went to Chicago with a car load of sheep. Local residents visited, spent Sundays with relatives, and several people were noted in Oakley and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Safe Mark
Ottumwa
Ralph Miksell
Arthur Peas
A. EB. Campbell
Fort Morgan, Colorado
Joe
David Books
Des Moines
Cora Cackler
George North
Oakley
Roy Bevan
Chicago
Homer Gillaspey
Maggie Smith
Floyd Clark
Archie Mumford
Edna van Winkle
Cedar Grove Obituary and Local Farm Updates
B B White of Cedar Grove dies after months of cancer. Funeral at Bethel church with Rev. Bennett and Rev. Wood. Interment Bethel cemetery. Cedar Bridge mill moves toward Vannices farm, soon to saw. Rev. Bennett from Centerville preached. Alvin Phillips attends funeral. A Hixson digs cistern for stock water. Joseph Sanborn improves from erysipelas. Stephen Randall family returns from Illinois. Long Ashba family at church. Farmers sow oats. Ira Sams family visits Amos Hixson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. B. White
Bethel Church
Bennett
Wood
Russell
Bethel Cemetery
Messrs
Gardner and
Thompson
Cedar Bridge
Rev. Bennett
Centerville
Alvin Phillips
Knoxville
A. Hixson
Joseph Sanborn
James McFarland
Chariton
Dr. Storie
Stephen Randall
Illinois
Long Ashba
Albia
Community Notes From Newbern and Surrounding Areas
Newbern and nearby towns report visitors and visits from Des Moines to Cloud and Lacona. Local families host relatives, teachers begin new terms, and a church proclaims revival as Rev Bennet plans sermons. A granite company from Des Moines erects monuments in Newbern cemetery while locals sell stock and cattle and welcome a newborn girl.
Local notices and social updates from Russell district
Nora Werts hosts dinner with friends as Lena Harrell visits from St Charless with her mother. Ora Adcock leaves for Fairfield Nebraska for a new position. teachers elected for next year include Miss Mayme Lewis and Miss Lizzie Evans. Asa Elliott dies in Lincoln. sympathy for the family. Mrs. Dixon recuperating after a cow collision. Ida Kinmouth killed by a horse on a Montana ranch. Kinmouths move to new home. City election results list mayor Alfred Goodwin and other officials. Mamie Price marriage celebration hosted by Baptist church. Charles Dunn to move to Carlton Nebraska for work. Ida Sawders and Effie Howell visits. Daisy Allender travels to Portland Oregon. Farmers Bank opens April first with P A Rockey cashier. Grace McFarland staying with Sadie Gurwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dixon
Ida Kinmouth
Sandy Kinmouth
Vallantine
Montana
Kinmouth
Russell
D. L. Murrow
Corydon
Edith Winsel
The
Baptist Church
Mamie Price
Effie Howell
Hampton
Nebraska
Daisy Allender
Portland
Oregon
Farmers Bank
P. A. Rockey
Grace McFarland
Near Chariton
Sadie Gurwell
Chariton Markets Grain and Livestock Prices April 2 1908
Market report from Chariton includes prices for cows and heifers cattle oats per bushel wheat per bushel and timothy seed per bushel among others. Prices shown appear in a rough ledger format with various figures like 0.50 1.50 and 60 to 70 cents per unit for different grains and seeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKlvveen & Eikenberry
Lucas News Roundup From Norwood To Lucas
Mrs Henry Lane visits her daughter in Norwood this week. Frank Lundeen of Hiteman arrives as a business visitor in Lucas. In the March 80 city election James Moore was mayor John Olson and Thos Croston were councilmen N F Baker treasurer John Skidmore assessor. Families greet guests as Mrs Lockhart hosts her Chariton sister. Miss Cassie Yont adds to her home. Saint Church program praised Hopkins orchestra provided music. H W Hunter moves to Snedaker property on North Division. D M Worley back downtown after illness. Mrs Maggie Hunter slowly improves after illness. M D Wackward at Evanston Ill over weekend preached at M E church then returned. J M Stoke elected Lucas public schools superintendent. Apostolic meetings travelers head to Chicago. Mrs James Harvey and daughter Marie of Des Moines visit relatives. Mrs Will Cook also returns home. Mrs C OC Mayhew, studying music in Des Moines, spends Sunday at home. Nellie Sellera returns to India Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Sumquist
Chariton
Alfred Conner
T. M. Throckmorton
R. F. Throckmorton
H. M. Sowder
Arkansas
Llewellyn Saunders
Macon
Missouri
Woody Brown
Alma Christy
Ollis Bevard
Baril Hickok
J. M. Henry
A. J. Bass
Creston
Sloane
Adda Riggs
Simpson
John Dahbolt
Boston Miller
Harry Bridgman
Columbia
Della Worley
Ben Willis
Myers Farm
Elva Mullins
Mullins
C. A. Metz
Knoxville
Fairview
Bennet
U. B. Church
Christian Union
Here
A. T. Graves
Dungan
Frank Lundeen
Hiteman
Lucas
James Moore
John Olson
Thos. Croston
N. F. Baker
John Skidmore
John Lockhart
Cassie Yont
H. W. Hunter
Snedaker
North Division Street
D.M. Worley
Maggie Hunter
M. D. Wackward
Evenston
Ill
M. E
Evanston
J. M. Stoke
Lucas Public Schools
James Harvey
Marie
Des Moines
Jessie Moore
Will Cook
C. OC. Mayhew
John Harvard’s Tercentennial Career of a Young Clergyman
A historical sketch recounts John Harvard the young clergyman who founded Americas great university in 1638. It notes his gift of 300 volumes and about 2000 dollars and the enduring impact of his endowment on the college.
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America
Harvard University Origins and History Highlighted
The article traces Harvard’s founding origins from 1636 to 1642, noting John Harvard’s pivotal endowment and the naming of Cambridge, later Harvard. It cites Henry Dunster as first president, the 270th anniversary of the first college building, and mentions the Harvard memorial window in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arvard University
United States
Plymont Rock
New England
General Court
Colony of
Massachusetts Bay
John Winthrop
John Cotton
New Towne
Cambridge
Harvard
John Harvard
Charlestown
Henry Dunster
American
Henry C. Shelley
Little, Brown & Co
Whooping cough remedy advertised and local notices
For Whooping Cough Give Chamberlain's Cough remedy. It will keep the cough loose and render fits less frequent and less severe. For sale by Williamson Drug Co. Miss Luella Hayes of Centerville spent days with her brother Prof. W E Hayes then visited Des Moines. Robert Waynick spent Tuesday night with his wife’s parents. Helen Garvin of Ottumwa visiting sister Mrs. D A Lynch returned home. Mr and Mrs C R Marshall of Kent Hooper visited with her parents, then left to take an examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Powers
Ottumwa
Holmes
James Keen
Dell
Onie Herron
C. Gillaspey
Robert Dillman
Charles
Merle Hemphill
Nora
Myrtle
Edith
Ethel Shilling
Patrick Kenney
Oakley
Eliza Niswender
John Bevan
Hugh Howard
Newbern
Nellie Howard
Williamson Drug Co
Luella Hayes
Centerville
Prof
W. E. Hayes
Des Moines
Marcia Hayes
Robert Waynick
Helen Garvin
D. A. Lynch
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England
France
Germany
Washington
District of Columbia
DERBY
Charlie Wright
Nina Armstrong
Mary
Susan Lazear
Simpson College, Indianola
Ada Grimes
Fairfield
E. M. Blizzard
Ad McQullough
E. M. Sowder
Emma Sowder
Ladies Benevolent Society
Turner Sisters
Merrill Scoville
Mr. Sowders
Hiram Canfield
Humeston
Lee Thomas
Geo. Parkin
A. Davis
D. A. McMains
Daugher
Erma
Northwestern University
A. G. Penick
Lura
Flora Fight
John Bowman
B. M. Henry
Mary Johnson
Reynolds
George E. Parkins
Will Parkin
Lois Robinson
Drake University
Harry Robinson
Alma Pollard
Welch
Oklahoma
Lillie Chapman
Weldon
Derby State Bank
George Conner
Victor
Colorado
B. S. Morris
Kansas
Wm. Bell
M. Z. Grimes
Will Fulton
May Ladies
Mesdaniel D. A. McMains
Justin Westfall
Kate Risher
Mary DeBord
Viola, van Dyke
Avdbo
A. J. Fight
Spring Hill
Clarence Herring
Basin
Wyoming
M. J. Johnson
Hick
Tom Carpenter
George Clark
Ray Kruteinger
Earl Miksell
Cedar Grove
Ira .Sams
Amos Hixson
Ted Bonsbrake
Kutz
Cloud Neighborhood
Julia Hancock
Ollie Hunnerdose
Myrtle Smith
Marion
Della Hunnerdose
John Carter
Will
Howard
Near Oakley
John Sargent
Lacona
Nancy Hunnerdosse
Mattie Porter
Whitebreast
Tom Metz
Lewis Mullin
W. A. Graves
Mullin
Della Carney
Bert England
Ed Poush
Thomas Graves
Fielding Gibbs
Lizzie Baker
Elsie Tickle
Alfred Gardner
T. D. Norris
Jessie Riggs
Everetts
Attic
Nora Werts
Lena Harrell
St. Charlee
Frazier
Ora Adcock
Lawrence Hasselquist
Minnie Wilson
Curtis Home
D. Smith
Nellie Milnes
Daughter
Mayme Lewis
McFarland
Nellie Thompson
Lizzie Evans
Lula Werts
H. W. Elliott
Lincoln
Asa Elliott
Elliott
Chariton Markets
Gray-Von Behren Co
Cevce Seus
Henry Lane
Maud Lovell
Norwood
Saint's Church
Hopkins’ Orchestra
Nellie Sellera
Indiaos
Eliot
Charles William Eliot
St. Saviour's Church
Southwark
London
John Harvard Wiss
Elizabeth
St. Saviour’s Church
Robert Harvard
Katherine Rogers
John
William Shakespeare
Massachusetts
University
Howard Everett
C.R. Marshall
Charles Noble
Mae Clouse
Johnnies
Simpson College
Kent
Hooper
Borv
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