Newbern Notes Highlight Revival Chautauqua and Visits
In Newbern area news, residents plan to attend Chariton Chautauqua events August 4 to 9 with Captain Hobson lecture and Jubilee singers. Local gatherings include visits from relatives, crops and threshing progress, and a holiness meeting August 4 to 17 near Milt Mitchell's place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milt Mitchell
Riddle
Capt. Hobson
Lester Riggs
Everist
Lawrence Nussbaum
Minnesota
Blanche Lauck
Minnie Worley
Chariton Area Chautauqua Plans and Local Visit Notes
Local brief records a sequence of Sunday dinners and visits in North Liberty and nearby towns. It notes community members such as Maggie Shounkwiler, Ed Hunerdosse, A. J. Stierwalt, Mrs. Cumpston, Linc Cumpston, Laura Shilling, Nora and Edith, Frank Hickman, Lizzie Tickle, Iona Herron, Grace Smith, Grace Herron, and others. The piece mentions the Chariton Chautauqua beginning August 4 under Redpath management, with large expected crowds and calls for attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Shilling
Nora
Edith
Frank Hickman
Lizzie Tickle
Iona Herron
C. G. Herron
Sarah Ardra
Oklahoma
Henry Inbody
Redpath Chauntauqua
George Shounkwiler
Lee Kirton
Rainy spell boosts Cedar Grove county crops and gatherings
Heavy showers blessed Cedar Grove as farmers harvest and hay ricks burn in Friday lightning incidents. A Chautauqua in Chariton Aug 4 9 promises Beaty brothers cow struck by lightning and a Roy Culver aiding harvest. Guests include Wm Grate and family visiting Kirton and wife. George Laramar and wife visit. Mr Dewitt and son Albert on the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grate
Mr. Kirton
Lawrence White
Beaty Brothers
Roy Culver
S. Buzzard
Guy
English Township
Mr. Thorne
George Laramar
Mr. Dewitt
Lovilla
Albert
Oakley and Des Moines Visits Chronicle Community News
Local residents shared visits from Des Moines and nearby towns. Miss Matilda Peterson hosted in Des Moines. Ethel Halferty attended a cousin’s wedding in South Dakota. many friends gathered for church duties and social events in Oakley Chariton and Lacona. The Chariton Chautauqua approaches with Jubilee singers awaited.
Chariton and Osceola Residents Visit and Travel News
A roundup of local social and travel notes from Chariton Osceola and surrounding towns. Residents visit relatives attend services attend funerals and plan weddings with multiple names and places across Des Moines Albia Fairfield Clinton Clinton Missouri Lovilla and La cona.
Harvest notes and local notices from Olmitz area
OLMITZ Harvest is in full blast. The infant child of Rob't Crawley was buried at Zion Sunday. Go to the Chautauqua and hear the Sterling. Jubilee Co. sing. Link Long visited in this neighborhood Sunday. Niseley Elliott is on the sick list this week. Adda and Avis McMannis are visiting relatives in Neb. The recent showers were welcomed for the corn. Remember the Chautauqua lasts six days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rob’t Crawley
Zion
Sterling
Jubilee Co
Link Long
Niseley Elliott
Adda
Avis McMannis
Neb
Thresher Started as Locals Prepare for Chautauqua
Belinda Walter McCorkle and John Smith started their thresher. Several from the community plan to attend Chautauqua starting Tuesday and ending Sunday. Nathan Byers, long ill, shows improvement. Fred Anderson and family and Mr and Mrs John LaFavor visited Dale LaFavor on Sunday. Jonas Lenig's buggy was wrecked in a runaway Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter McCorkle
John Smith
Nathan Byers
Fred Anderson
John LaFavor
Dale LaFavor
Jonas Lenig
Chariton News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Chautauqua
Roxie Collyer spent last Thursday with Jennie Arvidson. Edith Dale and Grover visited at their grandparents home last week. Mrs. Anthony entertained Chariton ladies Thursday afternoon. Elmer Didier and family were guests of L. C. Krutsinger Sunday. Chariton Chautauqua set for Aug 4 to 9. Mrs. Will Cook and family visited Robert Larrington. Walter Blankenburg began reaping timothy for J. R. Bennett. Grace Bonnett and Bessie Elrod enjoyed a Sunday outing in Bonnett's timber. Rev Evans delivered a sermon at Center and will soon leave Chariton.
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E. S. Bearden
Lacona
John Brawner
Ross Oxenrider
Albert Wilson
Alex Graves
Mae Norris
Amy
Chariton
Lewis Graves
Alex
Albert Sarge
Union Church
Milt Mitchell
Iona Herron
Grace Smith
Ladies Aid Society
M. E. Church
W. Peterson
Homer Gillaspey
Roy Bevan
Elmer Callahan
John Bevan
Charles Flynn
Sol Holmes
James
Anna
Eliza Nisewender
C. W. Ramsey
Lit Baker
Here
Buxton
James Robinson
L. Baker
Mayme Krutsinger
Oakley
Grace Mitchell
Cambria
O. W. Brown
Soxe
Fairfield
Blanche Spurgeon
Indianola
Walter McKinley
Presbyterian Church
Dr. Sutton of
Creston
Elliott
DeGafferty
Des Moines
Christian Church
Harry Beagley
Osceola
Will Stacy
Helen McGaughey
Eva
Estella Werts
Edith Dale
Grover
Jacob Admire
Anthony
Mark
Elmer Didier
Wayne Co
L. C. Krutsinger
Grace Bonnett
Bessie Elrod
Frank Elrod
Harold Miller
Bonnett
Evans
Ghariton
May social visits and local game result noted
Nellie Champlin returned home Monday from Russell where she had been visiting Edith Winsel. The May baseball team defeated Warren Center 12 to 10. Various locals including Florence Champlin Bertha Parker and others visited homes in Chariton Derby Humeston and near May over the weekend.(more concise)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Champlin
Russell
Edith Winsel
Warren Center
Lina Fulton
Jessie
James
J. K. Young
Humeston
Chariton Markets Reported by McKiveen and Eikenberry
Prices for cattle hogs and grain are listed in a Chariton market report by McKiveen and Eikenberry. Cows and Helfers per cwt around 250 to die. Hogs per cwt near 5.00 to 6.00. Cattle per cwt about 8.50 to 9.00. Oats and rye prices per bushel. Wheat per bushel around 60 to 70 cents. Timothy seed and clover seed per bushel and hay per ton listed with mixed figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKiveen & Eikenberry
Bride Makes Daring Drop From Balloon At Park
Mrs Dorothy Mack the bride of aeronaut Johnnie Mack parachuted from a balloon at a New Jersey hillside park in front of 5000 spectators. The plunge ended in the Passaic river where bystander Jesse Schurman swam out, grabbed her, and towed her to shallow water unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Passaic
N. J
Dorothy Mack
Mack
Passaic River
Jesse Schurman
Slain After Long Revenge Over Molly Maguires
Beltzner, key witness against Molly Maguires leaders in Pennsylvania coal wars 1875 78, lured to Joliet where he opened a store and was murdered. He had feared Molly sympathizers and testified at Pottsville and Mauch Chunk trials. He was sixty five.
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Peoria
Molly Maguires
Beltzner
Pennsylvania
Mollies
Pottsville
Schuylkill County
Mauch Chunk
Carbon County
Jack Kehon
Kehoe
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Tam
Tamaqua
Franklin B. Gowen
Philadelphia and’ Reading Railroad Company
Washington
Joliet
Sea Lion Attacks New York Aquarium Keeper
Acting Superintendent Morgan was mauled by the sea lion Buster at the New York aquarium. The animal, agitated after its mate was moved to Bronx Park, bit Morgan on the right shoulder as he reached toward the tank to feed it. Morgan freed himself with help from a keeper and was treated after the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
The
New York Aquarium
Monster
Bronx Park
Mr. Morgan
Buster
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Newbern
Joe ‘Miller
Dallas
Migs Flora Seaferer
Milo
Caloma
J.H. Stephens
Will Carpenter
Ralph
Mollie Williamson
Misa Kate Dinwiddie
P. D. Mason
Bennet
Mt. Zion
Ted Bonebrake
Jake Messar
Hattie Gardner
Moore Home
David B. Byers
Calcutta
India
Myrtle Foster
Mildred
Palmer Goodwin
Misses Nettie
Charlotte Breckenridge
Will Kirton
Grandma Burgett
Adda Mullins
Monroe
Cora Baker
Frances Seaferer
Iona Shounkwiler
Mrs
Pearl Kirton
Alfred Gardner
Willoughby
Ella Fetters
Lewis Snell
Albert Biggs
Everest
Ben Willis
Storie
Blanche Mason
Lettie
Laura
Clara Mason
Ed Bearden
Frank Brewer
Elia Fetters
Hazel Dunshee
Grace Densory
Alfred Hulbert
Ernest Hunnerdosse
Grant Riggs
Clarence Burt
North Liberty
Maggie Shounkwiler
Ed Hunerdosse
Della
Albert Anuxier
Melrose
Andrew Malone
A. Cumpston
Laconaie
A. J. Stierwalt
Harlan Godlove
C. A. Cumpston
Linc Cumpston
Golda
Grace Herron
Brother Bens
South Dakota
Larkin
Lou Godlove
A. L. Cumpston
Etta Renfro
Omaha
Julia James
Eli Larkin
Andy Herron
Homer
Cedar Grove
Royal Hungarian Orchestra
Qakley
Lois Holmes
Georgella Bevan
Floyd Holmes
Matilda Peterson
August Peterson
Mesdames Mauk
Miksell
Henry Burgett
Stella Gillagspey
Karl Miksell
Ethel Halferty
Elsie Baker
Jack Krutsinger
O. C. Keen
Elva
Eva Walls
Laura Cackler
May Burgett
O. Cunningham
Ernest Ramsey
James Keen
Earl
Ralph Miksell
A. M. Wheeler of
Eli Larkins
Zep van Winkle
Sam Wheeler
Formree
Charles van Winkle
John Taylor
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Sheller Chappel
Will Newhouse
John Krutsinger
Cecil
Miss Anderson
Woodburn
Mary Carpenter
W. E. Manuk
Mauk
Farris
Dewey
George Murray
Cicero Gillaspey
Joe Burgett
Chautauqua
Miss May Baker
Mary Bevan
Bruce Clinton
Albert Jenkins
Derby
Nellie and
Golda Beagley
Frances
Nellie Campbell
Helen
Herbert Woodman
Mrs. Brandon
Mae Masson
Charton
Mr. Mitchem
Mrs. McCoy
Albert McGanghy
Ed Marshall
Wilda
Albia
R. G. King
Nora Werts
Nellie Champlain
Grace Carroll
Jennie Watkin
Ottumwa
Delia Strillow
Agency
Dell Campbell
Ruben LaFollette
H.H. Knight
Melrose Enes
Russell Mon- AY
Carmi McKinley
Edd Gurwell
Clinton, Mo
Frank Drake
John Platts
A.S. Cooper
Arthur Woodman
Archie Goltry
Jim Morrison
Grace
Elma Werts
Homer Hancock
Bertha Boyer
Prather
Methodist Aid Society of
Patriot
Olmitz
Belinda
Whitebreast
Roxie Collyer
Jennie Arvidson
Will Cook
Charlton
Robert Larrington
Walter Blankenburg
J. R. Bennett
A. Arvideon
Jennie
Oscar Munson
Lincoln Township
Dave McMains
Dave Westfall
I. N. Taylor
Florence Champlin
Winnie McMay
Er. E. Carroll
Bertha
Willie Parker
Herman McCollough
Dean Bown
Wm. Fulton
Fern Young
Merrill Scovel
Frank Scovel
Chariton Markets
Gray-Von Behren Co
Cco
Cerenvsver
Cave Ee Georvonsee
Bride
Husband
Johnnie Mack
Jack
Sea Lion
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