Russell sightings and county notes in June letter
Dr F Belle of St Joe spends Sunday in Russell. An Uncle Tom Cabin show is billed for Russell June 18. Abbie Woodman leaves for Chicago. Elida Brownlee visits Russell on business. Kern visits from Promise City. Mrs J H Clinton recovers. Clare Pyle and wife visit. Fishing on Chariton river remains good. Children Day services at Baptist Church and Presbyterian next Sunday. Lucas County fair set for Sept 25 26 27 28. Presbyterian convention in English township June 11 12 with Russell participation. Salem school term ends. local labor updates on mills and farms. Church events at Otterbein Mt Carmel Belinda and Cambria noted with socials planned.
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Pyle
Olive Goodwin
Grace Boyd
S. O. Brightwell
Melrose
D. H. Rowland
E. M. Stewart
Baltimore
Russell
Chariton River
Baptist Church
Presbyterian Church
R. R. Fogg
John
Colorado
Presbyterian Churches of
Lucas Co
English Township
Will Shreck
A. G. Rosa
George Morrett
Harmon Erickson
Otterbein
Charley Duckworth
Grandma Wolfe
J. W
Union
Braden
Misses Wilson
Della Arnold
Elliott
Lancaster
J. W. Bennett
Frank Wilson
Will Clark
Harry Day
Will Ambellang
Burlington
J. M. Wilson
Ottumwa
Geo. F. Carpenter
Otterbein Church
Mt. Carmel
J. W. Rosa
Des Moines
Salem
Neal Anderson
Beauty in the Land She Colors Night With Tea
A lyric fragment notes a figure praised for beauty with red lips and bright eyes. She drinks Rocky Mountain Tea at night and is urged to ask a druggist, implying a promotional or poetic context for a remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Medicine Co
Rocky Mountain
Chariton Market Prices Grain Seeds and Provisions
Market report listing prices for potatoes beans butter salt rock salt flour corn meal hams shoulders tallow beeswax chickens turkeys breakfast bacon lard sides hides and other commodities per bushel pound sack barrel and cwt with values such as 2 25 2 75 12 9 60 95 and 1 10 noted for the items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo
von Behren
Town Topics Abbreviated Local Notices and Updates
Local briefs include Republican Primary election notes with J B Smith assisting in the recorder's office. Community items cover meetings of Eastern Star and Clerks' Union, births and anniversaries, notable moves, lectures by Prof Barakat and Miss Gild, and social events. A special school election seeks 4500 dollars in taxes to fund a new schoolhouse.
First Baptist Church Anniversary and Week Activities
The report of the Detroit church anniversary by Pastor Mills was informational and engaging. Activities listed include advisory board meeting, Ladies Missionary Circle with Mrs J M Jamison on Africa, Ladies Benevolent Society with Mrs Fannie Howard, regular services next Sunday, Knights of Pythias memorial service, YP U meeting with "Lives That Lift" theme, Children's Day at 8, and an Executive Committee meeting on May 30 appointing committees in finance music literary million vote and social areas with named members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mills
Ladies’ Missionary Circle
J. M. Jamison
Africa
Ladies Benevolent Society
Fannie Howard
North 13Th Street
Knights of Phythias
The
Y. P
J. O. Crips
A. C. Ormond
Nellie Gasser
C. E. Stewart
Cleo Bryan
Tessa Douglass
Bess Bruce
H. Blous
Harry Douglass
D. E. Lewis
Augusta Householder
C. F. Sanderson
Cora Combs
Mamie Best
Plea For Improvement On City Weed Nuisance
A reader urges Chariton to enforce a weed abatement law citing burdock and white dock along streets and vacant lots. He argues city officials must act to improve property values and uphold the Golden Rule, urging residents to support enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chariton
Burdock
John Newsome
Refrigerator Notice From Chariton May 11 1900
Chariton Louisiana notice announces summer arrangement for Chicago refrigerators to leave Chariton on No. 92 every Wednesday and Saturday until further notice. R. L. Pepper signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chariton
Chicago
R. L. Pepper
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G. W. Ensley
West Side Square
Chariton, Iowa
Pete Gookin
Charley White
Bennet
Man Arnold
Parker, Hanks & Co
Simons Scotts
Plympton
Jackson Jp
Lincoln
Charley McKinley
Sadie Andrew
Elida Brownlee
Thomas Maxwell
Willie Miller
Oakley
Lizzie Miller
Bethel
Belinda
J. H. Carson
Cambria
E. O. Kinsey
Bytha Miller
I. N. Carson
Gartin School
Chariton Markets
G. J. Stewart & Co
J.B. Smith
Recorder’s Office
Eastern Star Order
Joli Reed
Daily World
Selma Freberg
J. H. Collins
Lucas County
F.C. Stanley
Harry Savage
Minnie
Dr. Boynton
Clerks’ Union
John Kneeland
John Householder
W. H. Underhill
North Main Street
Mrs. Glenny
North Grand Street
E. E. Barakat
Damascus
Christian Church
Mattie M. Gild
the Baptist Church
Westling
Anna Hemming
Sophia Johnson
Willie Johnson
Whitebreast Township
Ida
August Johnson
Richard Eggert
Stanberry
Walter Parker
California
Frank Sherratt
Boulder
C. F. T. Schwatkey
W. W. Kriddlebaugh
Lulu Tubbs
Corning
Roberta Coles
North Branch
K. P’s
E. Broderick’s
J. T. Andrew
Willisea
City
J. H. Andrew
E. M. Gillis
Argyle, N. Y
David Gow
A. L. Yocom
Wim. Schreiber
Chariton Carriage
P. E.C
W. BR. C
Court House Park
First Baptist
C. Gorgiu
Delmonico’s
Royal Baking Powder CO
William ST
New York
Schreiber
Sarvin
Norway Iron Derby
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