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Newspaper
Chariton Patriot
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1908
Page
4
The M. E. group hosts a musical entertainment and festival at Worley hall on Thanksgiving evening with a full supper. proceeds fund seating the new church. The event includes a 26 cent program and 15 cent for children over twelve, inviting all to attend.
Winter chill edges closer as Cedar Grove folks note improving weather. A Brown school vacation will occur in two weeks with Miss Bessie Shore teaching. R E Hixson and family visited Mrs B B White. Ola telephone company guests surprised J W Wright with apples peaches and cake after supper. Oliver Duckworth reports promising clover yield. Charley Cooper's Washington township family visited Raymond Casebolt. E S Wells of Chariton visited Dr Samuel Buzzard. Lawrence White and family attended Chariton tabernacle. J M Wright Joe Goltry and Wm Brewer at court. Ed Wishart sold stock in Russell.
Mrs Harrison Miller and two sons Albert and Ezra of Marceline Missouri visit her mother Mrs Isabelle Foster and brothers A A Foster and I Y Foster. Mrs Warren of Sovilla visits her parents N J Swanson. Miss Francis Veak visits sister Mrs Robert Gorman. Cornhusking is in full blast. The first snow of the season fell Friday. Flossie Carson teaches at Zion school Sunday at home. Mr and Mrs A V Whitlatch visit his father Walter Whitlatch. J S Batten of Cole formerly of this place visits here. B F Litton gradually recovering. Zion 3 8 considers a Christmas tree.
On November 1 1908 the District Court of Iowa Lucas County appointed M L Sutton administrator of the estate of George H Sutton deceased. All debtors must pay the administrator and all claims must be presented legally authenticated to the Court for allowance. dated November 19 1908.
Derby residents report visitors and calls from Chariton Humeston and Osceola. Local families welcome a baby boy born to O M Jarrah and wife. several members attend church services and Tabernacle meetings. reports show illness deaths including Joseph Parkin and Jack Thompson with pneumonia and fever.
Miss Nora Werts hosts a shower with Hazel Werts and Mary Spra gue in attendance. Multiple local residents, including Estella Werts, Ada Hanks, Mrs. Elizabeth Cooper, and Mrs. Edd Gurwell, are noted for visits with relatives in Albia Fairfield Ottumwa and nearby towns. Others, such as Mae Jenkins, Horace Larimer, Viola Boffman, and Rev. Walter McKinley, are listed with trips, family gatherings, or business calls in Chariton Adams Osceola Ringgold and surrounding areas.
In North Liberty Ben Herron gathers corn for John Seaferer while Pleasantville notes Lew Snell visiting his sister Mrs Jessie Johnston and baby. Iona Herron works at Rogers hotel in Lacona. Mr McCoy sells corn to Mr John Riggs. Judge McDonnell hauls hogs. Mrs Wm Malone calls on Mrs Mary Herron. Fay Riggs and children visit Everist. Charley Clark sick with pneumonia shows signs of improvement.
A record of Oakley residents visiting relatives and guests over the period. Entries note Grace Heron, William Hickman, Fred Morgan among attendees at C. Gillaspey’s home, Leo Kratsinger with grandparents N Moore, Emma Barlow visiting Miss Mae Moore, and local figures at meetings and travels to Des Moines, Chicago, and Chariton. A birth is announced for Mr. and Mrs. Jim Smith southeast of Oakley. A shooting death near Lon Ryans is reported along with illnesses and a pneumonia case.
Notice in the Iowa Lucas County 8S District Court in vacation that Aaron Peterson deceased purported last will was produced and read. The hearing for proof is fixed for January 5, 1909. Witness Geo F Carpenter Clerk of District Court seals this 18th day of November 1908.
Sheriff Gittinger and many residents travel between Ottumwa, Russell, Lucas, and Des Moines for business and family gatherings. Notables include Mrs. Maria Bartlett visiting Des Moines relatives, Miss Stella Werts in Russell, and the Brock and Boyd families hosting relatives while others report illnesses and hospital visits.
The notice lists multiple marriages with ages and names including Herman Rohl and Mandie Decker, Louis Stoneking and Beryle Terrell, John Foulke and Grace King, J Murphy and Elizabeth Baily, Elsie Morris and Adelbert Hancock, and Elnora Werts and Fred Thompson.
Fragmented text shows a death notice for Lonnie Crawley aged 14 in Washington state due to an accident, with family notes, plus scattered ads and livestock listings for Duroc Jersey pigs and other sale items. It mentions a lodge gathering and a closet inspection event on an undated schedule.
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