Thanksgiving Reunion Awakens a Long‑Lost Kin
Captain Smith guides Asa Ward home after years abroad to a Thanksgiving reunion at the Ward house. Asa returns from the Yangtse river and China to find his mother Jane Ward, still full of grief but hopeful as the family gathers to share the feast. The moment revitalizes memories of past warmth and the promise of renewed family ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Esther
Asa
Captain Smith
Asa Ward
Ward
Ello
Cape
South Sea Islands
China
Mother
Jane Ward
Notice of Proof of Will in Iowa Lucas County
Notice in the District Court in vacation announces that an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Aaron Paterson deceased was produced opened and read. A hearing on proof is fixed for January 5 1909 by Clerk Geo F Carpenter with seal affixed November 18 1908. Also brief items mention fifteen Duroc Jersey pigs and a note about Lowney's candies at Beaman's drug store and a local visit by B E Goldsberry to Omaha for Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Iowa
Lucas County
SS. District Court
Aaron Paterson
Geo. F. Carpenter
Foley's Honey and Tar Clears Irritation and Coughs
Local notices describe Foley's Honey and Tar as relieving throat irritation and persistent coughs, and expelling colds from the system. Various personal notes mention visits, travels, and social calls across Lucas and surrounding towns, including Des Moines and Ottumwa, with many residents planning trips for Thanksgiving and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
J.D. Beaman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chas. G. Zluke
Oppenheimer Block
West Side Square
Steele
Chariton
Steel Le’s
South Side Square
Satz
Crimson Wonder
Savannah Belle
Daisy’s Advance
Iowa Commodore
J. W. McDoueaun
Lowney
Beaman’s Drug Store
B. E. Goldsberry
Omaha
Charles
Mrs
Ola Baker
Beaman
F. M. Baker
Ottumwa
Fred Lenhart
Des Moines
Cyrus Scott
W. S. Steele
Jennie Curtis
Whitebreast Junction
Roscoe Pedigo
Ethel Bartholomew
Minneapolis
Myrtle Cowan
Aimie
Eleanor Cowan
Edd. D. Smith
Lester
W. H Smyth
Clifford Thompson of
Melrose
The
Chariton Business College
Nathan Jewett
Albia
Emma Allen
Amanda
Eva Robertson
Oakley
Charles Clark
Z. A. Giltner
A. J. Holmes
H. G. Larimer
G. L. Ryan
Okal Churchill
Rome
Iowa
H. J Huddleston
Bessie Pope
Winterset
Joseph Griffin
Mary Kuhns
Chicago
B. F. Bates
Gussie Buchanan
Fred Larimer
Isaac Perkins
Carthage
Missouri
Martha Kenney
Des Des Moines
Mason City
J. B. McEndree
Lon
O. McEndree
Charlotte Dillmer
Joseph Peterson
Aaron Peterson
J. H. Andrew
Arthur Andrew
W.m.householder
J. C. Nine
P. R. Hollingshead
Maria Bartlett
Ethel Funk
Fern Galvin
Leah Dean
Anna Cline
Bertie Merritt
Pleasantville
Grace Gittinger
Maude Abernathy
Dave Martin
Thomas Martin
St. Joseph
Fred Linger
Osceola
A. R. Hosea
Daisy Hosea
Anthony Mauk
York Nebraska
S. L. Preston
Baldwin
Kansas
A. G. Mauk
Tabor
H. L. Mauk
John M. Stoke
Lucas
Ile
Lisle
Finck
Detroit
Hollinger & Larimer
Clothier
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