Community Farewells and Social Gatherings Reported
Mrs. Simons press farewell surprise as neighbors honor her departure to Sedalia Missouri. The Eastern Star and local group present keepsake gifts and extend best wishes. A Darlington Heights house party and Swedish Mission aid society events are noted along with club gatherings at North Grand venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon’ ‘Press
Sedalia
Missouri
J. J. Smyth
Order of the Eastern Star
Bimon’ Press
Anna Swanson
Chariton
Aid Society
Swedish Mission Church
Sunday Union Evangelistic Meetings Open at Tabernacle
Pr Lathrop outlines sermon topics The Vision of a Royal Exile and the first in a series of Union Evangelistic meetings to be led by evangelists Lowery and Moody. Revival days alter local church schedules with no Luther League or Swedish Lutheran Sunday evening services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pr. Lathrop
M. E
The
Tabernacle
Lowery and
Moody
Luther League
Swedish Lutheran Church
Concordia Society of
Anna
Amanda Westling
Foley's Orino Laxative credited with saving life
A Wisconsin father claims his three year old son was saved after two doses of Foley's Orino Laxative. The child’s high fever subsided the next morning and he recovered fully. The quote attributes the recovery to the laxative. A. Wolkush Casimer Wis. notes a general voter registration year in Chariton towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
A. Wolkush
Casimer
Wis
Chariton
Farm Festival Draws Crowds in Chariton Recruitment
Local notices report visitors from Ottumwa Albia Des Moines Derby Marshalltown Leon Williamsburg and Garnett attending events and visiting families during a Farm Festival week. Recurring social callers include Mrs Curtis Mrs Threlkeld Estella Werts Estella Pierce and Rev Soxe. The festival spanned Oct 8-9 with strong turnout and proceeds of 235 from the play Above the Clouds and 126 from Presbyterian Aid Society dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Long
Osceola
John Murray
G. A. Sheilds
Indianola
Murrow of
Leon
Edd Cobb
Williams
Williamsburg
Mary A. Lewis
Bell May
Ned Clinton
Marshalltown
Soxe
Derby
Homer Shier
Knoxville
Herbert Boyd
Des Moines
Edd Gurwell
Chariton
Grace
Mable Gittinger
B. A. Grimes
BE. A. Wiltsey
Cunningham
Kansas
Elizabeth Evans
Mary
Effie
Hattie Howell
Evert Platts
Herman Plotts
Minerva Childs
Ottumwa
Casteel
Hendrickson
Albia
Buzzard
Herman Cassidy
Garnett
Kan
J. H. Scott
Robert Dooly
Long Valley
Cal
P. Gardner
Chariton Social News Amid Church Services and Visits
Frank Byram travels to Dakota on business. Chariton residents visit kin and travel for work. Edna Shore is ill. Blanche Miller and Cyrus Clarke ill with tonsillitis. Central Church services draw large crowds with nine additions. Byers of Lucas attends service. Chariton residents urged to register to vote this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Miller
Bessie Carson
Joe Clark
Melvin
Harry Carson
Minnie Brennaman
Abel
Russell
Bert Shore
Ruth Booth
Chariton
Frank Booth
Roy White
California
Edna
Blanche Miller
Elvin Hazel
Guy White
Logan Carson
Dean Ferguson
Madge
Lara Wilson
Cyrus Clarke
H. L. Byers
Lucas
Central
A. E. Poush
Fred Carson
Clearfield
Special Bargain in Real Estate Farms of 220 Acres
Real estate notice offering 220 acre farm five miles from Chariton Iowa with eight room house large barn good water features cross fenced with wells and spring. Priced at 50 dollars per acre. Urgent sale. For details contact A B Gookin & Co Chariton Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chariton
A. B. Gookin & Co
Towa
Closing-out sale on D. K. Hastings farm near Chariton
John L. Youngland and Mrs. M L Hastings conduct a closing-out sale nine miles southwest of Chariton on Tuesday Oct 20. Auctioneers McMains and Johnson offer 10 horses 70 cattle 60 spring shoats plus implements harness grains and more. See Patriot ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Youngland
M.L. Hasting
D. K. Hastings
Chariton
McMains & Johnson
the Patriot
Cough Remedy Endorsement from Ontario Resident
Andrew Schenck of Avton Ontario praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for curing stubborn coughs and colds in his family. He recommends it as a safe children’s remedy. The product is marketed by Williams Drug Co. This testimonial ends with an advertising assertion about newspaper advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Q Reservoir
Burlington Hawkeye
Chariton Gun Club
Chariton
Burlington Route
Chariton Club
Germania Fire Insurance Co
Chamberlain
Andrew Scouexck
Avton
Ont
Williams, Drug Co
Chariton Markets Charlton Incomplete Trade Prices
Market prices from Charlton on October 15, 1908 show varied entries for stock, berries, and goods with several illegible figures. The fragment lists quantities and prices alongside odd annotations, reflecting a damaged OCR transcription of a local market record.
Potatoes and Beans Price Reported in Local Ledger
Gray-Von Behren Co reports prices for potatoes at per bushel and for beans per bushel with figures showing 2, 253 00 and related odd spellings. The fragment provides unit names and price indicators but lacks full context or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray-Von Behren Co
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Dorothy McCullough
Carrie Custer
Grace Penick
Margaret Hakes
Polly Wolcott
John E. Lukens
Eid. Woodman
C. W. Sugden
Theodore
Grant Stuart
Waldo Brown
Howard Copeland
Darlington Heights
Helen Harper
North Grand
Mildred Gray
Ruth Yengle
Margaret Penick
Jennie Curtis
Addie Swift
Stern
Mary Reibel
Montana
Concordia U. P. Society of the Swedish Lutheran Church
Story & Clark
Elsie Johnson
St. Marys’ Guild
James Lyons
Dennis Frésl
Ladies’ Aid ‘Society of
Stran
W.C.T. A
State
Frank Reed
Agency
Estella Pierce
Hie
Presbyterian ‘Aid’ Society
W. H. Branham
Presbyterian Aid Society
Tom Thorne
Eugene Smith
Stote
Tuesaday
Lenhart Shoeing
J. F. Webb
Frank Byram
Dakota
Joshua Mayse
Mrs
John Messler
Fannie Foster
T. Brown
Chariton Amusement Co
Pythian Temple
the Chariton Amusement Co
Pres
G. A. Peasley
W. H. Dewey
Treas
Andrew Schenck
Chariton Markets
Charlton
McKiveen & Eikei
Pen Eeeee
Stook
Iberry
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