Quit Paying Rent Farms For Sale On Easy Terms West Union Area
Large list of farms from three acres up offered with small down payments and easy terms. No 15 acres near West Union with fair house and stabling, spring, timber, under cultivation, fenced, $200 down, balance easy. No 2 three and a half acres in West Union with new house, barn, well, fruit, $1800 on easy terms. No 3 seventeen acres with orchard, large house, barn, mill, $2400. No 4 123 acres one mile from town with buildings, timber, under cultivation, $50 per acre, easy terms. Also larger farms on good terms and money to loan on any security. Some farms to rent.
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West Union
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Illyria Social Notes Sketch Many Local Visits
Illyria items record Will Klingman attending Waterloo school and many local visits. Alice Humphry called at West Union. Will Wenger visited the Israel Shaffer home. Mrs. Lewis Klingman called at the Chase Doty home. Hattie Kerr and others hosted and visited friends. Nurses, medberries, and Rothlisberger families appear with New Year gatherings, visits to Elkader and Arlington, and a C. E. Society gathering featuring music and refreshments.
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Alice Humphry
West Union
Will Wenger
Israel Shaffer
Lewis Klingman
Chase Doty
Hattie Kerr
J. D. Shaffer
Jack Shaffer
Enos Howard
Hazel McMillan
Mae Fritz
C. Wenger
Jake Yearous
Jason Baily
Ida Rothlisberger
Oak Grove social notes and farm visits among area residents
Community updates list gatherings and visits of Anna Kohler, Perry Craft, John Wilson, Merle Bennett, Iva Bennett, Ed Conner, Lottie Wilson, and others. An oyster supper at R W Reed’s home is reported, with households visiting Frank Boyle and Enos Howard. Also includes a testimonial about Dr King’s New Discovery curing consumption and offering trial bottles at City Drug Store.
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Iva Bennett
Earn Holzer
Wis
Ed Conner
Forest City
Land
Lottie Wilson
Hans Winkler
Perry Craft
C. Mounce
Simon O'Neil
John Wilson
Mary Bennett
C. W. Smith
Joe Cain
Geo. Wilson
Miron Burnside
R. W. Reed
W. R. Lipscomb
Washington, N. C
Dr. King
West Union News Briefs and Local Movements
Dr. Cliff Patterson is said to be failing rapidly. The R. O. Woodard family moved for the winter into the Heiserman building on Elm street Mis. Liva DeSart came from North Dakota to spend a few weeks with her sister Mrs. John Wood. Mrs. J.T. Anderson returned to Elgin after two days with Miss Pearl Paige. John Mattocks bought the Ed Moore farm on Elkader road and Moore bought the J. T. Smith farm west of town. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Adams plan to reside in Des Moines during the legislature session. Carl Ostrander lost a match black horse Christmas day. The horse died after an accident valued at $200. News reached West Union that Mrs. Anna Robinson Ridgeway of New York has tuberculosis. cousin Miss Dolly Mitchell moved from Chicago to be with her. J. L. Johnson will locate a cement-block factory in Hereford, Texas. Ed Thomas died Saturday afternoon December 26 after illness. Howard H. Thomas, born November 4, 1866, spent his life in West Union. Funeral Monday at 2:30 pm by Rev. Leonard A. Swisher. An Industrial and Orphans’ Home president praises Electric Bitters, noting its benefits for stomach, liver, and kidneys, touting it as ideal for weak children and run-down people. Local German Bottoms visitors depart for Oakville Monday.
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Cliff Patterson
R. O. Woodard
Heiserman
Elm Street
Mis
Liva DeSart
North Dakota
John Wood
J.T. Anderson
Elgin
Misa Pearl Paige
John Mattocks
Ed Moore
Elkader Road
Mr. Moore
J. T. Smith
H. L. Adams
Des Moines
Carl Ostrander
West Union
Anna Robinson Ridgeway
New York
Dolly Tiitchell
Chicago
J. L. Johnson
Hereford
Texas
Ed Thomas
Howard H. Thomas
Laura
Leonard A. Swisher
The
Methodist Church
Industrial and Orphan’s Home
Macon
Hest
Brave Fire Laddies and Arnica Salve Ad
An old advertisement touts brave fire laddies who suffer severe burns while fighting fires and use Bucklen’s Arnica Salve to ease pain. It claims instant relief for burns, scalds, wounds, cuts, bruises, eruptions, sores, boils, ulcers, and piles, with a 25 cent price at City Drug Store.
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Bucklen
Christmas visits and injuries in Clermont area
Clermont News reports residents visiting relatives for Christmas across Cedar Rapids Oelwe, Waterloo and Fort Dodge areas. Also notes a safety accident at Montauk where Henry Walker sustained a head wound from a falling stick while sawing wood. A large Christmas gathering at the Miller home includes nearly thirty family members and friends.
Pleasant Ridge Telephone Co Annual Meeting Set for Castalia
The annual meeting of the Pleasant Ridge Telephone Company is scheduled for Castalia on Monday, with members urged to attend and hear reports from officers.
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The
Pleasant Ridge Telephone Co
Castalia
Public Auction Near Wadena and Lima on January 11 1909
The undersigned will sell at public auction on his farm two miles northwest of Wadena and four miles east of Lima on Monday January 11 1909 starting at 10 am. Five horses include a black gelding three years old weight 1800, a black mare three years old weight 1300, a gray colt two years old, a gray mare five years old weight about 100, a gray gelding two years old weight about 1350. Seven head of cattle include five steers two years old and two heifers eight years old. Grain lists 1000 bushels corn 600 bushels oats 400 bushels barley all first quality. Free lunch and hot coffee at noon. Terms: cash under $10, credit 12 months on sums over that amount with bankable note at 8 percent interest from sale date. No goods to be removed until settled. Hakve T Parker Auctioneer J H Wilson Clerk Rank Crooks Prop.
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Wadena
Lima
Ming
Bar Yedley
Hakve T. Parker
Audt
J. H. Wilson
Rank Crooks
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Euan E . Towa
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Francis Medberry
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Sarah Ogle
Robert Peters
Bert Doty
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Chas. Doty
Mary
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F. L. Medberry
Ida
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Chas
Schneider
G. E. Medberry
Rose
Fred Reichert
Bertha McMullen
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Mrs. H. B. Kerr
Fred Ernest
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Chester Peake
Harry Reichert
Fritz
John Rothlisberger
Ben Kohler
Will Stirk
H. B. Kerr
Ernest Crane
C. E. Society
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Oak Grove News
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Ed Conners
Hank Holzer
Chas. Boyle
Lew Barlet
Merle Bennett
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Anna Learn
Frank Boyle
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Stoller
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Fischer
Glasser
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T. R. Stam
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Brick City Hotel
Mrs
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Clayton Iowa
Ed Boyle
Osgian
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Dr. Becker
Charlie Priest
Ceder Rapids
J. P. Burke
Mae Crowe
Cdar Falls
Martha Martin
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H. F. Shipton
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Sadie Hendershott
Oelwe
Amy Butler
Chas. Larrabee and Family
Ft. Dodge
D. L. Love
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Henry Walker
Peter Carlin
Henry Follett
Wesley Miller
Wm. Wander
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John Dursham
F. F. Ferguson
J. H. Stolle
P. B. Cummings
Theo, Rolfs
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