Local notices and brief items from a 19th century issue
Mrs Rudy Moser is numbered with the pick. The Ladies Missionary Society of the M E church meets with Mrs Skarshaug Thursday after a good time. Discount on all dry goods. The Young Peoples Euchre Club visited Ed Bauder. Groth brothers attend John Holstenson Groth’s golden wedding. Cemetery Association meets with Mrs N H Bakeman. Cold wave may break records. January 1888 had 14 days below zero. Rock Island Railroad cuts pencil supply, 825000 yearly, about $6000. Mr and Mrs Robert Wilson visit Prairie du Chien for surgery. Mrs Wilson’s husband improving. Julia Berger’s sister Mrs Martin Hanson dies in Carlton Minn. John Lehman of Idato visits cousin John Lehman. Buick agent Moonahan reports order for 50 double-deck Buick cars to San Francisco and Flint. shipment by month’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groth
Jacob Groth
St. Ansgar
John Holstenson Groth
Cemetery Association
N. H. Bakeman
C.J. Moonahan
Buick Automobile
Howard Automobile Company
San Francisco
Cal
Buick Motor Co
Flint
Mich
Buick
Old newspapers for sale and local notices
A collage of short items notes old newspapers for sale at the office, business visits in West Union, social club meetings, and local personalities. It mentions J A Gruver attending Odd Fellows in West Union, C B Hughes seeking county attorney candidacy, Five Hundred club hosts with scores, Rev J G Draewl revival messages, Dr Hutchins and Mae Shambaugh’s health, and D T Robertson lecture on the Mutations of a Dollar with crowd disruption and entertainment plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rugh Patterson
West Union
Mary Skarshoug
Ladies’ Aid Society
Lena Meyers
Jeffonden
Texas
J. A. Gruver
Odd Fellows Lodge
Grover
Atty. C. B. Hughes
Weat Union
Fred Gehring
Chas
Feller
Hulda Doud
J. G. Draewel
North Freedom
Racine
David Moats
Butler
Kerr
D. T. Robertson
Elgin
Robertson
Ovine
Also Mentioned on This Page
KODAK
the City Drug Store
Muehlenthaler & Halverson, Elgin
Towa
Fairbanks Morse & Co
Fuller and Johnson
C. J. Harrington
Iowa
F. R. Berg & Co
THE
Elgin Echo
North Wastern
Noot
W. Hughes
Tulsa
Advange
Mrs
Rudy Moser
Ladies’ Missionary Society of the
M. E. Church
Young Peoples’ Euchre Club
Ed Bauder
Rock Island Railroad Company
Robert Wilson
John Wilson
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Julia Berger
Martin Hanson
Carlton
Minn
John Lehman
Idato
MUSCH
Scott
Stoehr
White Pine
Stoehr’s
Elgin, Towa
Star Sale
Berlin
Boleyn & Wing Dry Goods
China
Hutchinsép
Mae Sharmbaugh
Oelwein Register
Leslie Lehman
Farmersburg
C. Lehman & Son
C. O. Fothergill
M. D. Feomorro
Surghon
Wneweredey
Eight Offige
Newey Hotel
Eloin Tawa
Ella Young
Chicago
Mhietor
Jyeutiey
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