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AN OLD PIONEER ENJOYS THE WEEKOLIVER P. EMERY DELIGHTED WITH SEMICENTENNIAL.”'HE-CAME TO CEDAR.RAPIDS IN THE YEAH 1BS4.In (he Milling and Lumber Business for Winy Year* Now He'* Go-Ina West.Probably no pioneer In Ho city Is enjoying Ihc soml-ceiiUnalal celcbrs-LIuj more Ibua Mr. Oliver P. ElDCr?.Ifr. Emery was horn Ij Pike otjq' tyr Pennsylvania. April 0, ISIS. JJo come 10 Ccilar Rnplds In. IfSL tin a prospecting tour, rind 1»o years liter brought Lis family 10 tb|% place, coming 10 Iowa by.stage. He cr.gascd In the mlHing business an raaosger of Ibo flour mills of liis brofhei-li-lav, Nicholas R- Rrowo. Hr, Fmp7y and family livotl on Lhe west ?1dc Ibo JirsL year I hey were ja Cedar TtapUa,Ihelr tousu b^ing near mb at Is cowthe corner of Eccor.S avenue and Second sir ecu They oeil jlrcrf where tko Fanners' insurance company's buildiog now tlan«!i, nn-| lalor In a cemenL bouse, which sioo,] on wr.ai 5s now the corner of Eceoud avenue and 1'lshlii street, where Mrs. Hite Kern’sbouso stands. After quit ling ihe cjIIF tag business Mr. Emery, engaged lb .q fvuiber busJoess for a number cl ycari.r.o has made his home wIILi Ufc daughter, Mrs, John D. Henderson, Ter thc pisi iwciily-sovcn years, during wlileh time to has been well known to ill |ho rrnjuc*nler3 uf jhnb tosjdt-ab]^ home. He has a rcrcarkib’e memory lor names and fares and I boro Is ro n-e of hla ace la Ibe u3ly •*ho Is more [nleresied In the alTnlrs of loday and who. seemingly, UtcI a ICSJ ]H 1 be 1*151. ’JIp Is n familiar and pklurcyqun Asia ra to all who pass the Henderson honk: as be sils on-the Tbe-clad veranda, and the lap of Mi cate fiirfc* n welcome to Qll who ciUer.When the Henderson faralir Icare for their r.cw home aL Midway rcacc'i, near Cozad, Nsb., Mr. Emery trill ac-ccinpany |tlt;.*rn end is eagerly looking foi^ard lo ihc. new experiencej •' of nr.ch life. He nys he is goig wlt;iC !u grow up with Ike country.A Wonderful Tonie Hereford'* Acid Phcsphile Fooling, refreshing and Invigorating. Dispels lliai dragged out feeling dur-tap Epilog and summer.■— * ■ ■ lt;4NOTICE.I hereby announce myiclf m 0 can. dlcfsto for the office or snporthor f [he Second district, subject lo lb a ie publican convention.T. W. IL KERTOy.$3.^0 takes you lo SL Paul and Minneapolis Salprdjy ‘night and bringsyou back Sunday night or Monday morning. Re=k Island Lines Sfccbl [CoVek union station 11 p. m
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Cedar Rapids Republican
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US
Thu, Jun 14, 1906
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