Local Sunday Notables Include Clergy and Visitors
Florence Oliver visited with home folks on Sunday. Dr and Mrs Searles of Ottumwa visited relatives. D Roth of Fairfield was a business visitor last week. Hagmer family spent Sunday in Richland. Rev Carl Davis preached at Brighton Sunday. Thomas Schooley of Abington attended Memorial services. Rev DC Smith of Ottumwa filled the Methodist pulpit. Memorial services were held at the Methodist church with Rev Orcutt delivering an address to the old soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs Searles
Ottumwa
D Roth
Fairfield
P H Hagmer
Richland
Carl Davis
Brighton
Thomas Schooley
Abingdon
DC Smith
Methodist Church
Orcutt
Local Social News Highlights from Eureka Area
Route No. 1 resident Thomas Watters visits Henry Watters. Mrs B F Fowler returns home after a visit with her mother. Mrs Allie Krueger socializes with Claudia Vance and Mrs John Down. Lucy Hedge visits with her father. Boyd Hedge attends Grand speakers event. Memorial day observances honor veterans. Henry’s birthday dinner hosted by Mrs Frank Carlson with fine flowers. Mt Zion folks attend ice cream social elevating funds for the ladies. Elmer Smith and bride return from wedding trip to Columbus Junction with celebrations at station. Mrs Monroe Kyle hosts a feast for the couple and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Smith
Bride
Columbus Junction
Elmer
Win R. Smith
Monroe Kyle
Local notes from Salina and area around May 1906
Salina residents and visitors are listed: Bates is ill. Easton and wife drove to Rome and back. Johnson and James visited Burlington. Effie Cammack spent Sunday at F Masden’s. John Lesher returned from Illinois. district Lutheran meeting at Four Corners. Mrs Rangner’s brother Stever died in Libertyville. spring term closed June 1. Effie Cammach organized a program. Ed Parsons family plan a summer trip to South Carolina starting June 1. Dr Lesher’s peach prospects strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rangner
Libertyville
Stever
Effie Cammach
Glendale A Johnson enjoys a fine new survey Monday
Glendale A Johnson treated himself to a fine new survey Monday Ava Heston finished a pleasant term of school at Union Friday A new gasoline and compressed air gas lighting plant has been ordered for the lighting of our church Mr and Mrs George McCormick and family held a reunion at Scott McCormick s Sunday The threatening weather Saturday evening kept many away from the ice cream social and for Roy and Ed Jinderson and a number of young people from Lockridge and Mrs Henry Swanson and Miss Esther Swanson of Salina Elmer and John Sharp and a number of
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Johnson
Ava Heston
Union
George McCormick
Scott McCormick
Fell McClain
Charles Whitham
Dallas Green
Mary Davis
Fred McClain
Dave Ricketts
Roy
Ed Jinderson
Lockridge
Henry Swanson
Esther Swanson
Salina
Elmer
John Sharp
Local Visitors and Visits Across small Towns
Mohawk Sherm Norton called in Lockridge on Tuesday. Jake Wolf and wife visited Henry Wolf's home Sunday. Marion Adams lost a cow Sunday. Edna Nelson of Salina spent Sunday with Cora Shuppy. Henry Shuppy visited Mt Union over Sunday. Walter Shuppy, recently ill, is improving. Winnie Cooper spent Sunday with her parents in Brighton. Alfred Eshelman made a business call in Lockridge Tuesday. Tom Simmons spent Sunday with his parents near Micromac. Frank Shuppy called in Mohawk Sunday evening. Lizzie Lillyblade visited her parents for a few days last week. Lizzie Esherman went to Mt Pleasant Tuesday to work in the hospital. Ambrose and Estrus Norton did business in Fairfield last week. Sherman Norton and family traveled to Wayland Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Wolf
Henry
Local News Briefs From Rome And Vicinity
Lockridge Dr Morrow reports a fine baby girl at the A L King home June 3 Mrs George Fagon and son were Glasgow visitors Wednesday of last week Louis Boos Fairfield visitor Sunday Contractor King and men erecting a house for George Fagon in Barcher's addition Etta Kleinhan and Sophia Brewne Fairfield over Sunday visitors at the former's parents Mr and Mrs Kleinhan P O Laughlin Rome was in our city Wednesday David Clark building a dwelling in Rancher's addition Johnson Sodergreen carpenters J W Hanson painter beautifying Louis Boos property with fresh paint Hancock Monon visiting relatives David Hopkirk Fairfield in the city Saturday Free Baptist church supper netted 17 There was a dance in the opera house Saturday Ida and Freda Giese spent Sunday in Merriamac Mrs Mary Holley Rome spent Sunday with sister Mrs George Fagan Mrs Jennie and little daughter New London guests of her parents Mr and Mrs Peter Rivey Mrs Harriet Hult Burlington visited Frank Hult home Fred Conlee Glendale last week at the Craff home Wednesday May 30 Miss Ellen Duttweiler birthday surprise with sisters and friends ice cream and cake served fifty three guests gathered at the Craff home to remind her sister Mrs F J Craff of her 23rd birthday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev Scofield
Trenton
Anthony Zillman
Dave Baldosier
George Shuppy
Peoria
Marion Adams
Brighton
Lydia Duttweiler
Wayland
John Williams
J. W. Hanson
Louis Boos
Hancock Monon
David Hopkirk
Fairfield
Free Baptist Church
Opera House
Ida
Freda Giese
Merrimac
Mary Holley
Rome
George Fagan
Jennie
New London
Peter Rivey
Harriet Hult
Burlington
Frank Hult
Ellen Duttweiler
F. J. Craff
John Robinson Shows Presents Battle of Wounded Knee Spectacle
The John Robinson Shows features a grand reproduction of the Battle of Wounded Knee with a thousand soldiers Indians scouts and horses in elaborate pageantry. The historic spectacle will tour here on Saturday June 9 bringing vivid reenactment to audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Robinson
Wounded Knee
Jericho Buys Drug Business In Moline
The Moline Illinois paper reports the sale of the Uirrus drug store on Fifteenth Street to Ernest Jericho and FE Jericho & Co. They take immediate possession. Ernest Jericho will manage and remodel the store into a model, full line drug and sundries, in the city while maintaining ties to Mt. Pleasant Iowa operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Linois
Ernest Jericho
Oakleaf & Oakleaf
FE Jericho & Co
Ubrus
Fifteenth Street
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
Jerteiro
Sermon and Childrens Day Plans At Christian Church
Rev. H C Littleton delivers mornings sermon titled Gods Power to Save. Evening focuses on childrens day activities with a missionary program replacing the usual sermon beginning at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.C. Littleton
Death of George Heck at Lake Okoboji home
George Heck aged 26 died Saturday morning at the Beck home near Lake Okoboji after a period of illness. He was well known in Fairfield where he had lived with Mr and Mrs A Beck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Heck
Beck
Lake Okoboji
Mr. Heck
Fairfield
A. Beck
Local resident Joseph Bogue visits city for wife's estate
Joseph Bogue of southern Kansas was in the city on Monday on business related to his wife Mia Nees who died in April, her mother. He was formerly a schoolmate of ours in the 60s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Bogue
Kansas
Mia Nees
Roy Spence Badly Injured In Freight-Train Accident
A report from Fairfield states Roy Spence fourteen 17 year old. two Mt. Pleasant youths were riding on a freight car top near Burlington when two sections split and iron rails mangled Spence's right leg. He and one other boy were taken to Mercy hospital Burlington while the third was unharmed. Details await X rays and tomorrow’s issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Spence
Fairfield
Mt. Pleasant
Burlington
Spence
Mercy Hospital
Letter From Burlington Hospital Reports Roy Spence Condition
In a Tuesday Daily letter, R. H. Spence says Roy Spence remains in his Burlington hospital, with doctors in charge and his condition unchanged. He notes decision on possible leg amputation will be known tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Spence
Burlington
Roy Spence
Parson's College Declamation and Oratory Contests
Three college declamation and oratory contests at Parson's College featured prize winners and strong performances. Montalvan won first prize in the Brown prize declamation, with Flinspach second. Coffman and Ogden shared first and second in the freshman division. Wirtz won the senior oration prize, Greenleaf close behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parson’s College
Academy
Brown
Marcelo M. Montalvan
Constantins
the Lion
Paul McLean
Boston
Frank A. Hoskins
Patrick Henry
Cora Ereel Flinspack
Mr. Montalvan
Miss Flinspach
Library Hall
Oliver Wirtz
Blanche Coffman
Hugo
Jean Vallean
Coffman
Emily C. Miller
Joan of Arc
France
William W. Wirtz
Hale
Greenleaf
Wirtz
Parsons College
Surprise pre nuptial party for Miss Elsie Randall
A large group of Miss Elsie Randall's friends surprised her at her Deckwith home with a miscellaneous shower. Guests brought gifts for the future home as Randall, a charming hostess, hosted the pleasant evening. The marriage to Mr. W Courtlandt Merckens will be held Saturday at eight at the bride's parents' home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Randall
Deckwith
Miss Randall
Elsie Golden Randall
W. Courtlandt Merckens
Pleasant Family Reunion Honors Elizabeth Grinnell
A Sunday gathering near Pair field brought together forty relatives including Mrs. Elizabeth Grinnell of Santa Cruz after a 43 year absence. Hosted by Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Fresh water, the event featured a full dinner, memories of past days, and time with elders and young kin.
Musical Benefit at Glendale Church by Quartet and Orchestra
On Wednesday June 13 Mr George Unkrich leads the Parr field M E Sunday school orchestra with Mr Gus Scott and a quartet of Four Corners for a church entertainment in Glendale to aid the Ladies Aid society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Unkrich
Parrfield M. E. Sunday School
Gus Scott
Quartette of
Four Corners
Glendale
Ladies Ald Society
Joy Whitham Heads North for Dakota Business Trip
Joy Whitham left Monday night for a business trip to North Dakota. Blanch Stever of Batavia spent Sunday with Della Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joy Whitham
North Dakota
Blanch Stever
Batavia
Della Young
Also Mentioned on This Page
Packwood
Florence Oliver
Thomas Watters
Eureka
Henry Watters
B. F. Fowler
Allie Krueger
Claudia Vance
Stockport
John Down
Lucy Hedge
Dave Hedge
Boyd Hedge
Des Moines
Our City
Frank Carlson
Mt. Zion
Mr Bates
Mr Easton
P H Johnson
Mr James
Effie Cammack
F Masden
John Lesher
Illinois
District Lutheran
Ed Parsons
South Carolina
Lesher
C F Erickson
Ladies‘ Aid Society of the Lutheran Church
Augustana College
Rock Island
Lon Jeffery
Frank Burke
Kate Lyons
Jacob Sheffel
Lizzie McGuire
Carrie
Annie
Henry Shuppy
Ella Hancock
Cecil
Sadie Baker
Indiana
John Reeder
Estrus Norton
John
Mrs. Craft
Miss Ellen
Sherm Norton
Lizzie Lillyblade
Lizzie Esherman
Mt Pleasant
Ambrose
Sherman Norton
George Fagon and Son
Glasgow
King
George Fagon
Barcher
Etta Kleinhan
Sophia Brewne
Mrs. Kleinhan
P. O’laughlin
David Clark
Johnson & Sodergreen
Fred Conlee
George Craff
Jericho
Big
The
Christian Church
Freshwater
Pairfield
Elizabeth Grinnell
Santa Cruz
California
Stine
Axtel
Lucinda Robinson
A. Freshwater
J. N. Freshwater
Muete
Musical Entertainment
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