Letters From Our Neighbors Report Local Happenings
Correspondence from Sharpsburg notes new baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon, local illnesses including lagrippe, box suppers, and visitors. Mentions moves and arrivals in the community, school absences, and residents traveling to nearby towns.
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Sharpsburg
Sharps
Brainard Bassett
Bedford
Ross Seymour
Omaha
Jessie
Cheater
Qina Hamblin
Jnc
Oscar Anderson
Bedford News announces local business changes and sales
J T Long of Fredonia Kansas has taken over the hardware and furniture store from Jenks and son due to a brother's illness. The Jenks firm plans to move to the Sunflower State in two weeks. Dunlavy Pharmacy is sold to Mr Simonds of Ottumwa, owner of multiple drug stores including Albia, with the new proprietor expected to run the Ottumwa outlet.
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J.T. Long
Fredonia
Kanaus
Rb, M, Jenks& Son
Jenks Sill
Dunlavy
Simonds
Ottumwa
Local Notes From Gravity and Surrounding Areas
Community items from Gravity Iowa and nearby towns report residents pursuing Oklahoma homesteads, new telephone links, and travels to Colorado. Obits note Esther Calhoun of Lenox and others. Local officials award county doctoring contract. school group hosts Round Table style meeting at M E church Gravity to discuss teaching methods.
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Esther Calhoun
Board of Supervisors
Taylor County
Dra
T. W. Burnett
Lenox
L. A. Singer
Clearfield
Milo B. Duoning
Benford
Oklahoma
Lon Moody
Apothet
Times-Republican
The
Free Press
Fide
M. E
Gravity
Perday
W. W. Pao
Azios Lona
Wyandotte Roosters Display Ad by Jasper McColm
Wyandotte Roosters offer fall tools and fine specimens for sale. Call Jasper McColm to view and arrange purchase.
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Jasper McColm
Obituary of Emma V Herring in Iowa town sadly recalls faith
Emma V Herring died after about two weeks of illness on a January day in 1901. Born February 7 1860 in Ohio she moved to Iowa with her parents as a child and married Z A Herring in 1877. Survived by two sons Tay and Bre d and a daughter Mee she was a longtime member of Gravity Christian Church and praised for kindness and constant smile. Public sale announced as she and family endure typhoid and loss.
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Emma V. Herring
A.A. Herring
Emma V
Sister Herring Bac
Leonce
Abe
Sister Herring
Gravity Christian Church
Var
Ohio
Levi Davis
Iowa
Prayer and Song at Residence Before Graveside Departure
The notice states a prayer and song at the residence precede the removal of remains for burial at Gravity cemetery, with WL Dostars noted.
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Gravity
Dostars
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Bedford News
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Filus Plaen
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