Local notes from Lacona area mixed with town events
Community updates list residents moving to La Rose area and others returning to Lacon. Mentions clerking at John Hutchins & Co and plans for temperance meetings by W Minner with services at Union church. Reports on a waffle supper, a new organ for the Ladies and Relief Corps, and local schooling events plus a bankruptcy sale and real estate chatter about western lands and growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Drake
la Rose Jobn
Ben Thomas
Lacon Z
Peoria
Robert
John Hutchins & Co
Sue
Rolle Kinney
Ostmaster
Slanday
O. McMurtrie
P. M
McKinney
Union Church
Sundey Moraine
Temperance Hall
John Grieves, Jr
Indies
Woman's Relief Corps
Chapman
Henry
Lacon
Wenvona
Eacon
Enoch Strawn
Marshall County
Indy
Geenst
Kan Ézans City
Indies of the Relief Corps
aKelley & Winans
Aroon
Honneberry
Kansas
Our
Tommie Eylon
Ste
Sunacuay
May Smith
Ok Dig
William Smith
Hopeswell
Rs Smitha
Laura
Ilex
Yge
Dimes ArcCormick
Kate Ettinger Wein
Ron
S“bin Fawkes
McManighe Hill
Unclear travel tale ends with regret at Red Cloud
A fragment notes a man leaving on the 8.40 train to join Ras Davis at Red Cloud Nebraska after a dispute about negligence toward employees. The piece reflects on chances missed and ends with the line It might have been.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. GA
Ras Davis
Red Cloud
Nebraska
Markapo
Local notes from Sparland and area on visits and events
Sparland residents report goods loaded onto cars for Iroquois county and journeys to Peoria Watseka and Garden City Kansas. Comrade visits, farm moves, a freight wreck near Chillicothe, meetings at M E church and a temperance convention tease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F A. Barr
Abbie Hoadley
Toulon
Thomas Jenkins
Valisca
Iowa
J Gallup
J. B. McDonald
Garden City
Kansas
Eden
Frank Baily
Chillicothe
Jane Frisbey
Gimlet
Barr's
Hopewell News and Local Notices Summary
Hopewell winter term to close this week as King earns praise with no complaints. Mr Giddings will close his school March first and reopen at the same site April first. Arthur Miller and Jordan Sawyer will soon move to Nebraska. Harvest of harness stolen from Preston’s barn. not yet recovered. A party at Wm Hall’s residence on last Monday evening, weather hindered attendance. Mr and Mrs A Simpson and Mr and Mrs H Broaddus visited Wm Feazel last Sunday. Enoch Sawyer ill with neuralgia of the brain but improving. Dexter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Bower
MFE
Taylor
Henry
Robert Doran
Jandfin
Price County
Kansas
Flamtore Sparr
William Stephenson
Waukona
Kkan
Joe Sageers
Missouri
Buckeye
Eoc Darling
Rooney
Nebraska
John Brooks
Mrs Parmely
Burnham
Great Bend
Carden City
William Berwick
Button
Chillicothe
Hopewell
King
Giddings
Arthur Miller
Jordan Sawyer
Preston
Wm Hall
A. Simpson
H Broaddus
Wm. Feazel
Enoch Sawyer
Dexter
Mineral Springs Weather and Market Notes
Weather warm and pleasant with unusual lack of frost delaying sugar camp openings. Calvin Shields shipped three carloads of cattle, Fred Tomlingen marketed 90 head that week, Joe Allen left Boyle farm and plans western move, M Caster to occupy former farm with partial belongings already moved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Shields
Fred Tomlingen
Joe Allen
Boyle
Noale
Local notices and community updates from the Heathen column
The column reports on court attendance next week, the Travis sawmill reopening, and various local moves and sales. It notes Uncle Ephraim Smith's death with funeral details, Mrs Thiel moving to Henry, J E Bettler finishing a school term, and other area real estate, farming, and travel chatter. It mentions court burdens, snow, and local speculation about moving west for wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A
M. B. Kays
Tynica
Travis
Ephraim Smith
Clay
R. N.morse
Magnolia Cemetery
Thiel
Henry
J. E. Bettler
the Union
J.G Williams
E. C. Hillabrand
Jake
Cussin
A Johnson
Ed H Wilson
Lawrence Linpart
Chicago
Ed Mathis
Valparaiso
Indiana
A J Kincaid
D H Johnson
Mollie Hatches for the Woods and Coons in Local Tale
In Whitefield residents note Mrs I Stringer is very ill with doubtful recovery. Visits from Mrs C C Barnes and Julia Coleman may travel to Indian Territory for health. J Irvin Graham visits Venona friends. Elwood Smith moves to Coleman place. A tale recalls Mollie’s axe forays chasing coons ending with none found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I Stringer
C.C Barnes
Henry
Julia Coleman
Indian Territory
Elias
J. Irvin Graham
Venona
Elwood Smith
Coleman Place
Mollie
Bovg
Amos
Gaston
Starkapple
Erwin
Local Notes on Marriages Deaths and Community Happenings
The column reports a two year old colt lost to lung fever and local marriages including Charles W Trone and Clara E Michner at the onsite parish. It notes community moves, family illnesses, and a mill running in Magnolia with Edward Philips praising his product. It mentions Bobbit family moving back to the farm and Lawrence Lippert traveling to Peoria. Uncles Ephraim Smith and Mrs Smith face poor health. A Kays promotes Sander d est Breeder's Gazette horse book. Herman Williams relocates a house. local mischief and neighborly chatter fill the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Lee
John Hailey
Rev McCreight
Charles W Trone
Clara E Michner
Bobbit
Lawrence Lippert
Peoria
Ephraim Smith
Mra Smith
A. Kays
Sander Deste Breeder
Gazette
Sanders
Harmon
Lin Feaster
W.A Smith
Clear Creek
Edward Philips
Magnolia
Putnam News Notes on People and Local Happenings
Hiram Dunell returns from Tennessee after schooling for 14 months and reports many locals lack pride and enterprise. Mrs McCoon visits Putnam, Filer distributes Practical Physician, and boys plan to visit Hennepin for courting. Word of a saloon related disturbance prompts critique of strong drink’s harms. The Wooley case seeks a conservator for Alfred None. Kate Wooley proves Wooley is sound. McEvoy and Anderson cattle case upcoming. A wedding is anticipated, and Bam Malone attends Varna marriage. Froak Wooley heads to Kansas, with E L Cook feeble and Geo Strawn planning Wheel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Dunell
Tennessee
Putnam
Mra McCoon
Sparland
Filer
Hennepin
Jobo McEvoy
Frank Wooley
Kate Wooley
Alfred
Kate
Wool
Ex editor collapses during debate and dies suddenly in town
A local ex editor collapsed at a meeting after a dramatic illness. Dr Condit treated him but the man expired before midnight. Funeral cortege to a snow bank grave followed by a large crowd. Other notes describe a timber claim dispute and a suspected theft at Bo Clark & Sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Asa Barnhart
Stacy Stephens
Stephen
Elijah Mongomery
Simon
HP Literary Society
Condit
Hoc
the Society
Local social events and upcoming church notes in Hennepin
The article describes a Friday evening MBE church supper at the residence of lL BE Skeelon with about 70 attendees. Rev Burrs framners to begin pastoral work next Sunday at the Congregational Church. Prof Meeks to lead a Heonepio school literary society event. Bands, entertainments, and a quilt sale are planned for Friday and Tuesday at the Courthouse and G R Hall. Families Chas Zenor and John Rauch exit for Nebraska and the West. Alice Swaney visits from Clear Creek. circuit court in session this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skeelon
Burrs Framners
Marchy
Chuirch
Meeks
G R Hall
Chas Zenor
Hennepin
Nebraska
John Rauzh
Alice Swaney
Clear Creek
Logan
Circuit Court
Clear Creek and Blooming story of travel and meetings
Clear Creek Morris A Wilson returns from Kansas and Nebraska while Edith Mills improves. Local meeting attendees include Tomlinson F Shackleton and others at Streator. Henry Atherton returns from Philadelphia after 85 years away. Sugar camps opened briefly then closed. Harrison Wreck of Eldorado fatally kicked by a horse and dies in 12 hours. Deceased is eldest son of L I Beck. Some youths go to court to see how the machine works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris A Wilson
Kansas
Nebraska
Edith Mills
Tomlinson
F Shackleton
Total Abstinence Union
Streator
Mary Griffith
C Swoney
H K Smith
A Mills
O Wilson
Bloomington
Friends’ Quarterly Meeting
Henry Atherton
Philadelphia
Harrison
Eldorado
Kan
L I Beck
Clear Creek
Local Notes On Farm Purchases And Visitors
Lone free Jobo Ball retired from Iowa last Saturday after a two week stay. He bought an 80 acre Audubon county farm but will stay locally this year. Louis Mutton works near Bradford, Jerry King near Milo, and Tom Purcell hauls corn from Milo after buying a few hundred bushels. He also bought a half interest in a threshing machine. West Virginia visitors arrived last Saturday seeking a local acquaintance who lost an eye years ago near Whitefield Corners. A youth near literary attempted to make a mash and may have succeeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jobo Ball
Iowa
Audubon County
Louis Mutton
Bradford
Jerry King
Milo Tom Purcell
Milo
Puntay
West Virginia
Whitefield Corners
Shube" Hulbert
Hennepin
Literary
Milo area notes on trials and arrivals in Putnam county
Richard Anderson returns from Iowa as jury selection in Bonadoic week brings news of two youths Stokes and Pretty feared drowned but found alive in Honory and returned to the fish pen. Several incidents include Tom Harris escaping injury on a steep hill and a colt injuring itself. Grant Kissick and Boone Wrist arrive from Kentucky and Missouri. Frank Anderson and others arrive for farm and literary plans. A dance at Mr Barter’s and various local moves surface as residents plan sales, arrivals, and legal matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Anderson
Iowa
Sam Longman
Bonadoic
Stokes
Pretty
Wanda
Milo Lake
Honory
Tom Harris
Funston
Swanzy
Putnam
Frank Anderson
Putonm
Hias
Vail
Cure for Piles and Related Symptoms with Bosanko Remedy
Describes piles with back weight and abdominal discomfort, often mistaken for kidney issues. Notes indigestion, flatulence, and itching from warmth. Claims Bosanko's Pile Remedy absorbs tumors, relieves itching, and cures, price 60c, sold by Drs Powell via Dr Bosanko Medicine Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosanko
Bosanko Medgine Co
Piqua, O
Insurance policy listing for J. M. Songer and agents
Special Agent for Forest City Insurance Co. Rockford offers fire and storm risk coverage for farms, live stock, schoolhouses and churches. Policies issued at full value with prompt loss payment. agents listed for Iowa Mutual Benefit and Peoria Mutual. dated December 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City Insurance Co
Rockford
Iowa Mutual Benefit Assertion
Toledo
Iowa
Peoria Mutual Bovercoat Association
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Dan. Hickey
B. Diehl
Happy Jack
G W Minier
Tangleroort
Mr. Atkins
Mra Simpson
Mra Atkins
Mrs Simpson
Mineral Springs
Unity
Peru
Deere
Walton
Deere and Union Corn
Maud S
Tait Check Rowey
Henry, III
C. Gould, Henry, I
Whitefield
Iennepin
Victor
Tanglefoot
Frank Cramer
Joe Tunter
Denver
Col
Barter
Jerry Osborn
Odell
Friendshomas Reynolds
Thomas R Caperrune
Henry Stever
Dawson Brothers
Dallas Co
R & McKay's
St Louis
Thomas Purcell
Ground Hog
Esy Sutherland
Christopher Pfieffer
J .C Daugherty
Joel Fosdick
Chenon
Griswold
Ellard
Esq Sutherland
Tess
J. M. Songer
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