Local Notes and Updates From Lacon Area in 1958
Community items from Lacon and surrounding towns report obituaries, weddings, church events, farm guidance, and local business plans. The dispatch notes funeral arrangements in Des Moines and Varnaton, farm prices and egg guidance, a hunting trespass warning, and civic announcements including a Halloween gathering and church activities. It highlights regional crop export estimates and revival-day totals in Rock Island missions.
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Misa Sida- Davia
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Lacon
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Jokus Hartman
Henry Hartman
Hartman
Wag'ai-Yveteran
Tadies
Ata
Presbyterian, Church
Bayne
Bert Billiard
Navy
Harry Hexter
Chicago
Grieves Résidente
Miinois Packing Company
Ottaqwa
Henry
Arkansas
Baterville
Sharp
Rock Island
Billy Sunday
Rock Island Union
Tabernacle
Ther Aa Metal
C. J. von Maur
Davenport
International
Warning to School Boys Causes School Board Action
Complaints to the school board about school boys breaking windows near the school yard. Offenders are being cared and if caught will be punished.
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Widow Finds Long Lost Daughter After Decades
Minnie Mitten of Buda returns from Evanston after visiting her mother, Mrs Michael Murray, and reconnects with relatives she believed lost in infancy. The meeting brings joy to both sides as Mitten’s children and grandchildren join in the reunion.
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Minnie Mitten
Buda
Evanston
Lois- Charger
U. S. Navy
Sbrs
Michael Murray
Henry
Mitten
Schools as a Collecting Agency in Public Education
The article argues against collecting money from children in schools citing harm, class discrimination, and unfair burden on families. It notes that many officials oppose such practices and highlights concerns about equity and generosity in voluntary contributions. It also includes a legal notice about the estate of George Nicholgow in Marshall County and a court appearance in January 1920.
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Wolfisti
Theunderaig Dy-Bavin
Georgé
Nicholgow
Marshall
Mllifols
Local property transfers reshape town housing stock
A flood of property changes shifts ownership on Edward Main North and West streets as buyers from Lone Tree and Whitefield acquire cottages and farms. Newly titled dwellings include the Hallforth place, Jacob’s Law property, and many rentals to residents planning to move into the city this fall.
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Edward
Wiliam Duke
William Ketchum
Hallforth Beautiful
R. W. Miller
Rankin Forbes
Lindsey Anderson
Lone Tree
H.h.jacobs
Law
G. 2. Fenwick
Conrad Schwarz
Barney Schwarz
Charles Vogelsang
William Hein- Inger
J. Bruce Wilson O Flynn
Fred Dawson
J. J. Gresser
Main Street
Farting
W. B. Cook
Etscheldt
Riddell Sisters
C. B. Smith
Thomas Bobby
F. A. Raymond
Miss Bulleyment
Edmund Street
John Ziegler
O. H. Davis
Dr. Adams
C. A. Pratt
Barber
Jamey
Farling
Theodore Clark
Whitefield Corners
North Street
Lash
Benjamin Horrocks
William Street
John Kraus
J. W. Wherry
Richard
H. W., Wombacher
J. C. Winship
Theodore No
Lewis Lenz
Louis
Adolph Klein
Western Avenue
George Lutes
Frank Potter
Helper Sisters
West- Street
George Helper
Hendrick
Sweat Second Street
Thomas Landers
John Hartley
Dublin
Anton Maliman
Charles
Denis
Miller
Newhalfen
Dhird
Weather Note From Government Reporter Haines
A fragment from a government weather reporter lists dates and temperatures. It mentions a cold spell with nine days of precipitation expected and a low near thirteen degrees on a night in November.
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Fastarday
the Mercury
Sted
Weinieek
Haines
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