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Newspaper
Ireton Weekly Ledger
Location
Ireton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1904
Page
5
A roundup of names and events from Ireton area life. Rev Pryor sick list. Phillips on Chicago trip. new residence for E R Parker. letters uncalled for for George Elliott. various visits, school and church news, farmers affairs, crop talks, and town improvements including sewer plans and steam power road work.
Risy Dale suffered wrist injury after a jump over a stick. Russell Crane dies of rheumatic heart disease at Spring Valley. Jay Walker travels from Sheldon to manage property, then leaves for Blair. Alberta Stewart to George Noon wedding planned for June 22 at the bride's home. Gravel proposed for a street between Third and Fourth, funding discussed by Mayor McKenna and W S Scott. Hobt Miller plans a school-end entertainment with a juvenile band. The Ledger will publish the full program next week. The junior ball team loses 9 to 1 at Hewarden. Ray Phillips and Willie Marienau are listed as battery. Ireton Juvenile Concert band to play in Rock Valley on the Fourth. locals plan to attend. Grange City Herald notes $1,800 approved for court decor. project may finish after January 1. May Wright hosts a social with Miss Wright receiving a prize. many attendees listed. Townsend promotes laundry and bread products. ice cream and band concert to come.
Rev J P Linn recounts his trip to Buffalo for the General Assembly of the Presbyterian church with notes on Evangelism Missions and the union movement with Cumberland Presbyterians. The piece includes obituary details for Lemuel Allen of Ireton born in Hull Canada and survived by eight children from two marriages.
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