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Newspaper
Ireton Weekly Ledger
Location
Ireton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1906
Page
8
Town residents and visitors appear in a busy round of social notes. Mrs BE Black visits Hawarden. Miss Winnie Phelps visits Bellevue sister. E Waite heads to South Dakota to file a claim. Mr Brankhorst advertises a public sale. Barn and mill updates and carnival plans conclude the week.
The Sioux City Daily Tribune and the Ledger offer a one year $325 subscription deal. Local items include Frank Taylor visiting relatives in Dakota, Andrew Jeasen taking a vacation to Paullina, and paint work at the German Lutheran parsonage. Funeral attendance for the Fosburgs, Rex visiting Brancroft, and Morris family traveling from Barney for grandson’s death. A marriage of Evaratt Rogers and Lacey Hansell set for October 11 in Athena Oregon. Treton ball team lost to Struble 3–1 after late innings. The paper appeals to overdue subscribers while noting most readers are paid up or in advance, urging others to settle.
Weekly note list reports visits by Rev H F Wallace and Dr J B Ballachey party to Sioux City, plus others at the county seat. Mentions a carpet sweeper ad, local business cleanups, and harvest activity with corn size yields and frost impacts on crops.
Gro Peebles of Emmett Nebraska visited relatives this week. Many locals traveled to nearby towns including Sioux City and Hawarden for visits. The Clifton Comedy Company played at Viotho's opera house nightly this week. The Ledger notes marriages, deaths, and social events with plans for upcoming concerts and church fundraisers. Six Treton excursion tickets to Ames were sold, and a charity pumpkin pie social raised funds for church renovations.
The project will cost about S159 with P H Berguson as contractor. A infant, Torris Morris, died last Monday from intestinal illness after months of illness. Born Jan 23 1906, he was eight months and ten days old. Funeral from AL church yesterday with Rev H F Walace at Pleasant Hill. Parents express deep sorrow.
Local notices announce First Presbyterian First Presbyterian church services next Sabbath with sermons on Spiritual Lonsonlmeness and The Best Reason for Rejoicing. Methodist Episcopal church schedules usual hours with Pastor Taylor preaching both services and a full week of gatherings. United Presbyterian to hold preparatory services Friday and communion on Sabbath.
Rev. Br. E. Leckay of Revi Valley will preach Friday evening and Saturday afternoon as part of weekend services, with events scheduled at 30 T and 2335 m. Rev. Leckay’s visit is highlighted in local notices.
Fragmentary note requests the address of Francisco Hilton and mentions Ireton years ago. It hints at relocation possibilities for his widow and cites Harvey Spalding & Sons of Washington D C. The text references gold lavishness, building castles, and a Rocky Mountain Tea company with E A Waite & Co. noted.
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