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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1903
Page
4
A long local column lists debts and renewals for subscriptions, social events, visits, and upcoming programs. It notes Miss Edna Scott visiting Hastings, a Womans Club meeting, theater and lecture plans, Christmas visits, family news, and small town anecdotes about local residents and happenings.
Local notes report Mrs Tenry Aistrope ill but improving while Miss Sprague and other visitors stay with Colonel Chantry in Shenandoah. Wm Van Orsdell buys a fine Red Poll Durham bull. Judge and Mrs Biggers relocate to Norman after closing Oklahoma City interests. Obituary recalls George Loren Moore born 1852 in Michigan died in Mills County Iowa after a mental illness and self inflicted wounds. Community notices list visits, arrivals, and marriages around Malvern and surrounding towns.
Deer Creek residents Stranan and Peterson brothers face a legal matter regarding Sam Warfield. Local notes report a cold wave with 22 below zero at Strahan and 10 below Saturday morning, Christmas gatherings, and a lively Hastings social calendar with a Santa boot full of gifts.
The issue lists upcoming church events across Christian and Presbyterian congregations. It cites the annual business meeting on a Wednesday in January 1903 with department reports, a New Year sermon series, and Sunday school reminders. It notes Presbyterian pastor-elect W G Moore arriving next week and church renovations including new pews.
The town thanked Miss Wing for a fine program by her scholars Charley Criswell and D N Salyers. Ed Summers and his wife from Cedar County Nebraska visited relatives and attended church in Strahan. Ralph Goodrich of Randolph visited friends and church. A protracted meeting started Sunday evening led by Rev. Harvey. Miss Rheba Whalen, recovering from smallpox in Emerson, will be released soon. Tom Roberts, son of Till Roberts, returned from Butler County to visit Nebraska remains a strong claim about the state.
An admirer in 1902 Oregon praises a local county newspaper as one of the newest and cleanest. He notes a renewal order from W. P. Wortman and expresses long-time support, stating he has taken the paper for years and cannot do without it. Signed by the subscriber at 1606 Wiret Street, Baler City.
A Chester Mich postmaster cites a sudden attack on a young girl by a “Group,” describing unconsciousness and rapid recovery after administering One Minute Cough Cure. The man claims the remedy eases coughing and chest inflammation, aids breathing, and improves health.
A dense several-column rural ad listing from Malvern IA shows veterinarians and dentists offering services, while buyers seek wood, bull calves, Shire horses, Duroc pigs, Barred Plymouth Rocks, and other livestock. Local land and business notices include a farm for sale, barber training programs, and missing item notices.
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