Local notes from Prosper and surrounding towns
Prosper and nearby communities report social visits and events. A. Carlson markets barley. A U W installation in Mitchell. numerous socials at Win Kruse’s and Hope Chapel. elocution recital at Tyler schoolhouse. farewell party for Mr. and Mrs. Bartle moving to Salem. graphophone entertainment at Hope Chapel. Miss Kathryne Eggleston monologue. Miss Lou Mabbott visits Blue Earth City. Baker notes include dances social and travel to Mitchell. various residents ill or engaged in farm and travel activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Carlson
Bennie Lewis
John Erlon
Byron Jones
Ms. C. Oathout
Mitchell
Win Kruse’s
Uests
H. C. Tapp
Hope Chapel
Mee
Charley Krom
Riverside
Frank McFarland
August Carlson
Frank Scheick
Huhan
S. C. Cathout
Burg
Tyler School
Miss Eggleston
Lou Mabbott
Blue Earth City
Minn
Edward Holly
Dedication date set for church event in Loomis
Loomis notes misinformed date corrected to January 1 for the church dedication. Mr. and Mrs. Clark of Winterset visit the Taylors. Ora Mewhirter is ill this week. Arthur Shaw and family hosted a reception for their son and bride with many gifts. A party at Mewhirter’s featured supper partner matching by neckties. Eva Belle Waugh to host a literary and social at Gilfillan Schoolhouse January 27, 1904 with H. OC. Tapp gramophone to entertain. Proceeds fund a school organ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. OC. Tapp
Mitchell
Mt Vernon Social Notes Nods To Local Moves
Mt Vernon updates include John Enebo’s town visit J M Pease returning from Chicago Dr T B Smiley traveling to Plan kinton and back land dealer Mr Higgins from DeWitt visiting over Sunday Miss Eggleston recital with Mrs Coursey from Mitchell Henry Schirmer's weekend with Sigmund in Mitchell M C Betts off to Sioux Falls for the Retail Merchants Convention Will Saul a Thursday visitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
John Enebo
J. M. Pease
Chicago
T.B. Smiley
Plankinton
Mr. Higgins
DeWitt
Town
W. Coursey
Mitchell
Miss Eggleston
Henry Schirmer
Sigmund Schirmer
M. C. Betts
Sioux Falls
Retail Merchants
Will Saul
Farwell Community Updates and Local Debates
Geo. Conrad resumes health trip to Illinois after pneumonia recovery. Albert Hesler joined Artesian Odd Fellows. Miss Lillie Crouch hosted a flinch and panic game. Farwell school hosts a debating society with officers led by S. D. Carson. Epworth League officers chosen led by A. Williamson. Ladies Aid oyster supper nets about 20 dollars. Next debate: Japan justified in demands on Russia with teams led by A Williamson and E Washburn. A paper by Jas. Kenton to be read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farwell
Geo. Conrad
Mitchell
Illinois
Albert Hesler
Odd Fellows
Artesian
Lillie Crouch
Farwell School
S. D. Carson
Marnest Washburn
Jas. Conrad
Evelyn Kenton
Lou Olson
Ernest Washburn
Jas. Kenton
Will Rowley
S. JD. Carson
Frank Willimson
A. Willimason
Epworth League
A. Williamson
E. Washburn
J. Conrad
Lulu Washburn
May Williamson
Kaye Gilbert
Ladies Aid Society
Japan
Russia
A. RB. Crouch
Warl Rowley
West Perry Cap Supper Aids Reverend Holgate
Miss Belle Waurich plans another box supper next Monday January 25 hosted by the Ladies Aid at Mr. and Mrs. Wm Clark. Proceeds go to Reverend Holgate’s salary. Also note visitors Mrs Simm arrived from a Buffalo trip and Mrs KK Jackson of Sioux City visits Mrs BF L Barton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Perry
Belle Waurich
Ladies’ Aid Society
Wm. Clark
Holgate
Simm
Buffalo
Lyman
Hand
Beadle
Kk. L. Jackson
Sioux City
BF. L. Barton
Olin B. Camp Reports Good Visit in East States
East Aurora notes Olin B. Camp returning from an extended eastern trip with many friends saying he enjoyed himself as usual. W. E. Walker plans to move from the Howe farm in Hopper to the Will Erwin farm in Dudley in early spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Aurora
Olin B. Camp
Ola
Mr. Camp
W. E. Walker
Howe
Hopper
Will Erwin
Dudley
Cadmore Bros to Farm Tenants in Hopper this Spring
The Cadmore brothers will tenant the John A Chantry farm in Hopper this spring, leaving Truro. Fred Belding of Plan Kingston seeks a good farm and inquiries about the old Hadley place in west Davison county. Mrs Lou Mabbott travels to Blue Earth to be at her father's bedside as sister L A Mabbott remains home due to grip and pneumonia symptoms. Ernest and Ed Barrows return from Wisconsin with Ed’s wife and plan to locate on the old Banty turn in Pleasant Lake township. A circle hunt is planned for Jan 25 in East Aurora and west Davison counties, meeting at Lou Mabbott’s for a wild hunt around the territory. The piece also notes local quarrels over a hunt report, school house supper, and a dime social at Bethel with invitations for Jan 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cadmore Bros
John A. Chantry
Hopper
Truro
Fred Belding
Plankinton
Wade
Hadley Place
West Davison County
Lou Mabbott
Slopper
Blue Earth
Minn
L. A. Mabbott
Lou
Ernest
Ed Barrows
Wisconsin
Perry
Dudley Township
Gwen
Banty
Pleasant Lake Township
East Aurora
West Davison
Plankinton Herald
Hopper Township
Advertised Letters at Mitchell Post Office 1904 List
The weekly close January 20 1904 letters uncalled include Bailey Mr and Mrs Phil Brown Mrs Brown Miss Elenor Burnett Mr J Danaher Mr P J Johnson Mrs J Joseph Reverend Mather Kelley Mr Willie Markham I S McCann Mr C Moore Mr Frank J Mullen Mr H Nichols G Harold Parkston Miss Lydia A Tobey Miss Emma Towne Mrs Elias Van Wormer J M Walker Mr Win. Bras P M notes call advertised and if two weeks pass they go to dead letter office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Bras
P. M
Beauty seekers push Hollister's Mountain Tea ad
An advertisement proclaims Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a cure for beauty ills with a staged line about sensible women and a price of 35 cents from Scallin Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Beauty Seekers
Hollister
Scallin Bros
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Prosper
Jesse Bartle
Mrs. Bartle
Salem
Henry Riggert
Wilson
Willie Scheick
W. Kruse
Ben Lewis
Ben Schaub
Oscar Miller
Waterloo
Iowa
Jake French
Fred Bielfeldt
Wm. van Bleet
Loomis
Bethel
Hubbard
Chas
Bates Sanya
H. P. Wield
Chauncey Bates
Lady
O. Wheeler
Zrethe Church
Everody
H. D. Butterfield
South Dakota
Sharood Shoe Colm
Karl Burkart
Daily Republican
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