From Wapello to Millersburg News From Local Correspondents
From Conesville and surrounding towns come notes of visits and travels. Mrs Lean der McKee and Mrs Mabel Crocker called at Columbus Junction. Miss Jessie Smith stayed with Miss Pearl Massenholder near Letts. Henry Grauwinkle and family visited Theo Schwab in Bard. Henry Hoben shipped cattle to Chicago. Local folks plan Columbus Junction chautauqua attendances and family visits across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conesville
Leander McKee
Mabel Crocker
Columbus Junction
Jessie Smith
Pearl Masenholder
Letts
Frank
Nettie Storms
J. A. Gunderson
Mount Auburn
Maude Hesser
Callie McKee
Nichols
Henry Grauwinkle
Bard
Theo
Schwab
Tilla
Anna Akeson
Godfrey Akeson
Pear Lone Tree
John Gunderson
H. H. English
Henry Hoben
Chicago
Cone
Fred Camp
Browning
Clarence
Harry Horton
Ed. Wolford
Catnip Ridge
Wm. Chown
Anderson Chapman
Cedar
Acquaintances Share News in Neighborhood Correspondence
In this weekly column residents exchange letters and notes about kin and neighbors, keeping relatives informed and communities connected with brief personal updates and messages.
Summers on the road and winters at the Scott County poorhouse
Travelers spent summers touring the country and peddling goods while staying at the Scott County poor house during winters. A number of campers pitched tents last week on the camp ground. Mr and Mrs W H Miller departed Monday for South Dakota to visit their son Jule and his family.
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Scott County
W. H. Miller
South Dakota
Jule
Oxford News and This Week in Johnson County
Charles Hiborn returns from Ohio with a hearty report. H A Cook visited from Williamsburg noting good corn and a potential average crop. Ray Sies elected president of Johnson County Teachers Association. Grace McCammon graduates from Johnson County Normal Institute. Fish Commission work on the Iowa river involves dynamite fishing. Rainfall last Saturday evening measured three inches, two inches since, delaying threshing. Jesse Miller of Des Moines visits. he is Polk County’s county attorney. Father Leonard returns from Muscatine to conduct John Curry’s funeral. James Hardy of Iowa City visits Oxford. Lee Jones recovers from illness.
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Oxford
Charles Hiborn
Ohio
Charles
H. A. Cook
Williamsburg
Ray Sies
Teachers’ Association of
Johnson County
Jesse Miller
Des Moines
Jess
Polk County
Leonard
Muscatine
John Curry
James Hardy
Iowa City
Lee Jones
Davis and Welk families share news and a baby
Fruitland announces weekend visits by Mr. and Mrs. I P Davis of Muscatine and Mr. and Mrs. Welk welcome a ten pound baby girl. Local folks include Miss Anna Shepherd visiting G G Shepherd, Ben Van Horn and Charles Rider families, plus threshing at D McGee and a Woodman picnic at Wilton.
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Fruitland
I. P. Davis
Muscatine
Peiton
D. McGee
White Prairie Neighbors Report Rich Harvest and Hard Times
In White Prairie Indiana on August 4 Fred Berkofer threshed the past week. Dr Fisher a veterinarian from Wilton attended horses Saturday. Farmers report plenty of work but short help and occasional hunger. A sick claim of need led a young man to seek food but fled on the road. Charles Henderson and family at Moscow aid an old blind couple after a wagon accident left the man injured and sightless from a Davenport boiler explosion years ago.
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White Prairie
Fred Berkofer
Fisher
Presert
Wilton
Charles Henderson
Moscow
Davenport
Wellman Chautauqua Guests and Local Happenings
Wellman Iowa residents plan to attend the Columbus Junction chautauqua this week including M C Struble John Lloyd R B R Craig Harry Moore Thos Reaney Wm Hamilton E F Smith and family Miss Mary Trieschman leaves for Burlington for business study Miss Teddle McConnell returns home from Burlington Mr H S Sample heads to the Pacific coast with daughter Alta to join him George Glider tours the west Eva Glider and Charles Starr wed at the bride’s parents home in Wellman two year old drowned in a bathtub Darnell orders a new automobile Mr Smith sells his practice and property to Dr Braden Dr Smith will study in Chicago before locating Amish Epworth League invited to social at John Henn’s Wellman social events noted
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Wellman
Columbus Junction
H. S. Sample
Pacific Coast
Iowa City
Alta
George Glider
West
Eva Glider
Charles Starr
Rev. Fillmar
Lexington
Cedar Rapids
J. C. Weldline
Darnell
Smith
Braden
Chicago
Dr. Smith
Godslove
Riverside
Shriener
Albia
Epworth League
John Henn
Joe Fisher
Wellman Epworth League
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Promoted as Life Saver
An advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as preventing death from minor injuries. It claims the salve heals burns, sores, ulcers and piles and can avert fatal outcomes. available for 24 cents at Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store.
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Havercamp
Weekend visits and local travel in Green Valley area
Green Valley notes list Sunday visits by Bert Hall to George Pontal and S Preston near Columbus Junction. Families Dewale Eisele Stroup and Grace Eisele attended a Keokuk Lake picnic. Muscatine visitors, blackberry picking in Illinois, and farm improvements by John Tomfield are recorded along with road work starting Monday by Hoffmeyer and Block.
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Green Valley
Bert Hall
George Pontal
S. Preston
Columbus Junction
Rene Dewale
Sereal
Joe Eisele
Joe
Clarence
Keokuk Lake
Bert Robbins
Charley Stroup
Fred
Grace Eisele
Illinois
Lottie Rummery
McGee
John Tomfield
Muscatine
Eight Mile Bridge
Fred Vanatta
Henry Hoffmeyer
Lewis Block
Freyermuths Visit and Local Happenings in Shiloh
Shiloh residents report visits from H J Freyermuth and Mrs Freyermuth to Muscatine relatives. Hiram Cromer returns from St Paul praising regional crops. F Greiner hires labor for Wyoming Hill quarry work. Maggie Switzer visits Muscatine area with Elizabeth Greiner, and Neibauer from Atalissa visits sister Mrs Lewis Freyer.
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Shiloh
H. J. Freyermuth
Jacob Freyermuth
Muscatine
Hiram Cromer
St. Paul
Minn
Th. F. Greiner
Wyoming Hill
Wm. Freyermuth
Wilton
Maggie Switzer
Elizabeth Greiner
Neibauer
Atalissa
Lewis Freyer
Muth
Boy Healed of Colic After Doctor's Failure
A Shell Lake Wisconsin father recounts his four year old son suffering colic. After morphine injections failed, a half teaspoon of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy eased pains in thirty minutes and the child slept and recovered. The family cites the remedy as available from all druggists.
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Collce
Chamberlain
F. L. Wilkins
Shell Lake
Wis
Wilkins
Shell Lake Lumber Co
Riverside News Briefs Highlight Local Accidents and People
A brick wall collapse in Riverside injures no one as John Law burger’s cellar work undermines D A Fesler’s wall delaying masons. Wedding rumors fade while visits from William Saville and Jean Ennis appear. Lightning kills a steer owned by Joe Lintz and roasting ears flood the market. Residents travel, work shifts at the railroad, and James Saville sells his residence to Bert Flynn with possession set for March. August 6 ball game with Muscatine looms. Major Huntley visits Denver.
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Riverside
John Lawburger
D. A. Fesler
Mr. Fester
William Saville
Washington
Mr. 3
James Saville
Jean Ennis
Haskins
Joe Lintz
A. W. Pettis
Lone Tree
Lucy Roggie
Davenport
George Hoffman
Mr. Stowe
O. D. Huntley
Denver
Col
Alfred Ball
Muscatine
Thall Park
Bert Flynn
Weather and community notes from Duncan and area
Warm dry spell continues with a light shower last Saturday. Threshing is under way amid hot work. A telephone meeting occurred at Duncan hall Saturday night and a Buffalo Prairie hall concert went smoothly. Essie Downey, 20, died July 29 at her mother Roxanna Downey’s home after four months of illness. She is survived by her mother two sisters and six brothers. A Reynolds to Buffalo Prairie post office route began August 1 improving farm access. Family visits noted among local residents.
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Duncan
Duncan Hall
Buffalo Prairie Hall
Armstrong Boney
Essie Downey
Roxanna Downey
Reynolds
Buffalo Prairie
F. H. Walter
George Taylor
Peryton Township
Sabbath
Archie Downey
Mus
Family notes funeral attendance for Essie’s sister
The article records that Valentine attended the funeral of their sister Essie on Friday, noting the family gathering and ceremonial details in a concise local notice.
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Entine
Essie
Social Roundup From Wrayville and Surrounding Areas
Daily notices list visits among neighbors in Wrayville Illinois City Foster Bay Island and Muscatine including Gusta Snell Minnie Krueger Bertha Wilford and Anna Zollner. Community events include Rev Zimmerman leading a German M E church meeting and John Zollner’s seventieth birthday with family from Wrayville and Nichols.
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Wrayville
Ill
Gusta Snell
Minnie Krueger
Illinois City
Ben Zollner
Foster
Kilgo and Company
Messrs
Geo. Small and
Lee Barnyard
Bay Island
Muscatine
Fred Feldman
Louisa
Enos Bopp
Martha Missel
Cora Crippen
Hopewell
South Muscatine
Chas. Munson
Joe Cox
Eliza
Bertha Wilford
Ottumwa
D. Ripley
Freddie Munson
Geo. W. Wray, Sr
Geo. Wray
Frank Reynolds
Rock Island
Miss Gillett
Messrs. Wm
Chas. Parker
Chas. Mewes
Bessie Feldman
M. Schirman
Nichols
Anna Zollner
Ren. Zollner
Feldman
Fred Krueger
C. L Flanders
Nuetzmann
Zimmerman
Burlington
M. E
John Zollner
Zoliner
Wm. Milton
Alschlager
Geo. Freyermuth
Dr Kings New Life Pills End Pain in Exhausted Patient
A newspaper blurb touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as the remedy for severe bodily distress described as liver complaint backache dizziness and constipation. The ad promises a gentle but thorough cure and notes availability at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store with a guarantee.
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Dr. King
Havercamp
Local Fraternal Society Listings for Muscatine
Society cards list posts for Muscatine organizations including American Yeomen Homestead No 536 and Muscatine Tribe No 95 I O R M with meeting nights in G A R post hall plans Masonic lodges and related orders with officers and meeting times in the town’s social pages.
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Muscatine Homestead No
Herebey Bank
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