Local News from Downey and Surrounding Towns
Ezra Gates of Anthony Kansas visits Downey and West Liberty for a couple weeks. Various residents travel to West Liberty for commencement, attend graduations, and visit relatives in Muscatine and Millersburg. Others report teaching, farm shipments, and a wolf or dog incident injuring sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downey
Ezra Gates
Anthony, Kas
West Liberty
Hattie Hill
West Moreland
Kansas
Ida Thiele
M. E. Gaston
Columbus Junction
Ethel Crozer
West Liberty High School
Frances Miller
Mabel Seaton
Myrtle Holcomb
Academy
C. Myers
Loi
Millersburg
E. H. Rankin
Fred Meardon
Chicago
Grandma Crozer
Muscatine
Robi. Schenck
H. K. Gates
W. O. Brisbine
Jacob Baker
Westiberty
Clarence Hollingsworth
Millersburg Notes On Local Health Families and Repairs
In Millersburg Kansas on June 4 Mrs G B Stillmore remains seriously ill after a stroke. W Wakeland and son with Emery Epperly builders stay busy as they work for Dr Hay and plan a new house in Duncan township for Mr Bean. Elder M D Murdock and family visits, and Mr Anderson shows signs of improvement. Decoration services are held on cemetery grounds May 29 with good attendance despite threatening weather and a brief rain.
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Anderson
Myra Cady
Miss Cady
Millersburg
Aledo
S.S.S
Decoration day dampened by rain across the district
Rev Coffee of Hamlet delivered a short address, the quartet performed, and Miss Neta Noble recited Lincoln's Dream. Decoration services in Minois City and Aledo were moved indoors due to rain. Comrade Joseph L. Terry missed the event as his brother-in-law Tim Duncan lay ill in Joy. Elections occurred district wide with judges and a supreme judge on the ballot amid rain.
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Coffee
Hamlet
Neta Noble
M. D. Murdock
Minois City
Millersburg
Aledo
Court House
Joseph L. Terry
Tim Duncan
Terry
Lou Hyett
Chicago
John Hyett
Grandmother Williams
LaRue
Local Social Roundup and Visits Across Sunflower Ridge
Sunflower Ridge residents report visits from William Wunderlich and Frank Titsch. Mrs. Jacob Grimm and her son Lydd plus niece Clara Grimm returned from Perry after a week with relatives. Kretschmar and son Arthur of Pine Mills were seen nearby. Jolly club held its weekly meetings despite rain. several members were absent.
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Sunflower Ridge
William Wunderlich
Frank Titsch
Jacob Grimm
Lydd
Clara Grimm
Perry
Kretschmar
Arthur
Pine Mills
Howard Hetzler
Redwood
J. S. Hetzler
Herman Prudzene
Fred Wunderlich
Frank Bermel
Channery Bodman
Hetzler
Henry Uncle
Jolly Club
Hazel Dell Church Ready for Painters After Woodwork Finish
Hazel Dell residents report carpenters finished the Hazel Dell church interior with hard oil finish chosen for the walls. Local cattle and horses are dying from various causes this spring. The Powell family and infant son, plus Powell's mother, visited Muscatine last Thursday for shopping. A. Peterson traveled to Muscatine and earned seventeen cents per pound for wool. Frank Vanatta sold twenty hogs to Reynolds shipper, fetching 5.75 dollars each. The vicinity near Buffalo Prairie attracts promoters seeking right of way for a new railroad. Henry Seth has painted his house. Rev. Sheppard visited the area last week.
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Hazel Dell
S. M. Powell
John G. Powell
Mr. Powell
Muscatine
A. Peterson
Thomas Fisher
Henry Seth
Buffalo Prairie
E. H. Potter
Frank Vanatta
Reynolds
Rev. Sheppard
Earl Baker Finishes Term Returns Home Expecting Law Study
Nichols notes Earl Baker completed his school term and returned home on Saturday. He plans to pursue studies in law, signaling a continuation of his education after the term's end.
Remarkable Recovery After Eight Years of Female Illness
Mrs Gust Moser of Ovando Montana describes long endured weakness and two failed operations. She credits three months on Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery with full recovery. She praises the remedies and notes a free Common Sense Medical Adviser offer with stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Sense Medical Adviser
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Memorial Service Follows Rainy Parade at Opera House
A memorial service at the opera house drew a good crowd despite heavy rain. The program featured band music, a Maggie Nicola led chorus, Lincoln Gettysburg address by Wm. Schmidt, a fine recitation by Laura Nash, and Rev. Potter’s well received remarks. The president John Nicola closed the event and a cemetery burial tribute followed the stormy day.
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Clayton Coyner
Lee Nash
Henry Millice
Oklahoma
Carl
Waterloo
Roosevelt
J. W. Rummells, Jr
B. F. Swickard
Mediapolis
Wm. Schmidt
Lincoln
Laura Nash
Potter
John Nicola
Death of Miss Julia Davis Shocks Wapello
Miss Julia Davis of Main Street Wapello died after a long illness. Born June 13 1879 she was the eldest child of Mr and Mrs E P Davis and a longtime member of the Methodist then Christian church and Rebekah lodge. She leaves a mother a sister and four brothers. Funeral was held Wednesday at the Christian church with Rev D L Dunkleberber presiding. Interment in Wapello cemetery. Local notes report transfers and petitions from the June board of supervisors including county fund balances and road actions.
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Wapello
Ila
Julia Davis
Main Street
Miss Davis
E. P. Davis
Methodist Church
M. E. Church
Christian Church of
Christian Church
D. L. Dunkleberber
George Nichols
Winfield
Montana
Oregon
Washington
Rosa Welsch
Mt. Pleasant
Welsch
Columbus Junction
Dan McKay
Roosevelt Visit Fetes Webster County Students in Fort Dodge
J. H. Munroe and Son on Iowa Avenue handled routine business this afternoon. Webster county schoolchildren have been invited to greet President Roosevelt during his Fort Dodge visit next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Munroe & Son
Iowa Avenue
Webster County
Roosevelt
Fort Dodge
Bankers Gather in Sioux City for Midwest Meeting
Bankers from northwestern Iowa southwestern Minnesota southeastern Dakota and northeastern Nebraska will convene in Sioux City on June 18 and 19 for a regional banking conference.
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Bankers
Iowa
Minnesota
Southeastern
Dakota
Nebraska
Sioux City
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