Not Satisfied Yet Answer in Advertised Business Preface
A fragmentary local notice discusses business sentiment and dissatisfaction while listing community events. Mentions names including Sully, Killdust, Lynnville, Albert Newby, Jo Thompson family, Rev W P Robertson, and a wedding in 1901. Also notes Old Settlers and Soldiers Reunion planning and Moody & Son preparing a hardware store opening in Searsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moody & Son
Searsboro
Chicago
Rufkin
Mary Painter
Hinshaw
Friends Sabbath School
Old Settler Park Star
Baxter and others seek luck in El Reno lottery draw
Baxter P J and Henry L Meyer travel to El Reno to bid for a quarter section of virgin soil via the great lottery. The Baxters camp out awaiting the result, while others visit Newton and Vinton. Eggs drop in price and a fire destroys hay. Fosburg trial in Massachusetts draws local interest and Miles Mendenhall dies after a heat collapse on an oat stack. Funeral held at Bethel church. neighbors remember him as a good man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Cool
Henry L. Meyer
el Reno
Uncle Sam
Cushatt
Newton
S. F. Miller
Siter
Baxter
Knoxville
Timothy Hay
Pella
Transvaal
James Warren
John Graham
Mike Cragan
Fairmount
Prairie City
Graham
John
Fosburgh
Pittsfield
Mass
M. R. Mendenhall
Miles
Miles Richard Mendenhall
Hendricks County
Ind
Jasper County
Jacob
Hannah Mendenhall
Richland Township
Mendenhall
Rachael Williams
Friends Church
M.E. Church
Bethel
Bethel Church
Poage
Bethel Cemetery
Jonathan
David
Too Many Wash Goods Go On Quick Sale
A retailer announces drastic markdowns on wash goods to clear inventory. They emphasize bold price cuts, saying the reductions are nearly spectacular and intended to move stock rapidly.
Unsightly telephone poles debated by Maine Street
Town council empowered the street and alley committee to finish street work and add crossings and hitch racks around the square. B Joiner bought Brand addition lots and started a 28 by 44 dwelling. Mrs C Welle and daughter visited Henry and wife from Pella. Grain crop in shock with excellent quality and above average yield. Carl Cooper and wife arrived Los Angeles after leaving Des Moines. Squire Cooper united in marriage A K Waltz and Anna Haley Colfax. E E Dotson returned from Chicago with two carloads of cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Street
B. Joiner
C. Welle
Pella
Henry
Carl Cooper
Himsel
Los Angeles
California
Des Moines
Squire Cooper
A. EK. Walts
Colfax
Anna Haley
van Aalia
Iowa
Waltz
E. E. Dotson
Chicago
Clipper
Joint Iowa regiments plan Montezuma reunion
The 10th Iowa Infantry, 28th Iowa Infantry and 40th Iowa Infantry will hold a joint reunion at Montezuma on October 2. James Burk fell from a binder last Friday afternoon and broke his left arm. He is recovering as well as could be expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
10Th Iowa Infantry
28Th Iowa Infantry
40Th Iowa Infantry
Montezuma
James Burk
Colfax Notes On Local People And Events
Ex sheriff D R Tripp of Newton visited Colfax on business. A. W. Elsworth and wife welcomed a son born Tuesday July 23. Dr Hendershott of Monroe and family joined Colfax gathering after mineral water treatment. Roy Lyons moved a combination coach for Colfax Northern Railway in Chicago and seeks a locomotive in Minnesota. E L Pringle and Nelle Day wed. they depart to Binghampton New York on No 4 tonight. B A Young sold bakery to J W Covey of Marshalltown. Charles Maciejewski died in Grinnell last Friday of cancer aged 66. Deccard, Kellogg shoemaker, also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. R. Tripp
Newton
Duncan
A. W. Elsworth
Hendershott
Monroe
Jasper County Medical Society
Roy Lyons
Chicago
Colfax Northern Railway Company
Minnesota
E. L. Pringle
Nelle Day
W. L. Brandt
Congregational Church
Binghampton
N. Y
B.A. Young
J. W. Covey
Marshalltown
Charles Maciejewski
Grinnell
Deccard
Kellogg
Bridge Crew Builds Ravine Crossing Near Lynnville
The county bridge crew is bolting a span across the ravine south of Charley Sylvester. Stacy and Goye reported shipping two toads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Botlding
Charley Sylvester
Stacy and
Goye
Knox ville Free Methodist camp meeting and area notices
The Knox ville Free Methodist district holds an annual camp meeting on the city fair grounds from Aug 7 to Aug 11 with Rev. C. W. Carnes in charge and Rev. F. D. Brook assisting. Programs include prayer, love feast, preaching, and children's meetings. Rock Island and Iowa Central Railway promotions and local notices follow for Epworth League Assembly and other travel offers. Local ads note a cottage for sale, the Reco shipment, and county fair dates Sept 9–12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
The
Free Methodist Church
C. W. Carnes
F. D. Brook
Illinois
J. P. Dowd
J. Q. Murray
Colfax
Lews
Epworth League Assembly
Great Hook Island
Lowa
Council Blufs
Rock Island
John Sebastian
Chicago
Ill
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LER Leach Dry Goods Store
Sali
Sully
Killdust
Lynnville
Albert Newby
Oskaloosa
Jo Thompson
W. P. Robertson
Tainter
Mr. Robertson
R. T. English
Roy W. Hakill
Mason County
Michigan
Mma Maud Miller
Robert Stuart Fosburg
May
Fosburg
Robert L. Fosburg
Beatrice Fosburg
Dunreath
Red Rock
Ella Buckingham
Maud Scott
M. V. Saunders & Son
Isue
McCalls
Miller & Westbrook’s Cash Dry Goods
I U
Dre
Iwi
Ayer
S.A. Gruenenfelder
Grantfork
J.caten CO
Lowell
Mase
Monarch
Seal of
Am, Hough's Double Stores
Free Methodist Ci
Clear Lake
Northwest
Iowa Central Railway
Reco
Churchill Hotel
Henry G. Cox
Carl Riedelsberger
Richard Hagemeister
Germany
Frederick Uit
Taft
Philippines
Outlook
Yale Club of
New York
Outlook Company
Fourth Avenue
Wr Lake
Town Central Railway
Hammer
Ira Livingston
Livingston
Duer @ Nott
Duer § Nott
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