Prairie City Rail Time Table and Local News
Prairie City items note train schedules for the Des Moines Valley line and local freight. A Sunday school convention draws attendees with sermons by Reverend Mitchell and A Gray, praise by S W Cole, recitations by Ella Vowell Helen Gill and Cyrus Ryan, and music by mandolin groups. W R C serves ice cream and cake. old settlers plan a September 1 reunion. numerous locals travel, move, or host gatherings around Prairie City and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revs. Mitchell
A. Gray
Prairie City
R. F. Chambers
Rev. J. J. Mitchell
S. W. Cole
Colfax
Ella Vowell
Helen Gill
Cyrus Ryan
C. P. Emory
W. H. Bryan
Emma Woodard
Prof. Beard
Osceola
W. Kk
Harry Snodgrass
Nora Trafton
Lynnville
Frank Trafton
Mrs. Vandermast
Des Moines
Bennington Ford
Local and Personal Notices About Transfers and Illnesses
Local and personal notes report advertising paid in full, a Kansas visitor returning home after news of a sister’s illness, Fred Schnathorst seeking treatment in Eldorado Springs with his son, and Charlie Morgan renting his Rock Creek farm to move near sons John and Jenarie in Iowa City for study and university. The item notes a family moving away for three years and expresses a warm welcome home upon return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Schnathorst
Rev
F. W. Schnathorst
Lincoln
Eldorado Springs
Charlie Morgan
Rock Creek
Iowa City
John
Jenarie
State University
Jasper County
Mia. Wm. Castorf
Sully
Neb
John Oberleis
Oberleis
Galesburg
Geo. H. Meier
Ila T. West
Colfax
R. Stewart
Ma Prairie Township
Meier
W. A. Tel. Co
Spring City
Two Reunions at Lynnville and Camp Fire Talk
A Lynnville recap covers the Ladies Aid Society Fair dining hall plans and local social notes. It also reports a Veterans Association meeting with officers elected, plus notes on community events, births, travels, and a whistling soloist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society of the
Christian Church of Newton
Reliable
Mary Riggs
Mahaska County
John F. Rodgers
Riggs
Henry Rodgers
Town
Lynnville
Butrum
Steve Sparks
Rev. Potter
Abe Burnham
Col. Meyer
Wm. R. Mathews
Curtis Burnham
Maud Arnold
Allen Forsythe
Sully
B. J. Charles
Whittier
Cal
J.J. Sparks
Jerry
Ed Hains
Andus Turck
M. V. Boatright
Veteran Association
W. J. Adams
Richland
Cathone Boobie
J. B.weaver
A.C. Weaver
Also Mentioned on This Page
L. A. Gates
Norterton
Prairie City Press
DES Moines Valley D'v. C. R.1
Carrie White
Square
Little & Gill
HUGEN
Pemoria
Newton
Mandolin Club
Messrs
L. H. Springer
Homer Cowman
J. H. Freeman
Mesdames Freeman Springer
J. T. Graham
Misses Blanche
Ida Ramsey
W. Hugan
Ed Ramey
Hugan
Theresa Eli
J. C. Hall
Indianola
Rugly
Fred Winchell
Texas
Neva Little
Keokuk
Osie Edwards
T. M. Sparks
W.S. Parker
Old Settlers
M. E
Stella ‘Sparks
Boyd Price
Roy Hall
Ed Daft
Miss Daft
Illinois
Jessie
Lucille Thomas
W. A. Thomas
Lara Wheeler
Scandia
Kansas
P. H
George Earley
Beulah Lain
New Sharon
Oskaloosa
Charles Waters
The
Central
Clear Lake
Shurr Westbrook
Sherman Township
Grandpa
Grandma Westbrook
Perry Allee
Perry
Rhoads
Iowa
Mary Frizzell
Jace Cooper
Nellie Sipe
Tillie Wendt
Omaha Exposition
Maude
Shankland
Monroe
Coral Bailey
Vandalia
Wm. Gardner
Ed.' Duncan
Greencastle
Grandma Gardner
Prof
van Etten
Bert Emery
Ed. Maytag
J.T. Kennedy
Bert
Jacksonville
Fla
Arnold
Rhoads ‘Wall Paper House
S. B. Drew
F. A. McMurray
Adams Express
First National Bank
County Morth and
Farmer Sts
Newtonia
P.S
F. A. McMurray & Ben
Thompson & Co
East Side
Yellow Front
Eureka
St. Louis
Westphal & Law
Fellows Block
Wonesuch
Dayton
J. W. Loyer
Wettstein & Clarkson
Opera House
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