Prairie City Notes Showers Deluge Farmers and Social News
Copious showers brighten farm life in Prairie City with reports of local visits to Des Moines Indianola and Omaha. The community gathers for picnics weddings and church events while residents recover from illnesses and relocate. A fortieth birthday surprise and a long list of neighbors intertwine with crop and market updates as seasonal travel and arrivals are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Joergan
St. Louis
Bert Rule
Indianola
A. Cot
Kellogg Notes Community News and Obits
Tuesday’s light rain and Kellogg School opening upcoming. Local health updates mention Bennett improving and Mrs. Antle’s illness. Church activities include Friends’ church interior reopening, Odenweller leaving the Christian church, M. E. church social, and Rev Shepherd’s departure. Alma Antle Parish dies after long illness. Various visits, teaching appointments, and social events unfold in Monroe and surrounding areas. Died Mrs Thomas Parish near Monroe. funeral held. Charley Hayes dies aged five. Local sports include a grain-building project and a ball game result. Dysentery remedy promoted by Wagley & Smead.
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M. E. Church
Wm. Breeden
Shepherd
Kellogg
Alma
Thomas
Martha Antle
Gill
Baptist Church
Monroe
Thomas Parish
Cora McComas
Marion County
Towa
J. M. Tool
Rain helps corn and pastures in Hickory Grove area
Local notes report rain improving corn and pasture yields. Hiram Clay builds a triple length double corn crib for fall storage. Visitors include Airs Burroughs of Grinnell with son J L Burroughs near Newburg. J W Craig visits Mrs Pauls home. Republicans plan a causus at Center schoolhouse Saturday 7 pm to elect five delegates. Newton brothers buy a new Advance separator from Bergman McKinley of Newton. Willie and John Balmer from Kellogg toured the area by bicycle. Dick Williams of Indiana visits Emery Brown, seeks to stay if things suit. Melville Lantz of Davis County visits uncle E Sheppy. William Rowe returns from Kansas and praises the corn crop and home. Married men play ball with young folks at Newburg.
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Burroughs
Grinnell
J. L. Burroughs
Newburg
J.W. Craig
Pauls
Center School House
Newton Brothers
Bergman & McKinley
Newton
Willie
John Balmer
Kellogg
Dick Williams
Indiana
Emery Brown
Melville Lantz
Davis County
E. She
Great Rock Island Route Daily Vestibuled Trains
The Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Ry operates vestibuled trains from Chicago to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo with daily departures at 6 00 p m via Kansas City and 10 00 p m via Omaha arriving next morning. It runs a Through Sleeper from Kansas City to Mexico City via Topeka McFarland Wichita Fort Worth and Austin to San Antonio. Connections exist at Fort Worth to El Paso and City of Mexico via Texas Pacific and Mexican Central. A souvenir titled Summer Vacations is available by mail.
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry
Chicago
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Kansas City
Omaha
Mountain Clites
Mexico City
The
Rock Inland
Topeka
McFarland
Wichita
Fort Worth
Austin
San Antonio
International R. R. Laredo
Mexican National
City of Mexico
Southern Pacific
Mexican International
Spofford
Fagle Pass
Texas Pacific
el Paso
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Dolly Newell
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Watson
Ann
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D.c.ford
Mra
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May McKinne Sparks
Miss * Patten
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Adair
Snower
B. F. Wilkinson
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Sandy
Isaac Bruner
Lou Blattner
Oskaloosa
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A. T. Dowden
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J. W. Owen
Eddie
L. D. Warner
Joe Shepard
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G. M. Woods
Colfax
Mitchellville
Stella School
John French
Miss Alta Brous
A. E. Brous
Barbara Veenstro
Edgar Draper
Cora Hanes
M. Feather
Anson Hanes
Pearl Worthington
Rolan Iting
Harp
Henry Blattner
Ethel Mviile
Oskaloos
Exon Moni
Reasnor
Heasnor
W. F. Hughes
St. Mathew
Frank McReynold
Shepherd's Grove
P Good
James Wilson
Wilson Station
Amelia Shriner
George Shriner
Albert Lufkin
Oliver
Leonard France
Archie Livingston
J.B. Livingston
Fairmount
Myrtle Drew
E. Bean & Co
Hinshaw
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Pearson
Oscar McBride
Otley
Kellogg School
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Laura Antle
Friends
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Christian Church
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William Spears
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Miss Power
Hendershot
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Tom French
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Robert
Elmore
Minnesota
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Maxwell
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Lulu Kellogg
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Wallisea
George Hearsey
Martinsburg
Charles Schenete
Cedarville
Oho
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Lillian Shaw
Adam Hoxel
Katie Williams
H. H. Monlux
Monlux
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Dave
Ros Roy
Metz
Otto
Roy Callison
Eldon Carrier
Rev. Fisher
Huffman
Ella Wakefield
Smith
Anna Hickman
John Compton
Charley
Harrison Hayes
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the Grove
Ones
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Railre
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J. H. Woods
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Wagley & Smead
Hickory Grove
Hiram Clay
Great Rock Island
Papen
Gaian
Circus3
W. F. Kirkhart
Arc R. R. Circus
Circus In
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Continental Clothing Co
Maytag & Emerson
Trotter’s Livery
Feed and Sale Stable
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