Summer travels and local notices from town items
Mrs C R Graham Jr and children go to Lake Okoboji for summer. Mrs Serepta Bailey leaves for Deer Lodge Montana to visit daughter Ollie Mignery. LOOFDecoration services held at M E church. Mr and Mrs Chas Needham announce a new daughter in Washington Iowa. Miss Emma Merton and Effie Geer visit Mr and Mrs J C Bisbee from Grand Island Nebraska Geer stays for summer. Mrs W Carson visits Evans. Mr and Mrs Mat Leffering visit Vandalia. Children Day program at Christian church praised. Walter Hogan ill with liver abscess. Earl Baldwin improving. B C Ward of Des Moines does business here. Prairie City to celebrate Fourth of July. Farmers busy with hay. labor scarce. One Republican wary after long search for help says I’ll vote Democratic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Graham Jr
Lake Okoboji
Serepta Bailey
Deer Lodge
Mont
Ollie Mignery
Lo.o. F
M. E
Chas. Needham
Washington
Iowa
Emma Merton
Effie Geer
Grand Island
Neb
J.C. Bisbee
Miss Geer
W. Carson
Evans
Mat Leffering
Vandalia Friends
Walter Hogan
Earl Baldwin
B. C. Ward
Des Moines
Prairie City
Town Flees Idle Men Amid Democratic Floodage
Fragmentary quote recalls a time under a Democratic administration when idle men were plentiful in the town and contrasts it with current scarcity, suggesting a plan to seek work next fall. The remark humorously notes the speaker’s resignation and the need for activity.
Baxter News: Marriages and Local Arrivals in Newton Area
Robert Davidson and Mary Kracht wed in Newton last week. Rev. J. M. Cummings toured Glenwood and brought back his schoolgoing daughter. Alta Harsh returns from Drake University to spend vacation in Baxter. Elder Charles Chauncey becomes deputy for the Brotherhood of American Yeomen and reports a twenty six member homestead in Ira. The local homestead will be organized this week. Elder James Plumb baptizes twenty two converts at the Protestant church last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Cummings
Glenwood
Alta Harsh
Drake University
Baxter
Charles Chauncey
Brotherhood of American Yeoman
Ira
James Plumb
Protestant Church
Old Settlers Day Prizes Feature August Event
The Mirror notes Old Settlers Day arrives in August with a prize list for couples on the speakers platform. Mrs. Dr. Lear joined the Ohio picnic at Newton yesterday. Mrs. Burr Westbrook and Mrs. C E Downs visited Miss Alice Wilke last week. Dr J T Hendershot left for a Colorado trip for two weeks. Mr and Mrs Omar Burchinal begun a 30 day Colorado mountain trip with Mr and Mrs H Reitvelt of Pella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mirror
Dr. Lear
Ohio
Newton
Burr Westbrook
C. E. Downs
Wichita
Kansas
Alice Wilke
J. T. Hendershot
Colorado
Omar Burchinal
Denver
Colorado Springs
Manitou
H. Reitvelt
Pella
Lynnville Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
A large group of young people attended children's day services in Lynnville Sunday evening. Miss Yetta Terpstra and her sister Mrs. George visited last week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sherman spent Sunday in Lynnville with friends. Warren Talbot’s nieces from near Des Moines visit him. Mina Willock lately visited her sister in Peoria. Miss Mary and Miss Minta Forsyth’s Pella friends called on them. Lou Renaud and Grace Louil visited Laura Sparks. Mr. and Mrs. Alan Forsyth spent Sunday with their daughter Mrs. Lola DeWitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynnville
Yetta Terpstra
George
Frank Sherman
Warren Talbot
Des Moines
Mina Willock
Peoria
Miss Mary
Minta Forsyth
Pella
Lou Renaud
Grace Louil
Laura Sparks
Ohioans at Jasper county picnic and census report
The piece notes a large Ohioans residents gathering at the Jasper county fair grounds with about four hundred attendees. It includes a census of 182 Ohioans across 54 counties, detailing counts of children by family and ages, led by Charles Scott with thirteen children and Margaret Haney at ninety one, plus plans for a future picnic on the third Wednesday of June 1901 at the same site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper County
Fair Grounds
J. C. Porter
M. P. Church
Colfax
Geo. T. Anderson
John W. Murphy
Highland County
Licking County
Knox
Charles Scott
Hannah Lowery
Samuel Reasoner
Fred. A. Eaton
Margaret Haney
Jonathan Lister
Daniel Sanders
Martha J. McElroy
Willis McCollums
Arnold
Wittemberg
Engie
I. B. Carns
Newton
Ourxal
Deafness Cure Gift Promises Free Ear Drums
A wealthy woman cured of deafness by Dr Nichol son s Artificial Ear Drums donated 10000 dollars to The Nicholson Institute at 780 Eighth Avenue New York to fund free Ear Drums for deaf people who cannot afford them.
Library list of books funded by Mothers Union donations
The library thanks the Mothers Union and contributors for funds used to purchase many titles for young readers. The list includes works by Woolson, Wiggin, Coolidge, Jackson, and more, with numerous children's, adventure, and classic novels noted. Also mentions local sales, Weltmer healing practitioners, and upcoming travel to Kansas City for the 1900 Democratic Convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mothers’ Union
Old New York
Amanda M. Douglass
Hanna Ann
Joe Bently
H. H. Clark
Helen Hunt Jackson
Chas
Egbert Craddock
Baron Munchausen
Rudolph Raspe
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Timothy
Captain January
Laura E. Richards
Melody
Queen Hildegarde
Hildegarde
Russell Doubleday
Ian O. Beard
Lily F. Wes
Griswold’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin at Newton June 30
Griswold's Uncle Tom's Cabin Co will present a popular drama in a large watertight pavilion with raised seating and modern stage improvements. The Cairo Bulletin praises the company noting a large audience and excellent actors. The event occurs Saturday, June 30, at Newton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griswold
Uncle Tom's Cabin Co
Cairo Bulletin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Co
Farm News and Local Transfers in Monroe County
A cow on the Chris Cramer place bore triplets this week. Link Tice sold his 72 acre farm to a Hollander from Pella at 75 an acre. John Morrison of Colfax suffered a stroke last Wednesday. Mr and Mrs James McDonald and H Morrison visited him, reporting him somewhat better.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Cramer
Link Tice
Pella
John Morrison
Colfax
James McDonald
H. Morrison
Dissolution of McCullough & Simpson firm in Newton Iowa
Notice states the firm McCullough & Simpson dissolves with Simpson retiring and interest transferred to L J Miller. Dated June 20 1900. Filed for publication June 21 1900. Signatures T L Simpson and L J Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCullough & Simpson
Newton
Iowa
Simpson
L. J. Miller
T. L. Simpson
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Normandy Valenciennes
Valenciennes
Maslin
Cresco
Miller & Westbrook
Cash Dry Goods Store
THE
Prairie City Press
Carrie White
Robert Davidson
Mary Kracht
Alan Forsyth
Lola DeWitt
Geo. Myers
Hixeon Grove
Ray Fugard
Bertha Hammer
Etta Mae Edwards
John Trevits
Grace Scull
Sully
Geo. Newell
Ed. Hixson
Buena Vista
Clarissa Zink
Extra
Uriah Davis
Steve Guessford
Ig Dist
Amzi Hixson
Hixson Grove Church
H. J. Wheeler
Murphy
Otie
Davis
Selhoeft
Katy
Susan Coolidge
Olive Thorne Miller
Sylvia
Flowerland
Linda Gardiner
Elsie
Martha Finley
Japan
Andie Laurie
Colonel
Annie Fellows- Johnston
Berthe M. Neher
T. B. Aldrich
Mulock Craik
Andes
Hezekiah Butterworth
Wm. Drysdale
New England
Lucy Larcom
Concord
Margaret Sidney
Lucy C. Lillie
Paul Cobden
Book Fund
Anne
Constance Fennimore Woolson
Blanche Willis Howard
Elizabeth Godfrey
Jennie Pullard Waterbing
Ellen Olney Kirk
John Oliver Hobbes
People
Ellen Glas
Gow
David Corson
Frederic Goss
Crawford
Gaskell
Eugene Field
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Arthur Moss
P. N. Moss
Fred Millard
Mershon’s
Weltmer Institute
Messrs. H. McMurray
J. F. Willson
Kansas City
Chicago Great Western Ry
Chicago
F.H. Lord
G. P
T. A. N. Adama
Jasper & Sona
Uncle Tom
Monroe
Stephen A. Douglas Will
Hough
Seal of
Hough’s
Case Eclipse
Moline
Famous
Case New Departure
DEERE
United States
Knights Tempar
50Th Iowa
I.N.G
Newton Hose Companies
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