Local notes from Granville and New Sharon
Saturday and Sunday at home for George Lunt and updates on health. Obituaries include the death of Francis Alice Ryan at nineteen months on February 20 1897 and funeral at 11 a m at home. Granville meetings progress with remains of Lewis Garner brought from New Sharon for burial in Granville cemetery. Uncle Warren Lathrop is very low as family news and business changes unfold in the Granville area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lunt
Charles Phelps
Jim Vanclere
Essie Needham
Maggie Longaker
Hattie Lunt
Willie Lunt
Oliver Phelps
Aaron Ant
New Sharon
Kellogg area social notes and local elections update
Kellogg listed residents visiting relatives and traveling to nearby cities Des Moines Grinnell Pella and Baxter. People including P C Carter Chris Oleson Miss Ella Reimer and Miss Florence Adkins appear with various visits and work plans. Protracted meetings at the M F E church are announced and town officers were elected with D K Mobberly mayor and other officials named.
Local notes from Reasnor area March 7 church service and community movements
Mrs Franso France and her daughters visited in Reasnor with her mother Mrs Little who has been failing. Rev Phillip Schmidt will lead services at Union church on March 7 at 11 am and 7:30 pm. W C Wilson & Co shipped a carload of potatoes to Council Bluffs at 8 to 10 cents per bushel. Several residents travel to the county seat. Local tradesmen and residents relocate or begin businesses including a harness shop and wagon repair work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franso France
Denver
Colo
R. T. Little
Mother Little
Phillip Schmidt
Union Church
W. C. Wilson & Co
Council Bluffs
Rev. O. McBride
Charles Ross and Son
Reasner
Charles Malmberg
Newton
Charles Sipe
Buena Vista Neighbors Move And Local News Roundup
Murphy Harry Springer moved to the John Palmer farm last Saturday and a car load of horses was shipped over the Central. Uncle John Russell and daughter Janie moved to Newton last Monday to reside permanently. John Wheatcraft and family of Greencastle visited Buena Vista friends. Frank Adams rents part of the Swaney farm. Mrs Frank E Fugard in ill health near Columbus, Nebraska. Will Foster, once a local worker, is reported dead in Louisiana. The assessor is making annual calls. Mrs John Starrett and babies visit at Mrs Starrett’s parents. There was a silver meeting at Murphy hall and chapel protracted meetings closed. Maggie Starrett Bird visits Kellogg township. Grace and Olivia Russell visited Mrs Will Ammons. Nellie Reynolds and Lola Murphy finish district Nos. Land 5 schools. Nettie and Jo Davis entertained company. Nathan Hammer recovering after accident. John Cook rents Jesse Dooley farm. Uncle Evan Adamson’s family improving. Neighbors helped cut wood for Mr Wilson who improved. Elmer Hammer to farm Jesse Dooley’s place next season. Mrs Dr Hammer and son visiting Murphy area. School elections hotly contested. Adamson Grove school closes tonight with entertainment. Nellie Russell and Nora Van Scoy visit No. 4 school. A Buena Vista girl reportedly joined the matrimonial army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Springer
John Palmer
Central
John Russell
Janie
Newton
Buena Vista
John Wheatcraft
Greencastle
Frank Adams
A. F P. Swaney
Frank E. Fugard
Columbus
Nebr
Will Foster
Kellogg
Louisiana
Murphy Hall
Maggie Starrett Bird
D Starrett
Kellogg Township
Grace
Olivia Russell
Will Ammons
Nellie Reynolds
Lola Murphy
Nettie
Jo Davis
Nathan Hammer
John Cook
Jesse Dooley
Evan Adamson
Wilson
Elmer Hammer
Dr. Hammer
Murphy
Patton farm adds Ira Vermilyea and local moves
Ira Vermilyea of Woodbury Iowa arrived Saturday and will join the Patton farm. Several local youths attended a Metz literary event. Carrie Kelley closed a term at Centennial school. Henry Halliwill bought the Gates eighty for $1800. Netta Blatchcock of Colfax visited Mrs. Geo Rees. George Kennedy of Newton and Ella Kilgore wed at Colfax last week. Harry Paschal hosted a party Friday night. Wm. Trimble moved to the Miller farm near Metz. Mr and Mrs Trimble leave amid friends. Harry Paschal moves to the Trimble vacated farm, Malcoms take Paschal’s former farm. Alvin Macy and Alice spent Friday with Mr. Trimble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Kelley
Henry Halliwill
Netta Blatchcock
Colfax
Geo. Rees
George Kennedy
Newton
Ella Kilgore
Harry Paschal
Wm. Trimble
Miller
Metz
Mrs. Trimble
Union Service Set at Wild Cat Grove Next Sunday
A union communion will be held in Wild Cat Grove at the U S church next Sunday morning, preceded by a united S S session. Hon Geo Van Houten delivered a successful lecture titled The Land of the Pibie, describing Goshen and lands of Palestine to an attentive audience. Grace M E church pulpit was filled by Mr Van Houten Sunday afternoon. Mt Zion church near town hosts Newton M E meeting. Pleasant View hosts the Norea meeting March 20-21 with services starting Saturday at 2 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wild Cat Grove
U. S
United S. S
Geo. van Houten
Goshen
Egypt
Palestine
Grace M. FE
van Houten
Mt. Zion Church
Town
Norea
Newton M. E. Church
Pleasant View
Bank sale set for March seventh and events noted
The W F M S bank offering is scheduled for March seventh with a program being prepared. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Hugh Adams on February twenty seventh. The teachers association meets again at Center School House in March. Only a few attended two weeks ago and part of the program was completed. The Rushville school will close next Tuesday. Eugene Williams of NCC visited home and his brother Marion, seeing his nephew, making him an uncle. Young people sang at Schuyler Morris’ Friday evening. Farmers, top prices for your produce offered by Kincebach and Gant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Adams
Teachers Association
Center School House
Eugene Williams
Marion
Eugene
Schuyler Morris
Cyril Wardinge
West End
Fortune
London
van Dyke
Nicotina
Ste
Tlardinge
Annie
Miss Raleigh
Mardinge
Hardinge
Providence
Char
Oxford
Milfield
Fred Gower
Annie Raleigh
India
Calcutta
Fred
Raleigh
Tom
Wardiage
Tinton
Wardinge
Rather Gower
Grinnell College Lectures and Local Events
Grinnell College professor John B. DeMotte will lect ure in the YMCA course on Saturday with the talk titled Python Eggs and the American Boy. Pres. Gates spoke in Colorado Springs while Salisbury Orchestra gave a Chicago concert. The Chrestomathian and Ellis societies plan a joint meeting March 13. The Sophomore class elected its Junior Annual Board. The Glee Club and Orchestra performed in Brooklyn and may visit Northfield Faribault St Paul and Minneapolis, though extensive trips are planned already.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. DeMotte
Grinnell
Gates
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Salisbury Orchestra
Chicago
Congregational Church
Glee Club
Brooklyn
Northfield
Faribault
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Rheumatism Cured After Eleven Days at Home
Mr. Frank Dolson of Sault Ste. Marie Michigan was confined eleven days and spent $25 on doctors without relief. He claims one bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm costing 25 cents cured him and he has had no rheumatism since. For sale by Wagley & Smead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Dolson
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Wagley & Smead
Best Bread Pillsaypy Flour at Hough's Debuts
A local feature promotes Best Bread Pillsaypy's flour available exclusively at Hough's. The notice highlights quality, availability, and shop location, urging readers to visit for the limited offering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pillsaypy
Hough’s
When My Youth Was In Its Prime in Chicago Advance
The poem by Louise W. German laments vanished youth and the passage of time. It recalls Edenic days of joy and a soul longing for a distant Letter Land where longings end, set in a Chicago Advance publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise W. German
Chicago
Vicar's Daughter Reveals a Fate Driven Reunion
Wardinge, a struggling young playwright in London, receives an anonymous interview request from Annie Raleigh, now a weary writer. In a dramatic confrontation, Annie reveals she is Fred Gower's former fiancée, believed dead. The revelation reunites the lovers as fate unites them again, promising a shared future.
California Prunes Boost Swiss Market and French Packing
United States Consul in Zurich reports success of California prunes in France last season and notes French receivers plan to pack 2l fruit in cases with French marks to sell to retailers as French fruit, expanding exposure in Switzerland and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Switzerland
United States
Germain
Zurich
France
California
Cistern Barrel Volumes by Depth
A cistern five feet in diameter holds 4.66 barrels per foot of depth. Six feet yields 6.61, seven feet 9.13, eight feet 11.93, nine feet 15.10, and ten feet 18.65 barrels.
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Taintor
Francis Alice
Gerard Ryan
A. W. McClain
Peoria
John Alexander
Jim Evans
William Wassom
Leonidas McCauley
Potter
Oskaloosa
Arnold Wehrle
Arnold Wehrie
Lillie Byron
Fremont
Phineas Woolard
Andrew Garner
South Dakota
Peter Newport
Moses Lunt
Jessie Snider
van Buren
Jefferson
Granville
Lewis Garner
Garner
Critchlow
Warren Lathrop
Grant Carner
Shaw
J.B. Wehrle
Missouri
Henry Rhine
A. W. MacBlain
Alonzo Taylor
P. C. Carter
Des Moines
Chris Oleson
Mr. Quaintance
Lynnville
John Ratcliff
Ella Reimer
George Fish
Anita
Laura Quaintance
Rev. Bennett
Prairie City
The
Christian Church
James McIntire
Florence Adkins
Sopha de Bie
Pella
Olday
Chas. Powers
A. L. Eubank
Baxter
M. FE
Westfall
Dove
Balmer
John Balmer
Mary Morgan
D. K. Mobberly
Jas. Pickens
Lewis Blosser
J. B. Burton
Wim. Pringle
Ef. M. Ives
Harrison Prindel and Son
Morgan Woody
Reasnor
Sarah Vanness
Mr. Oliver
Monroe
Walter Moore
J. W. Edwards
James Roush
Stephen Emery
Here
John Starrett
Nellie Russell
Nora van Scoy
Mound Prairie
Ira Vermilyea
Woodbury
Patton
Mr. Trimble
Mr. Malcoms
Mr. Paschal
Alvin Macy
Sister Alice
Palo Alto
Rushville
Kincebach & Gant
Grinnell College
Chrestomathian and
Ellis Societies
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