Prairie City notices and life events reported
Births deaths marriages and local happenings in Prairie City and nearby towns. A baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Lewis Reither at Truro is noted, Emma Phearmon remembered as a Prairie City girl. Mrs Carrie Payton Crew dies. husband and two children left behind. Union Hall banquet of Woodmen with a joking lost pig placard and festive scene. Marriage of Hugh Sullivan and Clara Smith in Des Moines. Mrs Kramer visits Pella with nieces. John Sullivan’s former tenant G Ingrahan plans to move. house fire destroys belongings on Fairmount road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Reither
Truro
Reither
Emma Phearmon
Prairie City
John French
Stuart
Carrie Payton Crew
Crew
Payton
Frank L. Woodard
Citronelle
Alabama
Union Hall
M. Feathers
Dave Brown
B. W. Brown
Pig
Brown
Feathers
Highland Park
Des Moines
Hugh Sulli
Van
Clara Smith
Fairmount
H. V. Adams
Dr. Kramer
Pella
Vandermeulem
G. Ingrahan
John Sullivan
Fairmount Road
Pleasantville
J. R McCaulley
Frank
Mitchellville
Arge Vieth
Near Kellogg
Missouri
Woman's Guild
M. E Church
Mike
Melisa Burnham
Sadie Philes
Winterset
Wm. Law
Maron City
Ira Westpha
Skunkeriver
Monroe
J. H. Lemen
Colfax
Seurat of 1625 A Skeleton Man Draws Thousands
Report recounts Claude Am protee Seurat born 1797 who appeared in 1625 weighing about 45 pounds with chest 19 inches. Astley Cooper, famed physician, notes his emaciated frame, parchment skin, and keen intelligence. Seurat died 1649 at age 52 after mysteriously wasting away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seurat
Lee
Claude Amprotee Seurat
Rat
Astley Cooper
Modern dentistry progress and a cow composition anecdote
A dentist explains the booming dental market with about 20 000 900 artificial teeth sold annually in the United States and the growing use of sterilizers and porcelain fillings. The piece notes dentistry advancing toward easier visits by midcentury and more natural teeth, followed by a pupil’s humorous cow composition about cows’ features and milking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Local notices mix of visits, weddings and poor health
Madame DeVere the palmist stays in the city till Saturday. Dozens of small items note visits by Barnard Riley and wife, Mrs. Melisa Burnham, Miss Ida Stines, and others. wedding events, illness of Elizabeth Gardner, and a moving tale of a grand desk and framed gift presented to a local employee by Mr. Parsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madame DeVere
Barnard Riley
Fort Dodge
Ida Stines
Monroe
Ed. Hart
Phebie Ludwick
Kellogg
Balme
Kellogg School
Newton |N
P. Farmer
Searsboro
A.J. Dickson
East South Street
J. H. Criswell
Des Moines
Birdie Goodhue
Wm. H. Giles
Metz
Stuart
Jola
Geo. J. Williams
Wm. Webber
Richland Township
Jos Burnham
Lynnville
Abraham Burnham
John Harvey
Perry
Talbots
Mungers
Forkers
Henry Broderson
Elia Talbot
Ira Naylor
Marshalltown
Maxwell
Ed Keipp
Colfax
Colorado
Keipp
Dollie Agnew
Elizabeth Gardner
Dr. Hammer
Grandma Gardner
Frank Hammer
Levi
George Richardson
Batchelor Brothers
Newton
George
Newton City Republican Caucuses Set for March 16 1900
Notice states that Newton Republicans will meet in caucus at the Court House with ward caucuses in the Auditor’s, Treasurer’s and Court Room offices to nominate a Councilman from each ward and then a city caucus to nominate a Clerk of the Assessor vacancy at 8 o clock p m on March 16 1900. S Erxor 1st Ward E L Earley 2nd Ward Henry Sincup 3rd Ward Committeemen
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Court House
S. Erxor
E. L. Earley
Henry Sincup
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement and Farmers Institute Meeting
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward and testimonials from Toledo wholesalers. The text also notes a Farmers Institute meeting in the county courthouse on Thursday, March 15 at 1 o'clock to organize and connect local farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sowson
Hall
F. J. Cheney &Co
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Birth and Death of Mary Ann Sayes in Iowa History
Mary Ann Sayes born June 16 1826 near Baltimore died March 1 1900 near Kilduff Iowa. Married Pierson Bell at 23 in Perry County Ohio. They lived in Licking Mercer and Jasper counties before settling in Jasper. Husband died March 30 1880 in Taylor County Iowa. Survived by four children two sons John and Ambrose and two daughters Ellen Davis Everly Indiana and Elizabeth Eicher Ainsworth Nebraska. Member of Kellogg Christian church nearly all life. Funeral at Mt Zion M E church Newton circuit conducted by Rev A S Loveaul with interment in Mt Zion cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann Sayes
Kilduff
Iowa
Baltimore
Perry Co
Ohio
Pierson Bell
Licking Co
Mercer Co
Jasper County
Taylor County
Ellen Davis
Everly
Elizabeth Eicher
Ainsworth
Neb
John
Reasnor
Ambros
Killduff
Christian Church
Kellogg
Mt. Zion M. FE
A. 8. Loveaul
Newton Circuit
Mt. Zion Cemetery
Testimonial of Mutual Regard at Parsons Rich & Co
At the Parsons Rich & Co office last Sunday a testimonial praised the bonds of friendship between Mr Parsons and Hawkeye Feeder Co workers. The Hawkeye employer had previously gifted an office desk and chair shown at the Big Store, with Parsons awaiting final gifts from Chicago. A letter read by Ed Eustice conveyed warm regard and appreciation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
United States
Parsons
Parsons, Rich & Co
Hawkeye Feeder Co
Chicago
Ed. Eustice
Fine Wall Paper Offered At Low Prices By Wagley Smead
Wagley and Smead advertise one of the finest wallpaper stocks in the state with very low prices on all grades. Numerous new town houses were papered by the firm this year including J. P. Newell D. R. Tripp J. C. and Frank Thompson J. M. Woodrow downstairs J. M. Rayburn and Frank Winn. Heavy wrapping paper for sale at the RECORD office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagley & Smead
J. P. Newell
D. R. Tripp
J. C
Frank Thompson
J. M. Woodrow
J. M. Rayburn
Frank Winn
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Prairie City Press
Carrie White
Square
Ayer
Tyre Fe
Ectaae
Bern
Billy
Saunders
John Me
Watts Callison
Rushville
Charlie Woodard
Henry Walker
Walter Vinal
Miss Fite
Ladies’ Home Journal
Saturday Evening Post
Journal
M. Fisk
H. Shaw
St. Hilaire
Minn
Douglas Martin
Alice Wintersteen
Sanborn
Tillie Gilson
N. 8. Shaler
Harvard
Appletons
Popular Science Monthly
South
Shaler
E. W. Hornung
Jom
Farmers Institutes
Farmers’ County
Treasuer
Ity Caucuses
Caturday
Perkins
North Side Square
Farmere ii Vasper Counsy
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