Local notices and town updates from Ledger
Mrs J A Wray has recovered enough to leave her room. Frank Barrett travels to Newton to arrange engine shipping for his feed mill. A blacksmith shop building west of the Taylor block is ready for occupancy, rented to Malmberg from Reasner. Harry Gove injured wrestling a 400 pound hog, breaking bones in his left hand. Town council names Robert Willocks, Joseph Youngkin, and J W Jones as election judges, with Wm Postma and John Varenkamp as clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Wray
Frank Barrett
Newton
Taylor
Reasner
Malmberg
Lynnville News Highlights Past Week
Mabel Dryden returns home from Grinnell to hospital care for months as healing waters fail to help. Mrs. Witmer still bears a barn injury, she and child visiting Grinnell. Mayor Bump bought an x ray machine in Des Moines. C A Williams plans to move to a farm north west of town. Marriage notices: Guy Carroll and Edith Crane wed at Rev. Lincoln’s home on Feb 19. Abbie Lena Allee dies at 16. Elmer Watson and Elsie Steele marry with Rev. Black officiating.
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Mabel Dryden
Grinnell
Colfax
Des Moines
Abbie Lena Allee
W. R. Allee
Elmer Watson
Elsie Steele
Black
Ottumwa
Star
Merryman Dies in Marshalltown After Long Illness
W L Merryman, former Kellogg resident, died at his Marshalltown home Sunday morning from stomach cancer after a protracted illness. He leaves a widow and large family. Mrs A L Eubank of Kellogg is his sister. Nearby neighbors bid farewell to Mr and Mrs T J Miller in Amboy, presenting a center table as a token of esteem. Ida Morris left Wednesday for Kansas City to visit friends and relatives. B F Leach fell on a sidewalk ten days ago, suffering severe bruises and confinement at home since.
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W L. Merryman
Kellogg
Marshalltown
A. L. Eubank
Kossuth County
T. J. Miller
Amboy
Ida Morris
Kansas City
Missouri
B. F. Leach
Enterprise
Marriages and social notes from Monroe area
The Monroe Mirror reports two marriages: Chas. M. Hetherington wed Miss Nina Edith Sheeler at the M. E. parsonage with Rev. D. M. Helmick officiating, and Robert L. Swearingen weds Miss Marie Balmer at the bride’s parents home near Bellevue church. Also notes a Rathbone Sisters visit to Mrs. O B Kipp, Ed W Henry and wife leaving Los Angeles for Gilroy, Manly Gifford moving to Pocahontas, and welcomes back Mr. and Mrs. S A Thompson to Monroe.
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Chas. M. Hetherington
Nina Edith Sheeler
M. E. Parsonage
Rev
D. M. Helmick
Fred Balmer
Bellevue Church
Robert L. Swearingen
Marie Balmer
Rathbone
O. B. Kipp
Ozman and Earley Sell 80 Acre Farm for 4000
In Baxter last week Ozman and Earley sold Fred Krampe Jr.'s 80 acre farm to Peter Burkey for 4000. A telegram brought news of Mrs. Downs' death in Coon Rapids. Dr Downs and family travel to attend the funeral. A No.2 box supper raised 15.20 to be shared by the school and banner Sunday school.
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Ozman & Earley
Fred Krampe, Jr
Peter Burkey
Downs
Coon Rapids
H. Downs
Horace
No.2
Banner Sunday School
New Era
Newton Iowa Public Schools Report First Semester
To the President and members of the Independent District of Newton Iowa this report outlines school statistics for the first semester. It notes 812 pupils enrolled across departments with 698.02 average daily attendance and 95.20 percent overall attendance. It provides tuition revenue and adjustments, highlights dropouts and non enrollment figures, and lists high school classes with pupil counts.
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Newton
Dante portrait draws a hard look at pain and fate
An essay observes Gustave Dore's Dante portrait and the visible toll of chronic pain. It compares the furrowed expressions of sufferers of rheumatism gout neuralgia headache and back pain to a sailor’s rope-creased hands or a cyclist’s bent brow, noting how pain marks a face.
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Gustave Dore
Dante
Benson's Plaster Promises Pain Relief Everywhere
Complainants hail Benson's Porous Plaster as a universal external remedy for colds, coughs, kidney and liver issues, chest diseases, asthma, and muscular strains. It claims superiority over old-style plasters and promises relief when others fail, urging households to keep it and order by mail from Seabury & Johnson in New York.
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Benson
Seabury & Johnson, Mfg
N.Y
Painkiller Perry Davis Promises Quick Cold Relief
An advertisement touts Perry Davis Painkiller as a universal remedy available at Neel's Bakery offering round-the-clock service. The copy touts its ability to cure a cold ease chest tightness banish pneumonia fear and suggests it as the sole effective Painkiller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peary Davis
Perry Davis
We Freeze Neels Year Round Candies and More
Neel's offers fine candies and confections with prompt service. Ex Postmaster T. S. Anthony of Promise City Iowa touts Mystic Cure for rheumatism after two doses. Newton druggist Arthur Kennedy sells it. Patrick Mulkahy of Monroe lies near death at home aged nearly eighty nine with two daughters in the area Mrs John Coakley and Mrs Daniel O Roake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. S. Anthony
Promise City
Iowa
Arthur IL. Kennedy
Newton
Patrick Mulkahy
Monroe
Father Mulkahy
John Coakley
Daniel O'Roake
Mystic Cure for Rheumatism and Neuralgia Sale
Patent remedy claims rapid relief from rheumatism and neuralgia within days. Advertises a three day cure with first dose showing benefit. Available in 7 cents or 1.00 dollar, sold by Arthur L. Kennedy, druggist, Newton.
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Arthur L. Kennedy
Gruggist
Newton
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