Prairie City News Roundup and Local Updates
Prairie City reports welcome rains and two big days as a new flour mill opens. Local editor Tommy Rodgers visits with Prairie City friends while illness touches residents including Mrs. Geer and Mrs. Porter. Rev. Wells plans to move April 1, James White scalds a foot in boiling water, and Mrs. Jess Jones wins an iron bedstead at Bryan’s. Rev Riheldoffer dies in Mt Ayer. his widow and daughter plan to move to Winterset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Rodgers
The
Record
Prairie City
James (. White
Jess Jones
Bryan's
A. L. Clark
Lake City
Rihlhoffer
M. E. Church
Guthrie Center
Richeldoffer
Helen
Winterset
Monroe Community Death And Local Notices
The community mourns Mrs. G. W. Loar who died suddenly from neuralgia of the heart. J. W. Vandermast wed a Pittsburg woman on March 4 in East End. I. W. Jarnagin rents Vincent Shank land in Hillsboro to buy a farm and serves as a local Christian Union preacher. A son born to Rev. and Mrs. J. J. Thomson on March 7. Neighbors surprised W. J. Davidson with a dinner, leaving twelve baskets in abundance. Mrs. L. P. McCroskey remains ill. Also noted are ads for the Faultless stump puller and Grub bing machine and must-read medical and mother care items Castorta and Rocky Mountain Tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Loar
Joseph Walter Vandermast
Mirror
East End
Pittsburg
Isaac Wesley Jarnagin
Hillsboro
Ohio
Vincent Shankland
Jarnagin
Christian Union
J. J. Thomson
W.J. Davidson
L. P. McCroskey
Lynnville notes and local elections report
Mrs Jeff Trease recovered from pneumonia. Mabel Quire returned home from Ced ar Falls for spring vacation then will go back. Walter Moore moved to Oskaloosa for a harness shop job. Citizens caucus nominated mayor L H Bufkin clerk S R Allee treasurer W Painter assessor Everett Swan councilmen W A Roberts and E J Forsyth. Albert R Meredith and Myrle J Garner wed March 6 1902 with Rev Eli G Parker officiating. R E Nedrow visited Newton and explored the city, aiming to elevate morals but missed the train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Caucus
L. H. Bufkin
S. R. Allee
W. Painter
Everett Swan
W. A Roberts
E. 3. Forsyth
Albert R. Meredith
Myrle J. Garner
Eli G. Parker
R. E. Nedrow
Newton
Colfax Merchant Sells Restaurant to Des Moines Buyer
G A Small sold his Colfax restaurant to E B Lamb of Des Moines who arrived with his wife and child to complete the transfer. Lamb takes immediate possession while Geo Rogers moves from Colfax to Newton, planning a return soon. Susie Stillings died March 11 from quick consumption after a four week illness. F E Hinkleman and Miss Bessie Hise wed in Des Moines on Wednesday. Frank Werrick, ill after ingesting oxalic acid, is recovering at present. Seth Macy leaves Monday for Pleasant Plain to visit his sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Small
E. B. Lamb
Des Moines
the Tribune
F. E. Hinkleman
Bessie Hise
Also Mentioned on This Page
Samuel Pitcher
New
Ato Vevannr Io Dosis
Hs Old
Bears
Castoria
Wagley & Smead’s
U.S
Moire Silks
Cretans
Dresdens
Oriental Designs
Bagdad
Wagley & Smead
South Side Square
Deere & Sattley
Deere and Hoosier
Iowa
Jasper County
Schuttler
Moline
McCormick Harvesters
McCormick
Standard
Deere
Thomas, Deere
Standard and
Woodmanse
Bergman Bros. & Rinehart
Centerville Block
C. H. Jasper & Co
Illinois
Carrie White
Will Timmons
Cincinnati
Bryans
H. A. Geer
William Porter
Berg Main
C. E. Wells
Christian Church
Monroe
R. S. Caward
Cresco
Christian Science
D. Edmundéson
Lears
Arthur J. Wright
Lynnville
Jeff Trease
Mabel Quire
Cedar Falls
Walter Moore
Oskaloosa
Colfax
Geo. Rogers
Susie Stillings
William Stillings
Frank
C. J. Werrick
Seth Macy
Pleasant Plaine
Clipper
Mark Twain
G. C. Clemens
Topeka
Kan
Samuel B. Clemens
Mark
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Clemens
Miles
Norman Waltrip
Bankers’ Fraternal Society
Chicago
Wer
Elkhart, Ind
H.P. Uncapher
W. G. Mann
West Main St
L. D. Reid
Uneeda
Jasper & Sons
J. W. Lover
H. A. Wettstein
Opera House
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