Local notes and notices from Buena Vista area
Miss Jennie Frizzell visits relatives and friends. John Starrett sells a team for 190 dollars to John Miller. The column reports on weather, farming, social visits, church events, sales, and local transportation, with notes on illnesses and community happenings in Metz and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Frizzell
Minnie
Frizzell
John Starrett
John Miller
John
George Chapman
Newton
Mise Dell Phillips
Metzo
Callison
Roller
McWhirter
Pearl McWhirter
War Song concert tonight draws Newton crowd
Newton and vicinity note a busy week with town visits by residents to Des Moines and Ames. Dr A B Palmer attended the state dental society at Iowa City while Rev J8 Nasmith joined a Baptist ministerial association. A new plate glass window is being installed at C P Axtell’s residence and social events include a Missionary Tea hosted by the M E church Ladies. Weather reports show warm days with showers aiding corn planting and general crop progress across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karley Mobberly
Morris Holtz & Mobrly
Kellogg
Bobzin
Arpenter
Wright
Buena Vista
John 8
Davis
Jennie Russell
Stuart
George
R. C. Chambers
Harry Phillips
Des Moines
C. P. Axtell
Benj. Lufkin
Reasner
A. B. Palmer
State Dental Society
Iowa City
E. E. Lyday
Little Sons
George Tennant
Karl Skiff
Walter Morgan
Newton
Iowa College
Jasper & Sons
Nasmith
George Swigart
G. I. Hertzog
Monroe
Kate Saum
M.B. Mobberly
Burr Westbrook
Westbrook
Zoa Thomas
Joseph Thomas
Malaka
Harlan
Andus Turck
Calhoun
Greene
J. A. Thompson
Kennington
West Newton
Alex. Spencer
Frank Woodrow
Simon Gardner
Ladies’ Foreign Missionary Society
M. E. Church
James Frizzell
Louise Williams
Dover
Minn
Nephew
T. Martin
D.H. Burnett
D.L. Burnett
D. W. Flowers
Newton Church
Central Station
Drs Moines
Towa
Confusing Statistics and Juggled Figures in Insurance Debate
A Chicago Independent report notes that a 1804 life insurance annual statements blank was sent to 32 major firms. Sixteen replied. fifteen altered questions. one, the Royal Union Life of Iowa, complied exactly. The exchange prompted caustic exchanges among industry journals and a Westward nod to transparency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Independent
United States
Royal
Union Life of Iowa
Independent
Baltimore
Life Insurance
Boston
Little Western Company
Life Insurance Corporation
Chicago
The
Argus
Royal Union Life
Lowa
Watch maker matches and coal ad from 19th century notices
An OCR fragment advertises Switc the American and English watch maker and Linkr the German and watchmaker, with a coal pitch urging buyers to use best soft coal that burns clean. It mentions Joshua Bewyer’s former feed stable opposite Maytag and Emerson's lumber road and Jacon Trotter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switc
Joshua Bewyer
Maytag & Emerson
Lumberrd
Jacon Trotter
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John Woods
F Scott
J. L. Scott
Fairmount
Jacob Vaught
Jackson and
Von
Pella
Garrett Kereberger
Shea
John Westerwont
Jennie Taylor
T.E. Livingstone
Kate Finnessy
C. Taylor
Nettie Hunter
John French
Frank Kane
Kane
H. M. Murphy
Kate Vant Selfden
Portland
Oregon
John Myers
Grant Hickman
Katie Healy
Metz
Mary Cannon
Ernavink E
M. E
Galesburg
C English
New Mexico
Harry Sparks
Grinnell
M. F
Christian Church
Maud Weishaar
Capital City
John Cross
Cross
Messrs Beach & Co
Heckethrone
Mingo
Oak Grove
Sherman
Parsons-Crawford & Sons
James Baker and Sons
J. 8. Healy
A B Goodrich
W. H. Phillips
Evert Bodley
Huebshman
Henry Schnathorst
Henry
Tinnemeier
Clarence Johnson
Henry Hoerling
St. John’s Evangelical Church
Horn
Albert Harrah
Court House
Mary Lyday
Joseph H Day
Daniel Shepherd
G Stillings
Joseph Braley
W Burchnal
DT Miller
George Curry
John Elliott
John W Rothrock
Rothrock
Bailey & Wilkinson
Newton Dan Hinkey
Wm Moore
Jasper County
Iowa
Caldwell
Maggie May Green
Stayner
Fracis Marion
Calfax
A.J Woods
Francis Marion
AJ Woods
Caroline D Murphy
Oscar M ‘McCauly
William H Ritter
Chas B Ritter
DD Goodhue
Geo C Goodhue
Ak Pune
J. H. Beard
Newton and Vicinity
al. McDaniel
Will
Mises Belle Lambert
Fanta Lee
Drake University
J. R. Rodgers
Colfax
J. F. Baker
Alice Hellyer
A. Hinkhouse
Primghar
Hellyer
Wilton
L. C
Dusseldorf
Indans
Jost Winattt
McFarland’s
Ened
JH. Fenarn
Ated
Wm, Vaughn & Son
Iowa Central Railway
Ar Jo
Idaho
Dakota
Iran
Wyoming
Souri
Towa Central Railway
Jphomas P. Barry
Marshalltown
Wings Model Laundry
A. G
Down Town
McCardell & Meredith
B.S. Hargrave & Son
Hargrave & Son
B. S. Hargrave & Son
Nena
A.E. King
F. E. Hinkleman
Gall
First National Bank
Comer Grocery
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