Local and Personal News From Newton and Kellogg
Mrs E C Ford of Des Moines visits Newton with infant Verl for his first grandma visit. Rev Scull and colleagues attend State Prohibition Convention. Scull supports Larrabie. John W Loyer moves jewelry shop to larger quarters. Various local visits, travels, and social news including Miss Elaie Robinson returning to Sycamore Ill and Fritz Boone joining a vaudeville tour. Decoration Day services and church notes amid community notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Ford
Des Moines
Verl
Wm. Hixson
Hixson
James H. Scull
Sully
Dunlavey
Reasnor
Scull
Wm. Larrabie
John W. Loyer
Elaie Robinson
Fred Rich
Newton
Sycamore
Ill
Miss Robinson
E. H. Moody
Cedar Rapids
Fred Meredith
Charlotte Hawk
Green River
Wyoming
Janet
Wm. Gardner
Missouri
Germania Vaudeville Company
Lima
Murray Campbell
Frank T. Campbell
Murray
Lima Gazette-Republican
Ohio
Marshall
McMurray & Killduff
Killduf
M.E
Jim the Baptist Church
Rev. E. Handy
Sewing Machines Sale At Direct Factory Prices
An imaged advertisement announces enlarged store space and direct sales from a leading sewing machine factory. It touts guaranteed machines with five year coverage, oak bent wood, complete steel attachments, and ball bearing treadles. Prices shown include 818.00 and 821.75, with cheaper Chicago-area rivals cited and freight saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Local merchant appeals for direct sales emphasis
A regional trader declares he cannot operate a wagon or hire canvassers due to slim profits. He offers personal benefit to customers, invites calls, and urges customers to visit or contact to see products firsthand.
Pleasant social and long-lived Kellogg guest noted
Mrs Elizabeth Gardner of Kellogg visited Ed Short's home for asthma treatment and, despite her 84 years, remains lively. A recent "gentlemen's tea" at Ed and Mrs Ed Eustice featured a fine missionary supper, a fun Tea guessing contest won by Libble Dean, and Jesse Winger took the booby prize. Also announced is the Iowa Colleges convention and state field meet Des Moines May 26 27 1809 with Chicago Great Western Ry offering round trip tickets at low rates May 25 26. return by May 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.C. Ward
Des Moines
W. G. Clements
B. C
California
Pacific Coast
Samuel Reasoner
Jasper County
Monroe
Newton
E. A. Eustice
Caroline Lowery
Missouri
Kirksville
Kingma
A. G. Kingma
Sully
Wm. Dilleman
Holland Church of
van der Meide
Elizabeth Gardner
Kellogg
Ed Short
Grandma Gardner
Ed. Eustice
the Missionary Society of the
M. F. Church
Libble Dean
Jesse Winger
Iowa Colleges
Chicago Great Western Ry
Also Mentioned on This Page
Derby
Ladies Union
Cresco
Cash Dry Goods Store
Frank Thomas
Amin and
Walth
David Phillips
Deep River
Iowa
J. C. Stevenson
Brooklyn
George Allen
Charlie Keipp
Colfax
Alfred Marks
Fred Young
G. Morris
Gottleib’s
Jimmie Stanton
Oskaloosa
Fannie Guthrie-Herzog
Austin
Minn
Homer Galloway
Aledo
Pleasant Chapel
Soldier Boys
Company L
Fiftieth
Fred L. Shrader
Jacksonville
Fla
George Pomeroy
Foster's Drug Store
Robert
Burns
G. H. Callieon
Jasper & Sone
John Kuhn
Squire Allfree
Amos Guthrie
Rock Island
Chas. Kernodle
Tom Lynch
J. K. Williams
Jesh
Nelile Callison
Galesburg
Jasper & Sons
Opera House
E. J. Miles
Neal
Minnesota
Are
Syracuse
Hough's Cash Grocery
and Variety Store
G.A.R
Woman's Relief Corps, Ladies of G. A. R. and Sons of Veterans
Waterloo, Iowa
Chicago Great Western Railway
Waterloo
Triumph Steel
Aos Sea Hand
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