Seventy five years of The Youth's Companion faith and offers
The Youth's Companion marks seventy five years as a weekly family paper with a strong standard and wide audience. A 1902 volume prospectus, sample copies, and subscription deals are offered, including free issues for 1901 if subscribing now, plus the Companion calendar in colors. Also advertised are Dr. King's New Discovery for coughs and various local offers and rates for magazines, wall paper, and groceries, with multiple retail messages and travel ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ite
Columbus Avenue
Boston
Mass
Norton couple head to Miami for winter respite
Mr and Mrs C P Norton departed Tuesday for a winter resort in Miami Florida. Lee Lacy appointed oper ator and agent at Fairmount depot. Mrs John French fractured a hip bone after slipping on an icy walk last Tuesday. Cass Riddle and Charlie Little returned from sightseeing in the far west. Our home has faced illness and accidents for three weeks with White spraining his back and later suffering severe back pain at work. A nail wound yet hurts. Peter Watters family still suffers typhoid fever with daughter’s recovery hopes fading. Mrs Charles Schalk ill with typhoid pneumonia and Selina Loughlin very low. Dr Schooley of Des Moines consulted with local physicians. Ashford Dowden’s friends send encouragement as he seeks health in Phoenix. Tom and Mrs Jones of Hume Mo arrived and sold apples at 1.10 per bu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Lacy
Fairmount Depot
John French
Cass Riddle
Charlie Little
Far West
Mr. White
Peter Watters
Charles Schalk
Selina Loughlin
Schooley
Des Moines
Ashford Dowden
Phoenix
Arizona
Tom Jones
Hume
Tom
Quarantines Linked to Smallpox and Distinct Deaths
The New Era notes W E Smith near Bethel church quarantined after his son died of membranous croup. The Gauch family west of Clear Creek also quarantined following a daughter contracting smallpox. John G Watson died in Des Moines and was buried in Independence cemetery after treatment in Des Moines. A shooting match in the area drew entrants from Marshalltown, Colfax, Rhodes, Newton and Des Moines, yielding $125. Abe Dahlem and his wife and sister departed for Freeport, AL for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Smith
Bethel Church
Joseph Gauch
Clear Creek
John G. Watson
Des Moines
Baxter
Independence Cemetery
Marshalltown
Colfax
Rhodes
Newton
Abe Dahlem
A. C. Meyers
Freeport
Local Farm Sales And Notable Events In Lynnville Area
D M Sylvester sold 240 acres to George Garner at 5 per acre and bought the Johnson farm of 406 acres near Malcolm at 61 per acre with possession March 1. Bill Evans of coal bank fame died last week in New Sharon. William Reiter buys three acres near Grinnell for gardening and chicken raising. Grandpa Swan turns eighty six with a surprise party hosted by William Mathews Jef Trease and others. Sam Scharf buys two lots from H L Orcutt. A surprise wedding occurred last Wednesday around Newton for Doll Denner and Nettle Marmon with Rev Cornell officiating and a small gathering sharing a supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Sylvester
George Garner
Johnson
Malcom
Bill Evans
Coal Bank Fame
New Sharon
William Reiter
Grinnell
Grandpa Swan
William Mathews
Jef Trease
Thomas Sherman
J. H. Sparks
Star
Doll Denner
Buena Vista Cownchip
Afiss Nettle Marmon
Monroe
Rev
Cornell
Newton
Fenner
Toittister
Winter Plans and Travel Inference From Local Events
Mr and Mrs James Martin and Wm Davidson departed for the burg Virginia to spend the winter. Mr and Mrs H L Orcutt left for Des Moines then Los Angeles for the winter. Harrison Lackey and son Dan have returned from Minnesota after a hunting campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Martin
Wm. Davidson
Burg
H. L. Orcutt
Des Moines
Los Angeles
Cal
Harrison Lackey
Son Dan
Minnesota
Kingsbury Reichelt Wed in Residence Wedding
Delmore S. Kingsbury and Estella M. Reichelt married at the bride’s parents home on Thursday evening November 14. The event was noted as the town update alongside family illness and local job changes including the postmaster’s resignation and a banking move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmore S. Kingsbury
Estella M. Reichelt
C. W. Reichelt
Colfax notes local gains and life events
In Colfax Isaiah Hise is re elected Plymouth county schools superintendent Hugh Boyd earns state board pharmacist registration Gen Weaver visits Minnesota Abe Watson son of a local family and several obituaries and marriages mark the week Mrs J G Woodard dies near Kellogg John Callahan and Miss Sibria Baster wed at home of Ed Batty Civil War veteran John G Watson dies in Jasper county interred at Baxter Clipper
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaiah Hise
Colfax
Plymouth County
Hugh Boyd
State Board
Gen. Weaver
Minnesota
Abe
Breckenridge
Ohn G. Watson
Jasper County
Des Moines
Baxter
Clipper
Local News and Notices from the Ledger
Born Friday evening November 15 a son to William Postma and wife. Creamery deepens well to forty feet securing good water. W S Cooper plans move to Red River country locate at Alen Minn. Catharine Parmenter visits then returns to Newton. John Cray family to move near Canesville Missouri after farm purchase. Dr Gould sells residence to W S George and will build on nearby lot next spring. Farmers report corn harvest is underway with average yield about thirty five bushels and feeders paying fifty five cents per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Postma
Creamery Company
W. S. Cooper
Red River
Alen. Minn
Imahed
Ledger
Rhoad's Wallpaper and Paint Store Ad Tips Photo Gallery
Local note promotes Rhoad's wallpaper and paint store on the north side square. It suggests trying the gallery for very best photographs, located in the same store room as Rhoad's offerings.
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Lean Witout
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N.K. Fairbank Company
Chicag
Abraham Hare
Belleville
Westbrook & Geise, Druggis
Wallace's Farmer Daily News
Des Moines Weekly Leader
Des Moines Register
Des Moines Weekly Capital
the Homestead
The
Farmer's Institute
the Mutual Insurance Journal
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Companion
New
Buicago Inter Ocean
Discovery
Coopersville
Mich
Himelburger
Dr. King
Westbrook & Geise’s
Allen
Foster
Newtor News Co
Perry Davis
California
Pacific Coast
St. Paul
Mason City
Oskaloosa
Hedrick
Peoria
Pullman
Iowa Central
Geo
Batty G. P
T. A. Marshalltown, Ta
E. Detenon
AL. Kennedy
Newton Iowa
Cosmopolitan
Leslie’s Monthly
North American Review
Current Literature
New England Magazine
McColloms
Just
Win
United States
City of
Mexico
Arcsocacsus
FME
Tom Tork
Prairie City
Carrie White
Mrs. C. P. Norton
Miami, Fla
Lynnville
Sam Scharf
D. Route
Kellom
Ella Bish
Mrs
George Turner
A. H. Braley
J.W. Burke
Enterprise
J.G. Woodard
Kellogg
John Callahan
Sibria Baster
Rev. Barney
Ed. Batty
Sully
Rhoad
Eureka Harness Oil
Anthony
Iowa
Arthur
Sh. Kennedy
Newtonre
Frank
A. Long
Kemble Floral CO
Towa
Tinosa
Chichester
Festi Eetor Eandten
Tereee
Chichester Chemical
Adien
PHILA
PAL
Louisville & Nashville
Florida & Gulf
Stone
General Bessenger Agt
Chicago
Rock Island
Eaves Chica
Gerweed
San Fr
Sierra Nevacas
Jennisons
Kong’s Grocery
Neel’s Bakery
East Side Square
Sifa Mme
Frank Osborn
Jasper & Sons
J. M. Rayburn & Co
Kiscord
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