Prairie City Notes And Local News Highlights
Prairie City residents report sick spells, wedding news, and farm trade. Miss Beulah Ramsey stayed home ill. Miss Myrtle Rinehart improving. Mrs H Zachary’s grape crop was stolen. several locals visited Colfax, Menlo, Newton, and Des Moines. A murder in Pella and a later wedding in Des Moines are noted. enrolled pupils reach 218 with a record term start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Ramsey
Myrtle Rinehart
H. Zachary
Anna Turner
Colfax
John Bussel
Fred Austin
Maud Blair
Newton
F. Trafton
T. V. Norton
Feathers House
Aseneth Noble
Paton
J.C. White
Jesse Gilbert
Stella van Gilder
Des Moines
Anna Main
Mitchell
William Cochrane
Harger
Weddings and hometown notices in September summaries
Multiple marriage announcements and local notices. Ida Porter and Arch Livingston wed at Porter home with organ music and a serenade by Prairie City mandolin club. Geo H. Scott and Ora Hanger married at Prairie City, with Scott & Son firm ties. Chas Nickson and Nellie Hamilton wed in Des Moines, plans to join Valley Junction. Various regional updates include soldiers, travel, sales, and local visits around Kellogg, Kellduff, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Porter
Ida Porter
Arch Livingston
Rev. Smith
Alice] Wilks
Livingston
Mise Porter
Reasnor
Mandolin Club
Prairie City
Fred Morgan
Geo. H. Scott
Ora Hanger
Des Moines
Scott & Son
Our City
Scott
Nickson
Valley Junciion
John French
John Kempis
Camp McKinley
Pella
Newton County Fair Openings and Prominent Advertisements
The notice lists events for Wednesday Oct 12 1908 including horse and mule competitions on Public Square at 2 pm with multiple prize categories, band concert to follow, and rules banning previous prize winners. It also advertises Beggs products for hair skin piles and medical cures, Miss Eva Fay millinery, Dr Engle trusses, and Miss Jack fall hats with promotional lines.
Fall millinery opening and fashion tips from Eva Fay
Ladies are reminded Eva Fay's fall millinery opening runs Thursday through Saturday at the North Side Millinery for latest styles. Also advertised are Weeks Break-Up-A-Cold tablets with no cure no pay, and Beggs Blood Purifier claims to conquer the world with brand new blood, sold by Fucaro & Brown and Thompson, with loan offers from Wagley & Smead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagley
Thompson & Co
H. Gorrell
Eva Fay’s. Beggs
Tompson & Co
Pene Gist
Butler
Beggs
Eva Fay
Dr. Engle’s
Jack
Wagley & Smead
Fucaro & Brown
Spain
Also Mentioned on This Page
L. A. Gates
Norte
Eeton
Ora
East Side
Yellow Front
Key West
Saratoga
Havana
Mer
Yellow Front Druggists
Prairie City Press
Carrie White
Square
Frank ‘Tratton
Geo. Blair
Graham
Reuben French
Mitchel
Dakota
Black Hills
A. Mesamaker
Knoxville
D. E. Phillips
Gene Birchard
Kellogg
Chicago
W. H. Fisher
W. Whitaker
Thomas Bouma
Carpenter
Bates of
W. L. Dennis
Buena Vista
Tno
Scott Co
Willard Parsons
Ohio
M.E. Church
Joe Thomas
Kentucky
Mr. Thomas
Josie Holmes
Ilman
Ed. Padre
Iowa
Denver
Col
Anna Killduff
Weidman
D. C. Dennis
Omaha Exposition
Orand Prier
Ewton
Town
F. F. Failor
Axtell & Cox
The
South Side Square
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