Prairie City notices sweep through church and town events
Prairie City millinery and dressmaking notes share snow on October 18, while Christian church women plan a surprise for Mrs Laughlin. Reports cover travels of Mrs Noble to Dana Illinois and Mrs Schole visiting J B Keables, plus Mr and Mrs Potter from Meadville to the east. Several locals, including Miss Turner, Emma Butters and Mrs Hart Zachary, head to Omaha. Community updates include church, education, baptisms, benevolence, and a theater visit by the Jack Potts Comedy Company to Ottumwa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Noble
Dana
Iinois
Henry Schole
Pella
J. B. Keables
John Potter
J. W. Morford
Meadville
Pennsylvania
John Gray
Missouri
Adair County
Iowa
Anna Turner
Emma Butters
Hart Zachary
Omaha
Prairie City
Carrie White
Jerome B Jones Dies After Fifteen Years of Blindness
Jerome B Jones aged about 80 died last Thursday after a long illness and blindness. Rev. Alfred McClintock memorialized him, noting a life of piety in Newton, Iowa, and marriage to Mary Smart then Sarah McClintock. Survived by children Reuben, Frank, Lenora, Effie, and Mary Ashley with several grandchildren, burial in Newton cemetery followed a home funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Jones
Alfred McClintock
Jerome B. Jones
Ticonex County
N. Y
Andewton
Iowa
Cleveland
Methodist Episcopal Church
Chure
Ohio
Mary Smart
Reuben
Frank
Mary Ashley
Des Moines
Newton
Sarah A. McClintock
Lee
Lenora
Effie
Gladden
Mr. Jones
Polit
America
William Henry Harrison
William McKinley
Beulah Land
C. V. Cowan
Archbishops Ireland Addressat Chicago Peace Jubilee
Archishop Ireland of St Paul delivers a forceful tribute to President McKinley at the Chicago Peace Jubilee. The Catholic leader hails America’s war policy and democracy, praising the nation’s stability and the president’s wartime leadership in a sermon noted by Des Moines Leader for its strong oratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
McKinley
Ireland
St Paul
William McKinley
Des Moines
Shaw
America
Eased
Wien
Willian Ameri
Democratic bogie man and the Walker banking bill
The piece reports on Democratic attacks calling the Walker bill a Republican conspiracy. It notes speakers alleging about 200 Republican congressmen want an extra session next March to pass a currency bill. It mentions Democrats shifting to oppose free silver and frames the bill as a GOP project not widely endorsed by House members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weaver
Congress
Republican Committee On Banking
House
Republican Party
J. A. T. Mull
Walker
Eh Committee On
Mt Polateria
Congres
Local and Personal notes from Murphy area town column
Mrs Reynolds plans a winter trip to California leaving her farm to her daughter Nellie while her son manages the farm. Updates include Mr Starrett’s serious illness, Michigan apples arriving November first, Asa Shepherd’s reunion reports, Chicago Peace Jubilee attendance, poultry sales at McColloms, and local political remarks. Also notes on a jail release, a November 11 concert for Reading Room, and community events in Elk Creek township and surrounding towns.
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L. A. Gates
Northsignton
Prairie City Press
V.c.r.l&p
Square
Ladies of the Christian Church
Mrs. & Laughlin
C. A. Grey
Our
Brethren of the Christian Church
Katie Schregardus
Alfred Potter
Inaianola
B. E. Moore
John Offill
Ofill
Ike Brunner
J. A. Quick
H. V. Adams
Fairmount M. E
Lela Gill
Waterloo
Mother Benedict
Jack Potts
Mull
Ev S Bay Whipple
Bessie Jackson
Ottumwa
Parker
J. B. Keakles
South Dakota
W. H. Bryan
Binto Light
Jerome B. Jones Biina
Colfax
Cragan
Grancy
Wash Hoblet
Hoblet
Squire Hall
Pastols
Howlet
Naugaters Tergman
Axtell & Cox
Ladies
Childre
D.C. Starrett
Father Starrett
McCollums
Michigan
Asa Shepherd
Monroe
Illinois Infantry
Albia
Asa
A.M. Hough
W. G. Mann
Jennings
Marengo
Arkansas
Maddoff Imperial Mandolin Orchestra
Ernest Earley
Rock Creek Township
Maj. Lacey
Galesburg
Elk Creek
A. P. Joy
New Brunswick
Bay of Funda
Madge Stevens
Miss Auten
Ugene
Ore
Misses Auten
Blanche Skiff
Tie Wright
Abe Burnell
A. Andrew
Will Clarkson
Fred Meredith
Charlie Jackson
Bessie
Wild Cat
Palm Y
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