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Prairie City News Highlights Prairie City Des Moine River Incident and Local Notices
Prairie City reports a violent Des Moines River dispute near Swan involving Awlman and a Hunter family member, with Awlman in custody and the victim alive at last report. The issue also notes deaths, marriages, business sales, travels, and community events across Vandalia Vandalia Montgomery County and nearby towns, including lecture notices by Dr Eugene May, a public sale by F.P. Starrett, and a loan ad from Carns and Allfree, reflecting busy social and civic life.
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Des Moines
Craig Awlman
Jas. Hunter
Awlman
Swan
Vandalia
Ida Ross
Symms
Lansing
A. H. Brous
John Butters
B. W. Brown
Joptin
Phureday
Cuna
Eugene May
Washington, D.C
Cuba
Maine
May
Union Hall
Prairie City
W.S. Parker
Arthur Woods
E. E. Fayille
Manhattan
Kansas
Iowa
St. Paul
Minn
Dispatch
Antilles
Washington
Peoples’ Church
Blanco
Havana
McKinley
House Committee
Mag
Parker's. i
P. J. Trager
J. B. Allfree
Baxter
Boston
E. J. Salmon
Judge Ryan
Edith Faville
Lincoln
Nebraska
L. D. Baum
J. M. Rayburn
Indianola
Fred Claussen
Arthur Joy
John
Clarkson
Spirit Lake
McMurray
Fair Grounds
Joe Cunningham
Ed. Maytag
Colorado
Maytag
James Kelly
Beard
Prof. Beard
M. E
Geo. Woodard