Prairie City Obituary and Social Notes
Dr. Adams dies in Des Moines after living in Prairie City several years. Neighbors travel to Des Moines for funeral. Memorial services for President McKinley held at Christian church. Mrs. Cozad entertains guests from Colfax for tea. Mrs. D. M. Kelley visits from Cedar Falls. William Kingdom still very low. Mrs. Butters visits Illinois to see daughter. Pearl Bye from Muscatine visits aunt and leaves for Centerville to work in a millinery store.
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Dr. Adams
Des Moines
McKinley
Christian Church
William Kingdom
Butters
Illinois
Anna Up
Miss Pearl Bye
Muscatine
W. A. Thomas
Centerville
S. C
Colfax notes local, rail, and travel items
Colfax notes report A A Penquite and Ka Penquite visiting New York via Niagara Falls after Paris, likely home Monday. Colfax public schools reopen with 445 in enrollment. Jasper County quail fines, telephone center move, Howell to Pella railroad extension, local taxes voted, and Newton bowlers win. Various notices include real estate, junk business, and an obituary-adjacent administrator filing for M L Dimmitt.
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A. A. Penquite
New York
Niagara Falls
Miss Ka
Paris
Buffalo Exposition
Colfax Public Schools
Local notes mix humor and community changes in Missouri and Iowa
Mrs H Clancey returns from Buffalo Missouri to her parents. A joke about a deserter ends with the wife delivering a richer joke by introducing her new husband. School directors name Miss Crossland Northup Connelly and Mrs J J Fell as teachers. The renovated school opens in apple pie order. Local papers note liquor elements and report residents moving between farms and towns. A federal grand juror from John Morgan travels to Omaha. Farm sales shift as J J Miller sells southeast property for a larger tract near Agona Iowa. The M E church group surprises Rev Mortin at the parsonage. Myrtle Russell marries H B Hunter in Moulton Iowa.
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H. Clancey
Buffalo
Missouri
Crossland
Northup
Connelly
J. J. Fell
Rhodes Review
John Vanshce
Baxter
Bert Gibson
Closing Out Sale Near Newton and Reasner
An auction at six miles southeast of Newton and four miles north of Reasner on September 24 begins at 9 a.m. featuring ten head of cows two with recent calvings, four old heifers five yearlings and a grade short born bull plus calves and 28 shoats. Farm implements include a Deering binder, spring wagon, buggy, shellers, harrow, cultivators, Hayes planter, disc, two bob sleds, plus poultry, household goods, and about 28 acres of corn ready to harvest. Free land at noon with terms offering 12 months no interest if paid when due, otherwise 5 percent interest from sale date. 5 percent discount for cash.
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Seri
Newton
Reasner
Hayes
H. P
M. A. McCorn
Pince
Newton's Low-Rate Money Lending Advise
A. F. Brown, attorney, Mershon Block, offers money to loan at lowest rates with special prompt attention to all legal business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A F. Brown
Mershon Block
Newton
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Miller & Westbrook
Cash Dry Goods
Jasper County
Pet
Farson
Jack
McCall’s
Miller & Westrok
Cash Dry Goods Store
Newton, Iowa
Numerois
Angola
East Side Square
Prairie City
Carrie White
Colfa
W. W. Wagner
Jasper County Telephone Company
Mr. Mahan
Sullenberger's
Howell
Pella
Lake Prairie Township
Helmick
Chariton
W. A. McMain
Kirksville
Livingston A. J. Ferguson
Beloit
Kan
Mirror
Newton Boys
Colfax
Geise
Groves
Gates
Wendt
Boston
Louis H. Iske
Meta A. Jenses
Jas. Holden
Fannie McDuffy
Jas
P. Jorgenson
Jeanette M. Ferguson
Wesley Austin Minnie Brayton W. M. Rowe
Lela A. Badger
Karl Witmer
Chamberlain
Wagley Smead
Wm. Martin
Bergman Bros. & McKinley
Webster County
S. I. Stump
Normantown
W. Va
Wagley & Smead, Druggists, Sands
Reno
Harry P. B
Iowa
M. L. Dimmitt
District Court
Afo
M. Diver
Mernorrn
RAD
Kellogg
John Morgan
Omaha
J. J. Miller
Town
Agona
M.E. Church
D. J. Mortin
Mies Myrtle Russell
H.B. Hunter
Moulton
Enterprise
A. M. Hough
Monarch
Mound City
Westbrook & Geise
West Side Square
Iso
Lambert
Geo. Koenig
Am, Berner
South Side Jewelry Store
Towa
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