Community Notes and Local Notices From Monroe Mirror
Local brief mentions include sales at Armagast and promotions at Cole's Seed Store with prices on soap and coffee. Pella tombstone agent D Ver Steeg visited Monroe. Rev. R. R. Sadler preached at Ottumwa First Baptist and union service. Cynthia Ford, related to the Garrison family, died in Des Moines by chloroform. burial arranged by Melville family near Knoxville.
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Evers
Seal of
Minnesota
Cole's
R. R. Sadler
Ottumwa
First Baptist Church
Union
Monroe
Lynnville
Marion County
D. Ver Steeg
Pella
Cynthia Ford
Des Moines
Garrison
Cynthia
Melville
Knoxville
Crop Bulletin Summary for Week Ending August 8 1904
Crop notes show mean temperatures 2 to 4 degrees below normal with cool nights and sub 40 degree readings on August 7 in northern stations. Rainfall was sparse except in the north central district. Dry, clear days aided harvest of oats, spring wheat and timothy seed, and threshing. Oats and barley yield and quality were fairly good with some local exceptions. spring wheat was disappointing due to rust and blight in major areas. Corn prospects improved but still late. output may reach or exceed the 15 year average. Dry weather checked potato rot and pastures need more rain while apples are doing well.
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North Central
Real estate transfers list across Knoxville and area
Cradup Jeffers sheriff sale to L N Hays of 0.668 acres in Knoxville. Transfers include W A Kitterman and J P Kitterman to C B Gardner lot in Tracey. Lucas van Hees by heirs to H van de Nadort lot in Pella. H van de Nadort to Jannetje van de Nadort lot in Pella. Executors George and Charles Halt to R A Marshall lots 1 and 2 in Baker's addition Knoxville. Several more deeds: Agan to Lona O Barbara E Henrietti Agan undivided half acre in Liberty. Leopold Luke to William Scott 5 acres in Indiana township. F M Keeton to William Scott 17 acres in Isaac Milledge administration.
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Cradup Jeffers
L. N. Hays
Knoxville
W.A. Kitterman
J. P. Kitterman
C.B. Gardner
Tracey
Lucas van Hees
Cornelius van Hees
H. van de Nadort
Pella
Henry C. Agan
Lona O
Barbara E
Henrietti Agan
Liberty Township
Leopold Luke
William Scott
Indiana Township
F. M. Keeton
Isaac Milledge
Joseph Davis
Theodora Aulman
William Aulman
Perry Township
Jennie Bachrodt
Samuel Glenn
J. S. Jordan
Pleasant Grove Township
H. J. Dewitt
W. W. Roberts
Washington Township
Nancy J. Norris
Mell J. Boydston
Craceland
Elisha Hardin
James Hardin
A. J. Rhodes
Joseph G. Rhodes
Mary E. Rhodes
Pleasantville
Edmund McCoy
Kirk Hartman
Henry
Singler Lumber Co
Nancy E. Brown
Percy
Mary E. Brown
A. J. Waddle
H. Graves
R. M. Snavely
Knoxville land transfers and cemetery plots summary
City of Knoxville transfers and cemetery lot sale figures listed for multiple parcels. J O Darnell and wife convey to John H Bridges five acres in Knoxville township. I R van Driesum and wife transfer two lots to Peter van de Kok. Jan A Schackel and wife transfer 6304 acres in Lake Prairie township. Other entries reference undivided shares and various monetary amounts for the Swan area and Graceland cemetery, with several transfers to spouses or named individuals.
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J. O. Darnell
John H. Bridges
Knoxville Township
W. H. Wier
G. P. Christianson
Swan
I. R. van Driesum
Peter van de Kok
Pella
Jan A. Schackel
Leendert Schakel
Lake Prairie
Gem City Business College Catalogue Offered Free
An appeal for a free sixty four page illustrated catalogue from Gem City Business College in Quincy Illinois. The brochure promises views of classrooms groups of students portraits testimonials and notices of the graduating class and attendees of the past year. It also lists tuition costs books and board and targets youths seeking stenographer or bookkeeper training.
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DL Musselman
Quincy
Ilinois
Unclear ad copy mentions Hollister product and price
Fragmentary text describes a product by Hollister with a price of 35 cents in tablet form and a local seller F D Stubenrauch, lacking full context and details.
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Hollister
Rocky Mounda
F. D. Stubenrauch
Neighborhood News from Peoria and Surrounding Areas
Miss Nellise Spain shows strong writing, Sylvester Spain returned to Sioux City Saturday. The Dunlevys plan to move to Lake Andes SD soon while hosting a party for friends. Lecture on the Problem of Life slated for next Tuesday at the Hall. The Holland school at this place is progressing nicely. Beulah
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Peoria
Sylvester Spain
Sioux City
J. B. Wheel
Rev. Burg
John Thomassen
Pella
Holland School
Beulah
Picnic Packing Tips and Odd Notices from 1904
Mary Taylor Ross advises preparing picnic lunches in advance with reused containers to ease carrying. Instructions cover packing, cooling, and improvising wrappings, plus a 1904 Iowa court notice announcing a will hearing for Cornelis Verploeg. A quip promotes Rocky Mountain Tea as a mellowing drink.
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Mary Taylor Ross
National Encampment G A R Boston Trip Ticket Sale
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers roundtrip tickets to Boston for August 11 to 13 with low rates for members attending the National Encampment in Boston mass. Inquiries to any Great Western Agent or J P Elmer G P A Chicago for full information. Also for sale brick house with six rooms at hardware store of G A Vander Meulen & Co and a 120 acre farm seven miles southeast of Pella near Leighton inquire at the same hardware store.
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Boston
Mass
Chicago Great Western Railway
Great Western
J. P. Elmer
Chicago
G A Vandermeulen and & Co
Pella
Leighton
Vander Meulen & Co
Rock Island
Texas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
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Little Havana Cigar CO
Iowa
Acme
Pella Steam Laundry
North Main St
N. B
Armagast
A. A. Armagast
West Side Square
Otis Milledge
Lake Prairie Township
W. A. Finch
Rachel E. Bible
Union Township
Polk Township
City of
F. Christofel
Graceland
Cemete
Gem City Business College
Quincy, Illinois
Neighborhood News
Will Ashton
Jim Smith
Natha Hut
Dr. Logue
Kurt Dunlevy
W. E. Laud
Rose Hill
Mrs. Dunlevy
Chas, Harris
Ed, Rhine
Ruth
New Sharon
Dunlevy
P. T. Logue
Kurtz Dunlevy
Lake Andes
South Dakota
Ben Gaston
Tresse
Audubon
Frank Osborn
District Court of
Cornelis Verploeg
D W Langerak
Keable
Roorda
Roulow
Saint Louis
Globe
Southwest
Lancianat
J. M. Cox
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