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News of Nearby Towns Highlights and Changes
Marion county notes include visits by veterans John Shilling and Cornelius Wolvers, a reunion of the Seventeenth Iowa Infantry, and Des Moines financier F. Prouty in town. Court actions report two divorces and a murder indictment of Homer Neill. Wool shipping magnates Chester Shive and Lafe Collins move vast consignments from Knoxville, Winterset, Oskaloosa, and Keota.
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the Journal
John Shilling
Marion County
Co. A
Iowa
Soldiers
Marshalltown
Cornelius Wolvers
Case Wolliver
Miami
Monroe County
Seventeenth Iowa Infantry
Ss. F. Prouty
Des Moines
Frank
Lake Prairie Township
O. P. Wright
Shirley Percival
Homer Neill
Knoxville
Jas. Kersey
Mattie Duncan
G. E. Duncan
Walter Snyder
Dana Snyder
Walter
Journal of Today
Chester Shive
Philadelphia
Boston
Winterset
Oskaloosa
Keota
C. W. Harp
Charley
Red Rock
Perry Townships
Percy
Don Harp
Newton
Otley
Red Rock Township
Jasper County
Thirty-Eighth
General Assembly
State Board of Control
Glenwood
Board of Control