Local news briefs from Mendota and surrounding area
Multiple short items note travel and business visits by Finis Mitchell, David West, Neliic oheeley and others. sales of a red sow pig and various household goods. people moving to Bussey and Unionville. Marion Jones called to Ft. Riley. Jake Dooley wounded slightly. Henry Shoptaugh returned from Alabama nitrate work. Red Cross knitters urged to label finished garments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walton
Huston
Mendota
Mary Neighbors
Pollock
Beverly Davis
Des Moines
Neliic Oheeley
Finis Mitchell
David West
Tom Robbins
Hayes McKinley
Chas Auten
James McCance
Marion Jones
Ft. Riley
Kansas
Dade
Jake Dooley
Uriah Dooley
Furs Wanted and Local Gifts Advertised in 1912 Page
The page markets high offers for prime furs after ten years in business and promotes "Useful Xmas gifts" in jewelry at Walt n's. It notes dental and health items, local arrivals, and festive greetings mixed with short notices about trains, cookies, and a travel nurse. A mention of Mrs Aja Low and others hints at social items and illness notes.
Mendota and Area News Highlights
Miss Florence Riley returns home to Mendota. W E Weasel of Seymour visits on business. Dr C R C McCalment returns from Kansas City trip. Edna Green visits from Kirksville. Grover Lane and baby return home from Verny after weeks away. Miss Marguerite Allen of St Louis visits on Red Cross business. Casady’s Bakery advertises quick bread deliveries. For sale Saxon Roadster 1915 model. Hyomei remedy offered with promise of refunds. Mrs B C Pickering travels to Centerville to see ill daughter. Jewelry store promotes Xmas selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Riley
Mendota
Howard
W. E. Weasel
Seymour
C. R. C. McCalment
Kansas City
Casady’s
B.C. Pickering
Centerville
Walton’s
Edna Green
Kirksville
Grover Lane
Baby
Corn buyers and local visits clock nov 1918 scene
Hale and Elson drug store will open nov 29 1918 to sell corn with J W Martin of Numa Iowa promising constant presence. residents Huch Drummond Clark Buck Towne Bills McGee Davis Holliday Genevieve Thomas visit Centerville Lemens Kirksville St Joseph and Cincinnati noted with several healthy exchanges and funeral attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale & Elson’s
Huch Drummond
Kirksville
He Clark
St Joseph
J W Buck
Cincinnati
Iowa
Watch Repairing by John H. Brooks in Lovina Mo
John H. Brooks offers repair services for watches clocks sewing machines and organs in Lovina Missouri. Satisfaction guaranteed. Contact for any repair needs. Bulk of text indicates a local shop ad with promised workmanship and local availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Brooks
L Vonia
Local Notices from Exline and Glendale Underscore Winter Travel
Henry Henkle of Exline visited on business while Miss Ellen Daily of Howland was a Saturday caller. D R Powell returned from Mystic after a relatives visit. The Keller home at Glendale burned Sunday morning and is uninsured. W H Trive and Misses Swearengen and Maher returned to Centerville after M S Towne's funeral. bad weather forced them to abandon their car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Henkle
Exline
Iowa
Ellen Daily
How
Sturday
D. R. Powell
Mystic
Mr. Keller
W. H. Trive
Edna Swearengen
Ellen Maher
Centerville
Towne
Local notices and ads from small town newspaper
A mix of sale notices and short personal items. For sale Holstein cow. D C Flanagan. Center ville Ia business trip. Mrs J P Hale visited Ethel Ia. J R Means called to Centerville Ia to see ill daughter Mary Jackson. Baker secured. fresh bread cookies cakes buns. phone 109 Casady. Miss Emma Bachmann returned Knox City from five weeks with aunt Emmett Donaldson. Xmas gifts line promoted. Walton 1912 Misses Jean McKinley Mae Middd Noon Esther Clark. Notes on friends in Kirksville and Naval School vacation. Continuous garbled text about relatives and travel between towns and a telegram about a mother not expected to live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Peabody
Centerville
J. P. Hale
Ethel
Everett
J. R. Means
Mary Jackson
C. W Casady
Emma Bachmann
Knox City
Emmett Donaldson
Walton
Jean McKinley
Mae
Esther Clark
Kirksville
Naval School
108 Sheep for Sale in Livonia Mo
Having sold my farm I have 105 good young ewes and three bucks for sale. If wanting to buy sheep see me at Livonia Missouri. Also notes of various local people and a bread baker advertisement appear in this scattered column.
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Livonia
L. J Baquet
Orange Homer McKinley Dies From Pneumonia At 24
Orange Homer McKinley son of Mr and Mrs Andersen McKinley born March 10 1894 died December 14 1918 after suffering influenza and pneumonia. Survived by his wife Rollie and three siblings. Funeral held outdoors at home with burial in Mendota cemetery conducted by J Roy Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Houston
Oscar James Triplett
Rocky Mountain Home
Alberti
Canada
Orange Homer McKinley
Mra Andersen McKinley
Tye
Rollie
Cutue Ake
Kirks- Vite
Oma
Mann
Lider J. Roy Wright
Mendota
Family expresses thanks for sympathy during illness
Mr and Mrs J A McKinley thank friends for kind words and acts of sympathy shown during the illness of their son and brother Orange McKinley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange McKinley
J A McKinley
War Ends On Western Front as Soldiers Fire Final Shots
Soldier writes from the front as the ceasefire nears, noting last shots fired at 10:56 and 10:59 with Germans as prisoners. He describes the mood as patrols out in No Man's Land and relief when news of armistice spreads, hoping the war ends soon and plans to write again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz
Silrs
Clark
Piege
Arthur
Mantey G McKinley
Milling or Feeding Corn Wanted for Bid Delivery
A fragment notes a bid for white or yellow milling or feeding corn to be delivered on track with shipments in December and January. It lists R. E. Mfiler of Nira Iowa as contact. Also mentions Dr W H Campbell leaving Jefferson Barracks after a furlough and L McGoldrick traveling to Cincinnati to visit his children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E Mfiler
Nira
Towa
W. H. Campbell
Jefferson Barracks
L. McGoldrick
Cincinnati
Sesqui Centenary Exposition Planned in Philadelphia
In 1926 Philadelphia plans an international exposition to be named the Sesqui Centennial Exposition. Sesqui means one and a half times the centennial era, a Latin root indicating one and a half more than 1776.
Baline Plants Grow Along Coasts and Salt Lakes
Baline plants include saltworts seaweeds prussuruck sea kale and asparagus that thrive by the seashore and salt lakes or dried lake beds. They are rich in saline constituents and their ashes were once used to make buarilla an impure carbonate of soda for soap glass and other products.
Dogs Served as Foot Warmers in Early New England Churches
In early New England days without stoves in churches women carried hot potatoes in their muffs and men brought dogs to church to act as foot warmers. A six-pence charge was levied per dog for this odd privilege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Morgan attends meeting of Northeast Missouri Lumbermen’s Assn
Morgan attended a meeting last week in Hannibal of the Northeast Missouri Lumbermen's Association, of which he is the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Hannibal
Northeast Missouri Lumbermen’s Association
Mrs Trigg Returns Home From Centerville Visit
Mrs Harry Trigg returned home Thursday to Centerville Iowa after calling at the M S Towne residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Trigg
Centerville
M. S. Towne
Also Mentioned on This Page
McCutchen & Son
Unionville, Mo
WC Rose
Unionville
O CC Potts Wen
Brownine
Linma Peters
Ed Moorer
Calvin Metalles
Henry Shoptaugh
Muscle Shoals
Alabama
H V Thornburgh
A. C. Thornburgh
Miss Sue
Red Cross
le Heen
Walt N’s
Morst Zersal
Hward
Frank Davis
Ds Moines
Wea
Aja
Cizzines
Vera
G. A. Tate
L. H. Howard
Marguerite Allen
St. Louis
Home Service
Ral Crosseps
The
J W Martin
Numa
Frank Towne
Guy Bills
Dave McGee
J M Davis
Howland
Alice Holliday
Lemens
Genevieve Thomas
M. B Tripp
D. C. Flanagan
Ben Vestn
Hill
Oklaoye
Mes
Lizvie Bishop
Richard Bishop
L. E Proffer
Centsville
Geneva Hunt
Near Howkind
Harry Wright
Pearl
Jesse Rogers
Vera Earhart
Chariton
Or. Mabee
Opal Smart
C W. Casady
J E Oldfield
Brookfield
Kitty Underwood
J. G Morgan
L.S
Cc. A. Middleton
Insurance
C. A. Middleton
France
V. T. Altes
Ohbru
Wentworth Merc. Co. Ivonia
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