Local Notes and Social Short Items
Local names and travel notes include J H Parker visiting Bloomfield for business, Willie Berry and Lawrence Bonfoey visiting Milan, Mrs Ann Herrick traveling to Kansas, Miss Delpha Davis returning from Moulton, and Mamie Stille coming home. Also mentions Frank Weston visiting Centerville and W H Forbes loan offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Berry
Lawrence Bonfoey
Milan
Ann Herrick
Kansas
B.e Walton
Bloomresid
Delpha Davis
Moulton
Iowa
Lina Bradshaw
Farmston
Turner The Barber and Local Notices Recap
Local column lists various community notices including a barber shop location Turner the barber near Monroe, Mrs. W. V. Wheat visiting relatives, horse sales, farm equipment moves, baking powder advertising, and residents returning from visits. Mentions weddings, travels, and a doctor relocating to Arroux to join his father solicitor practice.
West Liberty area notes and regional updates
Local notices report a infant death near West Liberty and burials at West Liberty cemetery. Marital and travel news include Mr. and Mrs. Clyde L. Martin returning from a wedding journey and Mrs. Jeff Canterberry visiting relatives in Dillon Montana. Several residents relocate or plan moves to Kewanee Illinois and Cambria Wyoming. An upcoming slate of church services and a political delegation to St. Joseph are noted, along with local business sales and property transfers.
Private Money to Loan on Horses and Cattle
Henry Callison offers private money loans secured by horses and cattle or personal security, with additional option of a second mortgage on land. Special emphasis on acquiring good notes at a reasonable discount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Callison
Union Ville Banks Show Strong Health in Statements
The National banks in Union Ville publish statements indicating very healthy conditions. Mrs Scovern wife of local conductor is ill with heart trouble and was off duty several days. Ping Pong gains traction as a social pastime. M H Schick moves his house back to remodel into an eight room modern dwelling. Despatches note pension increase to seventeen dollars monthly for Ed Clifton of Powersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Schick
Ed. Clifton
Powersville
Local notices and society items from Green City Press
Post office letter list for Unionville includes Miss Rachel Morgan and Louis H Ponder. Western horses to be sold at Rinker's barn. Delegates at Joplin visit W A Leybe traveling for sewing machine firm. Mrs J H Hale visits family in Milan. George Barnthouse selling Putnam county farm. real estate rise profitable. Miss May Beard and Carl Mace marry. plan Oklahoma relocation. Rev W A Pipkin reports Baptist church building in Unionville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unionville
Rachel Morgan
Louis H. Ponder
P. Willson
George Barnthouse
Putcam County
George
Putnam County
North Dakota
Texas
Missour
Centerville Lowegian
May Beard
Carl Mace
Biddle
Ottumwa
Oklahoma
W. A Pipkin
Union Rule
Green City
House and Two Lots for Sale in Unionville R. R. addition
The notice promotes a sale of a house and two lots in Unionville's R. R. addition, with inquiry directed to H. H. Earwart Jr. The piece also reports record rainfall last Thursday to Friday swelling Locust and Blackbird creeks, with damages but no major losses. It notes Henry Ells and family returning to Cedar Rapids and resettling in their former residence, welcoming them home. The editorial urges Unionville to provide a spacious park to support large outdoor gatherings, citing the Fourth of July as proof of demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Addition
Unionville
H. H. Earwart Jr
Henry Ells
Cedar Rapids
Ilena
Mr. Ellis
Powersville
Rural free delivery routes awarded amid mail box delays
The postal service awarded Route No. 1 to E. O. Lemen and Route No. 21 to J. L. Brasfield. Start date is expected August 1, and boxes are required for service. nonbox households will use the old method. A postal law provision protects mail receptacles with fines up to one thousand dollars or three years imprisonment for damaging or stealing mail or boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. O. Lemen
J. L. Brasfield
Mr. Lemen
W. H. Miller
East Side Racket Dealer Vanishes After Forced Liquidation
Harris operated a storefront on the square since last fall then packed and left last Sunday to dodge executions. Bonfoey quickly obtained a $15000 attachment and was paid. Wholesale creditors were paid under pressure, with many losses to come. Harris billed goods under his infant son Jerome Harris. Gross of the Bargain Store bought some stock. four teams moved the rest across the Iowa line Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
Bonfoey
Jerome Harris
Gross
Iowa Line
Sunday School Convention Program at Lemonville August 2 1902
The township Sunday School Convention will be held in Wilson township at Lemonville on Saturday August 2 1902 at 2 p m with a long program of devotion welcome address county president and other speakers. Night session features songs devotion talks and a discussion on financing and engagement in Sunday School work. Mrs W H Griggs of West Liberty dies after brief illness aged 64. funeral held with Rev B F Creason officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Township
Lemonville
E. Peter
W. J. Powers
S S. Torrey
Jno. Gulies
B. F.creason
Geo. Hatfield
A. S. Overholt
Sam Lemon
J. W. Stewart
Florence Wilhelm
T B Valentine
Daisy Riggs
Jas. Tucker
S. D. Collier
Lemonville School
Nelle Turner
D. Demunbrun
D. D. Crumpacker
Arthur Torrey
D. F. Caffee
W.H. Griggs
West Liberty
B. F. Creason
West Liberty Cemetery
Olive Griggs
Lynchburg
Joseph Pollard
W. H. Griggs
Rock Island surveyors press cut off route near Hartford
Rock Island crews survey a cut-off line about ten miles southeast of Unionville, aiming to choose a route for a St. Louis to Kansas City line. The project has faced local debate as Warrensburg and Johnson county are involved after Putnam County granted right of way and funds. The writer urges Unionville to accept the Rock Island proposal rather than risk losing the opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Hartford
Unionville
St. Louis
Kansas City
Warrensburg
Johnson County
Putnam County
Teachers Institute Opens August Eleventh for Ten Days
The institute runs August 11 for ten days with August examinations immediately after. All teachers must attend and help fund the institute. First and second grade certificate holders owe a 1.50 institute fee to the County Board of Education and receipts are required for enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Education
A.&. Oveesort School
Darkness Falls as City Light Plant Shuts Down
The electric light plant was shut down Monday to reset boilers. It may be ten days to two weeks before lights return. Nighttime darkness drove residents to kerosene lamps as repairs to boiler area brickwork had been overdue.
Unionville Camp plans meeting. long travel notes
All members of Unionville Camp No. 5508 should attend the next regular meeting on Tuesday August 5 with important business for conf iguration. Dr J L Sawyers and family return from a seven to eight month tour across Georgia Florida Texas Arizona California and perhaps other states. The Dorter improves and he does not plan to enter general practice again this time. The family may travel again this winter possibly to Europe. Burnham and wife waited almost six hours at Laclede for a train to Unionville and praise the luxury of better connections elsewhere to avoid isolation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unionville Camp No
J. L. Sawyers
Georgia
Florida
Texas
Arizona
Cifornia
Dorter
Roy
Europe
Centerville
Brother Burnham
The
Journal
Laclede
Reuy
Unionville
Kansas City
Burlington
St. Louis
Viele
Untonville
Between Themselves Life’s sharp exchange on marriage money
Dialogue fragment shows a confrontational exchange with accusations of marrying for wealth. One speaker asserts the other sought credit for not being a fool, revealing tension over financial motives and trust within a union.
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McCutchan
G. B. McCutchen
McCutchen & Son
Vicatz
L.H. Ioward’s
Caney Hibbs
Seyjour
W. H.iForbes
Frank Weston
Mamie Stille
W.H. Forbes
Auten
Suny
Mendota
Ois
J. P. Hale
Kanesctric Light Plant
Turner
Monroe’s Corner
Gene P. Hale
Wisconsin
Je Monroe Drug Co
Lee
Noah Martin
W. V. Wheat
Arged
Mr. and
Frank Underwood
Leota Altes
Lancaster
Wooldridge
Em. L. W. Conger
Viola
L. H. Howard
Earl Greer
Mieses Maud Guffey
Mary Shearer
Emerson, Neb
Mariah J. Jones
Lucerne
A. G. Crouch
Weatherford’s
Frank Pope
J. Sterling
Wall Stout
Josephine
Maud Duncan
Alma Curby
Alta Guffey
Atchison, Kans
Liers
Cora Payton
Ja. Riggs
St. Joseph
Chas P Brown
Ste Arroux
W. L
Charley
Aeal
Ane
Hishd Elmer
Emerson Tamhs
Siervant
Dan Roberts
Juliet
Laetta Settle
I. H. Howard
Richmond
Farmer
Clyde L. Martin
Agee
Jeff. Canterberry
Baby Cecil
Dillon
Montana
Eph. Worley
G. W. Daniels
Kewanee, Ills
Thos. Peterman
Des Moines
M. E
W. C. Robbins
Chicago
J. N. Comstock
G. W. Gillam
Cambria
Wyoming
T. B. Valentine
Myrtle Turner
8. E. Turner
Geo. A. Hill
Quinn
Moberly
Epworth Teague
Hr. A. Cockefair
Mrs. Whitmore
Jonathan Bruce
Alice Frances
W O. Underwood
J. P
Fairview
Bethany
Pollock
J. Powers
Z. T. Brawford
Allen Smith
W. C. Clapper
N. B. Marshall
Elvin Stewart
Chas Hodge
Ed. Browning
West End
York Township
Shriver
I. O. Pollock
Guy Hunter
Brasfield’s
Will Greggers
Pacific Coast
Puget Sound
Wash
Oregon
National Banks
McCutchuen & Son
Wooldridge & Clapper
Rinker’s Barn
Joplin
W. A. Leybe
A. J. Martin
Webster City
J. H. Hale
Chillicothe
D. F. Calfee
H. R. Brasfield
Excelsior Springs
W.H. Forses
Jackson’s
T. B. VaLextineg
Bom
Gkeo
Miller J. W Srewaski
Sec’y
Dave Callison
Callison
Abe Sulser
Mr. Callison
Carpenters
the Farmers Store
Farmers Store
Holman, Underwood
Pickinpaugh
Riccarde Routes
Dong
David
Garrett
Keokuk
Mra
Gaggs
7Ko Hatfield
Sko Miiee
Valenting
J. W Stewart
See
W .H. Griggs
Teachers Institute
Juby
P. Bolander
Glendale
Mary Susan Vaughn
Howard Snyder
Corydon
Edith Bostop
Delpha
William Jump
Eliza Starns
Rosewood
Harter Cassady
Grayeville
Hisse W. Wade
Graysville
Jonathan Brice
Alice Francis
A. J. Clark
T Hilda Calhoun
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