Local notes from Hobson and Gove and holiday hints
A miscellany of local items including visits by A6-10¢ Max Kellar in Ainsworth and travelers like Henry Witting to Crawfordsville. Edits on holiday shopping from Gunther's candies and Means & Stichter. Various residents travel for holidays, learn of sales, gifts, and community happenings around Crawfordsville and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Means & Stichter
Max Kellar
Ainsworth
Henry Witting
Crawfordsville
Homer Crawford
Chicago
M. E. Logan
Wellman
Hi. Brinning
M. C. Essley
Lenox
Nicola
Harmon
Gunther
Local Notes Show Coal Dealers and Holiday Travel
Neiswanger seeks coal venture. Gunther's candy sold by Means and Stichter. Local families plan holidays. several residents travel to Cedar Falls, West Chester, Columbus Junction, and Clarinda. News mentions illnesses, schooling, and a bank cashier's suicide motive under investigation. Nearby shoppers and visitors fill the community scene across Winfield and Southwest Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch Monroe
West Chester
Rodney Crail
D. L. Baird & Son Greerey
W. BE. Miller
South
Columbus Junction
Hansen and
Ball
Cedar Falls
Ray Latehem
Morgan Park Academy
Nannie
Addie [Nere
Wyman
Lena Maxwell
Crawfordsville
Irma Harrison
Verdi
Lessie Baker
Ethel McCreedy
Drake University
Will Kyle
Northwestern University
Chicago
Nettie Martin
Heights
Milwaukee
Hedrick
Columbia Pharmacy
Tom Miller
Frank Bergquist
Matthew Donahey
Dan Rohrer
Donahey
M.r. Struble
Sioux Rapids
Wellman
R. M. Wilson
F. F. Parrish
Holiday Excursion Rates Announced for Island Stations
Holiday excursion rates apply between Rock Island stations within 200 miles. Dates December 24 25 and 31 plus January 1 to January 4 1904 return limit. Full details at all Rock Island ticket offices. H W Russel Agent.
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Rock Isand
Rock Island
Economical stock feeding relies on warm temperate regions
The text argues working outdoors year round boosts production and lowers shelter costs for stock raisers. It highlights ash forming and fat forming foods, noting velvet bean and cassava as abundant in Alabama and Florida. Velvet bean as a flesh producer and cassava as a fat producer are described as cheap, effective fattening materials.
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Alabama
Florida
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Waltham
Hull
East Side
Opticians
Lemmon & Lewis
Washington
Iowa
Nebraska
North Platte Valley
Big Horn Basin
Quest
Casio HU
Je D. Kunath
Hobson & Gove
Columbia
Frankie Porter
Harry Ward
Winfield
New York
Margaret Safley
Tipton
Carrier Rathmell
Route Three
T. B. Thresher
Fred Jardon
Atending Dental School
W. A. Turner
Lewis Klein
Bowman Dry Goods
Ypsilanti, Mich
Prof. Lytle
Academy
Hanover
Ind
Fred Pulver
Oakville
Wisconsin
Jennie Jones
Rob Henry
Jones Mansion
Constable Jones
Main Street
Bright
Bob
Neiswanger
Alugh A
W. S. Huston
Burlington
Catherine Horan
Mahlon Smith
Marian Smith
Oskaloosa
Mabel Means
Lilian Crone
Estella Fogel
Clarinda
May Shockley
Shockley
E. C. Carris
H. W. Russel
Agt
Frisco
Glen River
Tennesee
Mississippi
Louisiana
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Kentucky
Virginia
Southeastern Limited
J. C. Lovrein
Kansas City
SALE
Palmer
Yours Truly
Wm. Blair & Son
Racine
R. A. Riley
J. W. Teeter
Washington, Iowa
Colenso
Frank Rogers
McKeone & Shields
E. of City Water Works
North
G. A. Park
Gen’s Immigration and Industrial Ag’t
Louisville & Nashville
R. R. Go
Louisville, KY
Dr. King
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