Wayland Notes Include Local Prospects and Travel
Sept 3 update from Wayland reports Chris Boshart building a new east Wayland residence with K Schantz crew. Various residents make short trips and visits to Des Moines, Washington, Missouri and Canada as Chautauqua attendance noted. A Gaines Nichols deal sees Kilgore trading 60 acres for 200 acres near here with $7,000 cash difference, possession March 1, 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.P. Kilgore
Washington
J. W. Hbrinoing
Here
Gaines & Nichols
Kilgore
Mr. Brinning
Mr. Kilgore
Neighborhood School Opens With Returning Staff
Sept 4 opened with Miss Mary Myers teaching the Pleasant district and Mrs Anna Kelmed teaching west of town. Mr and Mrs Carl Dunbar visited, Will Stockman and family traveled to Ottumwa, Mrs Lew Lemley remains critically ill, Ada Richardson visits Jane Richardson. J Wessley Myers and Myrtie SYoung married last Tuesday at Rev Dite McMasters home and left for Des Moines then State Fair. Crowds welcomed the newlyweds back with cigars lemonade and music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Myers
Anna Kelmed
Carl Dunbar
Will Stockman
John
Sam
Lee
Ottumwa
Lew Lemley
Local Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits and Travel
Sept 3 social items list visits and travels around the area. Families like Hollingsworth, Johnson, Corpman, Randall, Carkoff, Staller, Singmaster, Conrad, Snyder, Robertson, and Edwards are noted with relatives and friends in Washington Brighton Keola and nearby towns. A fishing party hosted by A P Peterson ends with claims of fish lengths humorously exaggerated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollingsworth
Elam Johnson
Lafe Corpman
Brighton
Tom Randall
Ainsworth
John Carkoff
Asel Robertson
Mike Edwards
A. P. Peterson
Mr. Linn
Galesburg
Local Notes on Visits and Repairs Around Sigourney
Sept 4 reports Mrs Kathryn Tinnes still ill. Mrs Frank Engle and son Virgil returned to Lancaster after a week with relatives. Mr Newhart and son Archie from Richland assist Fred Newhart in tearing down the Grubb louse, once Henderson John Koch. Essie Grubb and Miss Page visited Sigourney. Mrs George Reighard and children visit Dublin relatives. Abraham hires carpenters to remodel the old Masonic lodge building for moving store goods. School opens with Porter Johnson as teacher. Mrs August Tiones returns from Washington Chautauqua. Mrs John Snider and daughter Hilda visit Kath ry n Tinnes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Tinnes
Frank Engle
Virgil
Lancaster
Mr. Newhart
Archie
Richland
Fred Newhart
Old Henderson
John Koch
Essie Grubb
Will Page
Sigourney
George Reighard
Dublin
Abraham
Masonic Lodge
Porter Johnson
August Tiones
Washington
Chautauqua
John Snider
Hilda
Keola
Local residents engage in travel and education notes
Sam Carson spends the week at Columbus Junction. Mr and Mrs Rolla Gallagher visit Washington on Tuesday. Will Sexton and men tile L Brinning. Schools start at Snowball Prairie Flower Pleasant Plains and Lincoln. Mrs Mary Knapp and son Carl visit Washington. Miss Fannie Beal begins at the Academy. Henry Palmer expects his mother from Ohio. Som Reeves delivers a load of boats to Washington. M A Hole has a safe Friday. They plan to move to Oklahoma. Harley Myers canvasses the neighborhood with strong success. Mr and Mrs Orley Page visit Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Carson
Columbus Junction
Rolla Gallagher
Washington
Will Sexton
Hole
Oklahoma
Harley Myers
Orley Page
Local Notices and Miscellany From Crawfordsville
Sept 5 updates include Miss Clara Coulter arriving in Washington to stay with her brother R H Coulter. W W Moore returns from Chicago. The Barrow infant narrowly escaped drowning in a tub by the well. revival required. authorities note the child likely crawled to the tub. Rev W N Potter leaves for the M E conference at Grinnell. O Fullerton of Washington on a business visit. Mr and Mrs Harry Cassel and son return from Peoria. Glynne Rowan and Carrie Colthurst depart Crawfordsville for Monmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Coulter
Washington
R. H. Coulter
W. W. Moore
Chicago
Ben Ferguson
N. B. Rush
Columbus Junction
H. F. Barrow
W. N. Potter
Grinnell
O. Fullerton
Harry Cassel
Little Son
Peoria
Glynne Rowan
Carrie Colthurst
Crawfordsville
Monmouth
Vienna arrivals and local fair notes sweep Jct area
Macaroons, nut fingers and kisses at the Vienna. A. L. Samson arrived from Wyman. Mrs. and Mrs. L. Page attended the Junction fair. Mrs. Mary Waters visited Keota with her son Ort. Miss Florence Parrish spent the day in Winfield with her music class. Ola Bailey rode to Columbus Junction for the fair. Mrs. Jas. Page traveled to Iowa City to stay with sister Edith Davis. Rev and Mrs. W. G. Thorne left for Grinnell for the M. E. conference. Mrs. J. R. Isenhart and Nina depart for Des Moines to make their home. Verle Isenhart has been there. J. W. Warner visited his sister in Muscatine and went to Columbus Junction. Mrs. W. L. McKee travels from Muscatine to Keota then Colorado with Washington relatives. Tom and Jas. Kyle returned from Muscatine by auto. John Wylie and wife leave for Kansas City and Longmont Colorado after a hail storm and a rice prank at the station. A porter tipped by every tenth mile post is joked as a possible unwritten law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Johnson
Muscatine
Sam Anderson
Henry Green
Missouri
Miss Davis
Green
Walnut School
Myrtie LaMotte
Brighton
Frank McKay
Charlie
Mr. Lang
Geo. Fetters
Ed Statler
Canada
Ola Bailey
Columbus Junction
Jas. Page
Iowa City
Edith Davis
John Wylie
Southwest Limited
Kansas City
Longmont
Colo
Limited
Starving to Death Healed by Electric Bitters
Mrs. Mary H Walters of Columbus Ohio describes near starvation from a weak stomach and nerve distress. After taking Electric Bitters her health improved at once and she was completely cured, with the tonic sold by Stewart druggist for 50 cents guaranteed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary H. Walters
St. Clair St
Columbus
Stewart
Special Rock Island Train To Columbus Junction Fair
The Rock Island offers a special train to the Columbus Junction fair next Thursday the 6th starting from Sigourney with eight coaches. It departs Columbus Junction at 7 p m thirty minutes ahead of the Firefly and returns on schedule. A Washington and Keota ball game will be played on the fair grounds that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Columbus Junction
Sigourney
Washington and Keota
Patient praises Dr Shalienberger for kidney and stomach cure
A patient writes from Chicago praising the Chicago Specialist Dr Shalienberger for kidney and stomach trouble treatment and recovery. The note offers to share full case details upon contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shalienberger
Chicago
Summer AOEAE in Chill Dren
During hot weather the first loose bowels in a child require prompt care to prevent illness. A few doses of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy followed by castor oil cleanses the system. Rev M Stockland of Little Falls Minnesota reports success with the remedy for summer diarrhoea in children. Sold by Cook Sherman and Stewarts pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. M. ©. Stockland
M. E
Little Falls
Minn
Cook & Sherman and
Stewart’s Pharmacy
Round Trip Fares to Canadian and New England Points
One fare for round trip from Chicago plus two dollars for a fifteen day limit and one fare for round trip plus four dollars for a thirty day limit to Canadian and New England points. Tickets sold via Nickel Plate Road from Chicago September 5 and 19. Information on application to John Y. Calahan General Agent 107 Adams St Chicago LaSalle St Station the only depot on the elevated loop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New England
Nickel Plate Road
John Y. Calahan
Adams St
LaSalle St
Well Worth Trying Dr King's Life Pills
W H Brown a Pittsfield Vermont pension attorney praises Dr King's New Life Pills as the next best thing to a pension. He says they keep his family in splendid health and use them for headache constipation and biliousness. 25c guaranteed at Stewart's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Brown
Pittsfield
Special Summer Tourist Rates to Canadian and New England Points
Nickel Plate announces limited time tourist fares from Chicago with a fifteen day limit at one fare plus two dollars and a thirty day limit at one fare plus four dollars to Canadian and New England points. Tickets on sale September 5 and 19. Reservations for sleeping car berths via City Ticket Office 07 Adams St Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickel Plate Rcead
New England
Chicago
City
Adams St
California excursions offer one fare round trip to Los Angeles and San Francisco
Iowa Central will sell tickets from September 3 to October 31 at one fare for a round trip with variable routes and liberal stopover privileges. For details contact agents or A. B. Cutts G P and T A Minneapolis Sept. 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Iowa Central
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Cal
A. B. Cutts
Minneapolis
Minn
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Work & Meek
West Side
The
City Feed Yard
Mason Transfer &Storage Co
Square Meals
Fast Side
Praok
Roy Y.stichter
W. E. Groendycke
Opera House
the Journal
the County News
Journal
Wayland
Chris Boshart
East Wayland
K. Schantz
Miller
Arkansas
J. Bk. Evans
Kansas
Hillsboro
Iowa
Anova Conrad
Frankie
Vernie
Nobie
Peter Richer
Mike Miller
Olds
David Rich
Mt. Pleasant
Murray Smylie
Dr. T. McConaughey
Wm. Ilenis
Lester
K. Shants
Oakville
Levi Miller
Mayme Reynolds
Doctor McConaughey
Miss Sinclair
Miss Grant
Jake Roth
J. B. Evans
Roscoe Robertson
A. I. Sanders
Elmer Lhoma
George Mangold
Jas. Banas
Chas. Atkinson
Dale
Des Moines
T. Y. Wickham, Sr
Texas
Landseekers
P. Nichols
Jas. Clegg
Chas. Porter
O. ©. Fullerton
Pan Handle
Grace Hill
Will Wolf
Miss May McCaleb
Washinon
L. Corpman
Seymour Staller
A. B. Singmaster
Arthur Conrad
Cora Snyder
Talley Rand
Vienna
A. L. Samson
Wyman
L. Page
Junction Fair
Mrs. Mary Waters
Ort
Cklorence Parrish
Winfield
W. G. Thorne
M. E. Church
J. R. Isenhart
Nina
Mr. Isenhart
Verle
J. W. Warner
W. F. Bailey
W. L. McKee
Keota
Colorado
Tom
Jas
Kyle
Iowa Gas & Electric Co
Price
Keokuk
Jefferson Counties
Smith & Emry
Richlend
Brown’s Candy Kitchen
Orino
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