Two 100 Year Old Men Meet in Shenandoah Iowa
In Shenandoah Iowa Jonathan Wax and John M Phipps both celebrate turning 100 this year and met for the first time. They had long known of each other lived apart in Farragut and Shenandoah and enjoyed a motor tour after a day of conversation and photos. Both men are active and spry at their ages and amused by the milestone.
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Jonathan Wax
John M. Phipps
Mr. Phipps
Mr. Wax
Farragut
W. H. W. Wax
Shenandoah
H. E. Knight
Hooker
Jackson
Sixth Corps
South Mountain
W. F. Smith
West Wood
East Wood
Job Wanted Ad Promises Quick Local Results
A concise want ad in the Journal promises fast local results for applicants seeking work. The notice targets job seekers with immediate opportunities and outlines contact details for replies.
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Journa
Woman's Presbyterian Missionary Society Meeting Program at Ainsworth
Keokuk presbytery schedules the W P M S meeting at United Presbyterian Church in Ainsworth Iowa for October 4 1912. The program includes praise service minutes roll call magazine rally reports devotions missionary address discussions collections and officer reports with leadership by Mrs Mary Sawhill Mrs Eva Livingston Rev David Gordon and others.
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Woman's Presbyterial Missionary Society
Keokuk Presbytery
United Presbyterian Church
Ainsworth
Iowa
Mary Sawhill
Miss Wilson
Young Women's Department
W. C. Fisher
Blanche Hanson
David Gordon
W.G.M
Antietam Battle Snapshot and Aftermath
In September 1862 Confederate forces under Lee clash with McClellan near Sharpsburg and Antietam Creek. Jackson’s troops hold west wood while Burnside drives lines near bloody lane. Casualties run high on both sides, with Lee retreating to Virginia by nightfall and Grant then active in the West.
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Jackson
Harpers Ferry
Geo. L. Kilmer
U. 5
V. Ntietam
Gettysburg
George B. McClellan
R. BE. Lee
Maryland
Potomac River
Virginia
South Mountain
McClellan
Potomac
Antietam Creek
Lee
Stonewall” Jackson
Longstreet
Harperferry
Burnside
Ninth Corps
Hooker
Sharpsburg
Dunker Church
I. B. Richardson
D. H. Hill
New York
Texas
Cornfield
Sixth Corps
H. W. Slocum
Tne
Cornfeld
E. V. Summers
A. P. Hill
Double Quick
Antietam
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna
Tuka
Miss
Grant
Corinth
Tennessee
Bragg Alwung
Kentucky
Sterling Price
Price
Missouri
Mississippi
Buell
Bragg
Tupelo
Inka
Earl van Dorn
W. B. Rosecrans
Iuka
B. O. C. Ord
Ord
Rosecrans
Antietam and surrounding campaigns described in battle narrative
The report recalls Lee and McClellan clashing near Antietam Creek with Hooker at the left and highlights Union assaults that overwhelmed Confederate lines. It notes Sharpsburg, the crest above the lane, and the Irish color guard defending the green banner amid heavy losses. It also touches Grant’s Tennessee actions and Price’s maneuvering near Corinth and Iuka, ending with patent medicine notices.
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Chicago
France
Conversa
TION
W. P. M. Society
Gareb bin Ub
Meg
Kc Crower
Eva Livingston
John Rickey
Eva Eckermaiml
C. A. Sprague
Mias Bina Porter
Y. W
T. O
Wena
Chicago AA
Portland
John Shields & Sons
Joseph Hooker
Atte
Iittie Lee
Jefi
Federal Reserves Charge Home
Chamberlain
Lemmen
Irwin
Farmers & Merchants State Bank
Washington
GWA
la Salle
W. Wilson
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