Buchanan County's Earliest Pioneers Celebrate Anniversary
Independence Iowa Sept 12 Today marks a historic anniversary for J and Mrs Barr pioneers of Buchanan County born Sept 12 1857 and Sept 7 1854. They married in 1890 toured the Chicago world fair and visited relatives in southern Iowa. They lived on a farm of 410 acres before renting it ten years ago. Mrs Barr is the oldest child of John and Margaret O Loughlin. Mr and Mrs Barr now reside in Independence.
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Independence
China
Chicago
Mrs. Barr
Buchanan County
Barr
Omas
Eleanor Barr
Tuscarawas County
Ohio
Towa
Local Rural Life Notes From Minnesota Fair and Area Visits
Dewar residents attended the Minnesota fair with Koester Perry Schmitt and Alvin Schmitt. Mrs Lillig hosted many relatives from Eagle Center, while Miss May Metcalf returned from Excelsior Springs Mo after about three weeks. Frank Brown and Robert Nesbit bought corn binders this week and others began filling silos. Dell Fridley and family left for Freeport Illinois to visit for a week, and several locals put up new silos recently. Mrs Win Lindley returned to Waterloo after visiting her son Frank for three weeks. Miss Marshall started teaching.
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F. J. Schmitt
Eagle Center
Dell Fridley
Freeport
J. Steely
C. J. Meyer
Heipie
John Anderson
Win. Lindley
Waterloo
Frank
Miss Marshall
Gresham News Roundup Opens School and Notes Deaths
Gresham reports a small town week with Minnesota state fair visits by Mr. and Mrs. Louis Miller and others, a Gresham school opening with Miss Gertrude Coale as teacher, local births, church services, visits, and a death in La Porte City. A sale planned by D L Reichert and son, plus various trips and social events, are noted. A boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Willis Peterson is recorded.
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Gresham
Minnesota
Louis Miller
D. J. Holtdiman
Will Miller
Henry Gramerman
Sumner
D. L. Reichert
Nathan
Gresham School
Gertrude Coale
Waterloo
Beatrice Beichert
Frank Holdiman
Charlie Boehme
Oswald Smith
Louis Pettmiller
Dubuque
Charles Rich
John Muldzaln
Clark
la Porte City
Maldzahn
Finchford
Local Notes from Mooreville Attest Community Life and Trades
A. D. Sawyer gifts daughters Hazel and Ada a piano. Carpenters finish a large double corn crib on A. J. Meeker farm. Sturtz family travels to Keystone in touring car. Parsons moves near Treat to Thiessen farm. Sawyer and Ada begin duties at Dysart high school. Families attend soldiers' reunion in La Porte. Roy Cleveland returns to Waterloo to finish high school. Farmers fill silos this week. Pete McIntyre rents farm east of La Porte with March 1914 possession. Eickelberger marries in Indiana and starts housekeeping to farm for himself. Roy and Mrs. Miller return to Pennsylvania. Jill and old Sheeler schools open with new teachers Kate Murphy and Harriet Clough. Cortney Sawyer nursing a sprained ankle. Hayward family autoed to Toledo. Robbins family visit Geneseo. Fris Elliott buys a new five passenger car. Mant Baird family visit La Porte.
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Mooreville
A. D. Sawyer
Hazel
Ada
Clough
Dysart
A. J
Ada Sawyer
Dysart High School
W. H. Smith
C. B. Hayward
la Porte
Roy Cleveland
John Harrington
Waterloo
Pete McIntyre
W. T. Eickelberger
Indiana
Iowa
Roy Miller
O. J. Hayward
Pennsylvania
Jill
Kate Murphy
Sheeler School
Larriet Clough
Cortney Sawyer
Toledo
Plainfield Social Notes Through a Sept Week
Walter field and wife visited Nashua while Strecker and family from Minneapolis stayed a week with Mrs. O N Thompson. Ane Lynes spent Monday in Harbes City. Miss Yazel Tovd visited Waterloo Monday and Tuesday. Ed Phillips' family returned Tuesday from a week in St Paul. A Samian family and Miss Junny Raymond visited Myrtle Minnesota then returned Tuesday. Mrs J W Wade and daughters returned Monday from Dubuque.
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Junny Raymond
Myrtle
Minn
Finchford notes and local updates from Sept 11
Henry Long buys the Davis house in Finchford. Carl Geisler and Ancil Cassaday make a business trip to Charles City. Mrs. Yocum of Des Moines visits relatives. Miss Evenson teaches near Allison. Evenson and McBride build new barns. School starts with Miss Holland. Mrs. Kies visits relatives. Dorman and Cassaday family. Miss Mabel Walters suffers poison exposure. A Northwood visit to John Howe home. Mrs. Gertie Vossburg visits Louis Eickelberg. Mrs. C. J. Martin of Boone Mill writes of longevity and health after Chamberlains Tablets use.
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Finchford
Henry Long
Sheffield Davis
Carl Geisler
Ancil Cassaday
Charles City
Frank Yocum
Des Moines
Carrie Evenson
Allison
L. B. Evenson
Charles McBride
Elizabeth Holland
Clark George
Frank Berbohm
Clarksville
Mabel Walters
Amy Pound
William Clark
Uttle
Northwood
John Howe
Five Personal Injury Suits Filed Over Carroll Grade Crossing Deaths
In Carroll district court five suits totaling 52000 dollars seek damages for injuries and deaths stemming from the June 10 grade crossing accident near Carroll. Claimants are relatives of R. M. Dudley of Nashville Tennessee. The Northwestern Railroad Company is named as defendant.
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Council Bluffs
Carroll
R. M. Dudley
Nashville
Quick Cure for Diarrhoea Promoted by Local Merchant
An advertisement claims Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy swiftly cures diarrhoea. User M E Gebhart of Oriole Pa reports rapid relief after one dose and notes it cured others. The notice says an ordinary diarrhoea attack is often cured by one or two doses and that the product is available from all dealers.
Brotherhood Supper and Meeting at Cedar River Park
The First Presbyterian church brotherhood will hold supper at Cedar River park near the bathing beach with an annual business meeting and officer election. W W McFarlane, president of the brotherhood and Park board, arranged transport from the church at 6:30 to 7:00 p m. Plumbers will dine at El Run Inn and play a ball game against the journeymen with City Plumbing Inspector Wm Jeninish as umpire.
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Brotherhood of the First Presbyterian Church
W. W. McFarlane
Brotherhood
Cedar River Park
el Run Inn
City Plumbing
Wm. Jeninish
Picnic for Journeymen and Master Plumbers
The journeymen and master plumbers of the city plan their first annual picnic at Elk Run tomorrow. A special car departs the waiting station at 9:00 a.m. and the city's plumbing business will be suspended at that time.
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Elk Run
Cough Remedy Cures Child in Tipton Tale
Mrs. Sarah E. Duncan of Tipton reports her son’s severe winter cold improved after using one bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. The note claims the medicine stopped the cough and cured the cold. advertised as available from all dealers.
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Sarah E. Duncan
Tipton
Meeting of Degree of Honor in Waterloo Lodge
Waterloo Lodge No. 50 Degree of Honor schedules a regular meeting in Seash hall on Monday evening September 15, changing the time from Wednesday to Monday.
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Waterloo Lodge No. 50
Seash Hall
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Peosta
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HR. J. Starr
Harriette
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R. L. Farnsworth
North Dakota
Ben Thompson
W. A. Thompson
Rochester
Manzo Scott
St. Paul
Bert Fry
M. Orcutt
Kansas
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W. T. Robbins
Will Wilkinson
Geneseo
Fris Elliott
Mant Baird
Plainfield
J. W. Wade
Dubngie
Kies of
Jesup
Charles’ Dorman
Oscar Cassaday
Boone Mill
Guaranty
Lac Cedar Falls
W. W. Ransom Dunkerton
John A. Camphi Dewar
Schmitt Bros
Gilbertville
Bornong Bros
Hudson
Hudson Imp. Co
Newton, Iowa
Mavis Guba
Bi- Laporte City
Lehman Bros
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Washburn
Muthaler Bros
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Ferguson Bros
Lon Elec. Sup. Co
Waverly
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Exposition Hall
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