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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1902
Page
5
Local column highlights social visits and farming activity across Independence areas. Residents from Webster City, Stanhope, Kamrar, and Blairsburg are noted visiting relatives, with several weddings and school events referenced. Farmers report corn planting underway and harvest-related jobs. new telephone line praised. church events and memorial plans also noted.
Rev. B F Myers will deliver the address for yt cemetery decorations. L B Durgee of Omaha Cooperative Lyceum Bureau arranged a lecture course for the coming season starting May 12. Mrs Fill Millard visited Mrs J M Honightaling then returned to Webster City. T S George named new foreman at Wasp office.
Reading from a torn school program, the document lists acts such as Japanese Singing Girls in Grade, Minuet by Young Ladies Chorus, Fifth and Sixth Grade Girls, and a Boston Tea Party living pictures. It notes Grace McDonald Leta Wol and Callie Steve among performers with ticket prices: 25 cents reserved and 15 cents general.
The notices detail transfers among Joseph Marwick, NW Law and Trust Co, North Western Land and Trust Co, State Bank Blairaburg, and other parties. Properties include Ellsworth and Blairaburg blocks and lots in Ten Eycks add Stratford, with amounts ranging from 1 100 to 316.6 and deeds involving guardians and widows.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces a May 28, 1902 examination in this city for clerk and carrier positions in the post office service. Open to energetic young applicants 18 to 45, the test covers practical intelligence and adaptability to post office work with future advancement in federal service.
A jumble of maxims and quotations on behavior, gender roles, and manners. Notes warn against excessive drinking and urge practical virtue, with references to conscience, health, and personal responsibility. The piece weaves aphorisms and literary mentions in a pasted newspaper column style.
District Court of State of Town in Hamilton County hears probate action by Patrick H Abynchaintist against Dennis Conners and others seeking to establish and quiet title to real estate described as North West quarter Section Fifteen in Township Eight North, with unknown claimants named. Court notices appearance by September term at Webster City Iowa. default leads to judgment. Publication details include legal notices and public sale references.
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