Iowa
Old Press
Iowa Recorder
Greene, Butler, Iowa
October 21, 1903
L.J. Mulkins and wife were Hampton visitors Saturday, in
attendance at a family reunion. Mr. Mulkins' mother, Mrs. J.R.
Elwood and his uncle, A.G. Jones, of Idaho, and his brother,
John, visited the Mulkins and Wilcox families here Sunday
returning to Hampton in the evening.
News From the Dougherty World
-Edwin Wade, the adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Wade, left last
night for New York City to try to trace up the members of his
family.
-Auctioneer Robert Mullen has four auction sales to cry this
week. The auction season is opening up early and they all want
"Uncle Robert" to cry their sales for them.
-Barney Grant finished threshing last Tuesday. Oats went about 40
bushels to the acre and barley about 25. Pretty good grain crops
for this year, and the grain stacks are dry and nice.
[submitted by C.J.L., Sept. 2003 & March 2004]