Iowa Old Press

The Winterset News
Winterset, Madison Co., Iowa
May 4, 1905

A bright and cheerful daughter came Sunday night to brighten the home of H. P. and Mrs. ANDERSON.

One new church building in the city is assured for the coming summer and another one in prospect.

A. C. DOUGLAS has his house almost completed.

Sidewalk improvement is a feature in the city at this time.

The BLAIR Chapel Cemetery has been cleaned and the fences repaired.

Mrs. J. F. JOHNSON worthy matron of the O. E. S. lodge reports an enjoyable occasion at the regular meeting on last Friday evening, at which time Mrs. Anna M. FIELDS, deputy grand matron, was present and inspected the lodge and expressed much satisfaction at the condition. More that forty members and visitors were present. The dining hall was decorated with the colors of the order and five points of the star. A luxuriant lunch was served.

Mrs. Dr. ANDERSON and son, Paul, visited in Des Moines the first part of the week.

Miss Maggie NICHOL, who has been sick all winter, is now very low with congestion of the lungs.

E. E. WILLIAMS accompanied his father to Cordova, Iowa Saturday to attend the funeral of his uncle, Mr. WRIGHT, which occurred on Sunday.

C. J. YOUNG and wife visited at J. I. YOUNG's near Truro on Monday.

Mrs. Harrison SHUTT had a stroke of paralysis Saturday morning.

W. T. CASON, a former merchant, of this city, who resides ten miles south of Macon, Missouri, was recently stricken with an apparent fatal illness, his son James A., of Patterson, and daughter, Mrs. James A. WAY, of Winterset, hastened to his side. Because of seeming temporarily relief, they started on Saturday to return home, but at Macon were overtaken by a telegram calling his son back because of the much worse condition of the father. W. H. CASON, of St. Charles, a younger son, started at once and both boys will await the termination of the case.

H. E. BANTA, who has been employed in a packing house in Kansas City, has been visiting at home.

The St. Charles Cemetery presents a handsome appearance, having recently been carefully cleaned and improved in many respects.

G. H. MCCREA, was called to Indianola on Friday by the illness of his brother-in-law, Mr. WOODS.

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