Iowa
Old Press
The Red Oak Sun
Red Oak, Montgomery County
April 20, 1900
- RED OAK -
Dale Doggett is employed on Gordon Hayes' farm.
There were Easter services at Memorial church last Sunday.
Fred Smith, of Villisca, spent last week with his brother, Ed,
here.
A heavy rain and hail storm passed over this vicinity, Monday
evening.
Ed Johnson and Heber Powers sawed wood for Chas. Johnson Tuesday.
Carl Kirby passed Sunday with his brother, John Swickward, near
Biddick.
Barker Bros. have been grading ground preparatory to building a
large new barn.
The Misses Holmes and Woodward, of Massena, are the guests of
Mrs. Asbury Prather.
Mr. and Mrs. John Swickward have gone to housekeeping on Thomas
Donohoe's farm, near Biddick.
Mrs. Hattie Armstrong, from Missouri, has been visiting in the
home of her brother, E. J. Smith.
The foreman of the creamery company came this week and work will
begin on the creamery building immediately.
The infant child of Mrs. W. L. Lewis, died Thursday morning,
April 12, and was buried at Milford on Friday morning.
Misses Laura and Mabel Lester, of Villisca, were the guests of
Misses Myrtle and Ruth Mayhew Saturday evening and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Johnson spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs.
Johnson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. H. Hart, near Villisca.
There was quite a large attendance at the Easter exercises at
Holmes Chapel Sunday morning, and an interesting program was
given.
Orrin Lewis, who is working at Bridgewater, was called home last
week by the death of his father. He returned to Bridgewater
Saturday.
Easter services were held at Holmes Chapel last Sunday morning at
11 o'clock. The Epworth League gave an Easter program in the
evening. Miss Mamie Bryson in charge of the meeting.
- STANTON -
Ivan Wallin is visiting Friends in Chicago.
T. S. Bishop has employment with Wallin Bros.
F. H. McCormick has moved into his new house.
G. W. Carpenter, a photographer, has located here.
Mrs. Holm of Villisca, visited with Mrs. Fred Peterson Sunday.
Otto Larson has gone to O'Brien county. He will pass the summer
there.
A surprise party was given Mr. and Mrs. C. Johnson Wednesday
evening.
Ephraim Anderson is passing a few weeks in Chicago, visiting
friends.
- Villisca -
Miss Alice Doggett, who went to Osceola, Neb., about a month ago
in hope of improvement in health, died there April 13, from
consumption.
Joseph DeGaugh has gone to Marshalltown to become an inmate of
the soldiers' home. He served in the war with Mexico as well as
in the civil war.
Mrs. L. T. Cook died at her home here April 13. She was born in
Muscatine and in her 38th year. Her husband and one child, a
daughter, survive her.
Mrs. Williason, formerly of Villisca, has secured her old
position as stenographer for Hibbard, Bartlett & Spencer,
wholesale hardware firm, in Chicago.
Co. B will hold a bazaar and fair May 10, 11 and 12 for increase
of the armory fund. The articles for it are being donated by the
wholesale houses which have customers in Villisca.
It is proposed to build a two story building, 34 by 60 feet, for
city and fire department purposes, the lower floor to be used as
hose house, with city jail, and upper floor as city council
chamber and firemen's hall.
There were 88 members received into the Presbyterian church
during the year ending March 31, 1900. The pastor solemnized
eight-marriages, conducted 15 funeral services; made 406 pastoral
calls and preached 130 sermons during the year.
J. F. Sparlin, formerly of Villisca, died recently in Denver
Col., where he had made his home for a year past, his children
living there. He was past 80 years of age. Mrs. Sparlin and four
children, two sons and two daughters, survive him.
Eld. W. P. Shamhart and two of his sons departed on Monday
evening for their new home in Champaign, Ill. Mrs. Shamhart and
the other children went to Ohio two weeks before to visit Mrs.
Shamhart's parents and will go from there to Champaign.
Chas. Best, son of W. J. Best, was severely wounded at Watertown,
S. Dak., several days ago by accidental discharge of a shotgun
while duck hunting. He was struck in the back, 82 shot striking
him. It is probable that he will recover, so his father writes.
The later went to Watertown to be with his son.
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The Red Oak Sun
Red Oak, Iowa
April 27, 1900
- Louis Daniels from Adair, A brother of Mrs. S. A. Fullerton,
came to attend the funeral of Mrs. Fullerton's son and his
nephew. H. D. Fullerton.
- C. P. Shefler passed a day or two of the past week in Osage,
going there on business. He stopped for a little visit with his
parents near Cedar Falls.
- County Supt. of School Thos. McCuloch passed Tuesday and
Wednesday in Council Bluffs, attending a district convention of
county superintendents.
- Alex Swanson, for 8 1/2 years an insane patient at the county
hospital, died there Monday from liver trouble. He was from Scott
township and was 45 years of age.
- Geo. M. Gray has moved back to Red Oak from Washington
township, where he has been living on a farm which he bought
several years ago. he has rented his farm to his son-in-law, Geo.
E. Goble.
- John Holmquist and Gus E. Peterson have purchased steamship
tickets of Wm. Plannck for Sweden and return and expect to visit
the Paris exposition before returning They take steamship at New
York May 26.
- Mrs. John Allender, wife of a former pastor of the Red Oak
Congregational church, died at her home in Middlefield, Conn.,
April 12, from pneumonia. She was 57 years of age. Her husband
and one son survive her. Mrs. Allender has a large circle of
friends in Red Oak.
- Dr. David Runnels, son of Ormand Runnels, of Red Oak, graduated
from the Chicago Homeopathic Medical college with high honor
April 24. He will for the present go to Milledgeville, Ill., to
take charge of Dr. R. A. Harlan's practice during the latter's
absence on a visit to Europe and the Oaris exposition.
- John R. Jones, of Lincoln township, and Mrs. Minnie R.
Strickler, of Emerson, were married in Red Oak, at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Fansher, on Wednesday, April 25, by Rev. M.
G. Ramboy, of Emerson. They have the best wishes of many friends
for happiness and prosperity.
- The Shubert Sumphany club will give a concert in the Armory on
Friday evening, May 4. The winter entertainment is an extra
number in the lecture curse, holders of season tickets therein
being privileged to buy tickets at 15 cents each. Besides the
Schubart lady quartet, the company includes Carl F. Hunter,
violin
soloist, and Goodwill Dickerson, impersonator. The entertainment
will be a fine one.
-The company presenting the dramatization of Quo Vadis last
Saturday evening at the Evans theater is an extra good one. They
all have talent which has been trained. Excellent spenery was
effectively handled. The company deserved very much better
patronage than it received here. Saturday evening is not a good
one
for getting out a large audience and the impression that a
company playing smaller cities could not give so ambitious a play
in proper manner kep some away.
- Clarence C. Turner and Miss Zuella Bell were married at the
home of the bride's mother, on Valley st., Tuesday evening April
24, at 8 o'clock, by Rev. W. G. Hohshelt. They will make their
home on a farm four miles south of town. They have the good
wishes of many friends.
- There were 75 members of the United Workmen and Modern Woodmen
orders in attendence at the funeral of H. D. Fullerton last
Friday afternoon. Each order sent a handsome floral piece. The
Red Oak camp of Modern Woodmen has been organized 18 years and
Mr. Fullerton's death was the first among the membership.
- The Red Oak post office is now supplied with the new stamp
books in three sizes, containing 12, 24 and 48 two cent stamps.
Sheets of parafine paper lie between the leaves to keep the
stamps from adhereing in damp weather. The 12 stamp books are 49
cents and the 48 stamp book is 97 cents.
- A small cyclone did some damage at V. A. Milner's place near
Frankfort Tuesday evening. It's path was only 20 feet wide but
nothing it touched escaped injury. A large corn crib was turned
up side down, a corn sheller and a farm wagon were picked up and
carried some distance, while a scoop shovel was carried a quarter
of a mile. Its roar was similar to that of a heavy train going
over a bridge.
- Dr. G. E. Fisher, dentist, northwest corner square, Red Oak,
Iowa.
- Best on Earth -- Regent $5.50 sjoew foe men --Bolt shoe store.
-Death of an Old Citizen.
Levi H. Weaver, since 1876 a resident of Frankfort township, died
Wednesday, April 25, after an illness of less than two weeks. He
was afflicted with kidney and heart trouble. Mr. Weaver was a
native of Pennsylvania, born in Northumberland county in 1834,
being in his 67th years. He moved to Illinois when a young man,
coming to Iowa from Stephenson county, where he was married in
1862. Mrs. Weaver, who with a son and daughter survive him, is a
sister of D. M., J. F. and W. E. Zimmerman, od Red Oak. D. J.
Waever, of Frankfort township, and Mrs. Daniel Barto, of Biddick,
are the surviving children. A brother resides
in New York City and a sister in Northumberland county. Pa. Mr.
Weaver was a highly esteemed citizen, one who not only took pride
in his political faith, that of a Democrat, but showed more than
ordinary interest in public affairs. For many years he sered as
school director and road supervisor in the community in which he
lived. The funeral services take place this Friday afternoon at 2
o'clock at the Pilot Grove Presbyterian church.
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SUNDRY SUBURBS.
The News of the County Sent In By Clever Correspondents.
SALEM.
- Ed Gile is teaching the spring term of school in West Riverside
district.
- There will be quarterly meeting at Salem United Evangelical
church on Saturday evening and Sunday, April 28 and 29. There
will be preaching Saturday evening and on Sunday morning and
Sunday evening by Presiding Elder J. E. Stanffacher.
BIDDICK.
- School at No. 8 is closed on account of there being several
cases of scarlet fever in the district.
- A. D. Stinson, from Mt Vernon, Iowa is passing a couple of
weeks here, visiting his sons on the old home place.
- Levi Weaver died Thursday evening, April 25. The funeral
services take place Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, at the Pilot
Grove Presbyterian church.
SCIOLA.
- Mr. and Mrs. Clay Mayhew were in Villisca Friday.
- Mr. and Mrs. Sam'l Smith, Jr., of Milford, spent Sunday with
relatives south of here.
- Miss Anna Gallup is passing a couple of weeks with Mrs. Maude
Gourley, near Villisca.
- Max Mayhew pased Sunday with his cousins, the Damuth boys, near
Mortons Mills.
PILOT GROVE.
- Joseph Clark has a new surrey.
- James Thompson departed last week for his home in Oklahoma.
- Clark Mullen shipped another car of fat cattle to Chicago a few
days ago.
- Walt Cozad has been suffering greatly from a carbuncle on his
right jugular vein.
- There are several cases of scarlet fever in Pilot Grove
township, at John Hallcock's, W. I. Mouser's, Chas. Spicer's and
John Myers.
MORTON MILLS.
- Van Lewis is working for Mr. Moore near Strand.
- Moyer Bros. are putting down a drive well for J. R. Purdy.
- Mrs. Ed Smith and children are visiting Mrs. Smith's parents,
near Villisca.
- H. O. Redfield bought a car load of cattle south of Villisca
last week.
EMERSON.
- The Emerson band has a membership of about 25.
- H. B. Cheney topped the hog market at South Omaha one day
lately.
- Harry Tubbs is a candidate for the Republican nomination for
county recorder.
- J. W. McEwen has been appointed station agent for the C. B.
& Q. railroad company here.
- Rev. R. B. Taylor will supply the pulpit of the Presbyterian
church while Rev. C. F. Ensign is in California
- Rev. and Mrs. C. F. Ensign departed on Monday for San
Bernardino, California where they will remain six months.
- Mrs. Thos Lumb from Red Oak, and her sister in law, from
Delaware were visiting Mrs. S. S. Leech a day or Two of last
week.
- Jacob Silkett was over from Red Oak one day last week bidding
goodbye to friends prior to going to St. Paul, Nebraska to
reside.
HENDERSON.
- J. L. Graham went to Nebraska last week.
- W. A. Irwin was here from Red Oak on a visit last week.
- Mel Sturgeon was in Chicago last week, going with stock.
- Rol Coppock has been passing a week in Chicago, visiting
friends.
- Thos. C. Phillips was visiting his mother and brother in Des
Moines recently.
- Chas. Greig is home from Chicago, where he was attending
business college.
- A. S. Paul and daughter Miss Hattie, passed a few days of last
week in Chicago.
- The supper recently given by the ladies of the Cemetery
association netted about $11.
- A large and handsome monument has been placed at the grave of
Mrs. Mosley Chase.
- Dr. G. E. Fisher, the Red Oak dentist, had so much work when he
was in Henderson recently
[transcribed by C.D., December 2006]