Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-02-07
RElFENRATH BROS, Successors to ,. Foss.

Mr.. and Mrs. George Rhoten
and children who have been The
guests the past few days OF the G..
b. Jones home. left this morning
| for their home i'm Elk Point, S. D.
Len Griffith, bachelor farmer
near Orson, was found dead in his
home yesterday. He had been to
: the neighbours a few hours before
so death had come suddenly lie
is a brother 10 William Griffith
of Pisgah.
! The Misses Irene Johnson and
Lille Gundcrson have returned
home from a weeks visit With
friends in Des Moines.
| Miss Clemeniine Dalton is con-
, fined to her room by illness.
II. L.. Price, Who has boon as
sistant postmaster the past sew
eral years, has left The service OF
Uncle Sam and has taken up Tho
! insurance business with the
Farmers Mutual and New Yorl
Life. He will also continue With
/ his collection business. His ter
! ritory for The Farmers Mutual
will be Tie north half OF Poila-
lwattamie. Success to you, Doc
Mrs. j. T.. Tierney and dalsh-
ter Miss Kathaleen are spending a
few days i'm Dunlap with Mrs.
Tierney, who is very low
Miss Flossie Martin of Carroll
is the week end guest of Miss
Pearl Myers.
While cutting meat this morn
ing, George Gavel had the mis-
! fortune TO cut slice out OF his
finger. He says that doesn't in
terfere with his filling your order,
however, if you will phone itin.
AT the Fred Swan sale today one
sow was sold to Harry Fain of
Emmetsburg, la, for $4,000,
which equals the worlds, record
| for a Duroc SOW.
1 Margaret Esther, The 4
months-oId daughter of Mr.. and
| Mrs. Clifford Bird of California
Function, passed away last eve
ming with erysipelas. The flu
neral will be held at 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning from the
church in the junction. Rev.
Price of the Christian church of
Missouri Valley having charge of
the services. The little one will
be laid to rest in the. Oak Grove
cemetery at Old Town.
Frank Goodwin has sold The
John Brundige property on Sew
enth street to Gus Hillman.
Word has been received by rel
atives in the city of the illness of
Ned Burke, who is suffering with
inflammatory rheumatism in a
hospital in Landers, Wyo. He is
lsome better and as soon as pos
sible his tonsils will be removed
John McDermott, the candy
man." was here today calling on
friends and relatives. He has
been promoted and given a new
territory by his company, and
will now make his headquarters
at Alliance, Neb., travelling. out
through Ghadron and other west
!, ern towns.
Miss Marjorie Ladson is spend
ing a few days with friends in
Moorhead.
Mrs. Hugh Bond and Mrs.
Frank Ransom departed this
morning for TT. Townsend,
Wash, to join their husbands,
who are now stationed at Fort
Worden.
| Mrs. John A. Coulthard and
daughter, Miss Edith, attended
the funeral in Logan today Of
Harry Downey.
Mrs. Tom Kinney was an Oma-
ha passenger this morning.
Mrs. Charles j Deur, director
of local Red Cross, has passed the
| examination as an accredited in
spector of surgical supplies. She
will open a work room just as
soon as a suitable place can be
secured. Missouri Valley is one
of the ten towns under the Goun-
Gil Bluffs jurisdiction to have
work room of this kind.
Word has been received in the
city of the death recently OF Dr.,
Boughton at his home in Youngs-
town, o. He was formerly a res
ident of this city about ten years
ago.
Mrs. w. H. Engle and daughter
Miss Leither, were Omaha pas
sengers this morning. h II!