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From: "Cathy Joynt Labath" <>
Subject: [IAVANBUR] !! The Republican; Van Buren Co, IA; Jan 12, 1882 "Lebanon"
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 15:35:00 -0600


Keosauqua Republican
Keosauqua, Van Buren, Iowa
Thursday, Jan 12, 1882

Lebanon Items.
The last items we saw were wrote by Anon, and we thought perhaps he
would send some more, but are disappointed and we take our pencil to inform
you of the doings of our people...Rev. Haines, pastor of the M.E. church is
holding a series of meetings in this place, with some visible
supporters...Wm. Davis is the happiest of the happy, all because he is the
father of a bouncing boy...Silas Humphery is thinking of investing in
"Ruggs"...Mrs. John Warner and Mr. Frank Chandler have been to Council
Bluffs to attend the double wedding of two of Dr. Guernsey's
daughters...L.E. Vincent has just completed the invoicing of his goods and
admitted Robert Work as a full partner in the firm...We hear it whispered
around that John A. Roush will soon be married, and that he told some of the
boys that he could get away with them...Andy Work, Jr., while on his way to
church a few evenings ago, was thrown from his wagon and received a fracture
of his right arm near the elbow...Unc'e Swazey Groom has gone on a visit to
friends in Ohio...Reading school has become defunct...Milton is trying to
make the raise of a district fair, may success crown their efforts.

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