(Source: Clinton Mirror, Aug. 26, 1899)
Hon. H. C. Boardman, of Nevada, Iowa, was in town Wednesday.
Mr. W. J. Hundley, an original Lyons boy and Mirror hand, and late member of Co. L, 4?th Iowa, started for Seattle Wash., Wednesday night last, via the North-Western.
Mrs. S. W. Gardiner and daughter Margaret went to Chicago on Friday of last week, meeting there Mrs. Elizabeth Cox and son Frederick, from Mississippi--Mrs. Cox going thence to Battle Creek Mich., where her husband is ill with fever, and the boy accompanying his grandma and auntie home. And yesterday Mrs. Henkel and Miss Vandaline Henkel, mother and sister of Mrs. Gardiner, arrived from Eau Clair, Mich., for a summer's visit.
Mrs. M. L. Buell went out to Estherville, Iowa, last Tuesday, to visit a few weeks with the family of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Hobein; and Mr. Geo. P. Buell left for Paullina the evening previous.
Prof. J. R. Bowman and family have returned from Davenport, preparatory to the reopening of the public schools.
Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Lovell, of Lyons, were called here Sunday by the critical condition of James Esmay.--Miss Lou Henningsen, of Lyons, and Miss Nagel, of Berlin, Germany, are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Schroeder, today. --Sabula Gazette
Mrs. W. B. Oldridge and children, of Farley, Iowa, are visiting the family of her sister, Mrs. Nattinger.
Mrs. Slaymaker and Miss Bowman, after several weeks here with their father, Hon. P. K. Bowman, have returned to Pennsylvania.
Mr. C. Paulson is on his way to Sweden.
Miss Millie Palmer returned from Chicago Tuesday.
Mrs. Frank Cook and son Calvin visited at Thomson the first of this week.
By the Taunton (Mass.) Gazette of the 17th we note that Mrs. Charles H. Lothrop, of this city, attended a great reunion of the "White family," descendants of Nicholas White, who first appeared at that point in 1642. Thomas J. Lothrop was the historian of the occasion.
Tom Darling, Esq., was in from Preston Tuesday. He thought the Dubuque races would be about his size this year.
Miss Lena Snyder expects to leave Sept. 1st for New Jersey, where she will join her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Snyder, and return with them. -- Fulton Journal
Miss Roze [sic] Palmer has returned to Chicago, and Miss Nettie Wimberly goes in to-morrow, to take position in Keith's millinery establishment.
Mr. W. J. Smith has returned from a trip and visits at Chicago, Sparta and other points.
Mr. Henry Davis, of Gladbrook, Iowa, is back on business -- the most important being to sell his farm near Teeds Grove.
Miss Rose Kenny has been visiting at Lena, Ill.
Miss May Gauger is home from Canada.
Mrs. F. P. Batchelder has been visiting at Cedar Rapids this week.
Miss Fannie Scofield recently called on friends at Baldwin, Ill.
Mrs. Otto Moeszinger is lately visited at Erie, Ill.
Miss Maude Mead is home from Duluth.
Mr. J. Q. Root is home from Marshalltown, recovering from a light stroke of paralysis.
Miss Zula Tull, of Chicago, is calling on Miss Gertrude Russell and other friends in this city.
Mr. Maurice Scofield is here from Benton Harbor, Mich., with relatives of the name.
Miss Gildea is in Chicago, where her father is under treatment for injury to an eye.
Mrs. J. J. Jordan was called to Chicago by the illness of a brother, John Murtha.
Mr. H. E. Rodman is home from Winona.
Mr. Harry Tallant returned to Nauvoo, Ill., the other day.
Mr. Claude Pierpoint has been up to Dubuque this week.
Misses Jennie Daly and Deborah McDonnell visit at Sterling and Chicago.
Miss Hattie Beckwith, of Le Claire, and Mr. E. J. Duckworth, of St. Louis, have joined the jolly house party at Mr. Westbrook's.
Miss Charlotte Schmidt is down from Preston to call on friends.
Fred Madden is clerk of the steamer Hanna, on the Yukon river -- preferable, we should think, to working in a frozen mine.
Mr. E. A. Miller and family are home from Andrew, and are visited by Messrs. Geo. Tebber of Andrew and Edward Graff of Bellevue.
Miss Maude Holleran arrived from St. Louis a few days ago.
Miss Dorothea Rodman and Menzo junior are visiting relatives on the county line near Preston.
Mrs. Ehlers, of Lyons, returned to her home the fore part of this week, after an extended visit here. -- Oxford Mirror
Mr. Wm. Archer, President of the Primghar Savings Bank, and Mrs. Archer, are visiting the families of Messrs. Briggs and Holmes.
Mr. Geo. B. Stebbins, traveling for a Southern lumber company, was in town the other day.
Mrs. Miner, of Chicago, is calling on friends here.
Mr. D. Romers was in Chicago this week.
Miss Mollie Patrick, Principal of the Constanople Home, is in town for awhile, at Mrs. Patrick's, and visits other relatives in America. She went to Erzroum, Turkey, in '78, and has been in that country, engaged in educational work, ever since, except during brief trips to Europe and her native land.
Mrs. Marcus Pelton, of Jamestown, N.Y., after a pleasant visit with relatives here, has returned home, accompanied by Mr. T. G. Pelton.
Miss Stella Davidson, of Lyons, visited Mrs. W. J. Shadduck in this city last week. -- Miss Phillips, of Lyons, arrived here Tuesday evening for a few days' visit with H. W. Kruse and family. -- Miles Cor. Leader
Mr. Wm. Holmes left last night for a fortnight's trip to California.
Messrs. Chas. Warner and Glenn Alban returned a few days since from a trip to neighboring cities, and the former returns to St. Louis to-night.
Miss Nirma Palmer will return to Pueblo, Col., the first of next week to re-enter school there.
Miss Cora Davis concluded her European travels and sailed for home from Liverpool on the 17th; is due at New York Sunday or Monday, and it is expected will come home for a week or more, before the Chicago schools reopen.