George Croston ~ Lucas County, Iowa
The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa
Thursday, June 28, 1906
LUCAS LEDGER ITEMS:
JOS. DALE and wife left yesterday for their new home at Stanton, where MR. D. is section boss.
H.R. KNOTTS and wife are entertaining a new baby boy at their home since Saturday.
DAVE BOSTON northwest of Lucas and JOE WILLIAMS southwest of town, each rejoice over a new born son since June 14th.
J.B. COMSTOCK left Monday for Pocatello, Idaho, on a business trip. MRS. C. accompanied him as far as Creston, returning the next morning.
JACK MARTS of Neosho, Mo., was transacting business in Lucas Tuesday.
MISS EDITH ASHBY of Norwood left Monday for Bloomfield, Ill., to visit relatives.
JNO. MORGAN, THOS. PHILLIPS, W.S. JENKINS, JNO. KLEMTZ, AUSTIN WOODS and GEORGE CROSTON left Monday for Ashdown, Ark., to look at the lots they drew last spring.
The local lodge of Odd Fellows have had their hall finely painted and papered and a beautiful new carpet adorns the floor, making one of the finest lodge rooms in this vicinity.
W.A. GRIMES and wife of Lincoln, Neb., arrived Tuesday in Lucas from an extended pleasure trip in different places of interest in the east. They spent two days with MR. GRIMES' brother GEORGE, northwest of Lucas.
By no means the least attractive feature of the coming celebration for July 4th will be the grand ball at the opera house. Prof. Agnews' orchestra of Creston -- one of the best in the State is to furnish the music and those who enjoy dancing should by no means fail to attend as it is not often you can "trip the light fantastic toe" to such music.
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