The Davis City Advance, Davis City, Iowa Thursday, August 1, l895 D.C. COWLES did a full day's grind at his grist mill Friday and gave satisfaction to his customers. There has been some inquiry as to the price of calves and on account of the fine crops they range from ten to twelve dollars per head. The hay crop is turning off more to the acre than was really expected. Four or five couples from Eden attended the basket meeting near Lineville last Sunday. A company from Kansas City have been viewing the situation of Eden City and anticipate building a large packing house in the near future and also a canning factory, which will give considerable employment to the working class of people. The outlook will be excellent this fall for hogs and products. J.C. STUDLEY is going to start a goose ranch. White oak acorns is good feed. MR. and MRS. ALBERT HAMILTON were made happy Saturday by the arrival of a bouncing boy. Dr. Wailes reports all doing well. MARION HULLINGER and wife of Marion Co. were visiting in this vicinity the past few days. JOHN GIBLER visited at O.L. CRAIG's Sunday. MELVEN DOTSEN and his best girl, MISS WHEELER, attended Sabbath School last Sunday. ELISHA NORTHCUTT and his sweetheart were in attendance at the Hardscrabble Sunday School. The boys had better quit their bad behavior as they were warned for the last time Sunday. MISS BETTIE VANDERPOOL, residing near Eden Center School House, accompanied by several other young ladies attended the Sunday School at Hardscrabble. -- Z.Y. Copied by Nancee (McMurtrey) Seifert September 6, 2003

The Davis City Advance, Davis City, Iowa Thursday, August 22, l895 BARTINE REYNOLDS and wife of Wayne Co., Indiana, are visiting friends and relatives in Decatur Co. MRS. REYNOLDS is a daughter of GRANDMA WOOD, an old pioneer settler of this county, having lived here since l860. She was separated from her daughter September 1, l860 and did not see her until August l9, l895, that being GRANDMA's eightieth birthday; you may know that that was a glorious meeting. There were also three brothers and two more sisters and their families, and a host of friends present that partook of a bountiful dinner at the home of T.B. ADAIR. MR. and MRS. REYNOLDS are jolly and social folks, and though old in years are young in habits and full of life. Though they soon return to their eastern home, we hope that they will visit us again in the future, for they say, the Iowa peoples' latch-string hangs outside the cabin door. W.W. WOOD, JACOB WEAVER, W.C. COZAD, C. MOON, V.E. GALPIN and S.W. HINDS and their families spent Wednesday and Thursday at the Reunion at Davis City. They are all old settlers. --ABC. Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert September 7, 2003

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