Post buys vast Texan land to seed a thriving settlement
H W Fields outlines C W Post’s Garza and Lynn County holdings totaling about 220000 acres. Post City rises near Santa Fe rails with cotton mills, water works, schools, and a modern sanitarium. Farms at 16 to 20 dollars an acre offer 2 down and yearly payments. crops include Kaffir corn Milo maize peanuts cotton Egyptian wheat and fruit. Hogs cow and cattle ventures flourish. irrigation via windmills and silos planned. excursions advertised for prospective settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garza
Post City
Santa Fe
Ft. Worth
Texas
Post
America
Garza Co
Boren
Bis
Cail
H. W. Fields
Lumber Yard Change Hands in Akron Transfer
Fullerton Lumber Co transfers its Akron yard to Sioux River Lumber Co, organized recently with owners C. W. Brother ton Remsen IA Chas A Auch wild Marshalltown IA and Jno IL Marnest Des Moines IA. Marnest will be resident manager and run the business. They promise a first class stock at reasonable prices. Manager Earnest, a former Plymouth county resident, returns with his wife to Alston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fullerton Lumber Co
Akron
Sioux River Lumber Co
Jas, Jordan
Fullerton Co
C. W. Brotherton
Remsen
Chas
A. Auchwild
Marshalltown
Jno
IL Marnest
Des
LeMars
Des Moines
Alston
Adaville Items Recap Local Visits And Events
Special Correspondence from Adaville notes Mrs. Ed Bradley and daughter Faye of Akron visiting J. D. Tindall and Charlie Brown. Local farming and corn movement accompany fine roads. A wedding unites Miss Mable Fletcher of Mervitt and Hithy Albright on November 23. Cinderella social at George Brown home draws crowd despite darkness. Thanksgiving dinners and visits from Rev. Varee, G. H. Varee, L. L. Morehead, and others. Ed Ward reports death of Geo. Forsythe of LeMars. family condolences offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adaville
Ed. Bradley
Faye
Akron
J. D. Tindall
Charlie Brown
Mable Fletcher
Mervitt
Adavilie
Hithy Albright
George Brown
M. M. Talbott
Sereldia Herren
Andrew Andersen
Misa Eva King
LeMars
Hol. Stinton
Union Creek News Thanksgiving and Weddings Report
Large attendance at aid for John E Ericson. many locals visit relatives in Elk Point and Riverside. Recent marriages include Esther Anderson and Teddy Rasmussen. reception in Akron and Sioux City. community notes on travel illnesses and Thanksgiving events across Union Creek and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Creek
John E. Ericson
L. E. Ericson
Pearl Wells
Elke Point
Elin Johnson
Stanley
Lloyd
Joe B. Johnson
Frank C. Olson
Sioux City
Ida Martin
Tillie Fredell
Miss Martin
Tillie
Morningside College
Ruth Swanson
Elk Point
P. Swanson
Olof Ericson
3. Harker
Hawarden
Olof Hanson
Warren
Kerr
Akron
Algot Chalgren
Adolph Wiberg
Teddy Chalgren
Lutheran Parsonage
C. J. Johnson
Hilda
Emily
Freddie
Victor Anderson
Wm. Jaicson
J. Hultgren
Hultgren
J. Fredell
John Sellberg
Herman Anderson
Big Springs
C. B. Nelson
Robert
New Haven
Conn
Nelson
J. E. Eriegon
Ladies’ Aid
Hsther Anderson
Teddy Rasmussen
Olson
Augustana Church
Anderson
Mr. Anderson
Teddy Rasmusson
Herrman Anderson
Andrew Peterson
Minnie Rasmusson
Marriage of Gladys Fry and J R Cross at Thanksgiving
Special correspondence recounts the wedding of Miss Gladys Fry to Mr. J R Cross of Curlew Iowa on Thanksgiving day. Rev Wilcox of LeMars officiated, with Little Cyrus Knapp as ring bearer and Fred Cross and Winifred Fry as best man and bridesmaid. The couple left for Wellington Springs and South Dakota after a Thanksgiving dinner with guests from afar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millnerville
Gladys’ Fry
J. R. Cross
Curlew
Iowa
Fry
Rev. Wilcox
LeMars
Little Cyrus Knapp
Fred Cross
Winifred Fry
C. P. Knapp
Sioux City
Wellington Springs
South Dakota
Grace Briggs
Lucile Briggs
Jessie Carter
Bernice Dreesgen
Mille Hendricka
Arvid Larson
Mary Milner
Richard Millner
William Milner
Olen Stevens
Velma Stevens
Velmer Stevens
Jennie Lilly
Will Bobsin
Jefferson
Isabelle Millner
Lester Sanford
Witham May
Gismarck
J. D
Sunnyshe
Sloan
Howard Milner
Hathaway
Howard
Westfield Notes of Visits and Funeral in Elk Point
Mrs. Moniger of Hawarden and Mrs. Beaulieu with daughters visited in Nebraska. Thanksgiving guests include Grace Hopkins and Helen Martin, with numerous local families. Chas. Carter died after a prolonged illness. funeral held at Elk Point Baptist church. Duke Dalgleish of Chatsworth was here on business Wednesday.
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H. D. Mohr
Chatsworth
E. C
John Reed
Chester Mills
Belle Mills
Irene Walsh
Chas. Carter
Carter
Baptist Church
Elk Point
H. G. Dalgleish
Ruble Happenings and Local Visits
Miss Freda Smith visited friend Miss Margaret Clausgen in Akron at week’s start. Emma Miller, ill with whooping cough and bronchitis, shows signs of improvement after a nurse’s departure Monday. Mr and Mrs H J Klemme of Spink South Dakota visited Henry Krahm over Sunday. Gable families shared Thanksgiving at the parental LeMars home. Emma Wang of Spink came to help Mrs B H Marbach with holiday chores. J W Freriehs and John Vanderham were in LeMars on business Tuesday. Myrteen Gable is erecting a large new shed on his farm.
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Svent
Sioux City
Liberty Township
Professor Garlock
Robin Hood
Will
Will Brownawell
Bethel Church
Lea Mansfield
Clary
Myron Insko
Ralph Hathaway
Fay Knapp
Claudis Pike
Peres
Morningside
Gertrude Pike
Happy Hollow
W. H. Brownawell
Westfield
Will Riordan
Correctionville
Milinerville
Nebraska
Harold Brownawell
Freda Smith
Margaret Clausgen
Akron
Emma
Barth Miller
H. 3
Klemme
Spink
S. D
Henry Krahm
Gable Brothers
LeMara
Emma Wang
Spink, & D
BH. C. Marbach
J. W. Freriehs
John Vanderham
LeMars
Myrteen Gable
Christmas Gift Package Offer From Local Papers
Good taste in gift wrapping enhances the Christmas package. A 226 piece set of illustrated cards and postal items is offered with the Register Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean and Farmer and Homemaker for $1.90. Subscribers get local paper plus metropolitan weekly and agricultural paper at a nominal price. See the detailed ad on another page and visit the office to view the Christmas Package. an ad in the Want Column can place orders.
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Register
Chicago
Inter
Farmer
Arm
Hume
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Dudley
W. d. King
Vern Khu
Lingel Deviney
LeMies T
Spond
Ralph Stinie
Ed Ward
Geo. Forsythe
Worsythe
Want
Mes, Carrie Billings
Prop
Beck & Burrill
Akron Auto Repair Go
Specia
Adam Schaol
D. F. Connolly
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