Neighborhood News Briefs From Beresford and Surrounding Areas
Reports detail efforts to organize a state guard branch in Beresford under James Payton. The Cheroke e postmastership changed hands with James Payton replacing John Hogan at the Cherokee Republican. Other items note gas incidents, fires, accidents, a court reappointment for tax appraisers, and local crime outcomes across several Iowa communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Payton
Cherokee
John Hogan
Cherokee Republican
M. Jentges
Elgin Township
Swift's Premium Calendar for 1911 The Courtships of American Poetry
Swift's Premium Calendar for 1911 features four color pictures by American artists and verses from the poem fitting each scene. Subjects include Priscilla and John Alden Hiawatha and Minnehaha Maud Muller and the Judge Evangeline and Gabriel. Ready for distribution, order by sending a jar cap, soap wrappers, or 10 cents to Swift & Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift
Priscilla
John Alden
Hiawatha
Minnehaha
Maud Muller
Akron woman loses suitcase and thief arrested
Miss Stella Shaw of Akron Iowa had a suitcase stolen at a 5 and 10 cent store on Douglass Street. A woman, Blanche Gerioux alias Blanch Giroux of 705 Fourth Street, was arrested after Shaw and Mable Moorehead identified her. The suspect claimed innocence but was charged with larceny. a later court entry noted a $100 fine or thirty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Carraher
Miss Shaw
Davidson Bros. Co.'s
Gerioux
Miss Moorehead
Blanch Little
Blanch Giroux
Stella Shaw
Akron, Io
Douglass Street
District Court Adjourned in LeMars Hydrant Case
Judge Hutchinson adjourned district court at LeMars last Thursday in the City of LeMars versus LeMars Water and Light Co over hydrant flushing for water quality. The court overruled the company's demurrer, case not yet to trial. George Gaunt of Westfield Township was convicted by the jury of malicious mischief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small
Kansas
B. C. F. Mohr
Westfield
Frank Messex
Hutchinson
LeMars
Probate notice of will for Peter Blum in Plymouth County Iowa
Estate of Peter Blum deceased in Plymouth County Iowa to Elizabeth Blum Peter J Blum Jr George Blum Jacob M Blum Francis Blum Bernard J Blum Edward N Blum Katherine Blum Heitzman Caroline Blum Waldschmitt heirs at law are informed that December 7 1910 a document purporting to be the last will was filed in the Clerk of the District Court office and the January 23 1911 term fixed for final proof and hearing at which interested parties may appear to challenge probate G A Toppings Clerk of the District Court Plymouth County Iowa 18 3
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Blum
State of
Iowa
Plymouth County
Elizabeth Blum
Peter J. Blum, Jr
George Blum
Jacob M. Blum
Francis Blum
Bernard J. Blum
Edward N. Blum
Katherine Blum Heitzman
Caroline Blum Waldschmitt
Said County
District Court
State of Town
G. A. Toppings
Card of Appreciation by Ladies' Aid Society
The Ladies' Aid Society expresses gratitude to all friends who generously helped with donations and assistance for the recent Bazaar enterprise. Mrs. J. O. Doughiss, President, and Mrs. A. H. Smith, Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. Doughiss
A. H. Smith
M. BE. Gadies
Jeffers Promotes Colonization Scheme in Salt River Valley
Dallas South Dakota attorney George A. Jeffers, former Plymouth county attorney, tours the Salt River Valley near Florence and Casa Grande with a colonization plan. The Phoenix Gazette reports he has planted a colony of ten to twelve families and foresees more settlers drawn by fertility, water, and proximity to towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. A. Jeffers
Dallas
S. D
Plymouth
Phoenix
Arizona
George A. Jeffers
South Dakota
Florence
Casa Grande
Jeffers
Salt River Valley
Freemasons Elect Officers for Freedon Lodge
At Freedon Lodge No 434 A F and A M the annual election named W M F J Swanson S W Ross Weldon W J C C Jones Treasurer W W Ross and Secretary Leo A Douglass A vesper chapter O BE S also elected officers and plans a joint installation early next year Family attendees invited The Akron Savings Bank emphasizes strength in capital resources and the character and responsibility of its directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freedon, Lodge
A. F
A. M
W. M
F. J. Swanson
Ross Weldon
J. W
C. C. Jones
W. W. Ross
Leo A. Douglass
O. BE. S
Akron Savings Bank
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Beresford
The
State Guards
Milton Coolbaugh
Fredonia
Wallace
Texas
Sentinel
Thos. Adamson
G. W. Harker
C. EB. Haas
Robert Blumer
Hinton
Sioux, City
Ireton
J. T. Scroggs
H. C. Curtis
Battle Creek
Mich
Independence
Correctionville
Jerry §. Green
Marshalltown
Odd Fellowship
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Orval Foster
Art Westbrook
Vermillion
Colvin
Correctionville News
Woodbury County
Sioux
O’brien
Lyon
R. W. Hay
Illinois Central
Arthur Hawkins
Kingsley
Piercon
Mould
Union
Clay Counties
Union County
Clay
Nils P.swenson
Bertha Swenson
Clay ‘County
Supreme Court
Waterloo
Dubuque
Canton
John Wubbens
Harry Jourdan
Rock Rapids
Jourdan
Wubbens
Wubben
Xmas
Beck
Burrill
Akron
Moore
March
Masons
Hitchen
Chris. Iblings
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