Union county notes and regional updates in brief
Local telegram style roundup with names such as Anderson, Martin Scott, Henry Smith Sr, Mrs Hanson, Gail Engholin, Mrs Anderson, J.H. Moore, and A.A. Johnson. Mentions Akron studies, travel from Armour, a Gatboli bazaar, Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance figures for 1901, a new house being built for a creamery employee, and various visits to and from South Dakota communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.A. Johnson
Farmers’ ‘Mutual Fire Insurance Association
Union County
South Dakota
Aqlee
Births and local notices from Westfield News
Special correspondence notes births at Maud Mrs R H Gilley on January 16 a son. Acson and daughter born to Mr and Bre Sedley listed Friday. German Medicine Co shows each evening this week at Woodman hall. Invitations issued for a pity event at the home of Wim Raver Friday evening. Miss Cole came from Akron to supervise music class. Miss Comilla Martin closed winter term last Saturday. she and Loretta plan Wisconsin study rest of year. Dr Cilley has visited from Alron several times this week in his new automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud
R. H. Gilley
Acson
Bre. Sedley
The
German Medicine Co
Woodman-hall
Cole
Akron
Comilla’ Martin
Martin
Loretta
Wisconsin
Cilley
Alron
M. A. Agnes
Ruaister-Tribune
Harl W. Edgington
Smith Bros
Miss Blanche Delier
Hudson
E. J. Searls
Prince Henry
America
Millnerville Melange Special Correspondence
Millnerville updates note school closed for a week and Harold Huston has smallpox with several others suspected. Neighbors Joseph Crow and family visited the Lindsey home. Willie Husted attends Akron winter term. Chas Morehead reportedly sold south Akron farm. Geo Husted sold calves to City Loesday. Creamery shareholders plan opening around February 1. Miss Mary Grant’s school term ends Friday. she vacations with Mrs. Lilly Sunford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Morehead
Akron
Geo. Husted
Sioux
Mary Grant
Rain prayer and community notices in Big Springs
Big Springs community prayer requests rain for the new cistern while neighbors help maintain church and home. David Anderson is sick, Willie Peterson handles chores, porch work proceeds, and Carlson Bros. perform tasks. Local church activities include a B Y P U service and foreign mission collections of 3.60 dollars. Community members are noted by name with health and attendance updates amid a general sense of small town activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gnion-Créek
David Anderson
Willie Peterson
B.Y.P. U
Big Springs
Dalton Elevator Help Ties to Local Lumber Gain
A fragmentary local notice mentions Dalton elevators and lumber gains with names like Homer Norton and a reference to a seven eleven year old daughter. The garbled text notes attendance and assistance related to prior figures in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hi Afayogdan Te Ettil
wi _ podulmonia
Homer Norton
Atwgod
Fragmentary notes from a winter visit and sales
Fragmented OCR text records visitors and local happenings, naming Geo Wakeman, W estons, Delier, Lugadas, and Bullerton Lumber figures. Mentions carload of new implements and various travel days, but details are incomplete and scattered across weekdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Igeon
Geo
Wakeman
Akron Whims and Small Talk Spark Local Gossip
A stream of quirky notes and questions fills the Akron items column. References range from Tim Sullivan and O A Steel to local printers, farmers and trains making New Year punctual. Observations touch on prices, education, crime rumors, and a hen roosting on a depot mailbox as a playful glimpse of daily life.
Historic first South Dakota flag offered for preservation
Mrs EB Kiplinger of Wik Point says she possesses what she believes is the first American flag made and raised in the area now known as South Dakota, sewn from materials bought by her husband Jacob Kiplinger in 1667. She asks the governor to accept it for preservation, noting the relic’s past display at Fourth of July events as a symbol of local history. The South Dakota Historical Society may place it in the state house at Pierre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EB. A. Kiplinger
Wik Point
J.C. Wade
Akron
South Dakota
Jacob Kiplinger
Igor
Dakota
South Dakota Hiberical Society
Pierre
Hawarden Boom to Block Sioux City Rail Link
Hawarden residents fight Northwestern rail plans to move lines to Sioux City. They argue the Centerville to Sioux City route would drain traffic, oppose new lines through Alcon, and push for trains to run via Milwaukee. Local officials suspect the move aims to shift livestock flows and keep grain in regional corridors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Avey
Unes
Sioux
Dan
Hawarden
BAY Hawarden
Beardaley
Iain -Beardatey
Hagle Grove
Northwestern
South Dakota
Milwaukee
Centerville
Flower and Tree Care Tips From An Old Guide
The text advises against placing palms and ferns in drafts and notes moss on fruit trees as a thrift warning. It describes ideal soil moisture, the harm of dust to window plants, and keeping air moist. It discusses pruning tea plants, rooting stock for dry-poll settings, vines flowering after reaching support tops, and peonies planted in October that should not be disturbed to form strong clumps for bigger flowers each season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Brain Weights and Word Origins in a Fragmented Study
A collage of anthropological notes compares brain weights across nationalities and regions, noting averages for Scots, English, Dutch, German, Polish, and Indian groups, with regional increases toward China and Africa. It also traces the etymology of the term gringo from Mexican and American soldiers. A dialogue excerpt then presents a dramatic exchange about a laugh revealing heartlessness, ending with a startled gasp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hindoo
India
Mussulmans
Jess
China
Africa
America
Australia
Candid Confession Unveils Shakespeare Print Question
In a brief exchange Miss Cayenne denies reading all of Shakespeare’s prints while admitting the confession came out by accident. The Washington note invokes the iron pen mentioned by Job as a biblical tool once thought to be a tech graver for inscribing stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Cayenne
Washington
Job
Fields Versus Cottrell Contest Becomes House Hustle
Hon. Sweeley oversees a Plymouth county race contest for a state house seat. Fields seeks dismissal arguing late filing. Cottrell's notice arrived forty days after election though claimed filed twenty days before session. The committee weighs old statute interpretation. decision expected Friday morning on seating Fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hon. Sweeley
H. A. Fields
J.C. Cottrell
Plymouth County
House of Representatives
Fields
Geo. C. Scott
Geo. A. Jeffers
W.C. Miller
Des Moines
Cottrell
Sweeley
House ‘of Representatives
General Assembly
House
Grand and Petit Jurors Named for February Term
County officials Auditor Kistle Recorder Pavlovic and Clerk Cunningham announced the grand and petit jurors for the upcoming February 17 term presided by Judge Oliver. Jurors listed include Geo J Schaffer Garfield HR Beck Hungerford Samuel Callas Stanton and several others from LeMars Plymouth Marion Liberty Meadow Grant and Sioux City among towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kistle
Pavlovic
Oliver
Geo. J. Schaffer
Garfield
Beck
Hungerford
Samuel Callas
Stanton
Fred Aldrich
Plymouth
Chas
Montagna
Liberty
H. Benjerdes
Marion
al Howes
Washington
Kridge
Meadow
Ernest Rath
Grant
H. L. Waterbury
Portland
W. H. Perry
LeMavrs
J.2
Mahan
Hancock
Henry Koll
Jos. Merney
Henry
Hermann Muni
Union
John Walsh
Jack Braunstotter
A. Blecker
Robt
Burrill
Webster Vanderburg
Sioux
W. Wi
Wm. Leimbke
Peter Woll
Jolson
Simons Rothlisberger
Maiden
Sol Perry
Fredonia
Lancaster
Dlgin
Local voters listed for wards and names
Gen Doering. Grant. Fred Haage, Geo. Mréerichs, Preston. Tim Sullivan, Chas Seid, Portland. Walace Posson, C. J. Winslow, a flat ward. John Bogen, second ward. Jas. Rowe, H. Backer, Third Ward, LeMars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Doering
Grant
Fred Haage
Geo
Local Farm Sales At Akron And Nearby Areas
Numerous farm auctions listed for late January and early February at Akron and surrounding towns. Sold items include horses cattle hogs farm machinery hay and feed along with household goods and poultry. Terms mostly cash with notes from zero to thirteen months and eight percent interest. Public notices also reference land and property transfers and recovery of a pig injured at a bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ebers
Akron
Ruble P. C
Chas. Bressler
Portland Township
Arthur M. Murphy
Steen
Wesfield
Huimin
Millerville
P. O
Adagille P. O
Michael Nelson
Andrew Johnson
Sioux Valley Township
Union County
Alon
Garland
Toei
Chas
Tschumpel
Chatsworth
Appyay
M. A. Agnas
Pho
Michael’ Notson
Yoomey
Geo
Byland
Youngstrom
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anderson ‘Bros
Fredeil
Union Creek
Martin Scott
Kansas City
Henry Smith Sr
Irriday
Armour
Tnt Treasury
Mrv
Mrs.Dunlap
Emerson
Iowa
J.H. Moore
Aix
Jens Peter Lund
Kanais
Tnion County
Geo. Millder
Udet
Mia
Westfield News
Wim
Raver
Millnerville Melange
Harold Huston
Joseph Crow
Lindsey
Willie Husted
Carlson Bros
Henry Roschbach
Helen Wilson
Leafétad Cand
A. W. Johnson
Valine ‘Bros
Alcester
Pat
H. D. Johnson
Adolph Wiberg
Eric Nilson
Ena Ytterness
Here
Beresford
John
Utterness
Johnson
Dalton
Guy
Jest Summer
Dreath
Smina ‘Delier
Doepitan
Schule
Bullerton
Tim Sullivan
Bee
Clark
Union Counties
Sae
Mitchell
LaCrosse
Peter Schuttler
Majestic Steel Ranges
Jewel and Victor
Perkins ‘and
Albert von Hagel
Harriett Caine
Sar
Gilbert
Hattie May Melcher
Bli
Aleron
Neeeel Edmund
Gindsey
Everett L. Gilbert
Bile
Aimon
Willie
Gus Btroboth
U. Burnight
Gatray
Tuquire
Alanson
Baker
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