A Glimpse of Prairie Life With Neighbors Harigle and Russell
Friday morning travelers meet M Harigle from Ohio who favors the new country over rain and mud. They learn of 30 acres coats 30 to spuds 110 acres alfalfa and a poor yield of 60 bushels per acre. One mile west of town is M Russell on a 370 acre homestead with plans to quit farming. teachers Miss Nation and Miss Swanson prepare for summer travels and school assignments.
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M. Harigle
C. M
Mr. Harigle
Ohio
Harigie
York
Miss Nation
Dee Moines
Miss Swanson
Chadron
Er A
Dicke Ay Tive
Local Resident Fred Westlake Plans to Stay After Marriage
F. L. Westlake moved to the county six years ago from Cass county and now plans to remain. A visit last week found him married and settled, with neighbors noting he will likely stay in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Westlake
Cass County
Fred
Hawkin County farmer hosts Beres picnic at last school day
Mr. Hawkins from Iowa owns 106 acres near Berea and farms 130 acres of wheat. He praises the land as the best farming spot he has seen and invites Mr. Westlake and party to a picnic dinner with Mrs. Hawkins before the school ends. Several locals, including Sam Mundt and the Mundt brothers, join the meal, leaving attendees well fed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hawkins
Mrs. Hawkins
Sam Mundt
Tom Hawkins
Robert Mundt
Farm gains and settler pride in Berea stories
Lew Lawer moved to Berea two years ago and bought 160 acres, paying 75 dollars and fixing it up. he could have sold for 100. His wheat yielded 26 bushels per acre, 1560 total, and he values Berea over any Iowa farm. His potatoes ranged 130 to 140 bushels per acre. Harvey Cass, two years ago from Iowa, bought five lots, built a house, and says he can do better here and would not return, praising the country.
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Towa
Lew Lawer
Berea
Lew
Iowa
Harvey Cass
Harvey
R. E. McCool
Buffalo
Mr. McCool
R. E
Harry Smith
Fair Grounds
Indiana
Berea Merchants Open Local Stores Flourish
C. H. Cass arrived from Town four years ago and opened Berea’s first general merchandise store with about three thousand dollars in stock. He also runs the post office and is satisfied. Edwin Whitaker, another merchant, has been in Berea about a year and plans to stay. Mrs. Whitaker, raised in the county, endorses the venture as a success.
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C. H. Cass
Berea
Edwin ‘Whitaker
Amother
G. H. Simpson
George
Alliance
Early settlers in Box Butte county and Berea area farming insights
North of Berea William Mabin, early settler who built the first house in Box Butte, owns 160 acres near Berea and farms 20 acres in wheat 40 in corn 10 in spuce. Mulhut notes crops thrive here. Beal family south of town farms 120 valley acres planting Bliss Triumph potatoes and vegetables. James Dickey chronicles long frontier residence dating to before Box Butte’s formation.
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Berea
William Mabin
Box Butte
Mulhut
E. Beal
Mr. Beal
Beals
South Alliance
Bliss Triumph
Farming and settlement scenes around Hemingford area
The article describes settlers like Mike Banjoff and L. J. Schill with large diversified farms near Hemingford and surrounding towns. It highlights a 960 acre Schill operation with a dairy, hay storage, modern house, and electric pump, plus other pioneers like Freamuth Woods Austin McCool Frederick and Smith who moved years ago and now farm wheat oats corn and potatoes while raising Belgian hares and milking hundreds of cows.
Early settlers and town life in new county report
The column records longtime residents like G. H. Simpson and F. R. Allen, noting years in farming and relocation to town, and describing local business ventures, truck services, and a measles bout. It mentions a campaign for Campfire Girls and a call for support.
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the Herald
John O. Bayne
James Dickey
Box Butte County
Dawes County
Farmer’s Union
R. J. Trabert
Mike Banjoff
Mike
Schille
L. J
Alliance Creamery
Wal Freamuth
Hemingford
E. P. Woods
Mr. Woods
James Austin
James
Arden
B. F. Frederick
Burlington
Mr. Frederick
St. Joe
Missouri
R. C. Athey
Cedar County
Joseph Wismiller
New County
Haa
F. R. Allen
Valentine
Miller White Truck Company
Dionse Brothers
Frederick D. Gardner
The
First State Bank
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