Local notes from Story City and Maxwell region
Town business student M C Peterson. Mrs Corneluissen returns from Bryant. L E Henderson visits Albuquerque. third lecture in Story City on December 15 featuring Henry Clark. Ira Olson’s friend Nelson Melander jailed for murder in Washington. John Switzer and Isadore Weir wed in Algona. Herman Erickson returns from four years Navy service. Story City victims fleeced by clothiers. Spellman Riggs on Maxwell lecture. John Thomas Concert company December 19. Farmers Institute planned December 26 27 with Holt Den speakers. Ida Alice Niffenger and Carl Wickard wed at home south of Maxwell with Rev Morton Wickard officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Story City
Ira Olson
Walla Walla
Washington
Nelson Melander
John Switzer
Isadore Wier
C. F. Weir
Algona
Herman Erickson
Halvor Erickson
Story One
U. S. Navy
Herman
Spellman Riggs
Maxwell
John Thomas Concert Company
Farrar
Farmers’ Institute
Maxwell Tribune
Holden
Jones and Stevenson
Ida Alice
John Niffenegger
Carl F. Wickard
Morton Wickard
Collins Area Notes and Local Happenings
Mrs. Oliver of Oklahoma winters with her Collins relatives the Holmes family. C W Lyon named assistant attorney general by H W Byers once headed Collins schools. Revival meetings ongoing at M P church conducted by Rev Howry with Miss Ogan leading music. W A Mason returns from nine months in Dakota and Minnesota. J M Mason to have December 5 sale. L K Viland set sale for November 28. Abbie Olson finishes district No 2 school term. Andrew Nelson celebrates 64th birthday with friends. Cambridge notes include sales, store change, a train brakeman injury, and a poultry show in early December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver
Oklahoma
Collins
Henry Holmes
C. W. Lyon
H. W. Byers
Bracken
Alliance
Nebraska
Geo. Elliott
Harvey L. Pointer
Pearle Mae Williams
Nevada
Judge Richards
M. P
Howry
Miss Ogan
West Liberty
L. K. Viland
J. M. Mason
Abbie Olson
Howard Township
O. F. Olson
Roland
Ira Erickson
Hope
N. D
Hel
Sisseton
South Dakota
Vo Henry Helwig
Elias Upland
O. E. Sheldah
Dakota
Cambridge
Frank McClure Chaffee
Johnnie
K. O. Apland
McCallsburg Social Notes and Local News Highlights
J W Hardin shipped 76 coops of poultry in two days amid a brief slugging fever in McCallsburg. Mrs Andrew Olson attended her brother’s wedding at Belmont. Glenn and Lee Grewell visit grandmother Mrs G W Spence. Mr Guy Mills to wed Miss Leila Peck on Thanksgiving Day. Mills edits the Tribune. Spence and Corton return from threshing trip in the Dakotas. J J Galbreath hosts guests at J Kopf home. sisters Mrs Kopf and Mrs Breath present. The McCallsburg lecture course draws a crowded house for Sid Landon Imperial Entertainers. Trier Sisters visit December 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Hardin
McCallsburg
Andrew Olson
Belmont
Glenn
Lee Grewell
Clemons
G. W. Spence
Guy Mills
Leila Peck
Mills
Ribune
J. W. Kopf
Cage
J. J. Galbreath
Mrs. Kopf
Mrs.breath
Sid Landon
Trier Sisters
Slater News Briefs Mention Local Sales and Incidents
Ole Westre of Meckling revisits Slater. Torkel Walker sets a public sale for November 28 near Slater. Slater residents return from Eagle Grove dredge trip. Butchers Tollefson and Nelson report chickens stolen. Henry Upland moves grain business to Hooker SD. Martin Wald family back in Slater from Oklahoma. Mrs. E Peterson travels to Huron SD for sister’s illness. Rev. Hansen of Slater seeks health specialist in Rochester MN. Rev. Barnes departs for TX and NM. Dr. Wirt DM will fill temporarily. Bertha Sheldahl killed by a freight train at Ellsworth on return from prayer meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Westre
Meckling
Torkel Walker
Slater
Eagle Grove
Tollefson
Hansen of
Rochester, Minn
Rev. Barnes
Texas
New Mexico
Dr. Wirt
Des Moines
Bertha Sheldahl
Ellsworth
Maxwell News Roundup Prefers Local Happenings
Milo Warner visited Minneapolis last week. K. F. Shope returns to Maxwell from St. James Minnesota. John Gibson and wife attend Chattanooga dedication ceremonies. Rev. Swift of Ohio preaches at Maxwell Christian Church Sunday. Epworth League hosts 4 kg kin pie social at A Logan Olinger home. Maxwell sprain requires medical aid. Lee Hall to move to Oklahoma and hold public sale November 28. Everett Smith, former Maxwell bandmaster, now in New Mexico, visits Maxwell on business. Ed Meyers ships a car of steers averaging 1400 pounds, fed by Mr. McCord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo Warner
Minneapolis
K. F. Shope
Maxwell
St. James
Minnesota
John Gibson
Chattanooga
Rev. Swift
Ohio
Christian Church
Maxwell Epworth League
A. Logan Olinger
Lee Hall
Oklahoma
Everett Smith
New Mexico
Ed Meyers
Mr. McCord
Huxley Chronicle Highlights Town’s Growth and New Interurban
The Huxley Chronicle notes rapid progress with a new bank two stores and a newspaper in town. An Interurban railway from Des Moines Junction toward Des Moines is being laid, promising rail service equal to larger county towns once completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Berkhow
Huxley
Dr. White
Gertrude
Los Angeles
White
Elias Apland
Oldham
South Dakota
Land
McCall
Baker-Ricketts
Hurley Chronicle
Nevada
R. R
Kelley
Des Moines Junction
Des Moines
Huxley Chronicle
Nevada district court adjourned for the evening
District court adjourned at Nevada Thursday evening. Story county teachers plan a December 1st meeting at the Nevada high school. The Story County Farmers Institute will be held December 13 to 15 with cash prizes offered by the Nevada Business Men's League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Ida Whitson
Story County
Polk County Board
Polk Story Ditch
C. M. Loper
Bernice
Dunahugh
C. A
Richland Township
Story County Farmers’ Institute
Zearing News Briefs Highlight Sales, Visits, and Honors
A. G. Kinsey of Zearing sets a public sale for December 6. Mrs. Wm. Lightfoot returns from Oklahoma. Miss Rilla Thompson enters Dixon College Illinois. Zearing high school prizes announced by the superintendent and principal. A Junior Endeavor group forms led by Miss Barton. Dr. F. E. Hopkins of Chicago to lecture on the Golden Fleece December 4 as part of the course. J. B. Holcomb of Zearing suffers a wagon accident with a serious injury risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Kinsey
Zearing
Wm. Lightfoot
Oklahoma
Rilla Thompson
Dixon
Illinois
Spirit of Thanks and Christmas at Christian Church
Sunday service theme emphasized gratitude as the measure of wealth and harmony with God. Pastor H. D. Williams urged that grateful living yields lasting character and life enrichment beyond material goods, citing Paul’s example of having nothing yet possessing all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Church
H. D. Williams
Paul
San Francisco
Boston
Europe
Breadth over Narrowness in Gratitude and Faith
The piece contrasts thanklessness and breadth, urging that breadth yields open mindedness and fair editors, while narrowness breeds bias and faction. It links thanksgiving to God, claiming gratitude without Him is hollow and Christ is the supreme gift enabling true thanks in all things.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Jesus Christ
Christ
Public Sale of Farm Stock on Stillwell Road Near Town
The undersigned will sell at the patio venue on his residence three miles southeast of the town State college on Stillwell road starting at 1 p m Thursday December 6. The inventory includes horses cows calves steers hogs hay equipment and farm supplies. Auctioneers J McDolly KE Posegate and clerk A Hurst will conduct the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State College
Stillwell Road
Co Mencing
J. M’dolly
KE. F. Posegate
A. Hurst
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Ferndell
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AMES
Dors
Tornado Insurance
Judisch Bros
H. A. Wettstein
Adolph A. Wettstein
Wettstein
Mutual
Gibsons
Maple City Wi
Maple City Soap Works
Monmouth
City News
County News
College News
Caliserie
Intelligencer
M. C. Peterson
Town Business College
Mra
R. Corneluissen
Bryant, South Dakota
Jacob Jorgenson
L. E. Henderson
Albuquerque
Henry Clark
W. J. Doolittle
W. A. Mason
H. E. Myrah
Wm. Spence
Jesse Corton
Dakotas
J. B. Holcomb
Dick May
Wife
Richards
J. H. Richards
McCord
E. H. Addison
Knights Templar
Minnneapolis
Addison
Ayer
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