German Evangelical Parsonage Ready for Dedication at Seventh and Walnut
Rev G F Braun guides reporters through the new parsonage built from the old house at Seventh and Walnut streets. Blair and Jacobsen transformed the structure into a modern seven room home with four upstairs bedrooms, electric wiring, and sanitary plumbing. Completion, painting, and wiring follow in days ahead, with dedication planned for next Sunday. Future church grounds improvements include grading and a stone fence. Also notice Jameson Cemetery Association annual meeting set for Wednesday November 25 1908 at 1 PM to elect officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. F. Braun
Seventh and
Walnut Streets
Messrs
Blair and
Jacobsen
Braun
Anti-Saloon Leader Takes Southwestern Iowa Post
Rev. R C F Chambers resigns from Griswold M E church to join the Anti-Saloon League as its southwestern Iowa superintendent. He will relocate with his family to Council Bluffs to direct efforts across the region, continuing a long held stance against saloons. Frank Rhody advertises a line of gowns. Chas Hansen buys a Mingo drugstore, touting strong trade. Remaining paper and envelopes offered at 45 cents. The News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. F. Chambers
Griswold M. E
Anti-Saloon League
Council Bluffs
Chambers
Weaver from Lewis visits city for holds plans and departure
C. G. Weaver of Lewis visited the city today on business and called at the office. He will leave next Sunday for Wisconsin to see an invalid brother, then proceed to Columbus Ohio to visit his old home. He has not returned there in thirty two years since moving to the county in 1870 and making only one prior trip back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CG. C. Weaver
Lewis
Big Damage Suit To Be Filed In District Court
Wm Trede sues Daisy Stock Food Company and manager F H Townsend for 10000 alleging the firm’s hog feeding products reduce dead hogs and profits He claims damage from business insured goods and associated worries The case set for January term and may settle, Townsend comments while defending the firm’s stock feed claims
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District
Wm. Trede
Daisy Stock Food Company
F. H. Townsend
Daisy Company
Townsend
Arrests Made In Glenwood Prostitution Probe
Arthur Edmunds and Herbert Wright of Glenwood were arrested in Council Bluffs on charges of attempting to entice two Glenwood women, Bessie Walling 15 and Maude Myers 19, to a disorderly house. A traveling man named Steele alerted police. judges bound the pair over to the grand jury with bonds set at 500 dollars each. The News notes a sale on crepe paper at 8 cents per roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Edmunds
Herbert Wright
Glenwood
Council Bluffs
Bessie Walling
Maude Myers
Steele
Sayner
Grand Jury
Appointment of Roy Hardesty as Deputy at Avoca
Hardesty the Deputy Sheriff and Sheriff Elect McAffrey announce Roy Hardesty to serve as deputy at Avoca. He comes from the Council Bluffs clerk of courts office and printing trades, with many local friends. Also announced are J C Christensen and Otto Volatedt as reappointed deputy treasurers and John H Chizum as deputy auditor. Fresh oysters at Christensen Bros. The weather forecast for Iowa calls for fair tonight and Thursday with moderate temperatures.
Oaken and Anderson Marry in Brayton Office Ceremony
Justice of the Peace Jas S Pressnall joined Willie R. Oaken aged 26 and Anna K Anderson aged 20, both of Brayton, in marriage today at the clerk of courts office. The couple plan to live on a Brayton farm. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea advertised at Atlantic Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
Jas. S. Pressnall
Willie R. Oaken
Anna K. Anderson
Brayton
Pension Granted to Widow of Civil War Veteran
Attorney J S Pressnall secured a monthly pension of 12 dollars for Mrs Martha G McFadden widow of G W McFadden who served in Company K 68th Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the civil war. The pensioner lives at Griswold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.S. Pressnall
Martha G. McFadden
G. W. McFadden
Company K
68Th Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Griswold
Warning on Tripp county land allotments by Council Bluffs writer
A Council Bluffs reader in the Rosebud country warns that many land buyers from southwestern Iowa are foolish to travel east to file on Tripp county allotments. He notes 1,009 Indian allotments remain and until fixed, land opening is undetermined. Locators push the lucky to come and list farms, while many incompetents abound. forewarned readers can avoid the shoals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Rosebud
Iowa
Tripp County
Aged Lady Lila Comer Dies in City Home
Mrs. Lila Comer widow of L D Comer pioneer of the city died at 7 30 this morning at the home of her son in law and daughter Chas Henry and wife on West Second street after a long illness the trouble being complications of old age She was eighty one years old and had lived in the county since 1869 coming first to Grove City then to the city She leaves six children two sons Frank and George and four daughters Mrs Sarah Ann Dennis of Okahoi Mrs Alvira Henry wife of Chas Henry Mrs Amanda Jones and Mrs Ellen Wicclsey Shaiso two brothers Hiram Wallace and BH Wallace and three sisters Mrs Emeline Earl Mrs Henrietta Henderson of Anita and Mrs Louisa Baker of Lewis The funeral will be at the home tomorrow at 1 30 with interment in Pleasant Valley cemetery near Sarah The News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lila Comer
L. D. Comer
Chas. Henry
West Second Street
Grove City
Pleasant Valley
Frank Comer
George Comer
Sarah Ann Dennis
Okahoi
Alvira Henry
Th City
Orn
Amanda Jones
Ellen Wicclsey- Shaiso
Hiram Wallace
BH. Wallace
This City
Emeline Earl
Henrietta Henderson
Anita
Louisa Baker
Lewis
Sarah
City Ad Seeks Secondhand Remington Typewriter
Yesterday the News ran a want ad seeking a used Remington typewriter in the city. This morning three inquiries by phone followed, showing the newspaper ad's effectiveness in connecting buyers and sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remington
Rural comedy at opera house harvest moon four acts
The next show at the opera house is the rural comedy Under the Harvest Moon in four acts on Saturday night November 21 with curtain at 9 9 p m. Tickets cost 25 35 and 50 cents and reserved seats go on sale Thursday. The News notes promotions for robes and crepe availability.
Mrs Banner to Face Arraignment in Murder Case
Mrs Atta Banner, who shot and killed her brother in law Fred Banner in South Omaha last summer, will appear in criminal court for arraignment Tuesday and plead not guilty. Her trial is expected mid December with attorney Henry Murphy. No insanity plea. defense contends frenzy over alleged relations between her brother in law and her daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daugher
George Highley Sells Locust Street Home to Nelson
George Highley sold his Locust street residence to H. W. Nelson who will move in with his family. The Highleys have taken rooms over the Conrad shoe store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Highley
Locust Street
H. W. Nelson
George
Conrad Shoe
New Moving Picture Show in Corner Room
The former Whipple and Shrock corner room, then Dawson billiard hall, has been rented for a moving picture and vaudeville show opening soon in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whipple & Shrock
Dawson Billiard Hall
Personal Grafs of Interest News People Coming and Going
Local society notes list Mrs W Barnes visiting friends in Anita and Mrs A M Petite traveling there. J C King and J C Stewart visit Walnut and Marne for business. Mrs H M Hansen, Mrs J F Griffin, Mrs John Woodward and Laura, plus many others travel to Anita, Adair, Des Moines, Malcolm, Audubon and Omaha. Mentions visits, travel, and short stays. includes illness note on Mrs Zach and a drug advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Barnes
Anita
A. M. Petite
J. C. King
Walnut
H. M. Hansen
Shelby
J. F. Griffin
Des Moines
John Woodward
Laura
Viola
Izola Pulley
Mary Pulley
Lewis
Fred Krambeck
Marne
J. C. Stewart
W. N. Henshaw
G. W. Ringle
Dr. Emmert
Chris Nave
Chas. Laartz
Adair
F. Nagel
Hapke
M. N. Nichols
California
Stafford matron arrival from Piedmont Calif reported
Message from Commander Geo H Stafford tells Mrs D H Stafford has arrived safely in Piedmont California and is enjoying the sunny land. Orange Blossom Flour sold at Bailey's for 1.15 per sack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CG. B. Osborne
Geo. H. Stafford
Piedmont
Calif
D. H. Stafford
Bailey’s
Atlantic Society Happenings N E Bridge Club Meets
Mrs. Chas F Chase hosted the N E Bridge Whist Club at 418 Poplar street. Eight ladies attended and the afternoon included a four course luncheon. Guests included Mesdames A M Duval C R Hunt M C Robertson J H Jones L T Spangler S Bundy and Misses Duval Musson Trinity Guild later gathered at Mrs Frank Cox on Oak Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. F. Chase
N. E. Bridge
Poplar Street
A.M. Duval
C.R. Hunt
M. C. Robertson
J. H. Jones
L.T. Spangler
S. Bundy
Duval
Musson
Trinity Guild
Frank Cox
Oak Street
Gilbert Sharp 200 Straight Birds At Council Bluffs Meet
Fred Gilbert of Spirit Lake set a phenomenal 200 straight birds at the Pottawattamie Gun Club shoot in Council Bluffs. The report lists scores for the last day with multiple shooters and a team run of fifteen birds. Anela Harp Wilson scored 96 this morning, after 87 yesterday, while hay supplies and a Musson feed mill note conclude the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottawattamie
Adolph Olson
D. Linderman
A. Miller
EL N. Ford
A. Weatherhead
J. W. Wiseman
Stitz
Gonnecene Gade Saaetyalns
Tom Marshall
C. EB. Talbott
E. Woolman
Dan Bray
C. K. Warden
A. Aun
A. Beck
W. B. Boyd
A. J. Kelley
Bierd
Chris Gottlieb
R. Smith
G. L. Carter
William Ropert
H. R. Smith
Cc. Cunningham
H. R. Damon
Bedinate Ae le
Fred Gilbert
F. Vermilya
Q. B. Talbot
A. V. Ascher
H. Wilson
Hardy
C. D. Linderman
C. K. Harden
Marshall
Anela Harp” Wilson
Local Gun Club Prepares Thanksgiving Shoot at Fair Grounds
The local gun club plans a Thanksgiving Day competition at the fair grounds a week from Thursday. Officials expect many contestants to compete for the prize offerings.
Also Mentioned on This Page
NEW German Evangelical Parsonage
Jameson Cemetery Association
Cc. G. Nordman
R. C. F. Chambers of
Frank Rhody
Chas, Hansen
Mingo
Ole Hansen
Colfax
Wm. Rede
Daisy Stock Food
Company
Christensen Bros. Ag
Christensen Bros
Hollister’s
Rocky Mountain
Atlantic Drug Store
THE
Phoenix Hose CompAny
Iday
Opera House
K.P. Orchestra
Atlantic Evening
B. C. Rasmussen
Malcolm
A. C. Frederickson
Maine
C. B. Osborne
H. M. Reinig
P. D. Smith
Springfield
Neb
W. R. Neal
Robert
Gladys Kinear
Kansas City
Jos. Larsen
Audubon
Jas. Moon
Jorgensen
A Blake
Misa Mae Burke
G. M. Tripplett
Storm Lake
Manilla
J. W. Lamb
Alfred Miller
Gresham
Newton
Wills Laird
Hollister
Happenings IN
N. E. Bridge Club
Ternoon
Gilbert
Spirit Lake
Nebraska
Second Street
Vy. A. Hupp
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!