Local notes mix weddings and farm deals in Griswold area
LATE NEWS items from Griswold and vicinity report Mrs. M Rudig's improvement after Omaha surgery, Edward Reipe and Barbara Lembke wed in Council Bluffs, Ab Gibson buys Jake Roberts farm for 125 per acre, a Griswold child loses use of limbs but no fever, Nona Branich and Edwin Funk wed in Dickinson, Lewis High School beats Walnut 10 to 0, Indian Creek falls to Marne 13 to 6 with Sewell, Miller, Lorenzen, and Frederick key players, home runs by Sewell and Pickler, C C Wheeler suffers a buggy accident but recovers, Bert Ogiesby relocates a small house, Cal Plummer buys property and will remodel, Rev L K Billingsley preaches on hospital work, Lenhardt farm sale nets 116 per acre to A M Johnson, Griswold American reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Ogiesby
New Resident Knute Hansen Joins C Block & Son Staff
Knute Hansen from Au dubon begins duties at the clothing store C Block & Son. He is praised as a splendid young man and a salesman of ability, expected to prove a good addition to the popular firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knute Hansen
Audubon
C. Block & Son
Opening of the Season in Atlantic High School Football
The 1908 football season opens tomorrow at 3 30 PM in Atlantic with a match between the local high school boys and Audubon. Captain Sam Marshall leads a light but improving team featuring Turner at fullback Kirk at right half and George Porter at quarterback. Expectations are high for a strong effort and solid turnout despite a weak baseball season.
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Atlantic
Audubon High School
Sam Marshall
Turner
Kirk
George Porter
Ray Franklin
Maroons
Page
Jack Porterfield
Remsen
Hartman
Beckhart
Clarence McCarville
Williams
Hammond
Tomorow
Home from the Registration for Lands Draws in Chamberlain
Four Atlantic men who attended the registration for the Tripp county lands in Chamberlain S D. report that registration there has drawn crowds as large or larger than Dallas. They describe the town as overrun by gamblers saloons and various registrants with many nationalities. Notaries are seen everywhere charging high prices while locals fear disorderly element. About 60 000 had registered already and total is expected to reach 150 000 by the 17th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Porterfield
Chas. Wolfinger
Guy ‘Curtis
Ack. Lemon
Tripp County
Chamberlain
S. D
Dallas
Gambiers
Notaries
Capt Brown Tonight Hero of Fort Mahone to Speak
Capt K W Brown gubernatorial candidate for Towa speaks at the U P church tonight. A veteran captain of a battery in the Army of the Potomac for four years, he is described as a veteran traveling salesman who has sold goods in six states for a New York house over thirty six years. The notice urges attendance.
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Towa
K.W. Brown
United States
Fort Mahone
U. P
Capt. Brown Jis
New York
Army of the Potomac
Charlotte Simpson
Harlan
P.T. Stafford
Guthrie Center
Claire Rohrett
Cornelia Hermann
Marengo
Otis Hardenbergn
Lewis
Lyons
Louis Cavalier
Audubon
M. K. Brown
Capt. Brown
Bostedo
Ames
Big Barbecue Planned for Villisca Iowa Oct 15 1908
Villisca Iowa has announced a major barbecue set for Thursday October 15 1908 with free feast and vaudeville entertainment from the Omaha Orpheum circuit. The event aims to rally support for a proposed Atlantic Northern Southern Railway line with a five percent tax on property to fund construction. The plan estimates $25,000 in taxable railroad property and notes over $90,000 already raised in subscriptions.
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Villisca
Vilisca
Orpheum
Circuit of Omaha
Viliseca
Monteomery
State of
Iowa
Montgomery
Atlantic Northern & Southern Railway Company
Atlantic
Cass County
State of Iowa
Grant
Douglas Township
Montgomery County
Montgomery Couny
Atlantic Northern & Southern
Ross and
Rattenberg
Local residents arrive and travel around town
Numerous individuals and families are noted visiting, traveling, or returning from nearby cities including Des Moines Omaha and Walnut. Mentions include J P Byrd Lanetta Werner Mayme Sampson Genevieve Shuter and Cuykendall family with trips tied to business visits, subscriptions, and social calls across Ames Walnut Lewis Marne and GrISwold. A new platform is added at the depot for the Audubon branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Byrd
Maine
Lela Hutton
Anita
Bob Jones
Des Moines
W. H. Line
Walnut
Lanetta Werner
H. FP. Harris
Wiota
Roy Hedges
Omaha
Gretchen
Crawford
Cumberland
Dave Shuter
Nebraska
Mayme R. Sampson
W. G. Brown
Edith Brown
Lewis
D. A. Shuter
Genevieve
Ed Allison
Shriners I
C. &. Kringel
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Edward I. Reipe
Barbara A. Lembke
Wheeler’s Grove
Griswold
Council Bluffs
Henry DeLong
Ab.Gibson
Jake Roberts
Elliott
B. C. Murnan
Lewis Standard
Dickinson, N. D
Nona Maud Branich
A. Branich
Edwin Earl Funk
Lewis High School
Indian Creek
Marne
Olson's
al Sewell
Jack Miller
Lorenzen
Frederick
Chas. Sewell
B. P. Pickler
Maine Free Press
C. C. Wheeler
Wheeler
L. K. Billingsley
Bes Moines
Asbury Church
Ponder. & Wilcox
William ‘Lenhardt
A. M. Johnson
Pottawattamie
Block's
Light
Guy Curtis
Chas
Wolfinger
Jack Lemmon
Nelson, Shrock, & Grulke
The
Atlantic Evening
Mrs. Chas
Bell
R. Gray
Mrs. W. J. Humphrey
Tennyson Frank
Evening News
T. B. Swan
Harry
Clara Grobee
Maude Minor
Zeta Lang
A. Lastine
P. Erickson
Mesdames
W. A. McWaid
Virginia Cuykendally
Sherm F. Myers
Anita Tribune
Musson
Garfield Willis
Kay
J. M. Brewster
Widtz
J. D. Goff
Dome Othy
EB. Linke
Jake Weitzel
Andrew Christensen
Brayton
Matthias Christensen
L. H. Pine
Silver City
J. D. Walters
Ona Bourne
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