Hog sales and cattle trade dominate county notes
County and vicinity reports list numerous livestock transactions with John Berry L Bigelow Huyck and Morse Bell buying cattle last week Mrs P Bigelow entertained ladies for sewing and visiting The funeral of Mr Hamerick was held at Grove City last Sunday with community sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Worth
John Berry
Mr. Huyck
L. Bigelow
Miss Shade
Margeret Burr
Henry Gerhart
Mr. Brown
Morse Bell
Grove
Local social notes and community updates in Atlantic area
Henry Pelzer team builds house in Atlantic for 1750 and a list of neighbors visiting, baptisms, sickness, travels, and church events. Protracted meetings, birthdays, creamery meetings, a dog shooting incident, forthcoming wedding of Avis Petty to C Raymond Asay, and local Union of the Christian Endeavor societies are reported with numerous names and places in Adair county and Atlantic.
Gold Hill Rural News Highlights and Local Moves
Mr. Davis plans to move. Robert Judd and family listed sick. Alex Wishart adds barn space. J E Darling in Atlantic part of last week. George Darling husking corn for Fred Franklin. Creamery business booms locally. Emery Smart buys organ for daughter Eva. John Cline rents A Neeley farm for next season. Chamberlain Bros shelled corn for George Patton last Saturday. Miss Emma Gillett of Atlantic visiting sister Mrs Lincoln Lang. Farmers busy with corn now that snow has melted. James Lang of Cumberland in Gold Hill on business. D Ballentine sick but improving. Thomas Carter spent week in Atlantic at farmers institute. No preaching at Gold Hill church last Sunday due to funeral. Lawrence Wakefield family and mother ill. fear for Mrs Wakefield’s recovery. R King builds self feeder. 1200 bushels shelled corn spilled. Darling breaks circular saw last Saturday. Ed orders new 28 inch saw from Chicago for repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Davis
Robert Judd
Alex Wishart
J. E. Darling
Atlantic
George Darling
Fred Franklin
Emery Smart
Eva
John Cline
A. Neeley
Chamberlain Bros
George Patton
Emma Gillett
Burnie Malone
Chicago
Bear Grove News Snapshots of Local Farming and Social Ties
In Bear Grove A R Kusterbother and A S Flock of Lewis husk corn for Fred Switzer while the mandolin club remains active. Miss Etta Blakley attended Friday’s meeting and Prof. Fletcher with E C McCarthy visited from Lewis for the educational gathering. Lee Carson of Atlantic helped fetch corn for Switzer and Burton chaired the event. R F Graham plans to live at Mrs Hebing's home and farm J A B Myers place next year. John Neely will board with Bob and farm Hebing’s. Guy Edwin Link visited Bear Grove last Friday evening. villagers invite more literary visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Kusterbother
A. S. Flock
Lewis
Fred Switzer
Mandolin Club
Etta Blakley
Prof. Fletcher
E. C. McCarthy
Lee Carson
Atlantic
Lee
Supt. Burton
R. F. Graham
Galion notes and local happenings on Friday
In Galion Mr Mark Nichols was in the vicinity Friday while Mr Jay Preston hauls corn to Cumberland. Rev Thomason visited Fairview. Many help Mr Simpson husk corn. Mrs Ira Miller attended an institute on Wednesday. Miss Jennie Sherwood attended services at Fletcher Sunday. Mr E C Johnson hosted an oyster supper for corn huskers Saturday. The W F M will meet at Mrs Victor Vedane's Thursday at 2 pm. Lias Johnson returned from Story county. his father slowly improves. Chris Thulene from Griswold helps Victor Vedane haul corn. Lewis Marsh was kicked by a cow Sunday evening, losing three teeth. Thermometer at waterworks read 24 below zero Monday at 7 am. Albert Startzer has an eye abscess. Drs Porterfield and Campbell operated Tuesday. patient improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Nichols
Jay Preston
Cumberland
Thomason
Fairview
Simpson
Ira Miller
Institute
Jennie Sherwood
Fletcher
E.C. Johnson
Victor Vedane
Lias
Porterfield and
Campbell
Pleasant Towns Tribune Notes Local Happenings
Charles Dolan shelled corn Thursday and Earl Morse takes a position at the Central hotel. Grin wold high school plans a February 17 contest. Farmers attend Atlantic Institute. hogs cattle and sheep ship from Griswold in past two weeks. L. B. Stuart preached at Bethel. revival at Church of Christ closed Friday. Hughes school organizes a weekly literary society. Nelson relocates to Nebraska to farm. Cheney and Bennett plan Atlantic as poultry headquarters with Bennett moving now and Cheney in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dolan
Earl Morse
Central Hotel
Guy Smith
Claude Gibson
Hamilton Wilcox
Chicago
Grinwold High School
Minnie Wright
Alice Miller
Atlantic
Frank Nelson
William Vanmeter
Griswold
Farmers’ Institute
Charles
Elmer Proctor
Botha Valley
L. B. Stuart
Griswold High School
Bethel Presbyterian Church
Church of Christ
Hughe
August Nelson
Nebraska
Nance County
Cheney
Bennett
Cheeney
Mellie Black Weds Jesse Wyckoff at Mrs Black’s Home
On Wednesday evening January 25 at six o’clock a wedding took place at the home of Mrs Edna A Black. Mellie Black and Jesse Wyckoff exchanged vows with Rev W E Jones officiating. About thirty guests attended and a bountiful feast followed. The couple, well known in the community, were praised by all. A long list of wedding gifts from relatives and friends was recorded, including linens, silverware, and china.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna A. Black
Mellie
Jesse Wyckoff
Mrs. Weiner
Bride
R. A. Black
Mrs.a. Black
J. E. Wyckoff
Mrs. Ryan
Mrs. J. Goudy
H. M. Wycoff
Mrs. A. Wycoff
Miss Ada Baer
E. A
R. B
Grandma Baer
Fred Nichols
J. B. Black
Leiter Busy Forming Trusts Amid Wheat Rise
Joseph Leiter downplays wheat gains favoring trust formation. He cites International Air Power Co and argues large companies keep prices down to deter competition. Other items note Tom Sharkey stopping Jack McCormick in Philadelphia, a dramatic mining stock day in Conorado Springs, and various state senate ballots with stagnant results across multiple cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cleveland
Joseph Leiter
Leiter
International Air Power Company
New York
My. Leiter
List of officers to compose Nebraska governor staff
Lincoln January 26 General order signed by the governor and adjutant general appoints William A. Poynter as commander-in-chief and lists staff officers including Patrick H. Barry, W. M. Dutton, C. G. Barns, Nels P. Lundeen, William Neville and others with assignments in Lincoln Hastings Albion York and North Platte An aide-de-camps group is noted with Walter Moise and Charles W. Bryan among Lincoln officers. Emergency notices report a fatal pork poisoning in Fatrsury Kellerman family with three deaths and five children ill, and a Florida arrest of Baron and Baroness de Barra for mail fraud. A discussion in Ames Iowa contemplates state fair disposition and sale of grounds, with proceeds benefiting the state college. A Johnstown Pa blaze destroys property valued at 100000 with 30000 insurance. losses include Herald Printing, John H Waters, Johnstown Supply, and the Cambria County Medical Society Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Lincoln
William A. Poynter
Patrick H. Barry
W. M. Dutton
Hastings
C. G. Barns
Albion
Nels P. Lundeen
Johnstown
Herald Printing Company
John H. Waters
Johnstown Supply House
Cambria County Medical Society
Tower
Coal Prices Take a Tumble in Cleveland
Coal prices fell after the Pittsburg convention as Massillon coal dropped from 2.30 to 2.10 at wholesale. Railroads and dealers had stocked up for a strike, amassing large inventories across the region amid the abrupt market shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Massillon
Telegrams Tersely Told
Second Arkansas volunteer in fantry at Anniston mustered out. Dock labor strike spreads from Colon to Panama. Playwright Adolphe D Enery dies at 88 in Paris. Mr and Mrs McKinley host officers after reception. Rep Danford of Ohio in Bellaire gravely ill. John Sherman interview opposes expansion in World. Spanish troops and supplies concentrate in Visayas and Mindanao, Manila dispatch says. Colima volcano is active after Tuesday quake and lava flow. Chicago base ball club trades Dahlen for Demontreville with no cash involved. National Cycling Association meets in New York opposing L A. Memphis crowd sees White and O Keefe draw after 20 rounds at Auditorium.
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Second
Arkansas Volunteer Infantry
Anniston
Colon
Panama
Adolphe Philippe D’ennery
Paris
McKinley
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Danford
Ohio
Bella
Chicago Baseball Club
Dahlen
Chicago
Demontreville
Baltimore
National Cycling Association
New York
L. A
Local and Personal News From Atlantic and Surrounding Areas
Tuesday notes list many residents and visitors including Dr Morse, Marie Bartley, Fred Kueser of Massena, Mrs McClees, Wm Kirchoff Bear Grove, Rudolph Lorenzen, Dr Forsythe Griswold, A W Follett of Oak Street selling a Poland China boar, Dr Findley Anita, John Findley Maine, and Rev Reed in Maine. Reports cover illnesses, travel to Des Moines, Council Bluffs, Keokuk, and funeral attendance, plus band masquerade Feb 10 and local business updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Bartley
Victor
Fred Kueser
Massena
Atlantic
Dr. McClees
Wm. Kirchoff
Bear Grove
Rudolph Lorenzen
Council Bluffs
Dr. Forsythe
Griswold
A. W. Follett
Oak, Street
W. J. Findley
Anita
J. M. Gray
Bruce Kreiger
Ballard Will Leaves Grandchildren Equal Shares
Mrs Sarah J Ballard probate in Council Bluffs district court reveals a will drawn January 18 1908 by Judge Reed. All estate goes to Ballard grandchildren share and share alike except a $1000 legacy to a nephew Henry Clay Johnson of Atlantic. No hospital bequest though home on First Avenue deeded to W C A before her death. Executor named N M Pasay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Clay Johnson
Sarah J. Ballard
Council Bluffa
Atlantic
O. R. Ballard
Tabor
Virginia Robinson
Avoca
W. C. A. Hospital
Council Bluffs
Barrows lecture wows city crowd at opera house
Dr Barrows, newly elected Oberlin president and renowned scholar, spoke at the opera house last night. He traced a global Christian view from England to India, praising missionaries and noting civilization’s progress through faith, learning, and culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrows
Opera House
Our
Parliament of Religion
Oberi
Christian Missions
England
Scotland
France
Germany
Holland
Italy
India
Atlantic
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Lyman
Henry Pelzer
Charles Kuester
Peter Rose
John Gundlach
Elizabeth Gerlach
William
Dick Lehmkuhl
W. ©. Miller
Fisher
Milford
Simon Sunderman
Lukenemyer
Adair County
Detlif Martin
Union Township
Fred Martin
Kraft
A. Langenstein
George Epplesheimer
Illinois
George Linderman
Des Moines
City of
Wax
Peterson
Wm. Linderman
Corning
Fritz Saemish
Andrew Kaiser
Andrew
Aldrich & Co
Henry Schueler
H. Bour
Mrs. Schueler
Gold Hill
West
E. H. Wotan
Brett
Avis A. Petty
C. Raymond Asay
M. E
C. E
Chas. P. Lattig
J. C. Young
Dora Oore
Robt
H. Woods
Galion
Pleasant Township
Sharkey
McCormick
Philadelphia
Tom Sharkey
Jack McCormick
Arena
Tom
Conorapo Springs
Bedlam
Isabella
Washington
Onuymrra
Wash
Humes
Ankeny
Ankney
Wilson
Foster
Harrisburg
United States
Quay
Jenks
Dover
Gray
Addicks
Dupont
Handy
Salt Laxe
Utah
Poynter
Neb
Janu
Kellerman
Trishina
Perrsacona
Fla
Edgar de Barra
St. Augustine
Jacksonville
Axms
State Agricultural College
State College
Hughes
Mason City
Lottie M. Hughes
Auditorium
Memphis
Tommy White
Jack O'Keefe
Louisville
White
O’keefe
Dr. Morse
Lon Temple
Ray Asay
E. E. Reed
Presbyterian Church
Maine
Pearl Hutton Schrader
Baby
A. H. Goodapsed
J. H. Bailey
Keokuk
Ed. Link
The
Lewis Standard
Atlantic Band
John Findley
E. A. Tharnish
C. G. Warner
Fourth Street
W. W. Ramsey
Walnut
W. F. Grawam
John Swineburn
A. T. Powell
Hugh Smith
Bedford
Smith
Tharnish & Tostevin
Turner Milling
5Th
Walnut Streets
J. Nichols
Frank Temple
Colorado Springs
My Place
Albert Johnson
M. H. Welton
Eliza Jane Love
J. W. Love
East Seventh Street
Rock Island
Iowa
Engineer Love
Love
Hood
Barrow
Mickel
Palmer & Findley
Skabcura
Skabcura Dip Co
F. Parsons & Co
J. O. Wilken
Walnut Street
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