May 22 1896 Buffalo Center Tribune item
A brief notice from the Buffalo Center Tribune dated May 22, 1896. Details are read from a historical newspaper fragment.
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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1946
Page
1
A brief notice from the Buffalo Center Tribune dated May 22, 1896. Details are read from a historical newspaper fragment.
Mr and Mrs Ord Curtis settled near Buffalo Center before the town was laid out and traced their move from Hemmingford Nebraska to Elmore Minnesota then across country. Curtis built a blacksmith shop, later home sites, and Ord served as rural mail carrier before retiring to an acreage on Highway No 9. Now living with son Glen Curtis in Swea City.
Traveling men concede Buffalo Center is the best town on the B. C. R. & N. line north of Iowa Falls for passenger traffic. The depot is busy at train time with 43 trunks on the platform, 14 loaded westbound and 29 unloaded.
N. J. Nelson of Lake Mills circulated a petition this week calling for removal of the county seat. Lake Mills threatens Forest City with losing the court house unless paid. Farmers oppose building it for Forest City. locals urge Forest City benefactors to fund the relocation.
The Buffalo Center Norwegian Lutheran church society circulates a subscription paper to raise funds for a church building this summer. They report good progress and optimism for a new church soon.
A lunch offer from Huntley’s Restaurant promises a cup of coffee a meat sandwich a piece of pie and two doughnuts for 15 cents, as described in the press copy. The simple meal reflects affordable midcentury dining and local dining options.
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