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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
11
The Buffalo Center Tribune reports measles cases, village improvements, and town news. Elections loom with primary day set for Tuesday June 2, a sixteenth year of publication noted, plus farm sales, weather, and community notices from Forest City to Lake Mills.
Community discussion on a proposed electric railroad continues across towns. Mrs. Alice M. Moore arrives to promote the project, with meetings in Buffalo Center and nearby towns including Belmond Crystal Lake and Elmore. A committee will solicit funds as plans advance, contingent on widespread local interest and right of way surveys. Ptrs also note police chief E P Wing’s background and a 1908 Buick Touring Car ad.
Farmers expect fall and winter auctions and will save money by arranging with Winnebageo County State Bank Forest City Iowa. Bank has 50000 on sale notes at straight eight percent interest with no discount or clerk charge. Bato bills free, STE JouN OLSON, Ugshier.
Hazel Morgan visited friends in Rake last week. Sparks visited Germania on Wednesday. Jack Johnston and A A Dreesman, both of Germania, were in town on life insurance business. G Pritchard and P H Barrington conducted Des Moines business at week’s start. Wayne Wadsworth spent Sunday with parents in Forest City. Victor Nichols of Waterloo stayed with A Smith’s family Friday and Saturday. Alvina and Bertha Mathison rode to Forest City last week. Mrs P M Barsley of Bancroft visited Jack Johnston’s home. L E Benedict left for Grantsburg Wisconsin to manage real estate. GW Pangburn of Algona looked after west-town real estate. Mrs Peter Ostrander, long with her son Grant near Thompson, left for relatives in New York state. Mrs F Welsh arrived from Berthold, North Dakota, where her husband’s restaurant was sold, now on their claim near Ambrose.
Morning worship at 10 40 Sunday school 11 30 and evening service 7 30. Real estate transfers list multiple sales and rentals in Buffalo Center and nearby towns. Notice to clean up required by May 15 1908. Railway stations increasingly use telephone for interstation communication reducing telegraph operator needs.
Citizens of Council Bluffs Iowa and EyMonton Canada send remittance drafts for Tribune subscriptions. The letters rail against the post office, praise Gov Cummins, note moving to Alberta, and report farm and school updates. Local court notes cover trials, verdicts, and probate actions with several cases outlined and a pension increase effective April 16, 1906 for soldiers widows and minors.
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