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Newspaper
Dakota City County Herald
Location
Dakota City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1908
Page
4
The Dakota County Herald carries multiple notices from Nebraska Republicans urging support in the September 1 1908 primaries. Candidates include Minoxn D Kann Swan Olsen D O Hervenxan and Edward Cowles with vows to public service and reform, plus platform quotes and regional references.
Butler county Republican central committee meeting in Des Moines endorses Wm Husenetter of Linwood for Public Land Commissioner. He cites 30 years at county conventions, 10 terms on state senate district committee, 22 years as a state convention delegate, and leadership in the county central committee. He has not held paid office, supports Roosevelt policies, and owns a Linwood ranch.
The piece urges voters to back constitutional amendments in the primary and November elections. It argues for adding Supreme Court judges to speed rulings and removing Supreme Court commissioners, and it supports proposals to manage state education funds.
Ponder Times notes Miss Chas Pounds from Hubbard arrived early week. Pones Journal reports Mrs WF Mikesell visiting Newcasden returning Tuesday afternoon. Wynot Tribune records Mr and Mrs Patterson and Mrs H A McCormick traveling to Bronx City for a few days. Lyons Sun notes Dr James Robins and family returning Monday from a week at Crystal Lake.
Local notices list residents visiting relatives and traveling to nearby cities. Francis Kingsbury returned from South Sioux City. Mrs AM and Leni loath visited Jackson area friends. Omar Kilbourne came from Dakota City. Dr Nine Smith from Homer Inez. AC Onroll from Jackson. Mrs Caplinger and children and Mrs McDonald visited ZM Baird home. George Ralston socializes with Hubbard acquaintances. W T Bartlett and Alice Kinley guests of Miss Marie Gauthier.
Thurston Gazette reports JA Shore and daughter from Homer visited last Monday. Superintendent Tarrant visited Dakota City and Pocos last Friday. Ponder Republic notes RE Evans and JJ McAllister of Dakota City and CA Kingsbury and JV Pierson of Ponca were transacting business here last Saturday.
Emerson Enterprise reports Wm Morgan of South Sionz City visited Thursday. Mr and Mrs Burt McIntaffer received goods from Bodne Iowa and occupy one of the Mines houses.
Word from Lakeport states Jas Widner, formerly in the local neighborhood but now near Homer Nebraska, is seriously ill with kidney and stomach trouble and has been sick for more than three months.
Mrs Ollie Child and children of Nevada Iowa return home after a week with Mra Child sisters Mra W F Teter and J J Eimers. Mra M B Slocum travels to Templetown to visit her brother N T Houghton. George Wright resumes charge at the Omaha station after a Wakefield posting. Mra Clyde McKinzie undergoes appendicitis surgery at St Joseph hospital Sioux City and improves. Mra J N Mullins returns from western state visit and plans to attend a carnival in Castalia with her brother Dr Wm Phillipa.
The town notes Carl Anderson selling overalle work shirts gloves and caps while promoting new cement walks at local homes. A new bridge at Joe Hogan farm by Beade is finished. farmers report threshing progress and hogs marketed by Ancher Grain. Regulars visit Sioux City Homer and Omaha. farm equipment trades and local sales appear across Hubbard.
The funeral was held Thursday from the Catholic church and conducted by Fr English. Interment followed in Hubbard cemetery.
Jackson hosts a fall festival and harvest picnic on September 3 with invited residents and a charity drive. Events include foot and horse races, tugs of war, three foreign speakers, and two Nebraska championship ball games between local teams. Mary Crosby and Helen O Neill visit relatives. Anna Hartnett recovers after a serious illness. Mrs Mitchell and children return from Emerson to occupy a DJ McDonald home. Night dances hosted by Collina Brothers and a farewell leap year party planned at St Patrick's Hall.
Elizabeth Boala gave music lessons after a two week Oakland Iowa vacation. Ben and Jule Benderson of Emerson precinct visited Homer as business callers along with Mads Hansen. Geo Woods from Dakota City and Obas Davia and son from Sioux City were in town. Mrs Seth Barnes went to Omaha to visit relatives. Kate Quinn of Jackson stayed with Nell Combs over Sunday. Henry Filmore, a Dakota county farmer, did business in Homer Saturday. Dr Stidworthy hosted guests from Sioux City. John Sullivan and wife traded with Homer merchants. Tom Gribble of Salem visited. Lulu Barnes left for Omaha to attend school. Grandma Prient stayed with Frank in the parsonage. Mrs Kue Artemus visited her parents Mr. and Mrs James Allaway. James Allaway and wife spent Sunday with Will Leamer. Olive Leamer healing after illness. Eva Kinnear traveled to Ponder Friday and returned Sunday. Fern Buckland visited Marion Curtis and returned to the agency Friday. The Fred Ochander threshing crew operated their machine nearby.
Report describes a bridge tipping over with men and all crossing it south of the Comba mill. miracle that no one was hurt. Fred Brasfield and wife moved into the Foltz house formerly occupied by Jim King. Lewis Goodsell on the sick list. Don Wilson's wife and children returned from Lyons. Miss Golda Queen of Emerson visiting Mrs John McKinley.
Dallas Oregon visitor Harvey Boals stops to see relatives in Salem while Georg Bates visits Omaha for a sick brother. A party spends a week at Crystal Lake Wood cottage with Miss Blanche Heikes. Notices of visitors from Crawford Nebraska Wakefield Iowa and Town Falls Iowa fill the page alongside local farming purchases and carnival attendance.
In Lincoln Nebraska on July 20, Governor Sheldon recalls William Jennings Bryan's praise at his 1906 nomination. He now says Bryan is a good fellow but that the other man would make a better President, reflecting on political times and ambitions.
First publication Aug Li in Sheriff's Sale. Notice issued by Harry H. Adair to J. P. Rockwell to sell Sioux County Nebraska property in Stanton block 31 lot 2 as part of a Dakota County Neb. judgment for 57 dollars 4 cents plus costs. Sale set for September ith at the south front door of Dakota City courthouse for cash to satisfy the order.
Notice to Tod W Freeman and G Clie and Fred Herman of a public tax sale held November 24 by the Dakota County treasurer. Property in Maliway Addition Donbeorton Neb described as lots 1 and 6 in block 1 was deeded to WM Hileman. after three months from service date a tax deed will be issued. Purchaser WM Mitewan dated August 14.
In pursuance of a license granted by the district court of Douglas County Nebraska on March 13 1981 the guardians of Walter Angus Finlayson and Albert Alexander Finlayson seek sale of real estate at Armour's Store corner Mary and Pierson streets in the town of Biwereses Dakota County Nebraska. The sale will occur on Sunday September 1 at 1 o clock in the afternoon. The property includes two thirds undivided interest in a portion described by surveyed lines in sections 26 35 township 27 range 6 east and adjacent lots. widow Carrie Finlayson owner by widow’s dower. Terms require cash for purchase price with balance in three years at 6 percent interest. Sale open for one hour. Attesting director James Hamilton and notary statements accompany the notice.
More than four thousand people gathered at Clinton Park Dakota City for the twenty seventh annual Old Settlers picnic. The Emerson band performed as Rev Geo F Mead offered the invocation and Senator Elmer J Burkett spoke. A basket dinner followed and a 4 to 3 Dakota City win over South Sioux City in a baseball game capped the afternoon. Races at the track drew crowds and a memorial list noted pioneers who passed since the last reunion.
A list of obituaries and reminiscences from Dakota County covering veterans and early settlers. It notes births, deaths from 1908, marriages, and community ties, and ends with Roosevelt praising Taft’s nomination.
A detailed roll of early pioneer reunions from 1882 to 1893 traces meetings in Homer Dakota City Ashford and Crystal Lake. It lists temporary chairmen secretaries presidents and treasurers across annual gatherings with notes on locations addresses and attendance milestones. The sequence culminates with the thirteenth reunion at Dakota City and a pattern of all subsequent gatherings held there.
Mrs. Ella Berg of Portland led arrivals from afar for the Dakota county reunion with Civil War veterans George Woods Barney Gribble and Horace Dutton among speakers. Nick Maher former Dakota sheriff attended with wife Miss Tose Hale Wok. William P. Warner, U S marshal for the Nebraska district incl. Dakota, and other early settlers were honored amid talks, races, and ball games.
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