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Newspaper
Dakota City County Herald
Location
Dakota City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1908
Page
4
Local Dakota City Nebraska weekly announces its status as a second class matter under postal regulations and provides contact details. The notice confirms ongoing publication by Dakota County Herald with the phone number for inquiries or subscriptions.
Local notes show Z M Baird visiting Hartington print shop. Mrs Brown returned from Sioux City to visit B H Brown’s family. Mrs Dow Wilson and children stay with Henry Gates family near Bertha. Dr EJ De Bell travels from Rosebud to Chicago with wife. Lee Deck and Glen Olbrey visit Decatur county seat. Olbreys and Miss Lillie Buase visit Council Bluffs. 8 DB Beard sells half interest in drag line to Don Wilson of Homer. Silas Leib and Jobo Severson clash over lease. jury verdict favors Leib in county court.
The Jackson and surrounding area figures in a patchwork of notices. Local visits include Mra J J McCarthy to Jackson and Miss Mundy visiting Hubbard. Miss Knoxhan resigns as 0th grade teacher ahead of Christmas. Sioux City reports detail ice harvesting plans at Crystal Lake and weather forecast distribution. Divorce petitions surface in Brionz City with grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. A ptomaine poisoning incident at Broni City Candy Kitchen involves Orille Hackathorn and Eloise McDonald, with investigation possible.
Local society items recount afternoon gatherings at the M Green home and Carl Anderson's shop offering Wunderhose and dolls for Christmas. Families visit Winnebago and Dakota City, nurse movements, a Friday wedding, and school Christmas program details accompany wide array of hometown errands and holiday shopping.
Will Leamer sold hogs in Homer on Wednesday. Dr Suidworthy took a patient to Sioux City on Saturday for appendicitis surgery. Mrs Off Harris hosted at the Bazaar with Mildred and Pearl Hileman attending. Mrs Obas Holaworth shopped in Sioux City earlier in the week. Thos Clapp and John Clayton visited the city Wednesday. Elgie Smith came from the city Saturday and left Sunday. Mrs McBeath and Mrs Judge Btinson traveled from Dakota City Saturday for the Bazaar. Mrs Chas Davis and Frances of Sioux City were guests at Louis Smith’s Saturday night. Seth Barnes returned from Omaha on Thursday. Al Chaillie of Dakota City visited Homer Tuesday. Louis Smith departed for Franklin Nebraska to visit his sister Mrs Will Jastram for several days. Miss Allen and Miss Blankenship from Winnebago came to attend the Bazaar and visit Miss Eve Kinnear Derrit Smith, who has been visiting here for the past month.
A Homer event drew a large crowd with a profit near 130 dollars after expenses of about 18 dollars. Miss Schleater and Mart Mansfield attended from Winnebago area while Nelson Smith guided a guest to Sioux City. Plans include a piano purchase funded by the proceeds with help from Homer businessmen.
Joseph Marsh and wife welcome a bright baby boy on the scene while Mrs ONeill from Sioux City visits arrival dates noted. A series of local notices records marriages, travel, hotel rentals, and community events including the MWA officers installation planned for January 2009.
NACORA August Voss spent several days in Omaha last week. Miss Lizzie Larsen visited friends in Wakefield last Sunday. Miss Rose Heeney has accepted a position with Davidson Bros Sioux City during the holiday rush. No trace found of thieves who burglarized the Navora store last Wednesday night. Joe Smith of Hubbard visited relatives here last Sunday. KB Larson visited at his Wakefield home earlier this week. Mr and Mrs John Zautrow and Mr and Mrs Asmus Schwartz and Miss Alvina were Sioux City visitors last Wednesday. Mr E Swanson returned to Thurston last Wednesday after visiting the Charles Peterson home briefly. Rose Nellie Heeney and Alice Demaray were Sioux City visitors last Saturday.
County records compiled by J J Bimers show Michael Kelley transferring property to James A Kelly and wife along with multiple parcels in sections 28 29 8. deed details include 2720 0 W. Duccererecceae$ B00 Mra. James Code and husband convey to Ed T Kearney lots 1 and 3 in Sec 28 29 8 Q C 1450. Sheriff Joan F Sides delivers parcels lots 19 and 20 block 3 Fleet Railway addition to South Sioux City.
A cryptic old note urges the wicked to repent while contrasting practical knowledge with idle talk. It laments lack of backbone in fathers and the value of action, mixing proverbs about religion, work, and preparation with rural metaphors and warnings.
The Central Park Zoo elephants Tattle and Jewel receive annual foot and nail care. Jewel resists, requiring horses, chains, and a block and tackle to quiet him before they trim nails and feet, as observers note the unnatural foot conditions from asphalt flooring.
A discussion on how insects especially the house fly spread typhoid plague and cholera microbes while fleas ants and rats carry or transmit diseases. It notes dogs cats pigs parrots birds and monkeys as infection sources and warns of rabies trichinosis and tuberculosis risks.
Mrs. Hagaman and Mrs. Beck remain in town gossip while relatives visit from Homer Fremont Lyons and Marshalltown. Wages and travel mark residents as Parker and Rush visit from Jefferson Summit Chicago. Crutches follow Clifford Shane as deep well work begins at Crystal Lake distillery with aim to start by year’s end.
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