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Newspaper
Dakota City County Herald
Location
Dakota City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1908
Page
4
The Dakota County Herald, a weekly Nebraska paper from Dakota City, notes that permission has been granted for transmission by mail as a second class matter. The notice lists contact details including telephone number 48.
Local notes from Pender Sloan Ponca and other towns list travelers visitors and business moves. Geor ge F Smith missed a train then drove across the country while WJ Armour and others attended court in Dakota City. The Bloomfield note mentions a large livery barn project and Ruby Mitchell bids farewell with a neighborhood gathering.
Claude Willey plans a Sioux City trip and to build a residence shining over neighbor D M Day. A daughter weighing about ten pounds born to Mr and Mrs BC Willey of Sioux City at 2 a.m. Sunday. Post office upgrades noted with fixtures and woodwork from Indianapolis. Marie Foisy to visit relatives near Salix for ten days. Mrs George Thacker reports moved home below Homer Nebr with new Hubbard post office. M A Bancroft led singing at Homer church. inquest announced for August Hansen near Emerson. cause unclear. A choral union organized by Bancroft and plans for Queen Esther theater soon. Emerson Enterprise notes Armour defeats Sioux City. Haase and Berry attend state convention in Omaha. Deputy U S Marshal Feildes and son Earl visited. Wm Beide builds new house with Schaub as contractor. Emma Sierk and Frank Nelson wed at Goodwin. Rey O D Resse officiates. about thirty guests. Mrs Lizetta Schwartz dies aged 80 at her son’s Emerson home. funeral at Letheran church. She leaves four children. born in Germany, moved to Dakota Co 15 years ago. Husband Carl Schwartz died two years ago. South Sioux City Record mentions Fred Wagner of Brushy Bend.
The report notes Louis Rammel’s land transfer from Fred Herman near Wagner farm, a family move from Sioux City to Main Street, and return after two years away. It mentions the Hooker family prospering on a Bullard Texan farm, the Warners touring the west and visiting cousin Mrs Braunt, and demolition of the old Seltzer building between the bridge and south Covington. Diptheria cases force North building school dismissal and quarantine of Salisbury pupils. Junker sells 15 acres opposite Crystal Lake, plans to move to Iowa land, Rommel and Burke to St Paul to showcase a patented safety railroad device, and Lawrie buys the north town grocery from WA Nead and renovates it.
Correspondence records moves to the farm Forty hours devotion begins Sunday March 22. Mrs Mary Hennesky travels to Ponca. James Harty works at a Hartington butcher shop. Margaret Boler returns from Omaha. Mrs J Mann of Waterbury visits relatives. Local visits include the McHales and Nordykes. St Patrick's Day observance and the Jackson entertainment program are noted, plus the death of Rosine Duncan near Vista and funeral details.
A series of social and community items from Homer Nebraska notes illnesses and visits including Mrs Harry Rasdal on the sick list and Wm Holsworther seriously ill at home. It records Ash ford Bros store window damage, Mrs Nannie Altemps shopping in Homer, and Jimmie Allaway taking over at Edwards Bradford Lumber in Loretto. A basket supper for the baseball club raised about $95 with a well received musical program and a recitation by Dr Nina Smith.
NACORA and Asmus Schwartz miss this week while James Heeney visits from Sioux City and Chas Schwartz travels to Emerson. Several residents travel to Sioux City after Sunday visits. A new hardware store project continues with L Schinkle Roy Foet and Joe Heeney at work. Funeral attendance marks a week of mourning for Mrs H Reard and her mother Mrs L Schwartz. A fire at O W Schwartz store caused by a lamp explosion destroyed stock, with $1500 insurance and about $3000 loss. Mr Schwartz suffered burns saving the property.
During March 23 to 28 Lincoln Daily News offers a full year by mail for $2 instead of $3 to readers, cutting costs by eliminating traveling solicitors. The paper promises a square deal stance, independence from office holders, and ongoing coverage through the Nebraska campaign and next legislature.
In Dakota County Nebraska the county court invites interested parties to appear on March 3 to contest or support the will of William Nixon deceased. John J Nixon petitions to admit the will and appoint Thomas Chipp as administrator if the will is admitted. A notice ran in the Old County Herald for three successive weeks.
The Travel Magazine describes canoes as the most feminine craft and demands careful handling to stay steady. It likens a canoe to a delicate partner, requiring precise balance and gentle contact with water and surroundings to glide through rivers and moonlit scenes.
A young man named Sweet visits a phrenologist after failing in life insurance, sewing machines, real estate, bill collecting, and book canvassing. The examiner finds no clear calling but notes a name-busic luck combo. The man takes the advice and later finds success.
Claries Dudley Warner argues a farm would fail without a boy who performs the multitude of chores. He describes boys as the life of the farm, handling errands, field work, wood and water, and schooling duties. The piece also notes anecdotes from hotel life about a Dayton manufacturer and a clerk forced to ride, ending with a humorous payback.
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