Riverton Notes on Local Visits and Social Events
Mrs Sam Fouts has been ill this week. Nettie Magel visited Grace Smith. Hatten family moved into the former Bearman house. Mame Hough visits. Beulah and Leela Johnson from Nebraska City visit John Johnson. M. E. society netted over 26. Rilla Shoemaker and Roy visit Wallace Dodd. Nora Scoles to Hamburg to clerk for Haskins. Will Sherman family return from Shenandoah. Chas Boarman moves to Sidney. Billa Shoemaker to Chicago for music courses. Mrs Thompson of Lincoln visits Grant Mooberry. Graves family visit Nebr relatives. Rev Brower preaches at M E church. W G Walthers returns from South Dakota. W F Louie leaves Story’s for Sherm Smith hardware. Byrd family visit. Louie and Batchelder fishing trip with friends—no fish brought home. Out‑of‑town guests attend operetta Merry Milkmaid. proceeds near 48. Ice cream supper by church ladies raises funds. John Taylor’s wife ill in Omaha. funeral at Mt Zion Riverton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Hatten
Chas. Bearman
Mame Hough
Hear
Randolph
Wallace Dodd
Beulah
Leela Johnson
Nebraska City
John Johnson
M. E. Society
Rilla
Roy Shoemaker
Nora Scoles
Hamburg
Haskins
Will Sherman
Shenandoah
Chas. Boarman
Sidney
Boarman
Billa Shoemaker
Chicago
Thompson
Lincoln
Susies
Gladys
Grant Mooberry
W. M. Graves
Cen
McGargill
Nebraska
M. E
J. G. Walthers
Gracer
Mildred
South Dakota
W. F. Louie
Sherm Smith
Marvin, Davis
Edna Byrd
Stella, Neb
Mart Byrd
Stella
J. D. Batchfelder
Jessie Simons
Vera Barden
Lee Hates
Warren Craft
Helen White
Clotinda
Eva Miller
Lizzie Miller
Effie Simmerman
W. R. Suman
Kansas
Chas. Cadle
Riverton
Mamie Pace
Our City
Wm. Blackman
Gussie White
Tarkio
Willis Holliman
Oklahoma
Albert Champers
W. H. Roberts
Edd
Locust Grove
C. EB
The
Christian Church
Rush
Burke Maranville
Ellery Craft
Western Normal College
Grace Rush
Thurman News Roundup Highlights Local Happenings
Threshing dominates Thurman activities with Walter Study at the Mirror office and C R Crozier noting a shortened plum crop. Hogs trade with O A Woodrum, J E McCluskey leads the local butcher shop, and Harry McCluskey trips to Glenwood. Curt Duncan assists Frank Richardson with a steam thresher as Elmer Mustard returns home from Onawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Study
C. R. Crozier
O. A
J. E. McCluskey
Harry McCluskey
Glenwood
Warren Beckwith
Curt Duncan
Tabor
Frank Richardson
Elmer Mustard
Onawa
Iowa
T. M. Roberts
John Leeka
Thurman
Hamburg
Christian Church
Bedford
the Mirror
Sidney
Prof
Farnam
M. E. Church
Tabor College
Wallace Hall
Adamson
Chas Estes
J. D. Hammond
Wm. Kirkpatrick
H. C. Brown
Chas, Martin
Henry Husband
Oklahoma
Farragut Community News Roundup From July 12
Farragut residents sent news of visits and arrivals including Lee Hates and Chas Cadle while Elmer and Claude Dickinson returned from Kansas. The piece notes local picnics at Manti, a Merry Milkmaid operetta in Riverton, and youth outings at Locust Grove and the city park.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Cures Skin Ailments
A 1900s style ad claims Bucklen's Arnica Salve clears sores blotches pimples eruptions fever boils ulcers carbuncles telons and other skin troubles. Promoted as infallible for cuts burns and piles with a 25 cent price at Bartlett and Doyle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlett & Doyle
City cleanup urged for alleys and streets
Property owners are urged to clean alleys and weed streets as required by city ordinance. If not done the city will perform the work and charge expenses to the property. Signed by mayor R. C. Campbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Campbell
Tragic Death of 16 Year Old Charlie Eubank in Horse Accident
Information reached Sheridan city of Charlie Eubank 16 son of Mr and Mrs J E Eubank dying after a horse accident while on an inspection ride with Jimmy Parker on the Badger creek range. The horse leaped and Charlie was crushed, fracture of the third cervical vertebra reported. Funeral from the family home today to Mount Hope cemetery. sympathy extended from Sheridan county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Eubank
J. E
Eubank
Charlie
Parker
Roberts
Charles Eubank
Iowa
Mount Hope
Sheridan County
Eubanks
Riverton
Sidney Visitors and Local Notes This Week
Sidney residents reported a flurry of travel and small town business. A.V. Penn visited Hamburg, Ed Gillman from Hamburg was in Sidney, and Prof Shuck looked after Thurman schools business. Samuel Lindsay and wife went to Oakland Iowa, and Mrs A R Anderson and son Albert visited Hamburg. John Hodges and wife departed for the coast for six weeks. Margaret Wightman returned from Chicago, and J T Baughan now in Nebraska visited Sidney. Sheriff Dixon and County Attorney Norcutt traveled to Maryville with requisition papers for Missouri charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis
Omaha
A.V. Penn
Hamburg
Ed Gillman
Sidney
G.M. Waterman
Prof Shuck
Thurman
Our City
Samuel Lindsay
Oakland
Iowa
A R. Anderson
Albert
E H Gillman
Margaret Wightman
Chicago
J. T. Baughan
Nebraska
C. W. Mitchell
Frank Loveland
R. P. Lindsay
Lake Manawa
Dixon
Norcutt
Maryville
Missouri
Fremont County
Card of Thanks from the Houts Family
The family of Mrs. W. B. Houts thanks friends for kindness during illness and at the funeral of their husband and father. May the Lord bless you all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Houts
Grateful thanks to helpers after loss of wife and mother
We tender our grateful thanks to neighbors and friends who aided us during the sickness and at the funeral of our beloved wife and mother H. B. Williams Frank Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Williams
Frank Williams
Horrific murder suicide and arson near Bartlett
On July 16 a laborer Fred Fearhelm killed his wife and her six year old son with a razor, killed a horse, set the house ablaze, then shot himself. Neighbors found the victims and the charred remains, with a marriage certificate displayed amid the ruin, suggesting a bitter motive and premeditation. Fearhelm, a German, had been married in 1900 to Mrs DeMoss in Glenwood. The crime occurred in Mills County and the bodies were removed to Glenwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlett
Fred Fearhelm
William Poles
Fearhelm
DeMoss
Poles
Glenwood
Fort, Madison
William Travis
Mills County
T. Harris
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fremont Democrat
SY Miller & Cavender
Sam Fouts
Nettie Magel
Grace Smith
Orville Howward
C.’ Mitchell
Raymond “Day
Will Lawrie
Albert Otte
Annas Carter
Wallace Dodds
D. Johnson
Lula “Bodd
Hula Woodslamb
Lottie McKain
Sidsmey
John ‘Taylor
Farragut
Manti
Elmer
Claude Dickinson
Elza Dickinson
Hester Chambers
Neck City
Depot
Nevada
Sheridan
Wyoming
Enterprise
John Hodges
Boone
J.C. King
Familly
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