Mrs Eph Reid Dead in Hamburg Widow of Ephram Reid
Mrs Eph Reid widow of Ephram Reid died suddenly Sunday night at her son Wert Reid’s home. She had been frail and visiting relatives in Nebraska recently. A funeral held Tuesday at the home with Rev Williams of the Baptist church. Burial followed at Mt Olive cemetery. Sons J A Reid of Portland Oregon and Temple Reid of Western Canada unable to attend. Alec Bollinger, long-time Nodaway County resident, recalls his christening days and past acquaintance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandma Raid
Ephram Reid
Wert Reid
Besks
Nebraska
Mr. Reid
Williams
The
Baptist Church
Mt. Olive Cemetery
J. A
Portland
Ore
Temple
Western Canada
Hamburg Iowa News Briefs and Local Notes
Local items note Mrs Gen Kendrick of California visiting the McNair family. Hamburg Canning factory closed season with five thousand cans produced. Real estate dealer Brown changes office location but remains in business. Dr H K Wiese from Omaha opens an office at Farmers National Bank. Masons Will Mann and Will Liggitt visit Waterloo for Grand Chapter session. Mrs EB Askey visits Kansas with her mother. Miss Marion Sterburne of Midland and Mr O Tarrell marry. Mrs Sterburne formerly Hamburg resident. Postscript lists uncalled letters for the week ending Oct 10 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KH. G Wiese
Omaha
Farmers National Bank
Wiese
Douglas County
Will Mann
Will Liggict
Waterloo
Grand Chapter of
Iowa Masons
Hamburg
Iowa
Migs
Winnie Brown
School Notes Brims With Local Happenings and Sports
School notes recount a busy period with visits from Superintendent Smith of Sidney, a Tabor college football tie at 6 0, and plans for a lecture course at $1.00, plus upcoming Shenandoah high game and other school events. News covers trips, marriages, arrivals from Los Angeles and Oklahoma, river bridge work, and community visitors as well as student report cards due October 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabor College
Tabor
Arnold Jolly
Christie McCormick
Shenandoah High School
Rich strike in Nevada ore draws Fremont County interest
From Rosebud comes word of a lucrative Durango Girl lease where nearly pure silver ore is being mined and shipped to Salt Lake. Leasers Hicks Lloyd and Anderson Henderson report a small regular vein yielding ore valued at 50 cents a pound. Local officials praise Ed Harrison for re election and note his capable administration.
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Rosebud
Ricks and Lloyd
Durango Girl
Express
Salt Lake
Anderson and Henderson
Hicks and Lloyd
Nevada
Fremont County
Henderson
A. L. Holmes
T. J. Blackburn
E. H. Harrison
Aone
Hey
Ed Harrison
Revival of the C W E M Auxiliary and church services
The article reports efforts to revive the Christian Endeavor auxiliary led by Christie McCormick and notes increased attendance at Sunday services. It outlines weekly activities at multiple churches, evangelistic plans with J M Wilson and wife, and a death of George S Prather, an elderly local resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christie McCormick
J. M. Wilson
Epworth
A. K. Williams
Rummage Sale By Cemetery Association Opens Next Week
The Cemetery Association ladies host a rummage sale starting Wednesday afternoon and ending Saturday with items of all kinds offered as bargains. Mrs. Margarett B. E. Johnson, born January 17, 1839, died September 24, 1908 at 9:30 a.m. at her daughter's home near Hamburg after a yearlong heart disease. Seven of nine children survive, with many friends mourning her passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of the Cemetery Association
Wedgesduy
Aluoneh
Margarett BE. Johnson
William Pietree
Hamburg
Dredge movement delays traffic at Nishna bridge
Dredge boat work near the S street bridge over the Nishna halts travel as contractor Snyder and crew move the bridge aside on rollers. The bridge will be shifted to one side until the dredge passes, then reset to its place.
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Wark
S Street
Nishna
Snyder
Local items from Locust Grove and county line
Old Civil War veteran L C Gardner died at home last Saturday. Citizens subscribed one dollar to back a presidential candidate. People visited Hamburg seeking work. Sam Jennings and Squire Thayer noted the cold road contrasted with warmer house interiors. Wm Poster finished a juror term at Sidney court and can decide cases. Supervisor Swisher attended Sidney for September board work. M S Ward became a landholder on McKissick Island. Ladies of the church renovated, improving appearances.
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L. C. Gardner
United States
Hamburg
Sam Jennings
Squire Thayer
Poster
Locust
Grove
Sidney Court
Swisher
Sidney
M. S. Ward
McKissick's Island
Barn and Contents Burn Near Payne
The large barn of Gills Butler near Payne burned to the ground last Saturday at noon. Eight horses and feed were lost. The origin of the fire remains a mystery after O. H. Prather and Mr. Butler, who had just fed the team, went to the house for dinner. Louis Stauch, a respected elder in the area, died suddenly at his Riverton area home two miles south of town, after years on the Conkle farm and a long family tradition of hard work.
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George S. Prather
Rebekah Lodge
Charley Middleton
Middleton
Gills. Butler
Payne
O. H. Prather
Mr. Butler
Louis Stauch
Riverton
Mr. Stauch
Germany
Cox Chappel
Hamburg
Conkle
Of Interest To Women Suffragists Speak At Buffalo Meet
London suffragist Mrs Philipe Snowden will address the National Convention of women suffragists in Buffalo. The program includes presenting the Seneca Falls 1848 resolutions and notes endorsements by political parties in California. Other conventions and invitations are listed, with a South Dakota claim registration and a Corn Show premium list inquiry.
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Philipe Snowden
London
Buffalo
Snowden
Parliaament
Great Britain
Senaca Falls
California
Union Labor
Socialist
Independence League
Prohiiision
Democratic
Republican Convention
Ohio Woman Suffrage Association
Board of Trade Auditorian
Columbus
Woman Suffrage Association of
Wisconsin
Madison
Washington
Seattle
Boone
New York
Duffalo
National
Robert L. Owen
United States
Oklahoma
Omaha
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Reid
Wert
Alec Bollinger
Nodaway County
Alec
Hellman
Bsk
Thompson & Thompson
Gen. Kendrick
Jeff McNair
Whn
Brown
Hig
Afr
Askey
Kansas
Marion Sterburne
O'Tarreil
Midland
Sherburne
Brown, Jr
A.B. Brown
Harry van Winl
G. A. Danforth
P. M
Peeceee
Mr. Smalley
Doctor Mitchell
Smith
Sidney Schools
Nishna River
Will Haverick
Los Angeles
Cal
Red Oak
Irene Hale
Percy Slack
Nebraska City
Thos. Slack
S. McMullen
W. FB. Miller
Wm. Belcher
A .Sy. Mann
Clyde Henderson
Luck
Mrs. &. ©. McBride
Will Laraway
Dakota Land
Frank Griggs
Stillman Valley
Mrs. Henry Saunders
Aurora, Tl
Les Brown
Council Bluffs
Zania Fraisher
Paris
A. B.adams
Eeya
Whiting
Little Sioux
Ben Hall
George
B. Norange
Walnut Ave
Altooma
Penn
Methodist Church
Sonship Power
A. R. Adams
Ladies Aid
J. V. Mccormick
M. E-Church South
Valley Farm
Eiverybody
George Todd
Presbyterian Church Sabbath School
Oliver Whetstone
I. Bruce] West
U. S
Nishna Valley
Prairie Township
Hess Anderson
W. Miller
S*urvenant
Sturvenant
Tam Glado
Chas. V. Bentley
S. S. Missionary American S. S. Union
Towa
Richard Hineman of
Wairfay, Inc
Moe
Jeff McCall
Albert Beach
W. H. Beach
Locust Grove
Chas. Butler
Eigin
Dr. Jolly
St. Louis
A. and
R. Anderson
A. C. Bay Icman
South Dakota
O'Neil
Neb
Hellie Licos
Mooreville
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