Death of Enoch G. Lair in Sidney and family notices
Obituary note from Hamburg Iowa area recounts the death of Enoch G. Lair in Sidney at four o clock Sunday. Lair, age 84 years 8 months 5 days, one of Fremont county’s early settlers, lived on a Madison township farm before moving to town and then to Sidney to live with a daughter. Funeral in Hamburg Baptist church with Mason lodge. burial at Mt Olive cemetery. Survived by three sons and two daughters, including Junious Lair in Pittsburgh, Walter Lair of Horton, Adson Lair of Hamburg, and Mrs H T Bragg of Dearme. Also mentions relatives and visitors from Montana, Missouri, and Oklahoma, plus community notices on education and local events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enoch Latrs
Sidney
Hamburg
Lair
Fremont County
Madison Township
Baptist Church
Mason Lodge
Mt. Olive Cemetery
Air
Mt. Olive Church
Junious Lair
Pittsburg
Walter Late
Horton, Kan
Adson Lair
City
H. T. Bragg
Mattie
Lee A. Lair
Hamburg Depot Debate Shapes Local History Analysis
A Hamburg civic elder recalls the sixties debate over depot placement. He argues Hamburg suffered prestige loss because a distant depot limited growth, noting Phelps Addition and the failed goal of a rail-centered city. He urges moving the passenger depot to Hamburg to revive the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Shenandoah
Red Oak
Hawburg
Hamberg
H.W. Phelps
Council Bluffs
Phelps
Tie
St. Joseph
Fuelps
C. BO & Q Company
School Notes Highlight Local Talks and Debates
Sunday and Monday rain helps wheat germination and farming prep. An Atchison County project plans a Nishna river flume to drain land west and keep the ditch clear. School notes cover teachers meetings, report cards, lectures by Rev Adams, a Hamburg Sidney debate, honor roll changes, football, fall rummage sale, and local visits. Parish events, sales, and community updates follow with attendance, illness, and recoveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison County
Pritchards
Pritchard Farm
Pranks of Lightning Strike and Local News Bits
Lightning struck the former Hydiinger residence near the park, damaging the building now occupied by James Van Eaton’s family. A traction engine owned by P. W. Dishoag north of the Bert Carpenter home may have suffered damage. a flash reportedly killed several chickens for Geo. Baker. The piece lists a November 1903 petit jury and notes building updates, horticultural society plans in Council Bluffs, moving notices, and local business notes including box offerings and exchanges by Green & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Hydiinger
James van Eaton Ant
P. W. Dishoag
Bert Carpenter
Washington Street
Scott
Harry Smith
Green
Sterrett
Ross
A Shirley
Sidney
F Kidd
Riverton
John Anderson
Fisher
S Powers
E Spratley
Morris Smith
L Milligan
Dickey
Dan Schaaf
Monroe
Baker
Maison
Walter Sandquist
H Martin
John Highs
Martin Glagon
Walnut
le Hummel
Benton
Franklin
Elmer Tyner
Fréd Doyle
A L Kempton
H H Hopkins
J B van Sant
Prairie
H R Dodds
Riverside
Also Mentioned on This Page
Enoch G. Lair
Geos M
Glanby “Aetter
Clem
Biz Timber
Mont
Jas. Shell
Wm. Ward
Corsings
Jacob Ward
Glenco
Okla
John A. Ward
P. Cook
Iowa
Board of Education
Della Simons
University of Nebraska
Miss Simons
H. B. Wheeler
Sidney High School
Ney
Sidney ‘High School
Maxes
Simons
E. 3. Smith
G.G Fisher
Julien
Art
Bryan
Prohibition
Socialists
Roscoe “Williams
Coy Uen
Edd Mincer
Sister
South Dakota
Loren
Weblett
B. West
Sandalls and Gaskell
Craig
Walter Lant
Lenox
Town
Louella Crowder
Liberty
A. H. Wikoff
Chase McKissick
Billie Brown
John O'Neal
Tabor
Charley Singleton
St. Joe, Mo
Sam Dix
Harry Butterfield
Des Moines
Athen
Route Five
Green & Co
O. H. Coffey
Arnold Garst
Floyd Wadhams
Besse Moore
Percival
Teva
A.H. Mano
Stevens
Williams
Rev. Williams
Todd
Ona Clark
Adams
Will Carreton
Fisher Shipp Company
Mitchell
Smalley
Wanamaker
Piller
James
Sidney-Hamburg
Debisters
Hugene Fields
Alphas
Thetas
Murchison
N. A
K.P
Ladies of the Cemetery Association
Bird Barnes
Thos. Lusby
Farragut
Can. Texet
Frank Gilman
Turkey
Henry Vanterpool
Hamsurg
Council Blutts
Nebraska City
Poindexter
Wellshire
Kan
St Joseph
Ethel
A. B. Adams
Sebern
Green &Co
Davis
J. 8. Mann
J. M. Bechtel
National Horticultural Congress
Southwest Iowa Horticultural Society
Carnegie Library
Willard
Bluff Street
J. H. Copeland
Jones Tunnell
Annie Parkhurst
Randolph
Eme
Mr Tattsche
H. G. Butterfield
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