Local notes and society items from Mills county
Town notices detail Mrs. Anna Sowers letter, Gov Cummins inaugural text, and social events in Glenwood Malvern and Pacific Junction. Reports include I Timmons delivering machinery, Bane and Searist wedding, Straban home dinner, Harry Conrad farm purchase, Simpson Kempton engagement, a burglary case in St Marys, Rev Stephenson moving to Pierson, and smallpox bill practices at Dear Creek trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Sowers
Cummins
Chane Baird
Mills County
Glenwood
H. J. Travis
Ike McFarland
Randolph
Shenandoah
W. I. Laraway
A. J. Bane
Hattie Searist
Pacific Auction
Bane
J M Straban
H W Summers
J D Paddock
HH Woodrow
JE Skadan
P H McDowell
J W McNulty
Harry Conrad
Strahan
Harrison Co
Woodbine
Ea Louise Simpson
Jerome Morris Kempton
Omaha
Jerry
Hammond Packing Company
St. Joseph
Percy Laraway
St. Mary’s
Sheriff Morgan
George Booten
Carson
Wessel T. Stephenson
Pierson
Iowa
Christian Church
Stephenson
Malvern
Pierson &S
West Side
Nims Bros
B. Nims
Ames
Agricultural College School of Instruction
Nime
Man badly injured in corn shredder accident at Strahan
Will Schaeffer, a popular Strahan resident, is improving after losing his left arm in a corn shredder accident while shredding for Jerry Maher and Imogene. He was rushed to Imogene for treatment, with life endangered at first but now recovering. Latimer, his cousin, assisted. He planned to move near Farragut to farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Schaeffer
Latimer
Jerry Maher
Imogene
Schaeffer
Strahan
Farragut
Tragedy at Macedonia Ends in Death and Injury
A disturbing incident at Macedonia last Monday left old man Thompkin driven by jealousy toward his granddaughter Miss Miller. He shot the girl in the Miller restaurant and then killed himself. The injured girl is expected to recover. Thompkin owned about 400 acres near the city and left a will now to be filed next week in Avoca. The report also notes local society updates, including Alice Schaeffer winning second prize in a Galesburg contest and a Malvern Woman’s Club meeting with program details, plus a marriage at Béx Eldar between Mae Ayer and L C Roush and their plans afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macedonia
Thompkin
Miss Miller
Miller
Tompkin
Tis
Macedonia State Bank
District Court
Avoca
Alice Schaeffer
Galesburg
Ill
Malvern
Woman's Club
Malvern Woman's Club
Spain Center
Campbell
Christy
Goodwin
Hunter
Béx Eldar
J. H. Ayer
Mae
L. ¢. Roush
van Buren County
Ayer
W. B. Bareing
Onion, Nebr
Maud Landis
Little Sioux
Ben F. Terry
J. C. Worstall
Edna
Wilma Alberts
Henderson
Mac ‘Skinner
Melbourne
Canada
A. Skinner
Ingraham
Wertman
Duey
Mills County
Sac County
A. J. ‘Krongbein
St. Louis
H. Ry
Landis
A. E. Wilson
Chas
Boles
Oakland
Pidtee
Mark Reno Married In Des Moines
Mark M Reno of Emerson and Maude Claibourne formerly of Glenwood wed at the bride’s home in Des Moines. The ceremony occurred at 1 o clock on Thursday Jan 9 with Rev Cathell officiating. The couple plans a two weeks eastern trip and will reside in La Crosse Wisconsin on February first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
Mark M. Reno
Emerson
Maude Claibourne
Glenwood
Des Moinges
Miss Claibourne
Mark
Des Moines
Twentieth Street
Maude Alice ,Claibourne
M.M. Reno
Burlington Railroad
Mendelsshon
A. P.leachman
Dugenian West
Osceola
Nebr
R. R. Bennett
Davenport
Messrs
R. Leachman
C. Pred Claibourne
J. B. Claibourne
Rev. Cathell
Leibert
Ired ‘T.’ Brinsmaid
Sheakley
Ella Maslone
Outhell
Me. R. R. Bennett
Mrs Chas Killenbarger Dies of Heart Paralysis
Emerson on June 16 1902 Mrs Chas Killenbarger dropped dead at 5 o clock in the morning after days of throat trouble and declining health. Doctors cite heart paralysis as the cause. Funeral set for 10 30 A M Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
Chas, Killenbarger
Blevirle Bitters Promised Cure for Backache and Nerves
A faded testimonial claims Blevirle Bitters swiftly ease backache headaches nervousness sleeplessness melancholy and dizzy spells. Mrs Phebe Chorley of Petey Ta says kidney trouble and a lame back vanished after use and she can dress herself again at age 83. The ad touts relief from constipation appetite boost and general vigor with a modest price at Wilson's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phebe Chorley
Petey
Wilson
Odd Fellows Installation Honors Local Officers in Iowa
The Tuesday installation service saw J. L. Talbott install officers including L. Dunn N. G. D Wy Wagner V. G. Reed Graves Secy W. C. Worts Treas Charles Slater Warden John Rebrahn C. G Graves Conductor Arno Shaller I. G Grant Lewis R 3 to N.G Ray burn Hurst L 8 to N. Gs HB Mulholland R 3 to Ve Gis Wy BL Guyer L 3 to W. Guy AL JL Boston R 38,8 W.R McMullin L 8.8. Hon. Jerry Green lectured on Odd Fellowship. Local guests from Glenwood Hillsdale Randolph and others attended after music by the Mandolin club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Talbott
J. L
Iowa
L. Dunn
N. G
Wagner
V. G
Reed Graves
Secy
W. C. Worts
Treas
Charles Slater
John Rebrahn
C. G
Graves
Arno Shaller
I. G
Grant Lewis
N.G
Rayburn Hurst
N. Gs HB
Mulholland
Guyer
W. Guy AL JL
Boston
W.R McMullin
Jerry Green
Odd Fellowship
Green
Mike Miller
Glenwood
Mandolin Club
Carl Otis
M. Miller
Fiddler
Ben Dunagan
Hillsdale
J. W
C. L. Fleming
John
R.R. Armstrong
C. Brown
Ed Lewis
J. P. Ferrell
L. C. Longmaker
Wditor Schafer
Randolph
Presbyterian Church to observe Communion and evangelistic series
The Presbyterian Church will observe the Lord's Communion next Sabbath with a sermon on Christ crucified for us. A preparatory service is set for Saturday Jan 18 at 3 00 PM on Man shall not live by bread alone. Rev Alex Corkey begins evening evangelistic talks in a few weeks. The ME Church notes new officers in Sunday School and a Young Peoples event at the A E Cook home Jan 23. A column includes a critical piece on women from Cardinal Gibbons’ Home Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Alex. Corkey
W. D. Wilson
Christian Fellowship
Young Peoples
A. E. Cook
Local visitors and notable travels across Mills county
A flood of social notes lists residents and visitors in Mills county. John Cain and J M Strahan traveled from Omaha and Council Bluffs, with many others from Hastings to Melbourne Canada and Glenwood visiting relatives, attending weddings, and attending meetings. Numerous trips to Omaha, Henderson, Oakland, and Lincoln mark a week of community mobility and family gatherings.
Alumni Farm For Sale Near Straban and Malvern Iowa
For sale listings include an 80 acre farm two miles northeast of Straban and a well improved farm one mile south of Malvern Iowa. Also offered are cattle Hereford and Jersey breeding stock, turkeys, hogs, and various farm commodities with contact details for Montgomery and Aistrope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Straban
Wellé
Conrad
Malvern
Tit
Akasarben, Jr
Sile
Shannon Chief
Pees Grant
S.W. M Montgomery
C. M. Aistrope
Gibson Sells and Seeds Promote Bargains at Local Office
Local ad copy touts products from Gibson including ground wheat at White Cloud Mills and Coffee of Gibson. It urges customers to see Ws A Axtell before ordering garden seeds seed corn and potatoes. Promotes strictly pure buckwheat and notes lower prices vs mixture sold elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Cloud
G. Arstrors
Ab. Gibson's
Axtell
Gibson
Also Mentioned on This Page
I. Timmons
Pacific Junction
You and
Mark Reno
Temale
Hig Eminence
Gardinal Gibbons
Ladies’ Home
Tion
Patra
Mrs
Harry Wilson
Anna Goodwin
Council Bluffs
Mary
Mary Johnson
Tabor
C. S.rea
M.L. Evans
Nat'l. Bank
J. My Strahan
J. BE. Thompson
Thayer
Neb
Lincoln
A. J. Hamilton
Thurston
John Berrigan
Little
J. J. Wilson
A’e
Cook
McMahill
Daisy. Bartley
Geo. Mellor
Ekerey
Marmouth
Walla
Guenther
Byron Warr
Mario Avenua
Busquety
Warren
Olty Hotel
Des Mormais
Poland
China
C.w. Bogs
Geo. ‘White
BE. Bushnell
O. M. Harris
iSipice
Michigan
Wood
White Cloud Mills
W. A. Axtel
Henry Field
Town
Noraa
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