International Chicago Live Stock Show Opens Nov 30 to Dec 7 1907
The International Live Stock Exposition expands with about 1200 pure bred cattle 1200 pure bred and imported sheep 500 swine and 700 high bred horses. Union Stock Yards Company funds new facilities including a bright sheep pavilion and a large concrete and iron sale pavilion. Visitors can expect entertainment education and a pleasure trip in Chicago, with dates November 30 to December 7.
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Union Stock Yards Company
Estray Notice in Mills County Iowa
Taken up as an estray by J. W. Wolford at his White Cloud township residence October 9. One red steer about one year old, coming two, valued at 18 dollars by Sami Warfield and Louis Achenback. Posted before Justice of the Peace Charles Hambsch. County Auditor B. T. Agan.
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J. W. Wolford
White Cloud Township
Mills County
Iowa
Sami Warfield
Louis Achenback
Charles Hambsch
B.T. Agan
Richards Donner Wedding Unites Miss Cora Richards and W F Donner
The Shenandoah World reports a quiet November 6 wedding at the Meyers home in Malvern. Miss Cora Richards, daughter of Mrs. Richards and granddaughter of Grandfather Lincoln, married W F Donner, Malvern contractor and farmer. They will reside in Malvern after December 1 and begin housekeeping at the Mrs Crow property near the Presbyterian church.
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Cora Richards
W.F. Donner
Malvern
Crissman
A. J. Grose
John Myers
Thomas Beardsley
Albert Myers
A.J. Crose
George Brooks
Richards
Keith
Lincoln
Congregational Church
Donner
Letter From R. G. Warfield Sees Beet Yields and Politics
In a November 4 1907 letter to the Leader editor R G Warfield comments on local beet crops near Ft Collins Loveland and agricultural college yields, notes beets 12 to 28 tons per acre depending on irrigation, mentions beets harvested and the coming year’s Roosevelt third-term support, and encloses three dollars as arrears.
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Leader
Loveland
Ft. Collins
Charles Shay
Agricultural College
Colorado
Bro. Wortman
Roosevelt
Malvern School Report Highlights Pupil Attendance
A Malvern school report lists pupils in room one through high school with no absences for the month ending October 25. Names include Marjorie Campbell, Glen Herrick, Ralph Rains, Myron Taylor, James Strahan, Russell Roberts, Homer Rains, among many others, with teachers Miss Bushnell and Miss Otis. The document also covers Fifth and Sixth Grades under Miss Potts, Second Primary with Mrs Young, Third and Fourth Grades, Seventh and Eighth Grades, and High School roster.
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Miss Bushnell
Marjorie Campbell
Glen Herrick
Ralph Rains
Myron Taylor
James Strahan
Russell Roberts
Homer Rains
Howard Rains
Charlie Herrick
Freddie Mulholland
George Matheny
Wayne Imerick
Clifford Robbins
Maude Rains
Gertrude Kiser
Edith Smith
Anita Boyer
Princes Poulson
Bernice Ruth
Miss Otis
Bertha Miller
Muriel Baird
Louise Boehner
Ruth Parsham
Glen Roberts
Calvin Ferrer
Leo Johnson
Archie Moore
Walter Cozad
Freddi Boyce
Ellen Barrick
Jeanie Roberts
Violet Hammons
Ethel Cozad
Lewis Hammons
Ely Perkins
Dick Raines
Miss Potts
William Barkus
Fred Bell
Gerald Conrad
Harl Nickerson
John Puryear
Oscar Hertz
Iona Deardorf
Marvel Graham
Mrs. Young
Henry Barkus
Geo, Barkus
Lyman Foster
LaRue Martin
Elsie Miller
Katherine Mulholland
Laurence Perdue
Effie Short
Clara van Doren
Omer van Doren
Gradde
Robert Boehner
Hiel Bollinger
Marie Brown
Samuel Burrus
Clarence Campbell
Edna Elder
Bertha Emerick
Laura Hammons
Earl Pace
Henry Poulson
Maudie Ruth
Mabel Short
Frances Strahan
Willie Bell
Edith Campbell
Tommie Cunningham
Flossie Clark
Gertrude Davis
David Kilpatrick
Minnie Medigan
Willie Meryhew
Ilo
Sand Bank Rescue Near Lake View Reduces Boys to Living Tombs
Ralph Hutchison and James Miles spotted two boys named Walrod stuck in a sand bank alongside a country road east of Lake View. Miles freed them, then they crawled in feet first to reach the boys, who were buried as sand rolled inward. Rescuers arrived, pulling the exhausted youths to safety, and the incident prompted caution about sand bank tunnels near schools.
Beggar Prince Opera Company at The Opera House
The Beggar Prince Opera Company appears in a series of new operas at The Opera House this week. The renowned troupe promises a musical treat for theatergoers with a program likely to impress. One night, Friday Novith, in Fra, Diavolo.
Advertised Mail Letters at Malvern Post Office
The Anita Tribune reports a farmer near Malvern Iowa sold a span of mules he owned for 27 years last week for 236 dollars. The mules had been part of the farm for more than a generation and the sale funded the farmer’s need for money. Edwin Graves and Doyle Christy are noted in the advertisement.
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Malvern
Iowa
Edwin Graves
Doyle Christy
Anita Tribune
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R. G. Warfield
Fort Collins, Colorado
Malvern School Report
Meryhew
Charlie Miller
Pansy Pointer
Hellen Rains
Gladys Robbina
Bersice Tuomson
Lambert Thompson
Harold Williams
Doris Barnes
Elsie Barkus
Clyde Baird
Willie Campbell
Amy Deardorff
Joe Deardorff
Guy Elder
Katherine Mellor
Beatrice Swanson
Harold Slater
Maurice Montgomery
Mabel Zanders
Carrie Wilson
Harry White
Edwin Davis
Lloyd Lowry
Charles White
Bruce Boehner
Mabel Knight
Marie Skahill
Ruth Pace
Lena Poulson
Anna Andersen
Blanche Emerick
Myrle Coffman
Ethel Robbins
Grace Kingsman
Bessie Green
Clifford Boyer
Frank Hertz
Lyle Baird
Floyd Raines
Blanche Hammons
Hazel Puryear
Lela Salyers
Francia Mulholland
Made Heinebaugh
Edith Bushnell
Helen Kneeland
Gladys Baird
Ruth Brooks
Mildrea Tunison
Ida Salyers
Mary Carl
Minnie Hertz
Lulu Potts
Stella Poulson
Lelia Adams
Nellie Hammons
Civilla Slothower
Gertrude Jones
Na Salyers
Helen Clark
Grace Stevesson
Bessie Harris
Edna Tunison
Gladys Raines Pear
McFarland
Minnie Pearce
Katie Markel
Amy Hammers
Pern Fort
Flory Lockabill
Vivian Brothers
Ellen Vires
Lenora Cooley
Edward Knight
Carl Cook
Ford Wearin
Mixie Cunningham
Roy Donner
Harry Wilson
Walter Scott
Warden Rimel
Harnest Smith
Paul Kneeland
Irven Donner
John Brooks
Lawrence Salyers
Forrest Deardorff
Malcolm Campbell
John Kilpatrick
Harold Boehner
Marvin Johnson
Walter Slothower
Orel Corbin
Hugh Summers
Marion Wise
the Opera House
Marshall Field & Co
Wool Union
Wool Union Salts
Havelehean SS
Tadies
Isabella Fox
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