Hastings and Henderson News in County Circles
W P Crow is Hastings Emerson and Henderson’s new town marshal despite reluctance. Local events feature marriages, school changes, repairs, burglaries, and social visits, including Ada Ward's Malvern wedding and Prof Davenport’s move to Tingley. Officers draw lots for Hastings assessor. mayoral swearing was delayed. community notes mention operas, hats, fencing, and a surprise birthday party.
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W P Crow
Mamie Hicks
Grace
Janette McDonough
Hastings
Red Oak
J . Martin
Omaha
Ernest Owens
Chapman Shop
Joe Robbins
A S Mills and Baby
Malvern
Thos Young
Mabel Martin Oaks
Kirkwood
Ada Ward
Rey J H Skiles
Congregational Church
Glenwood
Underwood
Frank Duval
Minnie Rhoades
Carrie Luther
the Tribune
Charley
Chas Henderson
Charley Baxter
O'Conner
Colling
Ala Fitzsimmons
Emerson Social Life and Local Happenings
Emerson changes in people and places include John Salmons leaving for Excelsior Springs for treatment. James Shields sells his barber shop and plans to move to Nampa Idaho with family. Miss Mamie Cheney returns to Worthfield Minnesota for school. Socials, school news, and farm commerce are noted along with community improvements and tennis plans.
Wenderson School Board Reelects Teaching Staff
The Wenderson school board has reelected the current teaching staff for another year. The lineup includes Prof F M Wassex principal, Bessie Hollingsworth, Flora Wilson, and Mabel Croswaite. Wesley Chapel church women plan an Easter social at the church on Wednesday night with admission six eggs or 10c. Participants in the Nonparil contest vie for a free European trip this summer for two winning young ladies.
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TheWenderson
F M Wassex
Bessie Hollingsworth
Flora Wilson
Mabel Croswaite
Wesley Chapel
Fenderson
Europe
Henderson News Highlights Local Residents and Events
Grace Barr, a former Henderson resident, is introduced as Miss contest contestant and noted as the town’s first born. Miss Clara Davis, a milliner, was taken to Omaha for tumor surgery with Dr. Craig and Mrs. A. S. Paul escorting her. Mrs. Frank Sell remains ill with Bright’s disease while Ina Harover visited Omaha friends. Willard’s hardware store gains a fresh interior. Sturgeon plans to consolidate stock from Webster City with local goods. Henderson hotel shipments and cattle movements are reported. The Bay View club secures James Frederick Davis for a lecture benefiting the Henderson lecture association. Leakage of the heart ailment described for August I McAlenahan. Maude Turner runs the millinery store in Miss Davis’s Omaha absence. Herbert Buck and son inspect land near Station Neb. Hayden Carter loses a farm horse. Frank Shinn attends Mosley Chase legal matters. Mrs Ed Noah embarks on a four-month Hebron visit, escorted by her mother to Omaha.
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Grace Barr
Miss Barr
Henderson
Bessie Haltingsworth
Clara Davis
Omaha
Craig
A.S. Paul
Emmanuel Hospital
Frank Sell
Bright
Ina Harover
Willard
Sturgeon
Webster City
T O Brown
Henderson Hotel
Carson
Robert Pierson
Taft
Chicago
Byers
Sherman Stonebraker
TF Mille
Odd Fellows Celebrate 89th Anniversary in Glenwood
Mills County Odd Fellows plan a big day in Glenwood on Monday April 27 with a parade degree work band concert and anniversary ceremony at the opera house Speeches by Grand Master L W Smith Des Moines Rev J G Staples Glenwood and Rev Peter Jacobs Silver City invited all Odd Fellows families and friends to attend
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Odd Fellows
Mills County
Glenwood
Odd Fellowship In America
Glenwood Lodge
Hall
Opera House
Rebeccas Ab Hall
L. W. Smith
Des Moines
J. G. Staples
Peter Jacobs
Silver City
Local Notes Mention Visits And Family News
Yuma Colorado saw a new residence project overseen by a visitor from the same day. Hastings resident Mrs Will Young recently visited the Grant Hockenberry Home. Bertha Baumgardner returned from eastern Iowa with her mother last week. Chad Wilkinson is recovering from mumps. The Jades of the Christian missionary society met at Mrs J Carse's home Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Seil arrived from Missouri to visit their son Frank.
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Hastings
J F Martin
Ife
Fred Shaw
Wilbur Gaylord
Indianola College
Warl Sayre
Denver
Canada
Ralph Chapin
Colling
Baxter
Ruth Mason
Yuma
Colo
Will Young
Grant
Inconvenient Hobo Island Visit In Mills County
Deputy Sheriff Dalton travelled from Glenwood to Council Bluffs and Omaha to reach Hobo Island in Mills County. He served papers on a man who claimed Nebraska citizenship, arguing Hobo remains Iowa land per US Supreme Court rulings and local bounderies.
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Mills County
Hobo Island
Missouri River
Henton Station
Dalton
Hobo
Nebraska
Glenwood
Council Bluffs
Omaha
South Omaha
Fort Crook
Bellevue
Matt
Iowa
Sarpy County
Supreme Court of the United States
Queen Mills
Thornell
Body of Lillie Olson Found on Nebraska Farm
The four year old Lillie Olson of Rossalie Nebraska was found dead in a six foot ditch two miles north of the Olson home on Matt Neason’s farm. The body was well preserved with no visible marks of violence. Since her disappearance on December 1907 three suspects were arrested for abduction and murder but released. Olaf Olson and family led a large search by about a thousand men from four counties.
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Olaf Olson
Rossalie
Neb
Olson
Matt Neason
Olaf
Nebraska
Girl Enticed from Home in Shenandoah Incident
Miss Edith Pitzenberger, 16, daughter of Dan Pitzenberger, was arrested by Marshal Holmes on a warrant from her father. She was held briefly in jail then returned home to Silver City. The Goodell family, recent movers from Silver City, hosted Edith. her brother also stayed there. Pitzenberger alleges enticement by the Goodell couple, former Wabash railroad boss and wife.
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Shenandoah
Sentinel Post
Edith Pitzenberger
Dan Pitzenberger
Marshal Holmes
Silver City
Goodell
Ter
Wabash Railroad
Pitzenberger
Edith
Wolf Mother Moves Cubs Near Hastings Fire
A mother wolf moved her four cubs from danger as a grass fire burned a large area near the Nishna river west of Hastings. Section Foreman George Kirk spotted the wandering cubs about three weeks old, captured three alive, and frightened off the mother. The pup bounty is eight dollars.
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Nishna River
Hastings
George Kirk
Nisha Bridge
Kirk
Egg Hatching Segs for Black Langshan Offered
Classified notice lists 50 eggs for hatching Black Langshan, with price 15 per setting. Mrs Mills County advertises available stock and contact details for buyers.
Glenwood Judge Names Grand Jury Foreman and Clerk
Judge Thorsell convened district court in Glenwood this morning and organized the grand jury with Paul Haynie as foreman and C W Edwards of Glenwood as clerk. The jury began work this afternoon and 36 trial jurors are to report Wednesday as several cases are set for trial. The Doyle Burns case is postponed until fall. Farmers await corn planting and cultivation.
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Thorsell
Glenwood
Paul Haynie
C. W. Edwards
Grand Jury
Pacific Junction
Jd & Rhoades
WE Wilsony
Esse Eens
Henderson Charles Peer
Strahan RS Hillyer
Strahan FE Nipp
Mineola
Peter Hull
St Mary
Doyle-Burns
Successor to W. B. Oaks at Silver City Bank
The Silver City Times reports Morris Kehoe of Blue Springs Nebraska was elected cashier to replace W B Oaks who retires for health reasons. Kehoe starts in about ten days and Flo, former resident with a lumber yard in Nebraska, is his son in law of bank president C G Greenwood.
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Silver City
C. G. Greenwood
Oaks
Mills county assessors report small property value changes
Two more Mills county assessors, J. M. Duke of Henderson and H. A. Russell of Hastings, filed reports with Auditor Agan. Duke showed increases in moneys and credits reaching 858,084 and total personal property at 117,720, up from last year. Russell reported a decline in moneys and credits by 1,891 for a total of 45,033 and total personal property at 62,025, down from the prior year.
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Mills County
Agan
J. M. Duke
Henderson
H. A. Russell
Hastings
Des Moines Superintendent Moore Attends Iowa Meet
Des Moines Superintendent Moore traveled to Des Moines today to join county superintendents of Iowa for a meeting. Officials discuss statewide school matters and coordination among districts during the gathering.
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Supt. Moore
Des Moines
County Superintendents” of
Iowa
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