Tabor Wins Opener In Glenwood Baseball Tourney
The Glenwood tournament began with a double header drawing a large crowd. Tabor defeated Omaha 5 to 1 in the afternoon contest, with Poughy Johnson twirling for Tabor and Castle backing behind the bat. The second game saw Glenwood explode for 16 runs in seven innings against Thurman, 16 runs to none.
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Glenwood
Tabor
Institution
Rooters
Plattsmouth
Omaha
Maha Ramblers
Harry Sage
Sandy Griswold
Johnson
Castle
Shuffler
Hickey
Cassady
Omaha Battery
Thurman
Will M. Donelan
Farrett
Holloway
Barrett
Hamilton
West Oak Baseball Notes From Glenwood to Dumfries Trip
West Oak manager H R Phifer arrived from Omaha. The team will skip further Glenwood games this season and travel to Dumfries for a game next Sunday. Capt Anson will umpire events at the Clarinda fair September 8 to 10 with entrants Superior Nebraska Atchison Kansas Fontanelle and Clarinda. Purse totals six hundred dollars. Glenwood beat Plataits Nebraska 7 to 1 last Saturday, a likely reason for not inviting them to Grenwood tournament.
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H. R. Phifer
West Oak
Omaha
West Oak Boys
Glenwood
Dumfries
Anson
Chicago Cubs
Clarinda Fair
Superior
Neb
Atchison, Kan
Fontanelle
Clarinda
Nebraska
Grenwood
Pioneer Colonel Peter A Sarpy Remembered At Glenwood Picnic
Old settlers heard Judge Deemer discuss Colonel Peter A Sarpy a famed early figure in Cass and Sarpy counties. The Plattsmouth Journal recounts Sarpy’s bold trading with tribes, moves from St Marys Iowa to Plattsmouth in 1861, a steam mill, later sale and relocation to Kearney Nebraska, and his death in January 1865 after a harsh illness.
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Glenwood
Deemer
Peter A.sarpy
Sarpy
Plattsmouth
Peter A. Sarpy
Sarpy County
Cass County
St. Marys
Iowa
Plattemouth
Henry Kabe
Campbell & Whealey
Fignals
Kearney
Neb
Miny
Annual reunion of Wiles descendants held in Plattsmouth
Last Thursday about 200 descendants of Thomas Wiles gathered at his Plattsmouth home for the annual reunion near Mills County. An Iowa team defeated Nebraska 10 to 4 in a ball game. Next year the reunion will be at Glenwood Lake with attendees from Glenwood and nearby towns including Burger, King, Wiles and Hunger families.
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Thomas Wiles
Mills County
Plattsmouth
Iowa
Nebraska
Iowa Boys
Glenwood
James, Burger
Clyde Burger
Jaseph King
Charles Wiles
Myre
Lewis Bass
Marion
Wiles
Edwin
Minien Alte Hunger
Jeanette Ubbard
American apples seek larger German market via shippers
In Washington on August 19, Consul General Robert P. Skinner says American apples are in strong demand in Germany. He notes Western apples, especially Glenwood district in Iowa, reach Hamburg where two firms handle about two thirds of imports. Hamburg’s buyers auction fresh shipments after standardized sampling by a dealer-sampler.
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Mills County
Washington, D.C
Germany
Robert P. Skinner
United States
Hamburg
Glenwood
Europe
Opening of Cheyenne River and Standing Rock lands announced
The interior department announced open lands in the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North and South Dakota totaling about 2,227,040 acres with 124,314 acres for schools and 500,000 allotted to Indians. Entry on about 1.5 million acres will occur with registration Oct 4 to 28 at Aberdeen Pierre Lemmon Tebeau Mobridge and Bismarck.
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Interior Department
Hag
Cheyenne River
Standing Rock
North
South Dakota
North Dakota
Abouki
Aberdeen
Pierre
Lemmon
Tebeau
Mobridge
Bismarck
James W. Witte
Washington
Threshing Machine Burns Near Randolph
James Gingles operating a threshing machine near Randolph loses his separator when a spark from the engine ignites a wheat stack. The stacks near C. B. Witherall burn quickly, turning into a sheet of flames as the fire spreads.
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James Gingles
Randolph
C. B. Witherall
Old Soldiers Reunion at Hastings This Week
Hastings hosts an Old Soldiers Reunion on Wednesday Thursday and Friday with music by the Silver City band daily. Speakers and side events provide variety, and a ball game is played each afternoon after the program. Merchants participate in the event.
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Old Soldiers
Hastings
Silver City
the Merchants of
Carrie Nation visits Henderson and Red Oak smokefighting episode
Local notes recount Carrie Nation passing through Henderson on her Oakland chautauqua tour and haranguing smokers on a train platform. The Red Oak Sun reports Nation reprimanding three gentlemen for smoking on a station platform. Hastings offers daily specials with races and prizes for children and Civil War veterans.
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Carrie Nation
Henderson
Oakland Chautauqua
Jackson
the Times
Depot
Carrie
Red Oak
Old Neighbors Picnic Near Haynie Slough
A 1909 Old Neighbors picnic at Haynie slough south of Pacific Junction drew over forty former neighbors from Glenwood and vicinity. The day featured visiting, fishing, bathing, boating, and a large dinner prepared by the ladies. Attendees included J. W. Fieselman and family, J. L. McCormick and family, Mrs. Mary Smith, Anna Seitz, W. H. Krecklow and family, B. & Rimel and family, John Seitz and Seitz children, Rev. Goodrich and family, Mrs. Earl Goodrich, and Salem Curtis and family.
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Haynie Slough
Pacific Junction
Glenwood
J. W. Fieselman
J. L. McCormick
Mary Smith
Anna Seitz
W. H. Krecklow
Rimel
John Seitz
Seitz
West Oak
Rev. Goodrich
Earl Goodrich
Salem Curtis
Glenwood Ball Tournaments and Fairs Announced
Town notices list events including Glenwood base ball tournaments on August 30 to September 1, a soldiers reunion in Hastings, the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, and the opening of Glenwood schools along with Amerion base ball tournament plans.
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Hastings
Des Moines
Glenwood
Amerion
September Forecast in Sanderbone's column reads like autumn eyes
A whimsical forecast mixes nostalgia and politics. It lampoons Taft and ripples of autumn imagery, noting Mars, September moon, and seasonal change with playful verse and satirical nods to figures like Taft Harriman and Rockefeller.
Autos versus Driving Horses
Sam B. Record of Pacific Junction notes a clear drop in top driving horse sales over the last two years due to automobile competition. City buyers now favor autos, lowering prices for fine driving horses by 250 to 150 dollars compared with two years ago. Heavy draft horse demand remains brisk despite the shift.
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Sam B. Record
Pacific Junction
Leretofore
Mr. Record
T. & N. Bridge Fire Reported Near Alstrope Place
The northbound train on the T. N. set fire to a bridge near the Alstrope place Tuesday afternoon. A pile of trash under the bridge caught fire and was spreading until Mr. Alstrope noticed and phoned in the incident.
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Tabor
Alstrope Place
Alstrope
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