Hastings Notes From Town and Surroundings
Hastings community items report property transfers and moves including Rey Quimby buying an alley from Wes Young and Isaac Mc Farland vacating for Phoenix then delaying. Visits span Winside Sioux City Shenandoah Doniphan and Council Bluffs with relatives and friends. Local weather and farm activity noted with pump repairs and grain prices. Press mentions smallpox quarantine in Dunbar and a flood of Thanksgiving gatherings. Hampshire Boars for Sale listed by J R Hutchings.
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Rey Quimby
Wes Young
James B Parker
Winside
Neb
Frank
Bessie Smith
Sioux City
Albert Hatfield
Isaac McFarland
Colling
O T Carlson
John Hennett
Shenandoah
Frank Moore
Silver City
Ed Hathaway
John Young
Macedonia
David Henderson
Charles
Prairie Home
Christy
H H Wilson
Council Bluffs
Ray Christie
Blanchard
Samuel Lockabill
Holland Wants Our Apples Trade Letter from Dutch Importers
Bla zer and Scheefer of the Hague request exporters of apples from our area. They ship mainly from New York but seek local suppliers offering first quality fruit. They ask for price quotations on three to four hundred barrels and potential weekly orders if quality is satisfactory. They also want the names of apple exporters at Malvern Oregon and North Yakima Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Blazer & Scheefer
The
Hague
Holland
William Bell
Red Oak Sun
New York
Malvern
Oregon
North Yakima
Silver City Downs Tabor In Thanksgiving Basketball Clash
On November 24 Silver City defeated Tabor 43 to 16 as Thanksgiving gave players a day off. The Silver City high school team lost at Henderson 38 to 21 while the town team fell to the Cubs of Council Bluffs 42 to ? in the Silver City opera house.
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Silver City
Tabor
Henderson
Cubs
Council Bluffs
Silver City Opera House
A. O Harney
Paris
Evans
Lee Braden
Wheatland
Wyo
Florence Rapp
Maxwell School
James Sowers
Seond
Milburn Turner
Caldwell
Idaho
Graig
Hmerson
Yates
Iowa Woman Bigamist Arrested in Chicago
Iowa woman Lillian Starne Hascall Ripstra was arrested in Chicago on a charge of bigamy. She admitted marrying William Vascall at Emerson in 106 and deserting him. She later married Frank Ripstra in Chicago on September 23, and soon after the couple quarrelled and she left him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Starne Hascall Ripstra
Chicago
William Vascall
Emerson
Clinton
Frank Ripstra
Prodigal Son illustrated sermon at Glenwood M E B
The Union Temperance Meeting invites all to an illustrated sermon lecture on The Prodigal Son by Rev Alfred Morse evangelist and former colleague of Francis Murphy at Glenwood M E B church Tuesday night December 5 at 8 pm.
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Alfred Leslie Morse
Francis Murphy
Glenwood M. EB
Alfalfa Grower John B. McNay Reaps Seed Harvest
John B. McNay reports an alfalfa crop of 24 acres yielding 44 bushels per acre. At 13 dollars per bushel the seed value alone totals 58.50 dollars per acre, in addition to hay income, per the Silver City Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. McNay
Silver City Times
Deaths Ida A Anderson 2 dies of pneumonia Council Bluffs
Little Ida Angelene Anderson daughter of Mr and Mrs W S Anderson dies after two weeks illness from pneumonia The child’s twin sister Irene died of pneumonia weeks earlier Funeral was Sunday burial in West Liberty cemetery north of Glenwood
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Ida Angelene Anderson
Claude Wilson Sets World Corn Husking Record at Ten Hours
Claude Wilson husked 251 bushels 20 pounds of corn in ten hours to win the world championship by a large margin. He handled 17,590 pounds of corn, nearly eight and a half tons, averaging 44 ears per minute and 26 bushels per hour under windy, dusty conditions. The harvest came from 54 rows a quarter mile long, with two rows husked at a time, while two teams hauled and scooped. The best pace was 66 minutes for 27 bushels 20 pounds, and by dinner he had 133 bushels 60 pounds in 4 hours 19 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude E. Wilson
Tribune
Wilson
Wilsorr
Wedding Ends Case in Court with Scarce Details
The State faced Fast. Peters as guardian Mendenhall when the defendant and prosecuting witness Maude Rodman wed Saturday morning in a ceremony by Justice A. S. Otis. Mendenhall, 18, was the third man tried in an assault case, with Rodman 14, consent given by her guardian. Cliff Wooker was found guilty by jury after delays. motions for new trials were filed for Fogel and Nooker. The docket was unsettled as the Mendenhall matter and other cases disrupted court.
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Fast. Peters
Mendenhall
Maude Rodman
A. S. Otis
N. L. Bennett
Sulphur
Oklo
Miss Rodman
Cliff Wooker
Gillilland
Fogel
Nooker
Woodruff
Mine Host Jacob Pirmann Enhances Mineola Stopover
Wm Hole sted will undertake the task and does substantial related work. Mine Host, Jacob Pirmann, runs the hotel and contributes to making Mineola a popular stopping place with a welcoming barroom, a cosy sitting room, excellent meals, and attentive comforts for guests.
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Wm Holested
Jacob Pirmann
Mineola
German Song Recital at Mineola Delights Local Audience
A Mineola audience enjoyed a concert Saturday at the opera house by the Arion singing society of Council Bluffs and the Mineola Orchestra. The sixteen Arion singers performed German flavored pieces while local musicians, including Verman Peters, George McDermot, and Louis Bichet, accompanied with a piano and danced the evening away. Residents Louis Roenfeldt and Ed Heitman were noted for home improvements and farm updates near Mineola, including a new residence, water system, and a hog shed.
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Mineola
Arion Singing Society
Council Bluffs
Mineola Orchestra
Verman Peters
George McDermot
Louis Bichet
Omaha
Glenwood Beats Council Bluffs In Weekend Football Clash
Glenwood high school defeated Council Bluffs 6 to 0 in a Thursday clash while Council Bluffs topped Glenwood 16 to 0 later the same day. The Bluffs praised their quarterback Morgan and noted Glenwood backfield strength, with Mills County stars Carter Deupree Graves and Morgan cited for key gains.
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Glenwood
Council Bluffs High School
Council Buffs
Bluffs
Robinson
Mills County
Carter
Deupree
Graves
Morgan
Joe Smith
Council Bluffs
Malvern High Declamatory Winners Advancing to District
The Malvern high school declamatory contest crowned Ruth Boehner with the top marks and select others who will advance to the district contest at Tabor in March. Mary Johnson wins oratorical, Maci Nimebaugh the dramatic, and Rush Wyant the humorous division.
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Malvern High School
Ruth Boehner
Tabor
Mary Johnson
Maci Nimebaugh
Rush Wyant
County Board Meeting Opens in Glenwood
The County Board, in session at Glenwood, may continue through Tuesday with Supervisor W. M. Wates present and recovering from a horse injury. A key item is a petition for a five mile ditch to straighten the Nishna River near Henderson. Robert Pierson Perry Wilson and W. F. Harbour appeared with the petition and bonded the preliminary survey.
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Glenwood
W. M. Wates
Nishna
Henderson
Robert Pierson
Perry Wilson
W. FT. Harbour
J R Kurtz Team Crashes Into Silver City Barber Shop
A team belonging to J R Kurtz ran away near Silver City a day or two ago and struck the barber shop front, breaking a large plate glass window and damaging the frame. No injuries to the horses reported.
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J. R. Kurtz
Silver City
Married at Thanksgiving in Minnesota area homes
Elmer Deitehler of Mineola and Miss Ida Mass wed Thanksgiving afternoon at the bride’s parents home north of Silver City. The couple will live on the Maas farm where the ceremony took place, with the Maas family moving to a nearby Jotin Saar place. Rev. Hoff presided. Ernest A. Draheim and Miss Katherine O’Donnell of Emerson were married at Red Oak Baptist parsonage on Wednesday. The bridesmaids were May O’Donnell and Alvina Dirhelm. both couples are described as prominent local families.
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Christy
M T Sullivan
Cotundi
Bluffs
Walter Scott
James O'Conner
Anna Wilson
Galen Purcell
Jedar Falls
Tabor
Elmer Deitehler
Mineolla
Ida Mass
Chris Mass
Silver City
F. G. Deitehler
Maas
Ernest A. Draheim
Katherine O'Donnell
Mwmerson
Baptist Parsonage
Red Oak
May O'Donnell
Alvina Dirahelm
Emerson
Hraest Draheim
James Sowers
John Maynes
Chicago
Henry Maxwell
Dexter
Mosley Chase
Erie
Penn
W . McCluskey
John Bell
Strang
Neb
George Galbraith
Edna’ Dorr
Essex Schoool
Clarence Workman
Omaha
Rollings Coppock
Bride
Tha B
Henderson
Will Cooper
Will G Swaney
Thomas R Jones
John
Almon
Ward Hougas
Walter Badham
Lee Skank
Graceland College
Lamont
Henderson Notes and Local Silhouettes on Thanksgiving Week
Local Henderson notes describe visits and travels among residents, farm activity, and community events. Cattle shipments to Chicago, a Thanksgiving service and bazaar, revival meetings, and school health concerns appear alongside social visits to Emerson and Des Moines, with several families and workers mentioned by name.
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Hastings
C A Lisle
Clarinda
Harvey Lisle
Will Young
John Cresson
Doniphan
Jacob Bare
Ohio
G W Carter
Isaac van Gorkum
George Shetterly
Hall
Dunbar
Canada
W Colling
Fernan Prescott
May
Stow
John Morse
Buzzard’s Bay
Evergreen Club
Farcell
Seth Carlson
Northern
Winois
Western Union Telegraph Company
Phoenix
Arizona
Hey
Ladies Aid
Methodist Church
Sarah Burroughs
Beatrice, Web
Dilla Tricknor
Charles Purcell
W H Taft
Claude Stisser
Villisca
Malin Street
CS Binkley
Stisser
Villisea
Floyd Bacon
Walter Donner
Tige
C F Davis
J W Wortman
Mrs Davis
California
Hampshire
Bell Phone
J. R. Hutchings
Iowa
Union Temperance Meeting
Claude Wilson
Acra
Fremont County
Ray Pierson
Ben Guyer
Mills
Martin Luther
Ous
Louis Roenfeldt
Ed Heitman
Theodore Kay
Fred Wansen
John Kruse
Mr Huebner
August Schoening
Hig Farm
Deitehler
Mass
Draheim O’ Donnell
Jack Celley
Christian Church
C N Big Jow
Lucila May Parks
Des Moines
Bar Saar
Lenderson
Cantrill
Ed Wilkinson
Martin Saar
Carse
Farm Creek
Latter Day Saints
PT of Hougas
Wesley Chapel
Carter School
Joseph Moore
Victor Wilson
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