Fourth annual Silver City corn show praised for variety
The fourth annual corn show at Silver City drew more exhibits than prior years, with 150 plus displays in the opera house's three sides. Mills County produce and Grange of Husbandsry entries highlighted. Judges weighed shelled corn and eggs while the domestic science section showcased cakes cookies and bread.
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Silver City
Silver Grange
Husbandry Lodge
N. W. Chambers
Mills County
Messrs. Flanagan
Stevens
F. Pullman
Shank Moore
Zeb Richardson
South Dakota
Grange
R. L. Skaggs
Treynor
Bebensee
Strobehm
Jessie Campbell
Ames
Col
Bob McKenzie
Malvern High Declamatory Contest Highlights Winners
Malvern High School held a Friday night declamatory contest at the Baptist church with thirteen contestants across oratorical dramatic and humorous classes. Yandell Seaton won top honors and overall, with "Idols" in the oratorical class. Helen Wortman led dramatic with "Judith's Ride". Ivan Axtell topped humorous with "A Dark Brown Diplomat," while Lucille Williams took second in humor as music was provided by Mrs. Forrest Chantry and Wart Foster.
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Malvern High School
Baptist Church
Anda Hamren
H. P. Nielsen
Glenwood
Ireland
Villisea
Hammersley
Tabor
Yandell Seaton
Elmer Skaggs
Helen Wortman
Judith
Marian Knight
The
Lucille Williams
Forrest Chantry
Wart Foster
Fox chase ends with no fox near Malvern
A Hastings group including Alex Stateler Homer Smith and others traveled toward Malvern for a fox hunt last week but found the fox had moved. John Burks and Shorty reportedly chased the fox all day with dogs. After realizing no quarry, the group adjourned near midnight for supper, with wine and bread noted.
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Alex Stateler
Homer Smith
D. M. Culver
Qs Parker
Alfred
Ben Shaw
Hastings
Malvern
John Burks
Shorty
Weinles
Hove
Deaths of Emily Deutzman and Mills County residents
Death notices from Hastings and Mills County detail Emily Deutzman of Hastings dying November 2 after a prolonged illness. Services led by Rev. Frederick Evang, with women from First Presbyterian and Woodman Circle as pallbearers, burial in Prospect Hill. Daughter Clara Shuckhardt in Waterloo, New York, telegraphed funeral instructions including casket color and officiant. Also notes James McElroy of Mills County died in Denton Nebraska at 47, long bridge builder, married Anna Rook. Hiram Huss aged 84, long-time Rawles township resident, died at his daughter’s home east of Tabor. both services by local pastors.
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Jrs
Emily Deutzman
Hastings
Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Frederick Evang
First Presbyterian Church of
Council Bluffs
Woodman Circle
Prospect Hill Cemetery
Clara Shuckhardt
Waterloo
New York
Deuteman
Reading
Omaha
Deutermans
James McElroy
Mills County
Anna Rook
Nebraska
Lave
Denton
McElroy
Hiram Huss
Rawles Township
Wm. Grosse
Tabor
Kansas
Pleasant Ridgeq
Lafe
Wolfe
Golden Wedding for Mr and Mrs W J Burger in Doniphan
Mr and Mrs W J Burger celebrated their golden wedding on November 26 at their Doniphan Nebraska home with about 150 relatives present. He was an early Mills County resident and brother of the late A H Burger of Glenwood. Married November 24 1864 in Glenwood they moved to Nebraska to settle on a Platte River ranch before returning east in 1868 69. The couple has four children Flora Scudder Doniphan Nettle Harvell University Place A D Burger Doniphan and Ma Ata Knapp Lincoln.
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W. J. Burger
Doniphan
Nebraska
Mr. Burger
Mills County
A. H. Burger
Glenwood
Weight Road
Flora Scudder
Nettle Harvell
University Place
A. D. Burger
Hastings Folks Recall Old Neighbors and Local Happenings
Longtime Hastings residents and visitors are noted in a roundup of local events. AT HASTINGS Al Martin returns after 28 years to visit old neighbors, with stops at Robbins home and plans to see sisters in Balfor. Charles Edie known as Marshall arrives from Canada after a year away. Rumors circulate about absent locals while Van Gorkum and Caven plan Missouri trip. John Wilson from Wesley area is taken to St Bernard's hospital for mental health evaluation. Abner Clark from Shenandoah visits Hastings friends, suggesting a long stay. Belgian relief fund gains local backing totaling 35 with corn contributions to W B Gaven at the elevator. Ford purchase by Van Gorenham and Caven leads to a narrow escape from damage. A Hastings bachelor may become a benedict soon as news of a prospective engagement surfaces. Mrs James Clark seeks relief at Burlington Junction Springs. John Simpson misses Omaha trip, instead rides Wabash to Malvern. Miss Glee Cox off work at Murphy Calendar due to illness, returning home.
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Fred Durbin
Everett Purcell
Homer Smith
Doc Laird
Jim Roberts
Malvern
al Martin
Hastings
Nettie Hutchinson
H. C. Robbins
Indaw
Mesdames 8
Winger
Maloney
Balfour
Mr. Martin
Winside
Nebraska
Hastings Area News Briefs From Hospitals To Visits
Reports from Wise Memorial Hospital in Omaha note a Thursday operation with husband returning Friday and the patient doing well. Hastings figures include James Greig's partial stroke recovery, Mrs. Wilmot Bowman facing possible appendicitis surgery, and numerous local visits, travel to Lincoln and Omaha, hospital stays, sick lists, and social calls among Malvern, Hubbell, and Crawford connections.
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The
Wise Memorial Hospital
Omaha
Wilmot Bowman
Marriages Bring Joy in Mineola and Denver Events
A pretty Thanksgiving wedding united Lulu Jurgens and Adolph Dischler at the Jurgens home with about 100 guests. The ceremony occurred at 4 o clock with Rev. O Sitzler officiating and Miss Lottie Deitehler among the witnesses. The couple will reside on Ferdinand Deitchler’s farm near Mineola. Separately, J. Jackson Greiner wed Miss Hazel Carr in Denver on November 28, 1914, a church ceremony drawing social attention as the Emerson girl united with a Denver resident, with Charley Cary and family in attendance. Christmas shopping urged.
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Louis Jurgens
Lulu
Adolph J. Dischler
Ferdinand Dietchler
Lohrongrin
Milas Evelyn Townsend
Ferdinand Deitchler
Mineola
J. Jackson Greiner
Hazel Carr
Denver
Colorado
Mills County
Emerson
Charley B. Cary
Mrs. Short
Glenwood Boys Dominate in December Basketball Game
A Glenwood double header Friday night in the old armory featured Glenwood boys defeating Pacific Junction 25 to 3 with listed lineup including Alley Bachman Buch Rooney Stranathan Phelps Lewis. Glenwood girls beat Sidney 13 to 4 with Gungally McFerren Franklin Yonnker Lugsch Saar and others. Thurman h s to play next Friday.
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Glenwood
Pacific Junction High School
Glenwood High School
Alley
Bachman
Buch and Rooney
Stranathan
Phelps
Lewis
Sidney High School
Bile Ward
Dorothy Gungally
Josie McFerren
Alda Pranklin
Laura Yonnker
Lena Lugsch
Local 92 year old trapper displays rare black opossum
An aged La Harpe Kansas trapper named Gorrell showed a black opossum captured on the Grand River in Mills County Iowa. He sold $195 worth of furs in Kansas City and claims his odd trophy surprised local zoologists. The note ponders the Grand River’s location and a possible Kansas river misnaming.
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Tola
Kansas
Grand River
Mills County
Iowa
Gorrell
Divorce Request by Mrs Epperson After 1913 Marriage
Mrs. Magele Epperson seeks an absolute divorce from Marry Epperson married April 16, 1913 in Mills County. She alleges cruel and inhuman treatment including neglect and intoxication with abuse. There is a 10 month old son Henry Byrle Epperson and a second child unborn. She seeks custody, monthly alimony of 20 dollars, and possession of household goods with a restraining injunction.
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Magele Epperson
Epperson
Mills County
Omaha
Public sales listing for farms and auctions
Fred Thieschafer conducts a public sale at his St Mary township farm on Thursday December 10 featuring 50 head cattle 44 head horses implements corn chickens hay and more. Joseph LeickSale follows on Thursday December 17 nine miles north of Glenwood offering mules cattle shoats chickens corn and related farm items.
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Fred ‘Thieschafer
St. Mary Township
Joseph Leick
Glenwood
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Hishome
Donlphan
Charles Edie
Marshal
Canada
W. B. Caven
the van Gorkum
Missouri
Maryville
St. Joe
John Wilson
Wesley
St. Bernard’s Hospital
Abner Clark
Shenandoah
W. B. Gaven
Nels Hail
van Gorham and Caven
James Clark
Burlington Junction Springs
John Simpson
John
Wilfred Wilson
Séethe
Dancing Daisies
Grenwood Opera House
James Greig
Hasting
Sttill
Carrie Luther
Jennie Priest
Doris Priest
J. B. Parker
Lincoln
John Parker
J. WahGorkum
Lewis Brothers
Robert Smith
E. L Richards
Farragut
Mrs. Smith
Arva Burrus
Mesdames
Burrus
A. E. Gook
John Nelsen
Walter Boylan
Lincoln, Nebraska
Lawrence Askew
John Stutts
Albert Hatfield
City Hotel
Nancy Frohm of
Henry Ferry
DeWitt Perry
Max Bowman
Hubbell
D. G. McMillan
Roy Holden
al Starr
Ben Shuffler
Christie
Claude Stisser
Peoria
Illinois
I. R. Hutchings
Eva Starr
Crawford
Charles Baxter
Carl Baxter
Dorothy
Henry Maxwell
Near Henderson
Oscar Heaton
John Imel
Dietchler-Jurgens
Greiner-Carr
Sidney
Glenwod
Pacific Junction
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