Henderson News Roundup in Missourian Visit and Fuel Woes
Henderson community notes chronicling visits from relatives and neighbors in Missouri and Nebraska, local school closures due to fuel shortages, a rise in civic efforts like the Armenian Relief Fund, roller skating and upcoming holiday activities, church and club events, and a coal conservation program with a town wood pile and a pending coal shipment to ease shortages. Intricate local ties include Tibbles, Dinwiddie, Koester, Harbour, Saar, and Shippey families, and the Union Valley school reopening amid fuel concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Moore
Missouri
J. R. Tibbles
Macedonia
A. O. Harney
Marjorie Cunningham
Millie Dinwiddie
Melvin Shippey
Nebraska
Mary Koester
Omaha
James Harbour
Treynor
Our City
M. BE. Harbour
Lowsa Baumgartner
Mills
Mud Creek
Leslie Allensworth
Bay View
Harney Hall
John Thomas
Wales
Council Bluffs
George Sutton
Des Moines
Inter-State Church World Movement
Henderson Christian Church
Elizabeth
Union Valley School
Randolph
Coppock
Christian Church
Henderson
McGee Timber
Christmas Classic in Author's Hand
A red morocco bound book holds the kernel of a worldwide Christmas celebration. The manuscript of Clement C. Moore’s A Visit from St. Nicholas, written for his children, is shown beside a photographic copy at the New York County Historical Society in Central Park West. The piece traces how Moore’s verses, written almost a century ago, evolved through copies and publication into a staple of American Christmas memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morocco
St. Nicholas
Clement C. Moore
New York County Historical Society
Central Park West
Moore
Clement CG. Movure
T. W. Moore
Mr. Moore
The
Hudson
Ninth Avenue
Twenty Third Street
Chelsea
Greenwich Village
Nieuw Amsterdam
Troy
Dr. Moore
The Time of Christ's Coming and Roman Empire Reach
An excerpt describes a vast Roman dominion under Augustus with 300,000 soldiers and Pax Romana. It portrays the empire spanning from Atlantic to Euphrates, sacred imperial power, and Julius Caesar’s earlier conquests shaping a united, orderly world.
Knoxville Hospital Closure Debate At Des Moines Meeting
On December 2, the Board of Control and Board of Education met in Des Moines to decide the fate of the Knoxville state hospital. They recommended using the land and buildings as a facility for feeble minded children or selling the property, with a recommendation to the thirty-ninth general assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Centrol
State Board of Education
Livery
Des Moines
Amn
Board of Education
Board of Central
Knoxville
Lolbrook
Board of Control
Thirty-Ninth General Assembly
Public Auction of 80 Acre Dye Farm in Anderson Twp
Referee M A Buffington will auction the George W Dye estate farm of 80 acres in Anderson township. Located 1/2 mile east of Etta on the Carson branch of the C B & Q railroad, five miles south of Henderson and seven miles north of Hastings. $1,000 down, balance due March 3 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Buffington
George W. Dye
Anderson Township
Etta
Carson
Henderson
Hastings
Emerson and Neighb Disposes of Property and Plans School Move
Mrs. Laura Geopfarth sells her Emerson residence to Arthur Smith and business property to Harvey Hascall. Smith plans to occupy January 1 1920 with family. Hascall to remodel and run a general store, jewelry stock handled by Lyle Wilkins with sale by him by January 15. Emerson chapter officers election December 22 with degree work, social committee. Christmas Eve program at M E church followed by social hour. all members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona Gravett
Isabelle Puryear
M. BE. Aid
T. D. Phillips
Mesdames B. M. Duke
E. S. Evang
J. G. Loving
Hugh McSweeney
J. A. Davis
Omaha
Lela Gallaway
Cedar Falls
A. G. Hamey
Elton
Margaret Harbor
Council Bluffs
C. L. Harbor
Pacific Junction
Plattsburg
Jim Huntaman
Emerson
Baumgartner Corner
F. E. Fellows
Griswold
Ben Morris
Ernest
Morris
Council
Laura Geopfarth
Guy Clarke
Bolckow
H. C. Geopfarth
Oakland
Town
Arthur Smith
Myr
M. EE
Christmas Carol Vision of Peace and Faith Across Time
Poem reflecting on the Nativity, the Magi and shepherds, and the message of peace. It contrasts ancient praise with modern waiting for the Prince of Peace, urging children to trust and adults to keep faith, so light shines around us and harmony endures.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henderson ‘Vicinity T
James Houser
Pitzer
Carl Carlson
Velma Kilgore
Lucile Phelps
Jim Simmonds
Glenwood
Evans
Red Oak
Charles Saar
Montana
Martin Saar
Long Pine
Neb
Forrest Saar
Lulu
Vloriene Strader
Ken Williams
Chaffeur
Feitler
Pruid Clon
Ifrecek
Cmd
Mame
Adam
Mantua
Christ
Auguslin
Atlantic
Euphrates
Sarmatit
Lyhia
Mediterranean
Rowan Lake
Jis
Eyrie
Julius Caesar
Pompey
Knoxville Hospital
Toon
James Russell Lowell
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