News of the County Towncfolks and family updates
Mrs W S Walt returns to Omaha from Rawles township while the Gaston family, delayed by their daughter Gladys illness, progresses toward recovery after surgery in Omaha. Notes on weddings births travels school events and local incidents fill a busy county scene with names like Kilpatrick Swanson Young Borden and McClelland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Walt
Omaha
Rawles Township
W. E. Gaston
Tabor
Los Angeles
Gladys
R. Delvan
May Adelia Aistrope
Huron
Pierre
Dak
Bessie Susan Kilpatrick
Charles Ernest Swanson
Evelyn Kilpatrick
West Elm Street
Iowa Grange elects Judson master after long trip
A five week journey ends with Balfour A B Juason and wife resuming work. At the Iowa State Grange meeting, Mr Judson is re elected master. A farmer’s December plow on the Pat McCormick farm illustrates unusual field work for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juason
Iowa State Grange
Judson
Pat McCormick
Malvern and Tabor win Friday night basketball games
Malvern boys and Tabor girls won Friday night games. Tabor college boys lost 34 to 15. W A Beckett sold nine acres at Peaceville to W W Francis for 3500 with possession Feb 1. John Clark bought eight head of Harry Summers's cattle for 600. Wr Kneeland sold a team of Shetland ponies to P L Quimby southeast of Strahan as a gift for his son. Mrs C J Hyde went to Arkansas Hot Springs for winter with daughter Othella. Miss Ethel Yoho visits Monmouth for holidays. James Kesterson and wife, longtime residents, left foraham Wan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malvern Boys
Tabor
Tabor College
W A Beckett
Peaceville
W W Francis
John Clark
Imogene
Harry Summers
Wr Kneeland
P L Quimby
Strahan
C J Hyde
Arkansas Hot Springs
Othella
Ethel Yoho
J. T. Ward
Monmouth
Lit
James Kesterson
Aham
Wan
Hastings Town Notes and Neighborhood Visits
Hastings residents report Will Bickford occupying Mrs Shaw's cottage while Flo works for J D Robbins this season. John O'Conner visits from Canada. James O'Conner is poorly under nurse care after a visit from Father Quinn. Chicago visitor Charles Greig stops with his parents. Mrs Pat Feeley returns from Pottawattamie county. Special meetings start at Wesley Chapel next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Bickford
Shaw
Flo
J D Robbins
John O'Conner
Canada
James O'Conner
Farher Quinn
Red Oak
Charles Greig
Chicago
James Greig
Pat Feeley
Pottawattamie Colny
Wesley Chapel
J M Scanlan
Nebraska
Carey
Chapin Building
James McKown
Hastings
Fresno
Cal
RS McDonough
Omaha
Harry Benedict
Lincoln
Local Notes From Henderson and Surrounding Areas
Ada Turner of Trott visited at Mrs Jennie Turner’s home last week. Andrew Kiger and family plan a month visit with son Edward in Wallace Idaho. Agnes Hockenberry assists during the holiday rush at Irwin Drug Store. Clarence Workman returns from Des Moines and Harry Paul from Ames for the holidays. Mrs Kate Sowers of Emerson visited with her sons west of town. E Hughes plans to move to Wellington Col and will hold a public sale while hauling corn to the elevator. Mr and Mrs J B Ferguson visit from Lincoln Neb at the home of Joel Woods. The Creston Advertiser notes operator George Liser, longtime Burlington Western Union worker, recently ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Turner
Trott
Jennie Turner
Andrew Kiger
Goon
Edward
Wallace
Idaho
Agnes Hockenberry
Irwin Drug Store
Clarence Workman
Des Moines
Harry Paul
Ames
Kate Sowers
Emerson
E Hughes
Wellington
Col
J B Ferguson
Lincoln
Neb
Joel Woods
Creston
George Liser
Qotmore
Okla
Western Union
Burlington
Christmas Bells Ring Over City Streets
The poem describes Christmas day with sunshine and bells. Worshippers head to church as organ music fills the air. Bells from the belfry lift weary walkers, and the sound brings new hope to the poor and healing to saddened hearts.
Local News Briefs From Temple to Silver City
A hospital transfer was reported for a Burlington employee from Temple Texas as he underwent an operation. Hagood 40 acre farm northeast of Henderson sold to Val Plumb for 4800 dollars. A wedding in Wales—Jay Williams and Lizzie Jones—took place at the bride’s parents home. Various local residents visited, farm tenants changed, and school children enjoyed a two week vacation. Local editor Stevens takes a rest. Dr Banister to hold a public sale near Silver City. new officers of Silver City Masonic lodge listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple
Texas
Liser
Burlington
Hagood
Henderson
Val Plumb
Wales
Dee 5
Jay Williams
Lizzie Jones
W Jones
Rev Roberts
James Darnell
Sle
Boulder
Colo
Ollie Coppock
Omaha
Sam Wilds
James Greig
Sylvia Maxwell
Glenwood
Ida Wilson
H I Cool
Mrs Cool
J B Vickel
Knox College
Galesburg
Stevens
Ed Pullman
Banister
Silver City
Albert Moore
Pleasant Valley
Silver City Masonic Lodge: Dr JG McCue
G A Spellering
Chas Conger
EA Stevens
3B Oaks
Chas Swanburg
CH Kruse
Morse
W Mains
Jas Finchen
Tyles
Mains
Market
London
New Home North of Silver City and Holiday Visitors
Mr and Mrs Guy Custer reside in a new home north of Silver City. A New Years Eve dance is planned at the opera house. Hi Walling digs a basement for his barn. John and Arch Sholes arrived from Sholes Nebraska due to their brother Russell’s illness. Prof and Mrs J L Conger are visiting relatives for the holiday. he is an instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johm Burks
Guy Raine
Balfour
Mr Cunningham
Nodaway
Archie Brooks
Joe Southard
Adams
Richardson
San Diego
Guy Custer
Silver City
Hi Walling
John
Arch Sholes
Sholes
Neb
Russell
J L Conger
Emerson Area Notes: Visits Moves and a Landmark Tear Down
Mrs Oliver Milner of Red Oak visited her brother Dr Merritt. Jack McCartney attended the Burns Dwyer wrestling match in Omaha. George Fisher toured Dr W S Douglas’s farm near Central City Neb and may rent it next year. Mrs Milier Weeks arrives from Ulysses Neb to visit her father M Babbitt. Mr and Mrs Bert Davis plan to move from Genoa Neb to near Climax. J E Gibson, a southeast Emerson farmer, built a cement hog feeding platform. Demolition of the Emerson hotel began, signaling the loss of a local landmark once eclipsed by the Judge hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Milner
Red Oak
Dr Merritt
Jack McCartney
Burns Dwyer
Omaha
George Fisher
W S Douglas
Central City
Milier Weeks
Ulysses
Neb
M Babbitt
Bert Davis
Genoa
Climax
J E Gibson
Emerson
Emerson Hotel
Judge Hotel
Emerson area notes and community events summary
Local items cover a monument in Emerson cemetery for John Lang, a wolf chase that ended without a catch, and Chas EB Lakin shipping livestock and goods to Towner with his son Harvey moving from Sand Point Idaho to farm. Revivals planned at Emerson churches start Jan 5 at the Methodist church with a three church union, aided by Mrs Brown. The Presbyterian church receives a sanitary communion service of triple plated silver trays. A birthday gathering for Mrs F Collins, Mrs John Carson, and Mrs D C Greenwood occurs Dec 13 at Carson home featuring a game of 42 and ages kept undisclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W M Eaton
Colorado
Kansas
Warren Eaton
Gem
Kan
J B Clemmer
Wiggins
Col
John Lang
Emerson
Edie
Chas EB Lakin
Towner
Harvey
Sand Point
Idaho
Brown
F Collins
John Carson
D C Creenwood
Carson
Matrimonial Matters in Glenwood Area Weddings and Licenses
Local notices report a Christmas day wedding for Golden Hunt to Ival Hunt at Mrs. Rachel Vlaney’s home near Glenwood. Licenses issued for Albert Hubbell and Ethel Powles and Roy Mayberry and Rena Hurst. Oscar Boileau and Ednad Wilkinson wed at Red Oak. Goldie Vivian Utterback weds Isaac Coburn Thomas planned for January 1 at the Fay Wright farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert B. Hubbell
Ethel V. Powles
Glenwood
Lyons Township
Oscar F. Boileau
Ednad Wilkinson
Henderson
Red Oak
M. E. Parsonage
E. W. McDade
Frank O. Utterback
Rawles Township
Goldie Vivian
Isaac Coburn Thomas
A. I. Thomas
Fay Wright
Malvern Couple Arrested on Adultery Charge
August Witt and Olive Pace were arrested on adultery. They waived preliminary hearing before Mayor Whitfield of Malvern and were bound over to the next grand jury, set for February 4, with bonds of 250 each. They are jailed at Glenwood pending bond. Elijah Pace of Greenfield swears the woman is not divorced. Reports say Mrs Pace began divorce proceedings at Knoxville but did not finish. They show a marriage license said to be issued at Princeton, Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Witt
Olive Pace
Malvern
Whitfield
Glenwood
Elijah Pace
Greenfield
Pace
Knoxville
Princeton
Court House Affairs in Glenwood Chronicle Board Sessions
The Mills county board met in Glenwood to review a three year audit of the poor farm with no discussion. A pending attorney general decision delays new board induction, raising questions about who will handle 1908 jury lists. In court news, Brantner judgment liens and disputes over attorney fees linger, with Clerk Davis holding funds awaiting court orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood
Walter Brown
L. W. Boehner
Agan
Mills County
Walker Creech
A J Chantry
Macy
Trieh
Davis
Storm Center
Brantner
Burlington
Edward Brantner
Plattsmouth
Pacific Junction
Genung & Genung
Gilliland & Logan
Cain
Webb
Gering
Gulilland & Logan
Mr. Davis
Treasurer Fickel Suffering Tonsillitis Siege
Treasurer Fickel his wife and their young son Gerald have all endured two weeks of tonsillitis with the treasurer missing duties at the courthouse. Mr Vickel remains bedridden with a severe attack of tonsillitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fickel
Gerald
Court House
Vickel
Real Estate Transfers Around Glenwood and Hillsdale
W A Coe sells a 160 acre farm 44 miles south of Glenwood to J Y Hawley of Shenandoah for the old Racobs farm west of Mc Paul in Fremont county. P Rickabaugh sells Hillsdale lots 418 to 420 to M N Anthony for $185. A Blackman sells Hillsdale lots up to 220 to J F Haines for $180.
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W. A. Coe
Glenwood
J. Y. Hawley
Shenandoah
W. W. Racobs
Mc Paul
Fremont County
P Rickabaugh
M N Anthony
Hillsdale
A Blackman
J F Haines
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Jesse West
Marguerite Astrope
Joanna Young
Thomas E. Borden
San Fernando
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Islands
United States Revenue
Randolph-Tabor
Sidney
George Thompson
Nova Scotia
Boston
Mass
St Joseph
Ruth Myers
A 'T Wilkins
Marjorie
Andy Bacheton
Andy
Hattie Hume
Erick Edlund
August Anderson
Sweden
Andersons
James Trueblood
Craig County
John McClelland
Gaston
Leonard Gaston
Jennie R Wells
C M Rice
Will Bricknell
Tribune
the Tribune
Hubbell
Powles
Roy C. Mayberry
Rena Hurst
Court House Affairs
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