Doings of the District Court Pelts reads of wills and cases
The district court docket is being cleared, with Roy McDonald withdrawing his challenge to his father's will. Jury duty notes include John Flynn excused due to medical care after an auto accident. Several wills may face adjournment in February, while cases like Bertschy Garage vs Mulholland and Hanson vs McClenahan proceed to trial or verdicts. A Wall Street well case, Haines v. Anderson, reached a jury, which awarded full claimed amount. The column closes with readers sending in subscriptions and year-end greetings for 1916.
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A. Hanson
Henderson
Ralph McClenahan
McClenahan
Hanson
O. A. Harney
Hansen
D. Haines
Wall Street
C. H. Anderson
Haines
Anderson
Mr. Anderson
Mr. Haines
Subscriptions, memories, and a wedding anniversary note
A Ames reader recalls New Year subscription expiry and the Tribune as a household link to events and old friends. He mentions a friend Jim celebrating a wedding anniversary with a companion whose date also falls on November 15, implying a potential trio invitation.
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F. M. Boyd
Ames
Tribune
Queen Mills
Thim
Public Sale Notices From Glenwood Area
Tiaac Doran holds a public sale on the Joe Kirkpatrick farm five miles north of Glenwood and northeast of West Oak church on Thursday January 14 featuring horses cattle 30 shoats 15 dozen Rhode Island Red chickens 700 bushels of corn hay and farm implements Lunch on grounds Auctioneer T G Byers and Mahlon Boyer also announce a sale fourteen miles north of Glenwood on Thursday January 7 offering 12 cattle 4 horses 28 Duroc Jersey hogs and 8 chickens with farm implements and Byers again listed as auctioneer
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Tiaac Doran
Joe Kirkpatrick
Glenwood
West Oak Church
Rhode Island
T. G. Byers
Mahlon Boyer
Pollitt Discharged on Probation by Insanity Commission
Wm. Pollitt of Silver City appeared before the Insanity Commission last Monday and was discharged on a probationary period of 15 days. A further statement is expected for the next paper.
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Wm. Pollitt
Silver City
Next Paner
Jani tor of courthouse resigns after eight years of service
T M Vankirk resigns as janitor of the courthouse effective January 1 after eight years of faithful duty enforcing building rules and regulations. Board has not yet selected a successor. subscriber note: Tribune two times weekly at $1.50 annually.
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Court House
T. M. Vankirk
Vankirk
Advertising piano giveaway marks Pacific Junction retail era
Pacific Junction merchants push modern ad tactics led by F W Kelley Mercantile Company. They raffle a Claxton Parlor Grand Piano, valued at $400, via 100 votes per dollar spent, with the winner on May 20, 1915. Besides promotions, the page reports a pistol shot incident at Omaha fur trade, local hay shipments, and a busy social scene with visits, dances, and town notes.
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Pacific Junction
F. W. Kelley Mercantile Company
Kelley
Kelley’s
Kelley Mercantile Company
BIS Subscription Reminder to Tribune Readers
The notice asks readers to pay overdue subscriptions as BIS must report arrears to the Government Postal Department to prove compliance. Subscribers not paid in advance are urged to settle promptly to reduce clerical work.
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BIS
Government Postal Department
Indebted to J E B Anderson Must Settle by Jan 1 1915
Notice to customers of Anderson Brothers in Pacific Junction to call and settle accounts by January 1 1915. Unpaid balances will be sent to collection after the deadline.
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Pacific Junction
J. EB. Anderson
Anderson Brothers
Martin Estate Disbursement Plans Partial Bequest Payment
The will of the late Mrs. M. J. Martin of Platteville provides for a partial payment of its bequests. The first payment today grants 75 percent to natural heirs and 60 percent to charitable bequests, including 5000 dollars to the Glenwood Y M C A. Litigation and other claims may reduce overall distributions, with any shortage likely to come from charitable allocations.
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M. J. Martin
Platteville
Glenwood Y. M
Murder of A. K. Godsey in St Joseph Missouri
A. K. Godsey, a cousin of Sam Godsey and longtime county teacher, was shot fatally on December 28 in his St. Joseph business. Seven men were present when two revolver-wielding intruders entered, the victim hid behind the counter and was shot in the back as the bandits fled with no valuables. Godsey married Miss Turner. his mother was the widow of Sam Godsey from Folsom. Lon Godsey, a west county elder, is remembered in the event.
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A. K. Godsey
Sam Godsey
Molsom
Mr. Godsey
St. Joseph
Missouri
Godsey
Misa Turner
Seo Turner
Glenwood
Folsom
Lon Godsey
The whippoorwill and local wildlife lore
W T Wolfe writes about the whippoorwill in a reflective piece noting its spring signals not strong nesting habits, two eggs on damp moss, birds feeding on winged insects, and frequent night calls. He describes mounting trophies in a hotel and mentions seeing a whippoorwill among local displays at Glenwood.
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the Tribune
Marriages in Plattsmouth and Omaha Tie Two Couples
Earl Edwards and Elsie Fowler wed Christmas Day in Plattsmouth, county judge performing the ceremony. The couple will farm together near Bethlehem. Addie Funches, 23, daughter of Mose and Mrs. Funches of Glenwood, married Dorie Johnson, 30, a Robinson Kansas farmer, in Omaha on December 29. They plan to move to Robinson.
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Lewis
Fred Boyle
Mills County
Ford
Johnson Funches
Addie Funches
Mose Funches
Glenwood
Omaha
Dorie Johnson
Robinson
Kansas
Thgye Was a Man Forged From Odds and Ends
A fragmented verse recalls a resourceful man with a wooden leg, avoiding begging, who constructs a makeshift device from a pipe, board, wire, spools, and a milk can to make a rudimentary engine or call, a testament to ingenuity.
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the District Court
Mullholland Co
Roy McDonald
BH. McDonald
John Flynn
Woodruff
Cass County
Thornell
J. F. Brown
Newport
Nebraska
Harry Pickenpaugh
Ranne
Hicks
Bertschy Garage Company of
Mulholland Company of
Malvern
Bertschy Company
R. F. Hueile
Imogene
Madison
Neb
The
Estella Carter
H. P. Patrick
Hastings
Ernest C. Baldozier
Jim
Wm. Glenn
Pacific Junction No. 9
Perry Hunteman
John W. Schroeder
Malvern No. 2
T. R. Young
Macedonia
J. H. Evans
Rawles
J. L. Johnson
Thurman
Pollitt
Juan Marino
Mikrimovich
Mareno
South 18Th Street
Dodge Street
Bates
Davis & Anderson
Balfour
Island Park
Iowa
Vern Regester
Alliance
Oscar Regester
Dr. Boyes
Joseph
Hugh
Hebron
Floyd McLaughlin
Red Oak
No. 2
Floyd
Terpsichore
Merritt Mendenhall
L. J. Coleman
Fullerton
Mia
Theodore Anderson
Blanche Dunbar
St. Joseph's Hospital
St. Joe
Dunfar
Wesley DeLashmutt
Floyd Frederick
Walter Williams
Opera House
J. 9
Bacus
Carl Adams
Adams
Frances Hoskins
Charles of
J. J. Margin
Margaret Ellen Burgess
Caff Kendig
F. W. Kelley
Mr. Kendig
Mrs. Kelley
Lamar Shearer
GC. F. Anderson
Storm Lake
H. H. McCartney
Manhattan
Charles Moore
Hillsdale
Thomas Robinson
Council Blufts
E. L. Mendenhall
Olson
John Hawker
Creston
Robert Regester
Kansas City
Will Tarry
A. W. Bouquet
William
D. M. Flynn
Perry
Town
M. Lang
Council Bluffs
Alfred Saar
George Adams
Leonard Bouquet
Lyle McNamara
Joseph Perkins
Winn Orchestra of
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J. J. Marrin
Charles F. Davis
Marlon Moor
Elmer Monroe
Ernest DeLashmutt
Robert Bogle
P. Larson
Crabill
Zerger
Main Street
Davis & Anderson Mercantile Company
Martin Estate
W.T. Wolfe
Croening
Whippoorwill
Jay
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