Christmas Eve church program in Guennoon Iowa details
Christmas Eve events at the Christian church featured a choir song an invocation by Rev T R Gray and a program including Lewis Lambert an Old-time Christmas cantata violin solo by Miss Stells Stone and a distribution of presents. Next Sunday morning at the Congregational church will be Communion with an evening series Sunday Evenings With Joseph starting then. St Johns Episcopalian church holds morning services at 10 30 with holy communion the first Sunday of each month and afternoon services at 3 30 starting next Sunday.
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Christian Church
Powell
T. R. Gray
Lewis Lambert
Mike Alice Smith
Miss Stells Stone
Congregational Church
Joseph
Louise Woodruff
St. John’s Episcopalian Church
Federal liquor tax extended to soda fountains and druggists
Deputy Internal Revenue Collector Parkinson in Council Bluffs received a Washington notice declaring that druggists confectioners and soda fountain operators selling beverages containing alcohol must pay the 25 annual liquor tax. The ruling revokes a prior exemption for small alcoholic flavoring added to soda water and follows pressure from saloonkeepers claiming fountain owners violate the law by serving intoxicating drinks with soda flavor.
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Internal Revenue
Parkinson
Council Bluffs
Washington
Internal Revenue Collector
Lew Genung Reputations Fight in Mills County Court
The Tabor Beacon recalls Lew Genung praised as the Mills county Democrats boss while he cross examined a witness. Frustrated by evasive answers he asked the man if he is the laziest in Mills county. The witness quipped that opinions differ, prompting Genung to retire to his seat.
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Tabor Beacon
Lew Genung
Boss Tweed
Mills County
Lew
Vicksburg News Token From 1863 Paper Found
J C Paul of Thurman owns a rare Vicksburg Citizen issue dated July 2 1863 printed on wall paper after Grant captured the city. The Union printers pressed the last issue including sarcastic notes before Johnny Rebs left the type. Eaton near Plattsmouth faces Nebraska supreme court divorce ruling on marriages within six months of divorce. Ad copy for Rocky Mountain Health tonic ends the item.
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Mills County
Grant
Vicksburg
J. C. Paul
Thurman
Johnny Rets
Eaton
Plattsmouth
Nebraska Supreme Court
Hiss
Progressive Mills county towns show building gains
The Tribune reports Henderson leads with new residences valued at 23 500 and barns near 27 000, excluding repairs. Entries list J B Fiekel J H Parker J B R Maynes Henry Thomas Perry Wilson and others with dwellings and barns in Hastings and vicinity noting quiet activity but ongoing improvements in 1902.
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Henderson
J.B. Fiekel
JH. Parker
J. BR. Maynes
Henry Thomas
Perry Wilson
D. L. Buckner
Hastings
A. B. Washburn
Joe Wearin
C. Hyde
L.E. Smith
H.C. Robbing
Adolph Lew
Lewis Ponton
E Z. Plumb
Thos. Young
Sam Bowen
Sandiland
Jas. Clack
D. H. McGee
The County Schools Begin Winter Term at Mineola
W B Woods will start the winter term at Mineola next week succeeding B T Agan who has taught the school for years and moves to county auditor. The rural school report includes Foxworthy figures with 40 district pupils, 21 enrollment, 23 average, 7 sturdy, 7 with perfect attendance, 32 cards, 61 library volumes, and no loaned volumes. Emerson meeting will be postponed for union meetings in January. Some teachers have not filed term reports as required by school laws. Incorrect reports affect certificate standing and may disqualify for teaching physiology and hygiene for a year. Law requires instruction in physiology and hygiene including effects of stimulants, narcotics, poisons. The law allows vocal music instruction. teachers must prove ability, but inability to sing cannot bar a certificate or lower grade.
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W. B. Woods
Mineola
B. T. Agan
Foxworthy
Emerson
Moore
Farm Sales Shuffle as Families Plan Moves Near Pacific City
John Wurtzinger sells his west of Pacific City farm and heads to a northern Illinois property. CL Cowardine buys the Wurtzinger tract and will move in. Mell Stacy will occupy Judge Williams farm next year, then C RB Buttinton’s Center township property. Elmer Stacy will take over the Williams farm after his brother leaves. A A D C Stacy plans to return to the old railroad-owned 480 acre farm, which has been leased for 18 years. Bud Luc befell Elmer this year as Watkins ditch breached the land, cutting 60 acres of corn and ruining pasture, causing about 1000 dollars in losses.
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John Wurtzinger
Pacific City
Tli‘nois
CL Cowardine
Wurtzinger
Mell Stacy
Judge Williams
Aa. D.C. Stacy
Glenwood
Elmer
Stacy
Bud ‘Luc
Watkins
Referee's Land Sale Opens for January Auction
Land formerly owned by Abram Thomas will be opened for sale by a district court reservée at the January term 1504. The holdings include the Hillsdale home place of about six acres, 72 acres in Center township section 21, and 132 acres in Hawles township section 6. Sealed bids for any or all tracts may be submitted up to February dws with right to reject any or all bids. For details contact the undersigned living half a mile south of Hillsdale Olive post Hillsdale.
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Abram Thomas
Hillsdale
Center Township
Hawles Township
Post Olive
S. B. Sawra
Mills County Supervisors to Convene Busy January Meeting
The Mills county Board of Supervisors plans a full January session with bond approvals for county and township officers, an annual settlement with treasurers, and routine business. A new steward for the poor farm may be chosen and road changes near Glenwood and Hillsdale are debated, including an underground crossing under railroad tracks and the Burlington double tracks. The board will also authorize Pony Creek ditch work, deepening it eight feet, with Messrs. Dean and Bushnell likely overseeing the project from a Tarkio dredge location north of the K C tracks.
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Mills County Board of Supervisors
Hillsdale Road
Glenwood-Hillsdale
Erin Cheney
Emerson
Hale
Fallon Hill
Glenwood
Second Street
Hillsdale
Burlington
Institution
F. M. Buttington
Canter Township
Pony Creek
Messrs
Seth Dean
Bert Bushnell
Tarkio
K. C
Bushnell
Smallpox Quarantine Bounds Town as Outbreak Spreads
Emil Gherman a student at Tabor college is down with smallpox in a remote town area. Strict quarantine limits risk of college spread. Emerson reports a mild case at home of Will DeHart and Rheba Whalen, with family members slightly affected. J D Hunter of Webster City Freeman-Tribune marks 36 years as editor and golden wedding with his wife.
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Emil Gherman
Tabor College
Beacon
Emerson
Rheba Whalen
Will De‘hart
J.D. Hunter
Webster City
Freeman-Tribune
Lditor Hunter
8. L. Hunter
Malvern
Babington Feed Store Ad Promotes High Patent Flour and Exchanges
The Babington Feed Store on North Side Square advertises Hour the High Patent flour at $1 per sack with guaranteed satisfaction or refund. It promotes feed items including baled straw chop feed oats bran shorts corn meal and eye while offering exchanges for cornmeal cracked corn and chop feed for Mendota Missouri soft coal. Old papers available at the Tribune office.
Public farm sale in Mills county draws buyers from miles around
A large Mills county gathering attended a big public sale on the H G C Marshall farm in Center township Silver City Malvern Twillsdale and Henwood were well represented with visitors from a dozen miles away. Prices stayed strong as Cor and Tom Byers sold stock while OG BR Bullington tracked sales. Also noted was a humorous misstep by a station agent who grabbed the wrong sack, landing trousers on the train. The Ranolph Enterprise and Silver City Times mention Dick Menefee or Charles Nipp as the likely agent involved.
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Mills County
H. GC
Marshall
Center Township
Silver City
Malvern
Twillsdale
Henwood
Cor
Tom Byers
OG. BR. Bullington
Wenderson
Henderson
Shorty
Jim
John
Billy Grubb
Elmer Patterson
Henry Marshall
John Slaughter
Lin
Oklahoma
Edmund
J. J. Wilson
Ingraham Township
George Fort
Randolph Enterprise
Dick Menefee
Charles Nipp
Mineola
Twelve Stewart brothers gather for Christmas reunion at Ring gold
F H Stewart a Bartlett school teacher joins twelve brothers for a Christmas reunion in Ring gold county. The family once had 13 brothers, with the father alive and mother deceased. No girls were born into the line, and one brother died. T B Stewart is principal of Thurman schools. All brothers are Republicans and belong to the K P lodge. Weather notes from Hicks Almanac forecast unsettled January with rain snow and a cold northwest wind follow by a brief change, storms moving west to east and a rising barometer.
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F. H. Stewart
Bartlett
Tingly
Ringgold County
T. B. Stewart
Thurman
K. P. Lodge
Weather pattern and storm periods forecast with legal note
Global forecast describes a sequence of storm periods from the 4th to the 31st with warmer changes, falling barometer, cloudiness, rain and snow, possible wire and shrub damage, and blizzard risks. Separate legal note concerns Judge Smith McPherson vs Iowa supreme court over Adams Express Co. liquor handling and C O D liquor violations in Keokuk federal court.
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Smith McPherson
Iowa Supreme Court
Adams Express Co
Keokuk
Supreme Court
Differently Put and Quotable Snippets From 1910s Papers
A collage of clipped phrases cites Miss Caustique and Miss Caustlque arguing over women’s rights. It contrasts a Philadelphia Record remark on rights with Chicago News advice on child discipline and notes on beauty, plus a stray line about Rocky Mountain Tea.
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Wiewag
Grangers Have Merry Christmas at Center Township
Silver Grange lodge members held a social Christmas night at A B Judson's Center township home with about forty present. A literary and musical program and refreshments followed. The group meets biweekly to pass long winter evenings. Next meeting January 5 installs new officers N M Chambers master Hubert Chambers secretary T G Markel treasurer Judson remains active in Grange affairs after seven years as Iowa State Grange master.
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Silver Grange Lodge
A. B. Judson
Center Township
Silver
Hubert Chambers
T. G. Markel
Judson
Iowa State Grange
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