PONY CREEK CHRISTMAS VISITORS AND TRAVELS
Mrs A Lauderback returned Wednesday from visiting relatives at Burlington Earl W Hildreth former pastor at West Oak now doing missionary work in southwest Missouri visits among old friends He with his mother plans to spend winter in San Diego Myr and Mrs George Stille Christmas with daughter Mrs John Myers of Logan Rev Ferdinand Seitz and wife of Burr Oak John Sietz and family Anna Sietz of the Institution and Rev Karl Hildreth of Branson took Christmas dinner with August Lietz and family Grandma James Harvey and family Council Bluffs Elmer James Glenwood dined with J A James and family Christmas Mrs Mary Smith Glenwood and Lafe Lincoln Bethlehem guests of Mr and Mrs Salem Curtis Christmas Ben Stille returned from Harrison county busking corn Walter Penn home from Nebraska busking corn
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A . Lauderback
Burlington
Earl W Hildreth
Friends Church
West Oak
Missouri
Wintrope
San Diego
Cali
Myr
George Stille
John Myers
Logan
Ferdinand
Mary Smith
Glenwood
Lafe Lincoln
Bethlehem
Salem Curtis
Ben Stille
Harrison County
Walter Penn
Nebraska
Notice for Sealed Bids for Mills County Bridge Supplies
The Auditor of Mills County Iowa invites sealed proposals for 1909 bridge supplies. Bids due January 11 1909 at noon. Specify price per thousand for lumber and per foot for piling including Fir Oak Pine lumber Red Cedar Oak piling. Board may reject any bids. B. T. Agan Auditor. Tribune job work notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
Glenwood
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
B. T. Agan
Amusing miscellany notes and jokes from a bygone era
A collage of light humor and anecdotes including quips about Lord Brougham and Wellington, a clerk Patrick and the pound weight gag, a delicate honeymoon joke, misnaming the Countess of Ayr, a prank by two girls and a man, and reflections on civilization by Amiel. Also a ferry trip joke about rain sightings.
Train Intrigue and Deadly Schemes Across Iowa Prairie
In 1908 Chicago Col. Winter uncovers Cary Mercer plotting to kidnap Archie and seize Aunt Rebecca Win ter’s fortune. A conspirator Miss Smith appears as plans unfold aboard a train bound for the west with Aunt Rebecca Archie and nurse Janet Smith. The journey passes through Council Bluffs amid stark Iowa fields and a dim sky.
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Harvard
Col
Rupert Winter
Mercer
Cary Mercer
Chicago
Col. Winter
Archie
Rebecca Winter
Miss Smithh
Winter
Mra
Millicent Melville
Rebecca
S F Nurse
Janet Smith
West
Mra. Melville
Cal
Miss Smith
Sergi
Haley
Rupert Winters across the rails in a web of doubt
On a blurred March dawn Rupert Winter travels with Miss Smith and Archie while Aunt Rebecca, Millicent, and Mrs Melville weigh scandal and loyalty. Haley reports a suspicious man, a kidnap plot looms, and Janet Braith is named a Daughter of the Revolution in tense boardroom drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert Winter
Archie
Randall
Mina Smith
Council Bluffs
Miss Smith
Mrs.Winter
Mrs. Millicent
Haley
New Haglander
Harvard
Winter
Philippines
Corncil Bluffs
Simpst
Edwin 3
Keatham
Sor
Merilf
Yarne
Salt Lake City
Rebecca
Millicent
Bentzon
Toy
Dummy
Bertie
Janet
Nanely
Daughters of the Revolution
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West Bound
East Bound
Saat Bound
Weat
Sandeya
Pony Creek
The
Tribune
Byers Bros
Cols. E. C
T. G. Byers
Brougham
Wellington
Vittoria
Wetterloo
Patrick
Misther Jones
Mr. Jones
Congress
Niagara
Countess of
Ayr
England
Mr. So-and-so
Mr. Smith
Ladies' Home Journal
Civilization of Man
Henry Frederic Amiel
Iowa Prairies
Hougse
AZAR
Tave Thanet
Rupert
G. Hoag
J. W. Long
Red Oak
ST. Vision
Happy B
Paul B. Clark
Adm
N’st’r
Man
Stark Bro’s Nurseries & Orchards CO
Louisiana
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