Henderson News Briefs Amid Harvest and Local Events
Friday trips report Henderson residents leaving for Harvey Mont and Louisbuis Ky. Odd Fellows installed new officers Saturday. McClenahan led winter wheat harvest at 40 bushels per acre from 30 acres. Threshing crews started last week at McClenahan’s. repairs at the elevator ongoing. Local social notes include relatives visiting in Carson and Massena and plans for a Glenwood Chautauqua trip. Rex Crafts raised 875 in Methodist church subscriptions in Red Oak. Instances of livestock mishaps and a buggy mishap near the hitching rack are noted with minor injuries.
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Will Turner
Harvey Mont
Odd Fellows
Werence Turner
Louisbuis
Ed Wilkinson
A McClenahan
Gore
Will Viner
McClenahan's
Morris
Chas Swaney
Carson
Sha
Will Cooper
Glenwood
Marion Maxwell
Rex Crafts
Red Oak
New Methodist Church
Hastings Social Notes Include Visits From Wyoming and New York
Miss Mattie Russell of Wyoming visits grandfather H A Russell and family while Miss Lucy Jones of New York spends summer with her father Charles Jones. Mrs Harfnah and children from Blanchard visit niece Mrs N W Colling. George Starr of Red Oak visits at his father J J Starr and is breaking on the Nebraska City branch. Galen Purcell reports catching 47 fish in one hour from Okoboji. affidavit promised by his wife. Mrs Penick plus son RE and daughter Ethel visit her daughter Mrs J F Christie. Cement walk laid on west side of main business street. Mrs Davis widow of James Davis, recently killed, has $2040 life insurance. Postmaster Frank Carey drafted into railway mail service to replace George Chaffee after wreck injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Russell
Wyoming
H A Russell
Lucy Jones
New York
Charles Jones
W F Harfnah
Blanchard
N W Colling
George Starr
Red Oak
J J Starr
George
Nebraska City
Galen Purcell
Okoboji
Penick
Ethel
J F Christie
Davis
James Davis
Garange
Tostead
Manila
Jack
Alice
Matilta
San Francisco
Petersen
Finch
Sittin
Mrs. Petersen
Philippines
Creston Visitors and Local Meeting Notes
PACIFIC JUNCTION reports Nellie and Livzie Kelly from Creston visiting, Joe Sheppard making his first run after vacation, Mrs Sheppard to stay awhile. Alain residents hold a meeting with plans to solicit funds for the old soldiers reunion, naming several local men involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Sheppard
Creston
Mra
Sheppard
Bawely
Wmbel
Abus Kroon
Fo OW Kelley
Ernest Delushinunt
SW Burgess
WM Moore
How He Got His Start How He Got His Start
Frank Petersen, a young banker and husband, faces a split path when a detective recalls a Manila voyage. The officer-turned-spy protects a mother and two children, confronts theft, and ends up exposing a ruse that shifts his career, finances, and loyalties. Petersen resigns, moves to the United States, and the detective becomes his manager in new ventures.
Thrifty Shopper Tricks In Subway Chat
A portly woman and her thin friend discuss a table purchase amid subway noise. The speaker recalls picking a small corner table priced at 3.50, deceiving Mrs. Shoddy by pretending the higher priced 18 dollar item, then ordering a 5.50 table instead and leaving with it. The tale ends with a spiteful wish to buy a far pricier table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galusman
African Superstition and the Spear Ghost Tales
An excerpt from Corpbill Magazine recounts African beliefs about a deadly spear ghost that requires waiting on a forest path and a spring in Kabunge district where a pitcher allegedly prepares itself for a woman who takes a stray vessel, only for the pitcher to crumble and spill its water when the rightful owner returns.
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South Africa
Kabunge
Corpbill Magazine
Gems In Verse Evening and Pops of Corn in a Classic Mix
A collage of verse and prose fragments features Frances Anne Kemble's poetic mythic imagery, a playful popcorn tale with John Styles and Susan Cutter, and rhymed meditations on women's rights, courage, and fate. Included are poems by Nixon Waterman and Mother Shipton excerpts, plus a short piece on path choices and aging.
District Court Notices from Mills County Iowa 1908
Public legal notices from Mills County Iowa court, including divorce petition asking custody and severance, and land ownership suit seeking quiet title for property described as north half of north half of section 23, township 72, range 42. Unknown defendants to be served by publication for six weeks. Judge A B Thorneld.
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District Court of the State of
Pleintiff
Doris L. Graves
Glenwood
2Endi
Starbuck
Nautico
District Court
State of
Iowa
Mills County
Jasper H. Hanna
Joseph Hagerman
Thomas J. Jones
Stephen D. Davia
Isaag Wilson
Chas
Blande
Township
Range
Lows
de‘ Fendante
Clark
Towa
Jasper H. Racue
Mille County
Tharaby
Ivory & O'Fil
Alttornoye
Mills County Tribune
Lews
A.B. Thorneld
Alls County Grivane Mills Hay Harvest Report
Alls County farmers report hay harvest underway with fields affected by dry weather while corn advances well. A weekly thermometer range shows high and low readings from Wednesday through Monday, with varying temperatures and several unreadable segments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
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Clara Davis
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Maude Turner
Elmer Braden
August McClenahan
Fickel
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Frank
Erin Arnold
Frank Arnold
H G Taylor
Homer Fickel
Hastings
Frank Carey
George Chaffee
Pacific Junction
Nellie and
Livzie Kelly
AG. Truth
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Hidtister
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Ad Howe
Charley B. Etherington
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Frank Petersen
Batk Atticial
Dently
Servie
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Buick
Her
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le Ligd
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Bre
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Phoebus
Jasper
Frances Anne Kemble
John Styles
Susan Cutter
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Susan
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Tim
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Tim John
Boston Globe
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Nixon Waterman
Mother Shipton
Ghail
England
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Wither
Father
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