Ingraham leads in wealth. Silver Creek trails in Pottawattamie
The Times notes Ingraham township in Pottawattamie county holds $1,317,992 wealth excluding Silver City, versus Silver Creek’s $1,154,643. Ingraham prospers in cattle with 6,546 head. land totals 22,172 acres at $48 per acre. The report also lists livestock counts and local happenings including a Dayson family warrant incident, teaching appointments, church events, stockyard gate innovation, milk haul personnel, and other small town notices.
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Ingraham
Silver Creek
Pottawattamie County
Silver City
Queen Mills
County Queen Mills Graduating Exercises Shine in Rain
The high school class held Friday night at the opera house, though wet, featured creditable performances by Bertha 17 Wilma 20 Carrie 17 Lelia 17 Myrtle 18 Fannie 17 Elbert 18 Nora 18 Argilla 18 Charles 18 Lennie 18 Iva 17 and Charles Carthurs, a Burlington worker, injured in a switch incident. Malvern to gain fifth grocery store and local business updates follow.
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Opera House
Bertha
E W Bushnell
Wilma
J Bentley
Carrie
J J Wil- 300
Lelia
A Weller
Myrtle
C M Rice
Fannie
W W Beeson
Elbert
Amanda Nickerson
Nora
W L Summers
Argilla
J N Summers
Charles
M J Higgins
Lennie Baird
H J Baird
Iva
W W Kerney
Tabor Topics Preview Loss of President at Hand
It appears Dr John Gordon will resign as president of Tabor College. He has been tendered the Howard University presidency in Washington D C and will likely be released June 16 to assume duties September 15. Howard reports 900 students and a $40000 salary.
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Tabor College
John Gordon
Howard University of
Knox
B P Worcester
L B Worcester
Tabor
Grandma Morse
Grandma Hanley
Grandma Baldra
Grandma Worcester
Grandpa Worcester
Jim Yowell
Sidney
Bamburg
Flooded fields slow farmers work in Pacific City Ti
Two weeks of field inactivity leave farmers with few prospects as floods fill pastures and high water drives stock to higher ground. River crested early week, then fell. hogs shipped from Henton to Omaha due to inaccessible stock yards. Wind damaged homes and barns, while residents report illnesses and local incidents including a scalded child recovery, hog drownings, and a lost horse.
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A R Jones
Wilbur Towler
Omaha
Henton
FV Kemp
Frogs Rule the Palace and Weather Hinders Crops
Bartlett ad Hackett arrives from Tacoma for six weeks. Mrs Hackett visiting relatives two months. Hugh Johnson seeks Dr Gifford in Omaha for throat tumor. Wet weather threatens crops. Waubonsie Creek floods lowlands and damages bridges. Cattle moved to roads. drive mare for sale at Otis livery barn Glenwood by O W Rathke.
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Ad Hackett
Tacoma
Wash
Waubonsie Creek
Funeral Rites for Henry Kruse Held in Mineola
Large crowd attends the funeral of Oak township resident Henry Kruse at his Mineola home. Rev Fay of Dumfries delivers the sermon. music by the Silver City band. KRUSE, born 1828 in Lutjendorf Germany, arrived 1858, died 190? at 45 years later. survived by wife Fredericka Fry and siblings. Also notes on Henry Stumpf’s funeral, flood water at Nipp & Kruse elevator, and local incidents including deaths of Franz Lowe and a culvert washout affecting rail service.
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Henry Kruse
Oak Township
Mineola
Silver City
Fay
Dumfries
Lutjendorf
Germany
Holstein
Ambrca
Anna M Hammer
Frederick Fry
Henry Stumpf
Fred Hansen
Hastings Decoration Day disrupted by rain and wind
Decoration Day services at Hastings were interrupted by rain. Some conduct proceeded at the M i church while North Grove cemetery services were abandoned. A graveside decorating committee was sent, and riprap work began after wind-driven water threatened the railroad grade west of town. A lamp fell during a night train causing a fire that destroyed a new typewriter. Dr Whitnall misplaced his pocket book in Glenwood containing cash. Young travelers postponed eastbound plans until conditions improve. Ground Oil Cake praised as top stock feed. Burlington's cuts prices.
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M i
North Grove
Gilbert
Whitnall
Glenwood
Water nuisance abated as rail ditch dug and floods ease
Pacific Junction reports a public meeting to tame the water problem. The railroad company dug a ditch east of the depot with city agreeing to cover damages to south-side property. Flooding eased, though eastern town blocks remained underwater while western residence area stayed dry.
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Railyoad Company
Entis
Emerson News Roundup Reflects Local Happenings and Mishaps
Dr Corbin braves bad roads answering calls on horseback and narrowly escapes drowning after a driftwood sweep. Burlington mail kills eight cattle near Emerson. Prof Barton returns home to Jefferson for next year. Decoration Day services draw small crowd due to rain at the opera house. Kilgore visits family. now with a Kansas City real estate firm. S J Simpson plans another cellar social. Emma Carson visits from Des Moines. Marion L Evans sells a mule team for 400 dollars. Emerson to celebrate the 4th in grand fashion.
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Corbin
Burlington Fast Mail No. 7
Milton Honeyman
Emerson
Prof
Barton
Indian Territory
Jefferson
Opera House
OP Kilgore
Kansas City
S J Simpson
Emma Carson
Des Moines
Marion L Evans
J R Clues
Hillsdale stock shipment to South Omaha cattle cars
A stock shipment moved from Hillsdale to South Omaha by Monday night. Names Sam Estes, George Zimmer, George Estes, Al Wilkins, and George Rimmer are noted for cattle payments, with Rimmer receiving $4.90 and Wilkins earning 4 cents more on part of his. Poor track forced the Tabor railroad to halt early-week trains, so locals arrived by hack and mail transfers occurred. John Kelly attended the Prohibition state convention in Marshalltown last week, while Mrs Lydia Bailey and Mabel Knapp were in Glenwood yesterday.
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South Omaha
Sam Estes
George Zimmer
George Estes
al Wilkins
George Rimmer
Wilkins
Tabor
John Kelly
Marshalltown
Lydia Bailey
Mabel Knapp
Glenwood
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Dayson
L W Huffaker
Albert
Ernest Asmussmen
Rommel
Mae McKeen
Prairie Creek
West Oak
Griffith
Methodist Church
Charles Kruse
Emma Huffaker
Francis
CF Mears
Tom Plumer
Charles Goodman
Maud Wyant
Malvern
Wm McCoy
Waterloo
DG Bunham
Sholes
Neb
Charles Carthurs
Burlington
Will Bingaman
Henry Baird
Smith Bros
Will
Chas Radford
Mason City
Mills County
Undertaker White
Messena
Harry Thomas
Colorado
BC Graves
Tabor Topics
Hipshire
Charles Ellis
Thurman Residence
Tabor National Bank
Wi McClure
John Christopher
Jesse West
T & N Depot
Pacific City
Box Mills
White Chapel
Norfolk
Mary Blair
Mrs Crossweight
Red Oak
Elmer Bennett
Grandma Anderson
W G .Templeton
Wi Vinton
John Fieselman
Bartlett
Otis Livery Barn
O. W. Rathke
Nipp & Kruse
Henry Detlef
Chas Nipp
Franz
August Lowe
Hastings
Buiffington’s
Pacific Junction
Chas Dorf
Council Glatis
Marion Moore
Cai
Harry Hunt
John Johnson
Wes Mullica
Kroon & Co
Anna Martin
Maude McLaughlin
J. T. O'Brien
Win J West
Washington
Ph Peterson
Davis Hotel
S Preston
Peterson
Judd Smailey
KP Hall
Mands McLaughlin
Denver
Pomeroy
Mary Reardon
Abe Gilmore
Hillsdale
Janesville
St. Joe
Tor
Dempster
Davis & Anderson
East Side
Pump and Tin Shop
Rey Ewee
Retelsdorf & Rosch
Agnew’s Cash Clothing House
F. G. Agnew
F. H. Betts
Emerson, Iowa
Fay Wright
North Side
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