Mad Dog's Career Ends With Two Attacks
A stray dog attacked seven year old Edward Wills near Malvern then six year old Esther Hummel near Hastings before being killed by Mr. Hummel. Doctors cauterized wounds and the head was sent for rabies testing. Authorities compare descriptions to confirm the same animal caused both bites. The event prompts calls to muzzle stray dogs and curb future dangers.
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Malvern
Hastings
Frank Wills
Edward
Lew Trélant
Esther
Town City
Deaths in Mills County and a Death in Nebraska
Obituary notes Edwin E. Smith 47 died June 10 1914 near Malvern Mills County. Born Winterset Dec 6 1866 he married Addie M. McKee six children Vernon Claude Ray Guy Frances Julius. Claude died earlier. Buried in Macksburg with family mourning. Also Nye Wedding former Pacific Junction resident Hed ding Redding killed by a train near Chalco Neb while with a bridge gang. funeral details unavailable.
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Hawin E. Smith
Malvern
Mills County
Edwin E. Smith
Winterset
Iowa
Stephen G
Mary L. Smith
Macksburg
Addie M. McKee
Vernon
Claude
Ray
Guy Frances
Julius
Nellie C. Smith
Creston
Frank L. Smith
Smith
Nye
Pacific Junction
Chalco
Neb
Redding
Hedding
Andy McMullen
Pacific Lodge 110 1. 0. C. F
Malvern Commercial Club Opening
Malvern and surrounding residents show strong interest in the Commercial Club effort. Membership has reached 236, with broad local engagement and anticipation for the club's prospective work.
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Malvern Town
Glenwood Postoffice Site Chosen for 5000 Dollar Funding
The postoffice department notified Representative Green that it selected the site for Glenwood’s new post office. The appropriation is $5,000. The chosen site is owned by Wold Lumber Company.
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Glenwood
Opening of the Commercial Club Rooms Impresses Members
Leased rooms above Kneeland's store feature fine furniture and modern fittings. The main auditorium is repapered and carpeted with three large rugs. The Tear room for smokers has linoleum floors and phone links. Friday night saw 150 members attend with Pratt's orchestra and a male quartet. Addresses by Mayor Whitfield, Attorney Cook, and J H Beveridge highlighted aims of commercial clubs. Caterer A Burrus scored with ice trays and service. Social time pleased all. a future picnic with families is planned.
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Kneeland
Pratt
Whitfield
A, EH
Cook
J. H. Beveridge
Council Bluffs
A. Burrus
Local weddings and a hospital transfer in Glenwood area
The record covers weddings of Helen M. Sanders to Harold F. Boehner at the groom’s parents home in Malvern with 36 relatives present. Also Barrett and Amy Martin wed in Hastings area, Hill and Goltry wed at Tabor, and Mrs. Alwin Petersen of Glenwood taken to a Council Bluffs hospital for treatment after four weeks of illness.
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Helen M. Sanders
Harold F. Boehner
Frances Strahan
Gladys Knight
Amy Deurdorff
Iona Deurdorff
Chicago
A. B. Hawkins
Edith Sanders
Fie Bee
I. Mulholland
Minv Bel
Frances
Gqmuana
Dorothy
Louise
Omaha
Boehner
Barrett-Martin
M. A. Gable
Hastings
M. EL
J. Barrett
Amy Martin
Petersen
Alwin Petersen
Glenwood
Council Bluffs
Miss Petersen
G. 3. Purcell
Gordon
Maxine
Cherlea Purcell
Jin Wat
Will Probated as Judge Woodruff Admits McClain Estate
Judge Woodruff admitted to probate the will of J. H. McClain of Emerson on Saturday. The widow Mrs. Anna McClain is named executrix without bond in the estate proceedings.
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Woodruff
J. H. McClain
Emerson
Anna McClain
Hastings Co op threshers form two outfits in town
In Hastings a threshing season will feature eight thresher separators within six miles. Alfred Shaw Orville Durbin Dal Culver and Walter Bowen plan to run the outfit on a cooperative basis. Walter Boylan joins as owner and manager, forming a second cooperative threshers group in the community. Other local notes mention travel, sales, house moves, and social visits.
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Hastings
Alfred Shaw
Orville Durbin
Dal Culver
Walter Bowen
Kansas City
Walter Boylan
Albert Feist
Red River
Bee keeping in Iowa yields profits for Des Moines man
Bert A. Brown of Des Moines turned hobby bees into a business, growing from eighty to about one hundred twenty colonies in 1913 and harvesting honey that grossed nearly fifteen hundred dollars. He netted around one thousand dollars after expenses plus new equipment, proving careful, scientific apiarist work can be lucrative in Iowa.
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Iowa
Bert A. Brown
Des Moines
Mark Johnson Clothing Co
Brown
Mr. Brown
Mgr. Brown
Nei
Herhood
Texas
Camping At Plattsmouth Hosts Iowa Guards
The Iowa National Guard Company I from Glenwood will march to Plattsmouth next Sunday morning weather permitting, set up camp at the rifle range north of town, and begin two weeks of rifle practice under military regulations. Captain Humphrey leads the unit, which draws from Glenwood’s best young men and aims to attract visitors to witness the training and the citizen soldiers’ encampment. A squad will stay in Plattsmouth to continue practice throughout the period.
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Iowa
National Guards
Glenwood
Riffle Range
Humphrey
National Guard
Hia
Plattsmouth Journal
Mere
Burned by Gasoline in Silver City Fire
Mrs. W J Whittington suffered severe burns when gasoline from a leaking stove ignited as she prepared supper last Thursday. Firemen quickly controlled the blaze, and her husband received a burned hand. Clifford Williams was kicked in the face while breaking a young horse, suffering a bruised visage.
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W. J. Whittington
Silver City
Mr. Whittington
Clifford Williams
Clifford
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Nye Redding
Postoffice
Council Bluff
Does
T.roe
Orrin Hathaway
Nebraska
Busines
Issey Eva
Marie Hutchings
Mr. Wolf
Homer Smith
Alex Statler
Frank Edie
Earl Edie
Os Parker
Mud Creek
U Christie
Christie Barber Shop
Mesames
Harry Lewis
Wilmot Bowman
Oe Kelley
Lincoln
Orin Hathaway
G.y Keffer
Will Mason
Dan Cook
Marion White
Harry Trvail
Geo. H. Parker
Grenwood
Mra
W. B Caven
Clarinds
Caven
Fred Martin
Shenandoah
S. S
Hastings M. E
Promaine
Robbins Ranch
Harvey Lisle
Roy Robbins
Dan Cassidy
Albion
Roy Calling
Abel Cary
H. H. Wilson
John Simpson P. D
Wilbur Gaylord
D. G. Gleason
Red Oak
R. L. Gleason
W. B. Caven
Burlington Junction
Ernest Povey
Zelma
Knoxville
J. R. Hutchings
Hutchings
Povey
M. BE. Cupp
Thurman
Martin & Son's
Priest
Fred
WH. B. Sanderman
W. @. Dainon
Sandeman
Benedict
Harvey Cary
Ford
Peterson
Benedicts
Avery Miller
Susan Miller
Eva Hwotchings
Wearin
Ada Greiner
Underwood
Washington
Howard Greiner
Greiner
Masons
Sandilands
Hastings Rough Necks
E. J. Smith
Joe Wearin
Jos
Roy Hatfield
Honey
Plattsmouth
Riffe Range
Sherman Jones
Jones
Mr. Jones
Dapple Bray
Jack Reynolds
the Tribune
Canada
Sir. L. Whitfield
St. Louis
Bureau of Imigration
Iawa
Reynolds
Tle
Andrew Schappel
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