Hastings man dies after long illness aged 79
John B Hicks longtime Mills County resident and Hastings citizen died Tuesday June 23 after a rapid decline. Born July 22 1834 in Dover New Jersey Hicks lived 50 years in Mills County and Hastings where he and his wife built a family of eleven. Funeral services Friday at 9 a.m. from his home under Hastings O F lodge auspices. Burial in Hastings cemetery.
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Atker
John B. Hicks
Hastings
Mills County
John Bishop Bicks
Dover
New Jersey
Iowa
Samuel Wicks
Dover N. J
Planters
Montclair
N. J
Ohio
Omaha
Neb
James Lusk
Silver ‘Creek
Silver City
Lusk
Glenwood
Buphia
Kedler
Hiram Figyt
Tater
Rockafellow
Pear
Missouri Wiver
Bethlehem
Hicks
Deceaset
Amber
Hastings Lodge 1. ‘O .O
D. H. Hicks
Newark
Anna Gardbrant
Succasunna
Brothers
T. ‘C.0 .F. Lodges
Peter Jacobs
Imogene
M A. Gable
George W. Downs
Downs
T ‘0. C. F. Lodge
Voyage A. D. French Describes Ocean Crossing aboard Carmania
In a personal letter A. D. French details a June 7 to June 12 voyage to Liverpool aboard the Carmania. He notes an in mid ocean mishap when a passenger jumped overboard and was not recovered, rough seas later easing, and a cheerful crowd of 305 in the second cabin enjoying meals and friendship. The Mauretania was sighted and landfall occurred June 12 at 8:30 am as Queenstown and Fishguard passengers disembarked.
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Retter Iirom
A. D. French
Liverpool
Carmania
W.Y
Canada
Queenstown
Fishguard
Glenwood Pastor Accepts Call to Winona Church
Reverend A C Hageman of Glenwood Baptist Church will move to Winona Minnesota next Monday or Tuesday to assume the pastorate there. The new call begins the first Sunday in July while Glenwood plans to continue its search, likely until September.
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A. C. Hageman
Glenwood
Pacific Junction Notes Court Disputes and Daily Life
Neighboring families clash over slander allegations leading to a $1 fine plus costs. Johnson sues Rupe with a result pending. The town buzzes with haying by Frank Anderson, telegraph cables talks, school board plans, new bank map, and a parade of visitors, trades, and travel across Pacific Junction in midweek.
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John Rupe
Robert Johnson
Rupe
Johnson
W. Shuffler
J. P
Mra. Johnson
Mra. Rupe
Railroads fined for violation of livestock laws and 28 hour rule
The Department of Agriculture announced fines totaling 2,450 dollars plus costs for railroads violating the livestock quarantine and 28 hour unloading laws. Top penalties include eight cases against Atlantic Coast Line totaling 800 dollars plus costs and 21 cases against Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway totaling 4,700 dollars plus minor costs. Additional penalties against Pennsylvania Co. and others bring broader enforcement totals.
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Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co
Mobile & Ohio Railroad Co
Kansas & Texas Railroad Co
Seaboard Air Line Railway Co
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co
Nebraska
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railroad Co
Union Pacific Railroad
Chicago Great Western Railroad Co
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co
Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania Co
Alx
Philosophy by Aunt Mandy Watchful Waiting
Observations on gender, morality, and society from Aunt Mandy. The piece mocks chivalry, double standards, and self deception while weaving humor about onions, reform, and the family whiskey bottle as obstacles to virtue and respectability.
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Aunt Mandy
Mandy
Joshua
Marriage Bond Sealed In Malvern For G C Rinehart And Della Ware
Attorney G C Rinehart obtained a marriage license in Glenwood on Wednesday afternoon and wedded Miss Della Ware that evening at the bride's parents home in Malvern. The ceremony followed a secret plan, with congratulations extended to the couple from the scribe who learned of the event on Thursday morning.
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B. Shuffler
Red Oak
Pacific Junction
Hazel Dickenson
Jeff Morgan
Glenwood
G. C. Rinehart
Della Ware
Malvern
Grover
Victims of Mad Dog Improving After Bite Incidents
The girl Esther Underwood and boy Howard Wills, both bitten by a mad dog on Thursday, June 11, were taken to Iowa City for treatment and are improving. Esther had the worst bite and was seriously ill but shows progress. rumors of her death were false. Henry MacFarland near Hastings reports a hog showing rabies symptoms.
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Iowa City
Esther Underwood
Christy
Wills
Howard
Henry Mac-Farland
Hastings
Teachers Examination Underway Across Three Towns
Supt Masters conducts teachers examination this week in Glenwood Tabor and Shenandoah with 34 applicants in Glenwood, 4 in Tabor, and 1 in Shenandoah. Eighteen seek first time certificates to teach. Ten list Grenwood as postoffice, seven Malvern, six Hastings, four Pacific Junction, three Timogene, three Thurman, two Henderson, and one each from Randolph Percival Tabor and Fairbury Neb. All applicants are women.
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Randolph, Percival, Tabor
Fairbury
County Conventions Set Across Three Parties in Glenwood
All three county conventions Republican Democratic and Progressive converge in Glenwood on Saturday June 27 at the Court House. Delegates will hear nomination of four county officers and appoint delegates and committeemen for at least two townships. A county chairman will be chosen. Delegates receiving notice urged to attend starting at 11 a.m.
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Glenwood
Court House
Two Mills County Men Plan July 8 Trip to Germany
Fred Nagel and William Herr will depart July 8 for Germany and Europe to visit relatives and regions, with sailings on the Father land July 7. The pair, living near Balfour, have had passages booked for a month. Nagel to Germany for a third time, with relatives in Hanover.
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Mills County
Germany
Europe
Fred Nagel
William Herr
Balfour
Fatherland
Patherland
Messrs
Nagel
Herr
Hanover
Mr. Nagel
Little Boy Lost Near Town Found At Ice House
Five year old William Dick, son of Mr and Mrs Art Dick, wandered away Tuesday evening with other children two miles northwest of town. After alarm by the mother and a neighbor search, the boy was found about ten o clock at R B Cogleys ice house where he had gone with companions and did not return promptly.
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Lela Templeton
H. H. McCartney
Pacific Junction
Ft. Laramie
Wye
Scotts Bluff
Neb
James Potter
Mercy Hospital
Council Bluffs
Bacon Merchant
Iowa
Sioux City
Sumer
Lake Okoboji
J. Bs
Theodore
Omaha
Ward Ferguson
Ralie
Jows
Grand Chancler
Mayor Olson
William
Art Dick
Art
R. B. Cogley
Malvern Thug Faces Consequences Over Mad Dog Issue
Marshall Jones of Malvern warns this month about a dangerous dog problem with Canine 34 breeds. Officials note a mad dog case could affect local dogs and safety measures.
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Marshall Jones
Malvern
Thug
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