Hastings News from Mills County local notes and events
Hastings residents enjoy Lake George for bathing and boating while tennis wanes. Rev Gable and family returned from Nebraska and South Dakota with high praise for Queen Mills. Glenn Dixon visits from Peoria as Howard Rea departs for Los Angeles. Local tradesmen ship fly traps to Huron, and a barbered injury concerns Bo Lockabill. Various residents travel to Lincoln and Indianola. A river work crew on the Folsom project faces tough conditions.
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Lake George
Mills County
Hastings
Gable
Fullerton
Nebraska
Wagner
South Dakota
Queen Mills
Glenn Dixon
Peoria
Illinois
George Dixon
Howard Rea
Los Angeles
California
Rea
Burlington
G. D. Keffer
Huron
Bo Lockabill
Mr. Lockabill
J. B. Hicks
Omaha
Kirk
Creston
Four Corners
Wilma Shaw
Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Council Blaffs
Be Lockabill
Mark Hathaway
Lincoln
James Clark
Wilbur Gaylord
Indianola
Iowa
Ray Grantier
W. P. Crow
I. van Gorkum
D. G McMillen
Guidice
Glenwood
Christies
Teachers Take Exam For Certificates In Mills County
Fifty four teachers and aspirants attended examinations in Glenwood over three days last week. Forty three teachers and aspirants attended the local tests, while the rest took exams in nearby counties. The Guldice trial occupied the courthouse, so tests were held in the high school building.
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Glenwood
Mills County
Guldice Triat
Ben Hall Hero Rescues Boy From Live Wire in Glenwood
Benjamin Hall of Tabor pulled Floyd Smith from a live electric wire after seeing him cling to the line while in his car. Hall grabbed the boy and dragged him free, receiving a severe shock himself. Smith is hospitalized but expected to recover. Hall is well known in Glenwood and Mills County as a baseball pitcher.
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Benjamin Hall
Tabor
Floyd Smith
Hall
Smith
Ben Hall
Glenwood
Mills County
Folsom Camp Hands Jump After Heat From Railroad Work
About twenty five degroes brought to Folsom for Burlington railroad levy work against the Missouri river encroachment left the camp Friday night. They claimed the duties were too hot and not what they expected. Some said they were shipped to Folsom on a promise of different tasks.
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Degroes
Folsom
Burlington Railroad
Missouri River
Interurban line proposed from Omaha to Tarkio gains focus
A delegation from Glenwood Tabor and Tarkio Missouri told the Omaha Commercial Club of an interurban from Omaha and Council Bluffs through Pottawattamie Mills and Fremont counties into Missouri. The club offers 12500 for preliminary surveys if a firm building guarantee is given as English financiers may back bonds. Promoters seek to extend rail service with strong local and national backing to finance surveys and construction.
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Glenwood
Tabor
Tarkio
Missouri
Omaha Commercial Club
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Pottawattamie, Mills
Fremont County
Omaha Club
W. R. Bruce
J. W. Carter
George McBridge
F. &. Donelan
J. Tt. Stuhr
R. J. Mowher
Co. L. Ellis
W. M. Rankin
W. R. Littell
J. W. Hanna
Council Bluffs & Southern Electric Railway Company
Riverton
Hamburg
St. Joseph
Iowa
Council Blufts
Missouri River
Mineola
Treynor
Watters
Omaha & Council
Iine
Sey
Wiley Murder Trial Nears End in Council Bluffs
The Wiley murder trial nears its end as the state rests. Witnesses testify about a razor, a blood stained weapon, and a signed confession. Key figures include Francisco Guidice alias Henry Wiley, sheriff C O Rock, and interpreter Samuel Mancuso. Officer testimony covers steps from Majestic theater to the roundhouse and a pending jury verdict.
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C. O. Rock
Harrison County
Mr. Goring
Wiley
Logan
Francisco Guidice
Henry Wiley
O. O. Rock
W. J. Stuart
M. D. Meyers
Majestic Theater
C. & N. W. Railway Roundhouse
City of Council Bauffs
Towa
William Porche
Mike Longo
Jim Solo
Red Rubenkemp
John Herbert
Howard Jones
Avenue D
William Porches
Jones
Avenue 10
Rock
Guidice
Frances Coffman
Council Bluffs
Coffman
Railroad
Samuel Mancuso
Omaha
Northwestern Roundhouse
Porche
Josephine Moraggi
Sam Mancuso
Dormnantek Sesto
Ainstuder
Mills County Boys Boosters Promote 14 Mile Portland Boulevard
A Portland newspaper highlights two former Mills County youths aiding a 14 mile boulevard project from Portland through its suburbs. Charles Woodruff, civil engineer and survey director, leads improvement work while Richard Shepard organizes property owners and drives promotion. Expenditures exceed 150000 dollars.
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Portland
Ore
Mills County
Charles Woodruff
Judge Woodruff
Glenwood
Richard Shepard
Perry volunteers host state tournament with big prizes
The Perry volunteer fire department and Commercial Club members prepare for the State Tournament on July 22 28 24 and 25. It marks the first time a volunteer department hosts the event and Perry aims to perform well. Cash prizes total 8500 dollars with entries from fast fire horses and swift running teams from many Iowa departments.
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Perry
Iowa
Sunday Draws Five Years For Malvern Bicycle Theft
Walter Sunday pled guilty to stealing a bicycle at Malvern last week and selling it for five dollars. Judge Woodruff sentenced him to five years in the state reformatory at Anamosa, to start after the Wiley murder trial. The case involved Oscar Hertz as the victim and Frank Raymond as the buyer in Pacific Junction. The judge also settled probate matters at the short session.
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Walter Sunday
Malvern
State Reformatory
Anamosa
Woodruff
Sunday
Oscar Hertz
Pacific Junction
Frank Raymond
Wiley
June Not a Month for Brides in 1913
Clerk Brown issued only five marriage licenses in June 1913 with one day left. If today June 30 brings more marriages, it will confirm the month’s reputation as a peak time for weddings.
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Clerk Brown
Pacific Junction Defeats McPaul A ball team
The Pacific Junction nine beat a rival team at McPatl 12 to 8. Pacific Junction has not lost this year and is ready to challenge all comers.
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Pacific Junction
McPatl
Malvern Plans July Fourth Celebration
Malvern will celebrate the Fourth of July with a splendid committee prepared program to please all attendees. The theme is Something for Everyone, aiming to attract a broad audience and ensure a festive event.
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Malvern
Real estate transfers in Silver Creek township and Greenwood addition
Real estate transfers record transactions in Silver Creek township including W 8 Bell to BL Donner for parts of NW14 and BW, Nia in section 30, and Leeka to W M Leeka for NW4 in section 32 totaling 100 acres. H Patterson to C G Cater for contract on lots 20 31 22 23 and 24 in Greenwood's addition to Silver City.oe. Tribune Want Ads and Results are
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Bell
Donner
Nia
Silver Creek Township
Leeka
W. M. Leeka
H. Patterson
C. G. Cater
Greenwood
Silver City
Henderson News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Travels
Mrs J G Goss and son Darwis visited relatives in Red Oak last Tuesday and returned Thursday. Arch and Wil Houser, Henderson natives now Oakland restaurateurs, plan to return to Henderson seeking a new site. Numerous residents toured nearby towns including Omaha, Glenwood, and Woodbine, with social visits and errands noted.
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Darwis
Red Oak
Claude Owens
M. Noe
Walnut
May Morris
Oakland
Charles Dilley
Flora Wilson
Elliott
Rose Plumb
Woodbine
John Bryant
Omaha
Silver City
Grant
Clarence Workman
Arch
Wil Houser
Henderson
A. S. Paul
Spide Workman
Luther Clark
I. Marber
Martin Clark
Will Brown
J. W. Evans
Judd Coppock
Glenwood
Flora
Jora Moore
Mrs. Mitchell
Emerson
J. R. Tibbles
Lone Star
A. O. Harney
J. S. Spiker
Griswold
Frank
C. W. E. M. Society
Margaret Cooper
Cooper
Will Hobson
Margaret
Macedonia
Charley Walker
Christy
Hastings
M. UD. Maxwell
Kearney
Nebraska
Ieary Maxwell
Ed Brown
Victor Munson
Oscar Asell
Mineola Couple Obtain Marriage License
George and Mrs. Gertle Rar received a marriage license on Saturday from Clerk Brown, formalizing their wedding plans in Mineola.
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Mineola
Brown
George
Gertle Rar
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Attorney Hess
J. G. Fogle
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Fogle
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Sesto
Mills County Boys Boosters
McPaul
Tribune
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