Emerson G B R Davis and town happenings
Emerson Nebraska reports a varied week with Davis and his car leaving for Laurel. Miss Geopfarth led the grammar room during Potts illness. A Friday high school program honored Washington and Longfellow. Cheney couple celebrated a February birthday surprise. The Emergon state bank disclosed deposits above 218000, a notable figure for a town Emerson’s size. Mrs Wisher received a rug before leaving for Nebraska. Myron Shipman visited home folks after six months with a Montana railroad crew. Mayor Eaton fined James Walker for drunkenness and wife abuse, Walker jailed 30 days, later fined upon wife’s request. Women’s club social hosted by Carson, McFaden, Wells, Barns, and several Misses. Local Woodmen elected delegates to Silver City convention. JH McClain family bid farewell for Kettle Falls Washington with a church dinner and social.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BR Davis
Laurel
Neb
Faye Geopfarth
Emerson
George Wisher
Nebraska
Myron Shipman
Missoula
Mont
Eaton
James Walker
Walker
Mesdames Carson
McFaden
Wells
Clarence Barns
Diva Douglas
Jennie Crawford
Mila Moore
Woodmen Lodge
Woodman County
Silver City
HC Hicks
WW Able
WE Wells
JR Jones
JT Barns
R C Houston
Chas Geesman
George Geopfarth
EC Lakin
Harry Rhoads
JH McClain
Kettle Falls
Wash
Presbyterian
Malvern Neighbors Move and Travel in Recent Week
Warden Rimel will represent Malvern High at the district declamatory contest in Afton next Friday. Uncle Jimmy Criswell closed a 180 acre farm deal at Crieghton Nebraska last week. Rural Carrier J C Maguire recovers from pneumonia and can travel around. Chas Hammond and PE Crawmer shipped to Haxtum Colorado where they bought farms. B W Rush moved to a farm near Woodbine after years as a local carriage carpenter. Charles Knight moved from Council Bluffs to join relatives here. W C Barrer sold his barber shop to Henry Young of Winside. Twins arrived at Dr A B Wolfe’s home in Falls City. Mrs. A L Wolfe left Malvern last week to visit her son and new grandchildren. Ben Shipper, long time tenant of the Solomon farm at Srahay, moved to the Wearin ranch near Bivler City. Union revival services continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warden Rimel
Afton
Jimmy Criswell
Crieghton
Neb
J C Maguire
Chas Hammond
PE Crawmer
Haxtum
Colo
W Rush
Penter
Ben Shipper
Old Solomon Farm
Srahay
Jwearin Ranch
Bivler City
Union Revival Services
Farewell Sermon Marks Utterback Move to Des Moines
A week of prayer was observed with services at the church throughout the day. About 40 conversions were reported at this time. Rev. Ti. H. Utterback preached his farewell Sunday at the Christian church before moving to Des Moines to become pastor of Park Avenue Christian church. He was popular with his congregants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ti. H. Utterback
Christian Church
Des Moines
Park Avenue
Henderson Gossip and Local Health News
Miss Clara Davis shopped in Des Moines for spring goods while George Evans visits West Virginia. Triplett remains critically ill with tuberculosis. Mrs A J Huntsman returns from Wyomin g. Sam Owens and Ernest Smith recover from pneumonia. Claude Owens’ family visits from Red Oak. Ralph Briggs injures arm on broken glass. Mrs John Maynes ill with pneumonia. Lively note on Henderson youths and local marriages. Liveryman Ralph Creamer improves from pneumonia. Fielder family moves from Magena to a Bedford area farm. Miss Sylvia Maxwell resigns Mills County telephone post, replaced by Miss Gloria Walling of Silver City. Bond issue for a new school house to be considered. plan favors Bod Kuddy brick building to replace burned structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Davis
Des Moines
George Evans
West Virginia
Triplett
A J Huntsman
Wyoming
Sam Owens
Ernest Smith
Claude Owens
Red Oak
Ralph
J . Briggs
John Maynes
Henderson
Ralph Creamer
Fielder
Magsena
Bedford
Wielder
Lillie Slump
Sylvia Maxwell
Mills County
Glora Walling
Silver City
Mineola Social Notes signal new arrivals and moves
A daughter arrived at the F F Roenfeldt home. Mr and Mrs John Kruse welcomed a son born on Washington's birth day. Will King moved to the Wm Biehel farm south of Mineola as the Bichel family relocated to town. Mrs M Flammant visited Glenwood with her daughter Mrs Cheyney. Carl Goos’s seven year old son underwent tip operations after pneumonia. Kep creek flooded after snowmelt, requiring four cars to hold stock and machinery for August Lau and Wm Fahrenkrog who shipped to Kingsley, where they bought farms. Indications point to substantial building in Mineola this year, with L W Bichel planning a brick block to replace a burned structure and house a general merchandise stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F F Roenfeldt
John Kruse
Washington
Will King
August Lau
Wm Fahrenkrog
Kingsley
Mineola
L W Bichel
Declamatory Contest Names City Winners at Silver City
In Silver City an event to select Ta por representatives followed a Saturday night contest. Winners included Oratorical: Harry Hettinger first, Carl Huffaker second. Dramatic: Veda Moore first, Frances Lewis second, with several others. Humorous: Harry Plumb first, Ruth Reeve second. Also noted are Mrs D C G Jackson and son Russell visiting Wayne county Nebraska and WH Batton recovering well after an operation for appendicitis on February 22 in Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tapor
Harry Hettinger
Carl Huffaker
Veda Moore
Frances Lewis
Norma Agan
Verna Lturger
Blanche Soliday
Mabel Woolsey
Harry Plumb
Ruth Reeve
Alice Plumb
Frankie Burrows
D CG Jackson
Russell
Wayne County
Nebraska
Omaha
WH Batton
Folay's Honey and Tar Cleared Under Pure Food Law
Notice to customers from A. J. Howe Glenwood stating Folay's Honey and Tar for coughs and lung issues contains no opiates or harmful drugs and is recommended as a safe remedy for children and adults. The misspelled tail “Manted, Toad baled sabes” is unreadable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folay
A. J. Howe
Glenwood
Anarchist Killer in Chicago Shootout Targeted Police Chief
An anarchist attempted to shoot Chicago Chief of Police Shippy yesterday. In a fierce struggle, the chief killed the assailant who wounded the chief's son and his coachman. The slain anarchist, about 24, likely Italian or Slav, had intruded the chief's home. The incident follows the Denver priest killing and a Black Hand note alleging threats to Iona Island magazines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Shippy
Denver
Uncle Sam
Black Hand
Iona Island
Hudson River
Real estate transfers trigger farm moves and parcel swaps
Henry B. Anderson buys Harry Smith farm of 50 acres in Center township for 120 dollars an acre and rents, moving to Malvern. Henry Smith relocates to Glenwood. William Stodd buys 40 acres of Frank McDole in Rawles township. George Phelps buys Mrs. Chas Phipps 120 acre Center farm for 12,100 dollars, about 100 dollars an acre, with Mrs Phipps receiving 2 acres in Rawles section 5 for 3,600 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Anderson
Harry Smith
Center Township
Andrew Langston
Mr. Anderson
Malvern
Mr. Smith
Glenwood
Wm. Stdd
Frank McDole
Rawles
George Phelps
Matrimonial Matters Bride’s Wedding at Tabor Residence
Laura Alice Torrence married Ira Gilbert Jacobs of Rontanelle in a Thursday ceremony at the Torrence residence in Tabor. Rev J W Ferner officiated to about sixty guests with Mabel Russell as the wedding march, the bride wearing cream silk with lace and chiffon garniture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torrence
Tabor
Laura Alice
Ira
Gilbert Jacobs
Rontanelle
J. W. Ferner
Mabel Russell
Novel sheep powered tread mill at Goodrich farm
A Glenwood area report describes a big wooly sheep climbing a tread mill on Goodrich’s northwest farm that powers a cream separator and other devices. The improvised setup, built by Goodrich, is said to work well. Nearby Bower Bros. recently received a factory tread mill intended for dogs or sheep, touted as cheap power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. Goodrich
Glenwood
Goodrich
Bower Bros
Death notices from Red Oak and Mills County
Elizabeth Oaks mother of W B Oaks of Silver City and sister of Dr O B Bosbyshell dies in Red Oak. She lived with her daughter Lottie Fenton and will be buried in Glenwood after Red Oak services Wednesday. Also details funeral of C O Oaks from near Kirkwood Ill born April 19 1847 and married Anna May Fox with survivors Gayle Steiner and Charles Walter Oaks. Joseph L McNay funeral noted north of Mills County.
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Red Oak
Elizabeth Oaks
Glenwood
W. B. Oaks
Silver City
Lottie Fenton
O. B. Bosbyshell
C. O. Oaks
Tribune
Red Bink
Emerson
Emerson Maptist Church
Emerson Cemetery
Kelley
Oaks
East End
Mills County
Kirkwood
Ill
Anna May Fox
Biggsville
Red Oak M. BE
Gayle I. Steiner
Charles Walter Oaks
Death of Silver City resident in Omaha hospital funeral at Methodist church
Silver City man died February 23 in an Omaha hospital. Funeral services were held last Wednesday at the Silver City Methodist church led by Rev. Peter Jacobs. The Masons, under Worshipful Master H. A. Norton of the Malvern lodge, conducted the last part. Mr. McNay was born April 22, 1849 in Green County, Pennsylvania, and moved to Silver City in 1876. His wife survives him. he had no children.
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Silver City
Omaha
Methodist Church
Peter Jacobs
Masons
H. A. Norton
Malvern Lodge
McNay
Green County
Pennsylvania
Leap Year Dance Draws Wide Glenwood Attendance
Young women of Glenwood hosted a leap year dance last Friday in Myers Hall. The event featured decorations, 28 couples dancing to the Kaufman Orchestra of Omaha, an encore for most of the 241 numbered pieces, and a grand march led by Glen Mills and Miss Euphemia Evernham. Distance attendees included Miss Beulah Hunt of Galesburg, Miss Marie Kesterson of Fairbury, Tarry Kneeland of Malvern, Nate Wilson of Villisca, and Clarence Jones of Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood
Myers Hall
Kaufman Orchestra
Omaha
Glen Mills
Council Bluffs
Euphemia Evernham
Beulah Hunt
Galesburg I
Marie Kesterson
Fairbury
Tarry Kneeland
Malvern
Nate Wilson
Villisca
Clarence Jones
Omalia
Scarlet fever quarantines hit two families near Glenwood
Families of Elmer Stacey and Robert Gilleard, residents southwest of Glenwood, are under quarantine for scarlet fever. About six Gilleard children may contract the illness. all five Stacey children are sick. Five-year-old Woody Stacey is in critical condition for several days. Mrs. Guy McClenathan and a trained nurse from Council Bluffs assist the families, with hopes for quick recoveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Stacey
Robert Gilleard
Glenwood
Gilleard
Stacey
Woody
Guy McClenathan
Council Bluffs
Ona
Ana
School Elections Across County Set For Next Monday
Schools in towns and rural districts vote next Monday on board seats and three year terms. Sub-districts voted yesterday while Malvern and Pasitic Junction decide free text books. Swope was appointed last spring to fill the C R Buidington vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malvern
Pasitic Junction
Glenwood
Albert Heinsheimer
C. P. Hale
Swope
C. R. Buidington
Trapping on Silver Creek Rich Muskrat Mink Area
Silver City Times notes Silver Creek as a trapping hub. Henry Lasley reports season catches of 23 muskrats 27 minks 4 coons and 7 skunks with strong skins values od cents for muskrat 62 to 4 dollars for minks 1.50 for coons and 1.25 for skunk. He calls this winter the best for muskrats and mink in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver City Times
Silver Creek
Henry Lasley
The
Times
Lasley
Busy Mills County Treasurer Handles Big Tax Day
W I Fickel Mills county treasurer processed over $1500 in cash receipts at the counter last Saturday while Deputy Workman was away in Henderson. Tomer worked alone handling mail business and tax receipts, and readers are reminded that March is the last month to pay taxes before penalties attach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. I., Fickel
Mills County
Henderson
Tomer
Tribune
Van Fleet Leaves Pacific Junction School Board Post
Charles Van Fleet, a high school teacher, departed Sunday night without resignation or notice, taking a midnight train to St. Joseph to assume a conductor role on a streetcar. His Riverton home is listed as his, and his absence leaves the Pacific Junction school board short one teacher.
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Pacific Junction
Charles van Fleet
St. Joe
Riverton
Leap Day Weddings and Births Stir Mills County Notices
A Mills county couple Clyde Thomas and Louella McAlexander wed on February 29 and face odd anniversaries every four years. The article lists several leap day birthdays and celebrations across Genwood Glenwood Malvern and Silver City, noting nine Feb 29 births and multiple tied to local families and shops.
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Mills County
Clyde Thomas
Louella McAlexander
McAlexander
Henton
Jon Thomas
St. Mary Township
Mills County Streams Overflow From Melting Snow
The rapid thaw caused streams to breach banks across Mills County with widespread flooding. Keg Creek at Glenwood remained within its banks while others spilled over. North of Malvern farmers are straightening bends in Silver Creek to reduce flood risk.
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Mills County
Glenwood
Malvern
Silver Creek
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Realm of Queen Mills
J. L. McNay
Joseph L. McNay
Lubia
Ahon
Ideal Opera Co
Werth i Hecht
van Fleet
the Tribune
Genwood
Robert Cogley
Windham
Ervin Meyers
Will Meyers
Nannie Walter
Congregational Church
HW. W. Benson
N. T. Bradway
Mwe
Ab Malvern
Will Worz
Buck and Bi
Bushnell & Worz
Wm. van Doren
Squire van Doren
Frances McCoy
Little George Tickrel
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