County Queen Mills and town notes span reform and travel
Miss Emma Watson resigns from the City telephone office, with Edith Davis replacing her. Local health notes include Dr Campbell’s lip cancer treatment and the county’s fine X-ray machine. Community events cover firemen's tournament plans, high school seniors’ graduation at Silver City, and local births, deaths, and visits. More items report travel, property, and agricultural updates.
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Emma Watson
City
Wwdith Davis
Miss Watson
Minneapolis
Marshall Shutliff
Tudor
Colorado
Matthew Wiggins
Henderson News Roundup Prominent Local Happenings
Henderson schools will graduate six students Fred Workman Ralph Boileau Harry Graham Ora Harbor Edna Harlan and Bertha Strater Shirley Gilliland will address the Miss Oliver new grammar teacher and Miss Servis of Vail Crawford county no teaching changes announced Parker Mayves install a large snow refrigerator for a new meat market and build a slaughter house near the river a baby girl arrived April 26 at Frank Decker’s Bone farm with measles present the mother and child recovering Ployd Carey dies at 18 at St Joseph's hospital Omaha burial at Macedonia Geo Rew ships four cars of cattle this week and still has about 3000 head Tudor A Thomas and Edith Jones wed April 22 at Rees Jones home Mrs P A Leech dies of heart disease at Macedonia Sturgeon travels west Nebraska for land sales Henderson ball team to Malvern Friday for opening game Clara Davis buys spring millinery Elda Hongas visits Callaway Plumb to Nebraska farm a small tent show is set for Friday
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Henderson
Fred Workman
Ralph Boileau
Harry Graham
Ora Harbor
Edna Harlan
Bertha Strater
Shirley Gillilland
Glenwood
Miss Oliver
Limons
Miss Servis
Vail
Crawford County
Parker & Mayves
Frank Decker
Bone
Ployd Carey
St Joseph’s Hospital
Omaha
Macedonia
Geo
Sturgeon
Nebraska
Hastings Class of Six Faces Graduation Grit
Hastings celebrates a six member graduating class with a two to one female majority noted in the cohort. Commencement exercises set for Wednesday night May 20 and the EPs hosted a farewell social featuring progress and raffles.
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Hastings
Mariel Martin
Mdna Scanlan
George Shoop
Walter Mason
Rolf
Willie Whitnall
Ep’s
Progressive
Mamie Hunt
Harry Keifer
Strahan Mercantile Firms Include Salyers & Co and New Lumber Line
Geo F Salyers & Co of Strahan, with a Clarks branch, earns praise for grain hardware implements and buggy trade, adding lumber to its stock since last fall. Manager Kayton also serves as Strahan postmaster. Bellwood plans a fall sale of Jersey red hogs, boasting 02 pigs, 12 sows, and a notable male bought at Lincoln. Funeral services for Floyd Carey, nephew of UK Boyer and Lew Achenbach, were held at Macedonia, Bloomington. A correction notes a prior printing error and mentions Sunbeam graduates numbering 11.
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Geo F Salyers & Co
Strahan
Clarks
Kayton
Bif Bellwood
Lincoln
Boyer
Jake
Lew Achenbach
Floyd Carey
Bloomington
Neb
Macedonia
Sunbeam
Twol
Hillsdale Barn Completed and Local Ventures Noted
Hillsdale reports a new 48 by 50 foot barn built by H N M Chambers and neighbor Frank Plumb at a cost of 600 dollars, with 24 foot center posts and capacity for 100 tons of hay. Local activity includes corn shipments to Hopp & Kiersch, railway cement work, and visits by residents to Nebraska and South Omaha.
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N M Chambers
Chambers
Frank Plumb
Hillsdale
Cornfield
Frank Hammond
Hopp '& Kiersch
Nims Bros Fine
S P Kelley
Nebraska
Tabor Topics Highlights Missionary Move and Local Notes
The Tabor home adds another missionary Delbert Thornton heading to Seattle for Japan, total 33 sent out. Dr WT Campbell and Lena Hume wed April 25 at Stanberry Missouri. Herbert McDonald named assistant surgeon at U S hospital near Manila. Thurman Telephone Co re-incorporated as Fremont County Telephone Co at $50 shares. Rev Polhemus to auction his Port Ewen residence today. D I Low resigns for health, heads to Excelsior Springs. L J Nettleton farewell hosted by Woman's Union. Profit Grazier, ex L of Tabor College, elected third year at Kansas State University. 21 Tubor High School graduates this year. Charlie Laird named assistant cashier at First National Bank. Junior-senior prize debate set for next Friday. Born April 29 to Geo Timson and wife, a son.
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Thurman Telephone Co
Fremont County Telephone Co
C H Polhemus
Port Ewen
Tabor
Excelsior Springs
L. J. Nettleton
A T West
Profit Grazier
Ubor Iollege
Kansas State University
Tubox
Charlie Laird
First National Bank
Geo Timson
Pacific Junction Marriages And Local Notes
Claude Anderson and Miss Mabel A Nash wed at Waukee near Des Moines. Reception planned at the groom's parents in their home. May 12 home establishment. Also Chase Tyson to marry Chloe Bridenstein in Council Bluffs and live in Alliance Neb. Seven students head for high school graduation with address by Geo W Gullison. Various town happenings include a gumbo mishap, a May birthday, visits, shipments, and local commerce notes.
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Claude Anderson
Mabel A Nash
Kate Nash
Waukee N
Des Moines
Frank Anderson
Lizzie Templeton
Omaha
Lincoln
Anderson
Davis & Anderson Bank
Legion
Ilady
Chase Tyson
Council Bluffs
Chloe Bridenstein
Mechanic Bridenstein
Be C
Alliance
Neb
Tyson
Elizabeth Martin
Albert Kroon
Ada Smalley
Milo Moore
May Barnes
Bertha Nelson
Bert Hume
Geo W Cgullison
Harlan
al Lincoln
Chas Dorf
Bluffs
Reno
Davis & Anderson
South Omaha
Chas Waldron
P L Peterson
Martin
Emerson Area News Highlights New Subscribers and Town Plans
Emerson updates report new Tabor telephone line subscribers including RS Hillyer J W Lewis and others. Seventeen more names follow with eighteen phones planned. Emerson high school graduates listed and upcoming events noted including May 22 exercises. A new Agnew clothing store is announced with PJ Agnew and F H Betts leasing Silas Douglas' former space. Principal Prof Barton resigns for a Tulsa job. AW DeWitt relocates near Butte City Neb with son Will possibly Omaha. Subway crossing on Sardar Street touted to improve travel. Jessie Cheney named as teacher. Rollins Coppock travels to Cleveland for mining business. Fourth of July celebration planned. births announced for James Longshore and Thos McCarty families.
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Tabor
Imogene North
Emerson
RS Hillyer
J W Lewis
Martin Sends
FP Moenhart
Emerson High School
Via
Mamie Cheney
Mabel Sandiland
Carrie Crawford
Dana Abel
Elotu Binnix
Harry McPadden
Oliver Patrick
Agnew
Creston
PJ Agnew
F H Betts
Silas Douglas
Simpson
Prof Barton
Tulsa
Indian Territory
Ohere
AW DeWitt
Judge Hotel
Butte City
Neb
Omaha
Sardar Street
Jessie Cheney
Wmerson
Rollins Coppock
Cleveland
Ohio
Myrtle Leach
Hattie Gwathmey
James Longshore
Thos McCarty
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A J
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John Frazer
Bright
Isaac Mulholland
J W McNulty
Green Bay
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Chas Follett
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Oliver Hammers
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Dr Cook
Red Oak
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Euelah Christy
Georgian van Kirk
Roy Ruins
Opera House
Congressman Burkett
Frank Slaughter
Rerain
Mills County
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J C Jackson
Clarence Virline
Dick Menifee
Gouletin
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Imogene
M Flammant
Mineola
Papillion
Wa Pollitt
J W Saar
John Parker
Burt Huffaker
Virtue
Robi Voss
Ora Harold
Box Elder
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Lee Quimby
Lew Windham
L 8 McParland
Union Pacific
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Theo Mases
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Yelow Kids
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Carson
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Custer County
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Win Keffer
G D Keffer
A F Seeger
Gertrude van Orsdale
Mel Dalton
Lou Shepard
Walter Shepard
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George Brooks
Frank Stroud
Oakdale
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Fay
Jud Smalley
Pacific Junction
H G Var Slyke
Clay Center
Kan
Flick & Johnson
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Friends
IP Kelley
CE Noel
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Tabor Topics
Tabor Waith
Delbert Thornton
Sidney
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Japan
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Lena Hume
Stanberry
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Herbert McDonald
U 8
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James Mullica
Watkins Ditch
Wm Clues
J G Sargent
Wm Hewitt
AL Bergsma
Miss McClintock
JD Redman
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Robi Johnson
D.G. Jamison
Finkenstein
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