A Swish of the Cyclone Destroys Mills County Farmsteads
A powerful cyclone formed over Nebraska struck Mills County Iowa damaging farms in St Mary township. The storm leveled buildings and sheds and trapped workers at Island Park near Burlington. Several deaths and many injuries were reported as trains and telegraph lines were disrupted by the storm and resulting floods.
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Mills County
Nebraska
St. Mary
Missouri
Bellevue
Watson
Fremont County
Page County
Qolarinda
South Bend
Platte River
Louisville
Springfield
Fort Crook
Presbyterian College
Uncle Sam
Island Park
Burlington Station
J .Henton
Council Bluffs
K. C
Burlington
Platte Valley
Silver City Social News and Local Notes
Miss Mabel McCoy visits relatives at Tabor and Malvern. M Flammant of Mineola attends bank directors meeting in Silver City. A daughter born to HH Dresser on May 7. GD Greenwood of Emerson on business in Silver City. FD Francis of Malvern returns from Colorado and greets friends. Mr and Mrs B Taylor of Tabor visit Silver City relatives. New carpet to be laid at Methodist church this week. Maurice Kehoe arrives from Blue Springs to become cashier at Silver City State Bank. Avery Miller visits Hastings. JM Miller injured by a tack, risk of blood poisoning. Memorial day services at Methodist church May 17 with special music and address by Rev Peter Jacobs. Mrs Iola Sidner hurt after being stepped on by a cow. Rural mail carriers begin 9:30 am starts from Silver City post office. Epworth league officers installed at Methodist church: Miss Emma Huffaker president. vice presidents Anna Plumb, Beulah Christy, Dora Powers, Sadie Reeve. secretary Barbara Agan. treasurer John Wright.
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Mabel McCoy
Tabor
Malvern
M Flammant
Mineola
Silver City
Dresser
GD Greenwood
Emerson
Francis
Colorado
B Taylor
Methodist Church
Maurice Kehoe
Blue Springs
Nab
Peter Jacobs
Iola Sidner
Epworth League
Emma Huffaker
Anna Plumb
Beulah Christy
Dora Powers
Sadie Reeve
Barbara Agan
John Wright
Malvern Leader Hails A E Cook As District Judge Candidate
The Malvern Leader announces Hon A E Cook of Malvern as a candidate for district court judge. Republicans in Glenwood discussed the candidacy today and received it with favorable talk among them.
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Malvern
A. E. Cook
Glenwood
Cook
Doings of the Death Angel in Mills and Malvern area
Obituaries and notices from Mills Iowa and Malvern Florida reflect a series of local deaths. Grandmother Verlinda Fowler aged about 91, born December 25 1817 in Pennsylvania, died at Pacific Junction. Funeral at her daughter Mrs Hugh Kenney’s home conducted by Rev E E Goodrich with burial at Glenwood cemetery. Other notices include Mrs L Bentley of Malvern who died May 3 in Tampa survived by husband and four children. Wm A Angus 25 of Malvern died at Horswill North Dakota from diphtheria and pneumonia, following the death of another child two weeks earlier. a wife and one child survive.
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Grandma Verlinda Fowler
Mills
County
Pacific Junction
Hugh Kenney
Rhoads
Pensylvania
Isaac Fowler
Iowa
Charles Kroon
OQ. Burgess
Robert Beele
J. §. Bacus
R. BE. McDonald
L. H. Gammon
L. Bentley
Malvern
Tampa
Fla
Bentley
Malvern National Bank
Wm. A. Angus
William Angus
Horswill
North Dakota
Glenwood Field Meet Held Despite Light Attendance
Glenwood high school held a Wednesday field meet at Williams grove with small attendance due to weather. If conditions improve a large group will travel to Tabor for a general high school meet. Laurence Bogart led with 53 points across 14 events, ten wins and one second. Wayne Bogart earned 20 points with five seconds and a tie for second in another. Ralph Heinsheimer totaled 15 points with a half mile victory and three silvers. George Staples collected 12 points with a hammer throw win and two seconds. Fred Dull led in pole vault and Eugene Hale was runner-up. Bernard Gunselley won the mile in 5 minutes 50 seconds.
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Glenwood
Williams Grove
Tabor
Laurence Bogart
Wayne Bogart
Ralph Heinsheimer
George Staples
Fred Dull
Eugene Hale
Bernard Gunselley
Huge Steer Attracts Nebraska Natives On Stout Farm
James Stout, former Mill county resident and Sheriff Linville’s brother in law, keeps a 3500 pound steer on his Western Nebraska farm. At five years old it towers six feet two inches tall and ten feet long. Stout plans to exhibit at state fairs. Oshkosh Herald notes the monster eats a bushel and a half of ground feed daily and he refused a $700 offer.
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James Stout
Mill County
Linville
Nebraska
Stout
Oshkosh Herald
Jas, Stout
Mrs Fickel Improves After Serious Illness Report
Mrs Fickel wife of Treasurer W H Pickel is reported better this morning Tuesday's Tribune noted her very serious illness relatives and friends are hopeful over her improved condition
Matrimonial Matters Link Creston to Pacific Junction Union
Junction residents report a Creston wedding performed by Justice Harry Smith uniting Mrs. W P Renshaw of Pacific Junction and her groom. The couple promptly returned to Pacific Junction. A marriage license issued in Council Bluffs to Frank H Berry of Malvern and Laura Rasmus sen. of Council Bluffs followed on Wednesday.
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Davis
Frank H. Berry
Malvern
Laura Rasmussen
Council ‘Bluffs
Special Election to Vote on a New Court House in Mills County
Mills County Iowa schedules a special election for June 22 1908 to decide issuing bonds of 75000 dollars to build a new courthouse on the Glenwood public square and to authorize a yearly levy not exceeding two mills for ten years to pay principal and interest. Polls open eight am to seven pm at usual polling places.
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Mills County
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Glenwood
B. YT
Agan
the Tribune
Court Next Week to Finish April Term in Glenwood
Judge Thornell will return next Tuesday to Glenwood to complete the April term of the district court focusing on equity and probate matters. Jurors are unlikely to be summoned, a relief for farmers who prefer to stay home and plant corn.
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Thornell
Glenwood
District Court
Brother Shoots Brother in Pacific Junction Domestic Trouble
Earl Perkins known as Kelley, 27, shot by his brother Wright Perkins at Wrights home in Pacific Junction after a confrontation. The bullet lodged in the right jaw, Earl questioned, then recovered. Wright surrendered to Constable Zornes and was bound over to the September grand jury on $1000 bond. Local sentiment favors the elder Perkins as justified.
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Earl Perkins
Kelley
Wright Perkins
Pacific Junction
Earl
Constable I
Zornes
Perinks
John Gamblin
Mr. Perkins
Constable Zornes
Glenwood
Gennung & Genung
Perkins
D. W. DeLashmutt
R. BE. McDonald
O. Burgess
St Marys Local Notes Highlight Harvest and Happenings
Miss Josie Bailey resumes duties as a school maam north of Weston in Pottawattamie county. Eureka No 1 Sunday school drew eleven attendees despite rain and mud. Farmers rush corn planting for Fourth of July celebrations as Grant Swizart plants 30,000 sweet potatoes after the rain. A McAlexander family birthday gathering near Henton marks May 10 for Mrs George Young. Rumors of a big wedding circulate though no bells heard. Mrs Marlin Young visited Mrs Wilson. Mrs Arp on sick list. Miss Bertha Karr eighteenth birth day party. Marlin Young remains ill. AO Karr noted as the smartest man with fifty acres of corn, some planted by them in overcoats.
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Josie Bailey
Weston
Pottawattamie
Eureka No. 1
Old St Mary
Grant Swizart
McAlexander
Henton
George Young
Marlin Young
Wilson
Arp
Bertha Karr
AO Karr
Qvercoata
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Ott Allis
Bartel Anderson
Allis
Huff
Mr. Huff
Northwest Mills
Ben Marks
St. Mary Township
Facilic Junction
Newton
Payton
Mother Earth
Finnagan
Mosquito Creek
J. B. Brandt
Pays
Tally
W. Godsey
Heaton
O. EB. Allis
Bluffs
Ele
Mr. Allis
Louisiana
Gilliam
Grandma Fowler
William A. Angus
Glenwood Field
Mrs. Fickel
Court House
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