He Led Them From Libby Prison Escape Tale of General Rose
Thomas E. Rose, brevet brigadier general, died in Washington on December 18. He led a 15 man Libby prison escape team in 1864, digging a 70 foot tunnel with improvised tools, rope, and a coal chute spindle, surfacing with a rope ladder and a perilous vented shaft. Seventeen days of silent labor yielded a successful breakout, 109 prisoners missing the next roll call, with 59 reaching Union lines, 48 recaptured, two drowned. Rose was later exchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Rose
U. S. AL
Washington
Libby Prison
New York
Rose
Chickamauga
Weldon
D. C
Libby
A. G. Hamilton
Twelfth
Kentucky Cavalry
Hats’ Hell
Janes River Towing Company
Himself
Hamilton
Richmond
Commissioners of Exchange
Belle Isle
Legerdemann
Rata’ Bell
Lew
Lose
Tose
Mineola News Highlights Growth and Local Happenings
The Mineola column notes Prosperity with new homes and improved bank interiors. Farmers see value in Keg Creek straightening, while Julius Kierseh introduces a two row cultivator to the area. Automobile sales, fence repairs after high water, and a lye accident involving a 2 year old are recorded alongside civic notes on Decoration Day plans and local religious installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman
Julius Kierseh
Ellwood
A C Sperry
Leo Jurgens
Council Bluffs
Stitzler
Mineola Lutheran Church
Hoff
Treynor Church
Mineola
Tribune
Emerson Presbyterian Breakfast Funds and Local News Highlights
Emerson notes a May breakfast raised 17 dollars from last Thursday. Depot mishap upset Clark while handing a train order as coal fell from a tender. Ada Winkler visited Miss Edith Evans last Tuesday. Miss Evans’s father was in Emerson for business. Mrs Lou Tupper visits Ogallala and western points for weeks. Mrs MS Evans prepared a Lake Okoboji cottage for summer occupancy. The high school commencement program for June 1 at the opera house features a full line of speeches solos recitations and diplomas with Prof M CG Galpin presenting diplomas. See Miss Noonan for hair switches and Glenwood photographic services at Robinson's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Ada Winkler
Edith Evans
Emerson
Lou Tupper
Ogal-lala
Neb
MS Evans
Lake Okoboji
Opera House
G W Maine
Valse de Julliette
Ella Honeyman
Hazel Carr
Luella McDowell
Jennie V Crawford
Faye Geopfarth
Hazel N Carr
Mary H Evans
Will
Luella McDowall
M CG Galpin
Benedicton
Rey John Taylor
Malvern Alums Banquet Set for June Fourth Night
The Malvern high school alumni association votes to hold its annual banquet on the night of June 4. A series of upcoming events includes graduation week with 14 seniors finishing, a class sermon at the Baptist church, and a program at the opera house next Wednesday. Local notes cover Forrest Ruth breaking an arm in a hillside skating fall, Mayor Dan Whitfield moving his law office, and various residents’ activities including travel, teaching prospects, and horse shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frauen Verein
Mineola
Europe
Henry Kuse
Hlammant
Carpenter's Union
North Pale
Malvern High School Alumni Association
Forrest Ruth
T White
Steamboat Springs
Cola
Will Summers
Columbus
Neb
Alice Brothers
Howard Brothers
Agra
Kan
Len Oviatt
W T Kelley
Dan Whitfield
Malvern National Bank
E. Benjamin Andrews
Nebraska State University
Getting Even at the Savings Bank
A brief notes section recounts a depositor refusing to answer a husband or wife question on an identification form at a savings bank, illustrating feistiness and independence. The item also lists real estate for sale in Glenwood, Iowa, including a 120 acre farm in Center township with improvements and a house and lot, tied to the A. B. Clarkson estate via N. S. Genung, referee.
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Savings Bank
Peter Jones
London
Center Township
City of
Glenwood
A. B. Clarkson
N. S. Genung
Iowa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mills County
Cribane
W. F. Bill N. T. Bradway Publishers
Benet
West Baned
Hanrs
Rachel M. Dolph
F. M. Shriver
Surgical and Mechanical
Dyar Black
Northwest Corner Square
W. S. Elliott
Northeast Corner Square
H. B. Milliron
Rewer Bros
Theo, W. Ivory
Carl H, Oti
Ivory & Otis
Attorneys At Law
Chas. W. Rathke
North Side
Inwa
Amos Dean
Carpenter & Contractor
Glenwood, Iowa
Singer Office
Mickelwail Block
North Side Square
F. G. Day
Hon. W. 8. Lewis
Mills County National Bank
Glenwood State Bank
W. M. Lamb Bank
Carter Block
Henry Roenfeld
Keg Creek Valley
Tie
Miss Noonan
Robinson’s
Malvern
Omaha
Pacific Jo
W. H. Taylor
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