Henderson notes and social rounds in Webster County
Miss Mabel Crosthwait visits Red Oak. Lawrence Paul and Mrs W D Craig attend Edith Robbins marriage in Lincoln. Hallowe en social draws 50. new school building occupied. Hon G A Gearhart lecture upcoming. Local politics, stores reshaped by sales and arrivals. farmers optimistic on corn yields due to repeated plowing. various visits to Red Oak Glenwood Des Moines Council Bluffs Malvern and Omaha noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Crosthwait
Red Oak
William Workman
Glenwood
Fred
Charles Maynes
Emerson
Mr Schuler
Henderson
Christian Church
Lawrence Paul
W D Craig
Lincoln
Neb
Edith Robbins
Hallowe'en
Thos Kiger
Woodbine
Andrew Kiger
Kate Quinn
Creston
Marion Maxwell
Maud Kiger
G A Gearhart
Joel Woods
Rawles
Council
Biitis
Wilson
Crosthwart
Edna Dorr
Des Moines
Drake University
G B Fickel
Council Bluffs Hospital
Herbert Buck
Oakland
Harry Friest
Helen Genevieve
Mr Stewart
Council Bluffs
Shirley Gillilland
L T Genung
Jacob Coppock
Omaha
Joe Woods
Sowers Boys
G W Hutton
Swaney
Malvern
J E Briggs
O Harvey
George Houser
Wm Workman
CS Swaney
Odd Fellows
Larness
Fred Greig
Hastings Play Draws Big Crowds at Opera House
A Pythian Sisters production at the Hastings opera house drew strong attendance with about one third unable to enter. The event, plus a lively week of local activity, highlights Hastings growing interest in home talent theater and notes a spring district convention for Pythian Sisters in Hastings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitnall
Glenwood
Jennie Priest
Annie Peterson
Malvern
Wm Owens
Oklahoma
Robert Skillicorn
Glenwood Granite Works
Hastings
Ruth Bond
Hancock
Fred Henderson
Avery Miller
Pythian
Walter Mason
Union Depot
Opera House
Hayden
James Clark
W B Hutchings
I Red Priest
Emerson
BR Whitnall
Pythian Sisters
Fred Greig
Henderson
Francis Curran
Iowa
Emerson Chronicle notices and social roundup
A wide local update notes Mrs W R Whitnall’s tireless work, visits by Sheriff Tinville and Editor Hill, and social gatherings at Glenwood and Emerson. Mentions depots, school friends, and a Hallowe’en party at the vacant Geepforth house. Reports on Frank Garey at the grocery, a possible poisoning scare, real estate polling, rail switch work, and town officials planning amid illness. Elisabethtown and nearby residents attend events with Norco, Ward, and Carey families noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W R Whitnall
Malvern
Sheriff
Tinville
Glenwood
Opera House
Fred Henderson
Avery Miller
Miss Bond
Frank Davis
Wif’ Hill
May Colling
Helen Whitnall
Frank Garey
Charles Purcell
G E Lakin
Ward
McQoolsbunelion
Ned
DF T Tallett
Emerson
GL Drill
WH McLain
Tra Cheney
Colorado
Mort Collins
Mills County
Dr Stephenson
Sheridan
Wye
M L Evans
Vernon Griffith
Merritt
Hastings
Deer Creek
Silas Parmlee
Shiffer & Son
Nodaway
James I. Galbraith
Gladstone
Wheer
Alva Strickler
Burlington
Red Oxuk
Henry Schick
Stewart Honeyman
A F Smith
Hershey
Neb
R O Smith
Young People's Club
Geepforth
Madison
Kenneth
Shattuck Military School
Faribault
Minn
WH Eaton
Roy Candee
Rey
Candee
Mary Carey
Son
Con
Council Bluffs
James Noonan
Cary
Carey
Mmerson
Weeping Water City Marshal slain during arrest attempt
Charles A. Ralston, city marshal of Weeping Water Nebraska, was murdered Sunday at 6 pm while pursuing two desperadoes linked to a recent Manley bank robbery. The fugitives registered at a local hotel as Charles Shelders and Arthur Munster, described as 25 and 23 with specific builds and dark attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Ralston
Weeping Water
Neb
Manley Bank
Weeping Water Hotel
Charles Shelders
Arthur Munster
Shelders
Munster
Ile
Forieguer
Death of Mrs. William Sawyers at Brownsville
Word comes of the death of Mrs. William Sawyers at Brownsville Oregon on October 18. She had been in poor health for months yet appeared well that morning. Her husband left for a neighbor’s at about 5 o’clock and upon returning at 9:30 found her dead. Doctors had been giving her strychnine tablets but she had run out. The husband found a tea cup under the bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sawyers
Brownsville
Ore
Premium List for National Corn Exposition Opens in Omaha
Premium lists of the National Corn Exposition released this week include unusual Iowa grain exhibit premiums. The 64 page pamphlet lists judges from Iowa such as W. A. Hook Paul Tall and M. L. Bowman with P. G. Liolden as receiving judge. Assistants include George M. Allee J. F. Summers N. H. Klopping and J. H. Petty. Premium lists are free upon request to National Corn Exposition Omaha. Also notice of a sheriff sale: the west half of the southeast quarter of section 26 township 73 range 42 Mills County Iowa, to be sold at public sale November 15 1908 at the Mills County Courthouse Glenwood. L. G. Linville Sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
Iowa
Omaha
W. A. Hook
Paul Tall
Ames
W. Heathershaw
Des Moines
M. L. Bowman
P. G. Liolden
Corn Train Special Fame
George M. Allee
Newell
Malvern
N. H. Klopping
Neola
J. H. Petty
Hilcott
National Corn Exposition
J. Wilkes Jones
District Court of
Mills
County
Glenwood State Bank
BR. M. McClure
Annie MecClure
Township Seventy-Three
Court House
Glenwood
L. G. Linville
Quiet title suit in Mills County removes mortgage cloud
In District Court of Town Mills County a petition seeks to quiet title to real estate in Glenwood and remove a cloud from a mortgage of 256.60 paid but not released. The mortgage from Anna Sherfey to Z Buckingham, recorded Oct 4 1877, is barred by statute. Defendants must appear by noon of the second day of the November term or default will be entered. Dated Oct 19 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of
State of
Iowa
Mills County
Anna Sherfey
Z. Buckingham
Glenwood
A.D
Genung & Genung
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dr. Price
Mr. Sawyers
Hillsdale
I. M. Buffington
Puley
Enok
R.H. Daniel
Poland
Chinas
C. E. Carliff's
Malvern, Iowa
F. L. Clark
Fred Durbin
G. H. White
Duroc Jersey Hogs
Donna Bell
Della Quick
Lady Rankin
Carson
Iowa Hog Cholera Vaccine Co
U. S
C.J. Koehler
Tribune
All
Mills County News
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