Methodist District Conference to Meet in Silver City Next Week
The semi annual Methodist district conference convenes Tuesday and Wednesday in Silver City. Rev R R Moser opens with devotion at 9 30 am followed by organization and business. T K Stewart speaks on Intermediate State at 11 am with a full program of services and discussions by church leaders through Wednesday.
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Methodist District Conference
Silver City
R. R Moser
T. K. Stewart
W. N. Graves
Joseph Stephen
A. D. Davis
J. M. Williams
J. E. Matheney
J. H. Senseney
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Epidemic Sweeps Iowa City Campus Water Cited as Cause
An outbreak at the University of Iowa in Iowa City sickens 300 to 400 students, sending many to the university hospital. Classes are canceled and physicians are stretched thin as authorities install new drinking fountains and require boiled water for cooking and drinking while a rigid investigation proceeds.
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State University At
Iowa City
University Hospital
Fixing the Tariff Committee Starts Tariff Revisions Talks
The Ways and Means committee plans to begin consideration of the tariff and recommend wording changes for the next session. No new law is expected. the aim is to refine interpretation while preserving the protective policy. Manufacturers, producers, and importers will present views before a decision on the free list.
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Congressional Committee
Balfour and Silver City couples head to Washington meet
Mr and Mrs A B Judson of Balfour and Mr and Mrs John Plangan of Silver City left Saturday for Washington DC to attend the national grange meeting. They expect to stay two weeks and plan sightseeing in the east.
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A. B. Judson
Balfour
John Planagan
Silver City
Washington, D. C
National Grange
East
Railroads to furnish free baggage cars for Omaha Exposition
Exhibits to Omaha Free Baggage cars will be furnished by the railroads coming into Omaha to bring exhibits to the National Goln Exposition free of charge. Those who desire to send exhibits will be notified of the days these cars will be carried by the railroads. The plan aims to have cars at all county seats in states showing the Omaha exhibit. exhibitors need only express their intent.
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Omaha
Exhibits Routed Free to Omaha by Baggage Car
The bag gage car will stop at the nearest point and have the exhibits brought to Omaha without charge. An attendant will be assigned to the baggage car from its origin to Omaha to supervise handling, ensuring safe, timely delivery in good condition.
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Omaha
Page County election yields first Democrat county attorney in 46 years
The Shenandoah Sentinel notes Fredrick Fisher of Shenandoah won county attorney by 47 percent, party majority 1415, while editor Jamieson to be honored for congress victory. Willoughby Dye re-elected to the legislature with 400 vote margin. Fremont switches to Bryan by 64. Penn elected representative by 41 votes. Elmer Anderson recorder and Dr. S. C. McKitrick coroner win solidly. margins vary across Mills County.
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Shenandoah
Willloughby Dye
Macedonia
Glenwood
Mills County
Pottawattamie County
Fremont County
Roosevelt
Bryan
Penn
Miss Simons
E. A. Harrison
Elmer Anderson
S. C. McKitrick
Goroner
Tabor
Small Pox Situation in Deer Creek Township
No change in the small pox case count down south of Hastings. One case remains a boy in the Marion Kelso home. no new cases. Fourteen voters from ten quarantined families were unable to vote last Tuesday. I M Cully was warned away from the polls. A baby girl born Friday night to Mr and Mrs Albert Feast died shortly after birth. the family remained under quarantine.
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Hastings
Deer Creek
Marion Kelso
I. M. Cully
Albert
Henderson man sent to Knoxville for liquor treatment
Taken to Knoxville Sheriff Linville was at Sidney last Saturday having in charge G. I. Arnold of Henderson. Arnold was arraigned before Judge Thornell who ordered commitment to the inebriate hospital at Knoxville for three years. He was taken to Knoxville Saturday night on No. 12 by Linville. Arnold, a brick mason by trade, is a good workman but the liquor habit has the upper hand and he seeks treatment.
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Linville
Sidney
G. I. Arnold
Henderson
Thornell
Arnold
Knoxville
Doyle Burns Case Goes To November Term Docket
Clark Davis reports inquiries from Doyle Burns case lawyers about placing the matter on the November term docket. If the big case starts, it will require an all writer's jury assignment during the upcoming term.
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Clark Davis
Doyle-Burns
Official Count Adjusts Mills County 1908 Election Returns
Mills County Board completed the official canvass in Glenwood noting several precinct adjustments that slightly alter majorities. Revisions appear in Platteville Henderson and Emerson precincts with changes to Huffaker Rhoads Taylor Fickel and others. Prohibition electors vote and Emerson precinct shows most voters cast full presidential elector ballots. three Republicans failed to vote a full slate.
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Glenwood
Platteville
Huffaker
Silver Creek Township
Greenwood
Rhoads
Recorder
Henderson
Crook
Taylor
Auditor
Criswell
Caroll
Taft
Emerson
Mills County
Glenwood High Upsets Co. Bluffs In 10–0 Victory
Glenwood high school defeated Council Bluffs second team 10 to 0 after most play in Glenwood territory. The Nonpareil called the boys busy farmers yet Glenwood controlled the game with few near misses near their goal line. They watched the Ames Nebraska game in Omaha and returned to a welcoming crowd at the depot.
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Glenwood
Council Bluffs
Bluffs
Omaha
Prairie farmers unveil corn husking machine trial success
Two of Prairie township's leading farmers have perfected a corn husking device. Upon trial, the machine husked their large corn herds efficiently, promising a practical upgrade for local agriculture.
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Prairie Township
Revised official returns show Taft leads with 438
Official count lists Taft as president with 438 votes, Carroll and others win various state and local offices including Lacy for U S Senate with 402, Gillilland and Huffaker among legislators, Crisswell as county auditor, Fickel treasurer, Davis clerk, Tinville sheriff, Clyde Rhoads as recorder, Masters as superintendent, Merritt coroner, Robbins and Nipp on the board, and J sees as surveyor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platteville
Otis
Star
Dolph
Masters
Silver Creek
Tribune
Criswell
Taylor
Fickel
Davis
Linville
Supervisor
Maxwell
Nipp
Hrandt
W. H. Taft
Sores
B. Carroll
Walter I. Smith
E. B. Woodruff
U. S
John F. Lacy
Shirley Gillilland
H. H. Huffaker
S. M. Crisswell
W. H. Fickel
F. H. Davis
L. G
Tinville
Clyde Rhoads
Ain Ga
Attorney
Starbuck
Dem
Bee CIA
Geo. E
E. A
Merritt
J. D, Robbins
F. H, Nipp
TB Surveyor
Art Exhibit at Glenwood Library This Week
Attend the Glenwood library art exhibit this Tuesday evening and tomorrow afternoon to benefit the library. Tickets are encouraged to support the library and showcase local art. Winter illnesses loom and Foley's Honey and Tar is advertised as a cure for coughs and lung strength, pushed by A. J. Howe of Lenwood.
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Glenwood Library
Foley
A. J. Howe
Lenwood
Machine huskes corn by nine horses and three men
The Hamburg Democrat notes a machine capable of husking six to ten acres of corn daily when ground conditions allow, requiring nine horses and three men to operate.
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Hamburg Democrat
Real estate transfers swap farms across Iowa and Nebraska
R W Gilleard trades a 420 acre Glenwood area farm in sections 48 and 34 for 860 acres near Columbus Nebraska. Wm Webster of Monroe Nebraska buys the Gilleard farm. Adam Gipe of White Cloud Township buys the 200 acre Boles farm west of Malvern priced at 110 dollars per acre. Frank Seis of near Randolph acquires T B Travis's eighty acre farm in the Nishina Botna valley for 150 dollars per acre, about 31 g miles east of Sidney.
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R. W. Gilleard
Glenwood
Columbus
Neb
Mills County
Nebraska
Gilleard
Wm. Webster
Monroe
John Wright
Lyons Township
Adam Gipe
White Cloud Township
Boles
Malvern
Burlington Company
GC. B. Christy
Fremont County
Frank Seis
Randolph
T. BR. Travis
Nishina Botna Valley
Sidney
Ye Olden Times Ezra Bradford Retells Pioneering Days
Ezra Bradford, an early Mills County settler who arrived in Glenwood in 1856, prepares to celebrate his 82nd birthday and his 52nd wedding anniversary with his wife. He recalls pioneer life, a 1854 teaching stint by Mrs. Bradford, and travel routes from Cincinnati to Glenwood, noting 6 to 8 day river trips and 24 hour stage journeys, plus an 18 day Cincinnati to St. Louis voyage.
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Ezra Bradford
Tribune
Mills County
Glenwood
Gradford
Deacon Briggs
Center Township
Briggs
Bradford
Ohio
Cincinnati
Missouri
St. Joe
St. Louis
Sons of Revolution Guests at Saratoga Celebration
Boston dispatch reports the Muasgacchu setts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution honored three men named as real sons of the Revolution John Adams Gardner 84 James axon Salem 82 and Arra I Clark Dorchester 80 at a Saratoga celebration marking Burgoyne s 1777 surrender. The note calls for a genuine daughter of the Revolution Mrs Susan Ostrander Mills county mother of George Ostrander near Glenwood aged past 90 who lived in Hartford fought King George.
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Boston
Saratoga
Burgoyne
Muasgacchusetts Society of the
John Adams
Gardner
James Axon
Salem
Arra I
Clark
Dorchester
Mills County
Susan Ostrander
George Ostrander
Glenwood
David Wood
Hartford
Conn
George
Andrews Resigns as Chancellor of Nebraska State University
Chancllor BK. B. Andrews resigns from his post as head of the University at Lincoln. The resignation, effective January 1, leaves no announced successor and notes his notoriety for friendliness toward large corporations and John D. Rockefeller.
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Chancllor BK. B. Andrews
Nebraska State University At
Lincoln
John D. Rockefeller
Wotan Townsend Dies After Farmhouse Kerosene Explosion
Mrs Townsend of the Henry Plumer farm north of Glenwood near Dumfries was burned to death when a kerosene can exploded as she poured fuel into a kitchen stove. She walked from the house in flames, was carried inside, and died within minutes despite Dr Jennings arrival.
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H. ©.Townsend
Henry Plumer
Glenwood
Dumfries
Hogs Bring Fair Prices at Malvern Sale
George White, Fred White, Fred Durbin and Frank L. Clark conducted a public sale of 35 Poland China hogs in Malvern last Saturday. Boars averaged 23.90 with a top of 50, sows 18, overall average 21.10. Prices ranged from 86 on boars and 40 to 5.50 on sows. Breeders note corn prices have demoralized the business and demand has fallen, but expect revival as prices rise.
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Poland
George
Fred White
Fred Durbin
Frank L. Clark
Malvern
Lincoln Asked for Blessing In 1858 Dining Hall Blessing
Mrs. M A Underwood recalls a hotel in Galesburg Indiana where Lincoln asked for a blessing at a crowded dining hall. Her Presbyterian father answered the request. The anecdote, from before Lincoln's presidency, suggests he was in the habit of seeking religious guidance.
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Taft
M. A. Underwood
Lincoln
Lfe
Galesburg
Underwood
Walked From Tennessee Mrs. Miller Recalls 1852 Journey
Mrs J M Miller of Center township recounts walking from eastern Tennessee to Mills County with her parents 56 years ago. They traveled in moving wagons for two months while a sister and she walked to see the country. Her father entered prairie land in 1852 that became part of Rudolph Hopp farm east of Glenwood. Her mother, now in her 80s, lives near Rock Bluff south of Plattsmouth.
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J. M. Miller
Center Township
Mills County
Tennessee
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A. V. Babb “Methodist Brotherhood
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Flerce
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Newland
Frank Caldwell
A. Lewis
Fred Harris
Mabel Quamn
Washington
Jamieson
Congress
Marvin
the Sentinel
Iowa
Prohibition
Brown
John F. Kelley
Howard Mintle
George Patrick
CG. J. Stark
J. F. Stroud
Thomas E.kirk
John J. Kelley
C. A. Miller
John Coil
Emerson Voters
U. K
Glenwood 10
Co. Bluffs
Sons of Revolution
Andrews
Wotan
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